Feb
8
When playing at the poker tables you will see many people abusing the “All In” feature, only found in No Limit Texas Holdem. One of the most thrilling plays in poker is throwing all of your chips into the pot. The “All In” move is a critical play which you must use cautiously. It is a wild, invigorating experience, and many people use it WAY to often. Almost everyone loves the all in play, but you must know the proper situations in which to use this weapon to make it profitable. You will see this all the time in your online poker room of choice.
Feb
8
Rakeback - And The Way It’ll Influence Your Bankroll In The Long-Run
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Most online poker players fail to grasp the extent of the negative impact the presence of the rake has on their overall performance. If your goal at the online poker table is to make some money, believe it or not, the rake will be like a silent assassin creeping up on your profit, or making your losses worse, without you ever noticing it.
Feb
6
This article is all about the rise of online texas holdem, specifically NL Holdem Sit N Go’s.
Are you sick and tired of bad beats? Losing all your bankroll in just one hand? Depositing over and over again and can’t find a way to win?
Feb
6
Online Poker Sit-N-Go’s
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Sit-N-Go’s are a great way to make a stable income playing poker online, but many people do not understand the concept of bankroll management. One of the biggest problems many players face when playing Sit-N-Go’s is they will play tournaments to high for their bankroll. This can cause you to lose all your money quickly and go on tilt. A general rule of thumb is to have a bankroll of roughly 20-30 times the Sit-N-Go buy in amount. I have made a simple chart below which you can print off and use over and over again. It has helped me greatly.
Feb
4
Poker Strategy - Playing Trap Hands Like King-Queen, King-Jack, Queen-Jack, Ace-Ten & More
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One of the most frustrating and subtle strategies of playing poker is through the handling and play of these range of hands that actually are badly overrated by amateurs and beginning players. They are referred to as trap hands because they appear as a premium hand but they are actually really just high suited or unsuited connectors that most players aren’t aware of.
Feb
1
Online Poker Tells Can Damage Your Online Game
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When playing online, it is very easy to fall into a rhythm. The game is set up to move as quickly as possible. There are preset buttons to fold, call or raise. The cards come hurling from the dealers hand and each player is expected to act fast. The fast pace of playing online could be doing more than keeping the game moving smoothly. Fall into too much of a pattern and you just may develop a VIRTUAL TELL.
Jan
31
Blind-Stealing In Poker Tournaments - 5 Common Mistakes And How To Avoid Them
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In poker tournament games the blinds and antes will increase rapidly the longer you play. Since premium hands do not come along too often, ’stealing’ these by raising from late position becomes a critical strategy to maintain you chip stack.
Jan
31
Something that every poker player will encounter at some point in their career is dealing with a short chip stack in the later stages of a tournament. There are many ways in which you can find yourself in this situation. These include losing a big pot, suffering a bad-beat or simply having no playable hands while the blinds catch up with you.
Jan
31
Taking Advantage Of A Large Chip Stack In Online Poker Tournaments
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Having a large chip stack in an online poker tournament is a great situation to be in. Yet all too easily the other players can catch up, or even overtake your table chip lead. One ill-timed confrontation with a medium stack and you can be sitting - frustrated - on an average stack once again.
Jan
28
Casinos are entertainment zones which offer individuals to play various casino games by placing their stakes. These games are usually games of chance though there are certain games which require the use of sheer intelligence in order to win. Poker is a very significant and popular of the various casino games and it is played widely all over the world. Its increasing fame has led to the introduction of innumerable variants to the original game of poker. Caribbean stud poker is a kind of casino table poker game and with reference to the gaming strategies, it is quite similar to the five card stud poker game. Most of the regular poker games are played between the players themselves. Unlike so, in the Caribbean stud poker game, the game is played against the house and another significant feature of this game is that it is impossible to beat this game eventually. This game does not provide any opportunity to trick the opponent or deceive him and this is why many poker players refuse to acknowledge this game as a form of poker.
Jan
28
Gambling activities have been immensely boosted by the presence of casinos and at present there are various casinos in different parts of the world which encourage placing of bets and promote themselves as centers of entertainment. Casino gaming facilities are often available in markets and other places of public gathering apart from being located commonly in hotels and restaurants. While it is true that excessive allegiance to gambling can result in addiction and this can prove fatal as it affects one psychologically. However, on a casual level casino gambling can be simply an activity of fun. There are various casino games of which one among the most popular is definitely poker. With the coming of the internet and the emerging popularity of online casinos, it has been noticed that the fame of poker has increased further, there are various kinds of poker games currently played in the various casinos worldwide and one among them is Let it Ride.
Jan
25
Using Poker Tells to Win Bigger Pots
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If you are new to playing poker, the term “tells” may be new to you. In essence it is a physical hint or a tip as to what your opponent holds in his hands. There are certain hand gestures or mannerisms that we all have when we are lying. Some of us look at the ground or look away when we are telling a lie. Some of us hold our hand up to our mouths. It is no different when we are sitting at the poker table. Mike Caro has dedicated a lot of time and effort in researching poker “tells.” Caro is big on the saying “strong means weak and weak means strong.” If you interpret someone’s body language as acting strong he is probably weak and vice versa. Also remember that this is not 100%, there may be some who purposely act a certain way to try to throw you off. Just be sure to pay attention while you are at the table and you should be fine. In this article I will be discussing a few of the common tells to look for.
Jan
23
Buy Poker Chips - A Lesson Learned
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If you are like me and have decided now is the time to buy poker chips, then you are likely dealing with a bit of information overload. There is absolutely an enormous amount of information, and misinformation, available to the avid poker player regarding the selection of poker chips.
Jan
21
It’s not a secret that some of the best live poker players in the world have trouble beating online games. While there is a distinct possibility that these guys who have grown to rely heavily on their player reading skills, suddenly find themselves without one of their main weapons, and thus are unable to deal with the situation on their own terms, but there are other
factors at play here too.
Jan
17
Okay, what is better than learning something at a cheap price? How about learning it for free? That’s what I found out when trying to strengthen my poker strategies without having to lose all of my money in the process.
How did I do it, you ask?
Jan
15
If you have read any popular poker forum online you can undoubtedly come up with a never-ending slew of bad beat stories that can fill a weekend’s worth of useless reading. Some forums actually have separate sections just to manage the foul hand histories along with the depths of despair in one dark little digital corner, just so you actually have the option of going in there if you so choose.
Jan
15
Campfire Poker and Conversation
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Tonight it appears that one of my comrades is rather anxious to start the campfire. He said earlier in the day he had purchased a new hand forged campfire poker and I am inclined to believe it has something to do with his actions.
Jan
10
HORSE is a combination of five poker games: Texas Hold ‘em, Omaha Eight or Better, Razz, Seven Card Stud and Seven Card Stud (Eight or Better Variation). This game was just re-launched in 2006 in the World Series of Poker with a buy in amount of a whopping $50,000. If you’re a professional gambler or a millionaire who’s prepared to lose this amount, you can join in. This variation of a poker game is regarded by many as the ultimate poker game as it combines five types of poker games. Even though it was not the main event in WSOP, it certainly is the most challenging.
Jan
8
Internet Poker Bonuses
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Lately, it seems that everywhere you turn, poker is there. Its on television, the Internet, the world seems to have become addicted to poker. It seems there is a reference to the various sites free games that give money to the players. After seeing the ads in any place of poker websites offering poker bonuses, you might be wondering exactly what it is for you.
Dec
22
10 Common Misconceptions about Poker
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If you play poker regularly, and you understand the game exactly as it is, you probably know that there are misconceptions among people with no direct experience. You’ve probably heard many of these erroneous viewpoints. If you are like me, you spend a fair amount of time explaining to uninformed people precisely what poker is and what it is not. For the benefit of all, this article will clear up some of the more common misconceptions.
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