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Submitted by Stuart, this article belongs to the Poker Strategy series.
WHAT IS POSITION?
Table position is where you are sitting in relationship to the dealer or ‘button’. For this discussion we will assume a full table of 10 players.
‘Early position‘: The two positions left of the big blind or three left of the button.
‘Middle Position’: the next four seats.
‘Late Position’ (the best position): The next two seats.
PLAY in EARLY POSITION
The first person to bet (after
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Submitted by Adam, this article belongs to the Poker Strategy series.
Continuation betting
One of the most profitable and fundamental features of poker, including cash games and MTT strategy, is the continuation bet. Succinctly put, this is when you bet the flop regardless of the cards you hold, after raising preflop.
The continuation bet and its intrinsic value is based on the fact that your opponent(s) will miss the flop more often than not, so a continuation bet, usually of around half
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Submitted by Adam, this article belongs to the Poker Tournament series.
Freerolls
Many poker players look down on freerolls because they feel they’re above it. They view them as meaningless repositories for poor players who can’t afford the buy-in for proper tournaments or cash games. The truth is though that many of the world’s best players exercise games in freerolls because they provide a means of earning cash with zero risk. Annette Obrestad, winner of the WSOPE 2007, and Tom Durrrr
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Submitted by James, this article belongs to the Poker Strategy series.
If you play cash games online, especially full ring, you're bound to run into a lot of multitablers. Hell, you might even be a multitabler yourself. Multitabling gets more and more popular everyday. Players can earn a decent hourly income at fairly low stakes where fish make up a larger percentage of the player pool. You can also rack up a lot of bonus money or rakeback in the process. I play 24 tables at once on PokerStars,
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Submitted by Stuart, this article belongs to the Poker Tournament series.
The term Tilt in poker is used to explain a state of mental anger, confusion or frustration in which a player uses a poor judgment or strategy. This usually leads to a player becoming very aggressive (in his/her playing style).
So it’s when we play poker in a manner that is not in sync with the ‘normal’ or usual way we play our hand.
Discipline
Having the discipline to use what we know is right is critical
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Submitted by Stuart, this article belongs to the Poker Tournament series.
What is it?
Double or nothing (DoN) tournament, although they have been around for a long time, are becoming more popular as compared to regular Sit N go tournaments. In short, a DoN tournament is a Single Table Tournament (STT), usually 10 players. The payout structure makes it "Double or Nothing". If you are playing a Double or nothing tournament, all you have to worry about is coming in 5th. All players who
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Submitted by Adam, this article belongs to the Poker Tournament series.
Online multi-table tournaments can be the most profitable games for new players. Becoming increasingly popular, these type of games provides the easiest and fastest means of making a ton of money in poker for minimal risk. PokerStars recent record breaking tournament for example gave $50,000 to the winner of an event costing only $1 to buy into.
The problem with new players succeeding in tournaments is that they don’t
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Yesterday I won a 400 player 6$ buyin tournament on Party Poker. Nothing big I know, but it was my first win of the year and I have been struggling, to say the least, to achieve it.
So how did I do it?
I stayed out of trouble by mostly playing solid hands. When I stole the blinds, I did it with playable hands and small bets. I picked up many pots by making small probe bets on flops when I was up against 2 or 3 opponents.
I won when I got my chips in as favorite.
The big stack knocked out
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If you've been following my "I hate bad beats" page on Facebook lately, you'll know that I have been suffering a (in my mind) pretty serious onslaught of suck-outs in December. Here's a short summary:
Tournament bust-out: PokerStars 20$ 20000$ guranteed. I raise preflop with AK. Table donk reraises, I push and he calls with K4 off suit. Flop 567, turn 2, river 4.
Tournament bust-out: AA vs 99 and 55, turn was a 9
SNG bust-out: AA vs KK, QQ vs 77
Tournament bust-out: Nut flush on turn loses
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I found this list on a Danish poker site and liked it because many of the movies were new to me.
Queen High (1930)
Two women own a garden centre and have a hard time agreeing on pretty much everything. They ask their lawyer for advice when they want to go their separate ways and he suggests a game of poker. The loser agrees to wait on the winner for an entire year. A supposedly very entertaining movie
Sunset Trail (1939)
A classical good against evil movie. Hopalong Cassidy is the hero
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