Learn to put players on hand ranges
Re-printed courtesy of our content partner Ante Up Magazine.
You sat down at a $1-$2 cash game in a casino and bought in for $200. You’re in the cutoff seat, one seat right of the button. You’ve only been at the table for about three hands and don’t have any information about the players. Those in this hand are under the gun (UTG) with $300 and UTG+2 with $140.
Both limped for $2 and it folded to you with 
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. Which of the following do you do and why?
A. Fold B. Call $2 C. Raise to $15 D. Raise to $20
Breast Cancer Telethon on New Years Eve
A message from our friends at OnTilt Radio:
OnTilt Radio is hosting its annual Breast Cancer Telethon starting on New Years Eve! Our goal is to showcase the survivors, remember the lost and support those still fighting. Along with the Feel your Boobies Foundation and Hog Wild Poker Leagues we will have a great night for you to raise awareness and much need funding for breast cancer support. We hope all of you can make it and join us for a great night.
Spare yourself having to find a designated driver for the night and stay cozy and warm with us New Years Eve and New Years Day! Donations are open now at http://www.ontiltradio.com/ and we will update this event page and the one at OnTiltRadio.com as we go. The LIVE Broadcast begins on December 31, 2012 at 9PM EST and will run through late January 1, 2013. Ring in the New Year with us and support a great cause.
Howard Lederer Settles Out Of Court
From PokerNews,com 12/18/12
According to a Stipulation and Order of Settlement filed on Tuesday, former Full Tilt Poker board member Howard Lederer has settled his civil case with the Southern District New York.
Lederer was one of four Full Tilt Poker board of directors named in a September 2011 Amended Civil Complaint in which the Government sought the forfeiture of $42.5 million paid by the company to Lederer. The U.S. Attorney's Office alleged that Full Tilt Poker operated as a "massive Ponzi scheme," and claimed that the board defrauded the players out of more than $330 million.
In September of this year, Lederer and the other board members were named in a Second Amended Civil Complaint, introducing new forfeiture charges including the purchase of assets with “illegal proceeds.” The Second Amended Complaint gave a detailed account of Lederer’s expenditures from the end of 2006 up until September 2011, and provided records indicating that Lederer used illegal funds for retirement funds, mortgage payments, property taxes and to purchase numerous vehicles...