Archive for December, 2008
Submitted by Dungbeetle, this article belongs to the Poker and life section.
Editor's comment: I just finished reading Dungbeetle's poker New Year's resolution for 2009 and found his views on the effects the financial crisis might have on the poker scene in 2009 to be very realistic. How do you think the financial crisis will affect your poker life in 2009?
I had intended 2009 to be a real make or break year on the poker front, in that I'd play in a number of EPT and WPT events as well as the
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This article is a part of the Caribbean Poker Classic 2008 series. Follow the link to read more about how I got to go on the trip in the first place.
As you may remember my friend Artur qualified online for the main tournament of the Caribbean Poker Classic 2008. The tournament had a 2500$ + 200$ buyin and a total of 114 players registered. Artur debated for some time whether to play the tournament or sell the seat to someone else and use the money to play in the 1000$ + 100$ tournamen and
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Submitted by Maurice Lefort, this article belongs to the Poker Bankroll Building series.
Note from the editor: By tradition poker players are categorized according to which animal they resemble the most in the animal kingdom. In this article Maurice describes the poker bestiary or compendium of beasts if you will.
If you are a poker shark you already know what this article is about. If you are a poker fish, you do not. But in poker, are there only fish and sharks? No, there are many kinds
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This article is a part of the Poker Mathematics series.
Implied odds is a more advanced poker concept than pot odds, poker probabilities and EV. You should therefore familiarize yourself with these basic concepts first.
Implied pot odds take into account future bets made to the pot and are therefore not as straightforward to calculate as regular pot odds. Implied pot odds are most relevant when you are on a draw and stand to gain additional bets if you make the draw but on the other hand
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Submitted by Rakewell, this article belongs to the Poker Mathematics series.
Whoever said poker players are superstitious? The article below written by Rakewell treats the dealing and receiving of cards when playing live poker from a purely natural scientific viewpoint. It's all about angular momentum conservation baby:-)!!! Enjoy......
I've decided to break down and share with my readers an important poker principle that you won't find in any book or DVD or training video currently on the
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Submitted by Dungbeetle, this article belongs to the Poker Tournament series
This tournament write-up needs a quick introduction from the editor (me, Mark) for all you readers not familiar with The International. The International is a private members club situated on 53-55 East Road London. And no, it's neither a strip club or a religious sekt eventhough "private members club" has that sort of ring to it. The International is a club for chess, backgammon, bridge and poker club with its own Club
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Submitted by Bill Menschner, this article belongs to the Poker Bankroll Building series
There was a time when building your online poker bankroll was as easy as signing up to multiple poker sites. The sign up and monthly bonuses offered by many sites gave new players an overlay on the rake being charged at low limits. A new player could easily earn hundreds and even thousands of dollars in bonuses every month, enough to effectively build their bankroll and move up to higher stakes poker where
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Submitted by Kochan, this article is a part of the Poker Strategy series.
This was the question posed to me about a year ago. Take a random person in his/her twenties of average intelligence and turn that player into a winning poker player. Given time and experience could you teach this person to play exactly like you and succeed? My answer was yes. Why couldn’t I? There’s nothing inherently special about me that lends me to be winning poker player. Poker is not about natural ability,
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This article is a part of the Poker Network series.
This article continues the series of Poker Network Reviews. We are now moving on to the Pacific Poker Network. The company behind the network, 888 Holdings PLC has been listed on the London Stock Exchange since it floated in October 2005. More information can be found on au.888.com.
Pacific Poker Stat Box:
Gambling License: Gibraltar
Rakeback Available: No
Americans Accepted: No
Traffic Rank: #13 on Poker Scout
Financial Information:
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This article is a part of the Caribbean Poker Classic 2008 series. Follow the link to read more about how I got to go on the trip in the first place.
Roughly 5 short hours after my 7th place finish in the 400$ tournament, Artur and I were once again back on tourist duty. This time our proud ship had dropped its anchor just outside Charlotte Amalie, the capital of St. Thomas, one of the US virgin islands. Funny thing about St. Thomas is that it was a Danish colony from 1666 to 1917 where it was
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