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Betfair.com was the World's first betting exchange, opening it's doors to online punters in June 2000. What sets Betfair apart from regular bookmakers is that customers chose their own odds and whether they want to back or lay an event. This means that at Betfair you are betting against other customers in what can best be described as the sportsbetting equivalent of a stock market. As payment for organizing thousands and thousands of bets between customers every day Betfair charges
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This article belongs to the Poker Tournament series.
Lately I have come to realize that playing Multi-table Poker Tournaments requires a special mental mindset that not all poker players possess. On one hand you never stand to lose more than the tournament buyin, but the price you pay for this privilege is that most of the tournaments you enter will be a complete waste of time - when evaluated by a profit per hour criteria - unless you make it to the final table.
The path to the final table
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Submitted by Mctap, this article belongs to the Poker Mathematics series.
This blog consists of 3 separate posts on my site that I have consolidated into 1 longer, more detailed post here.
About a month and a half ago I decided to check out my Poker Tracker stats for Poker Stars and noticed something interesting. At that point in time I had only played about 656 tournament hands and still hadn't seen AA. No big deal as I was still up a few bucks since I started. I just found it interesting
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Submitted by Vic Porcelli, this article belongs to the Poker Strategy series.
How many times have you folded pocket Aces after the flop? Sounds absurd I know, but what if the flop is K K J? Or if the flop came 10 J Q? Depending on the post flop betting you may be a big underdog. So can you lay them down?
Dennis Phillips finished third in the 2008 World Series of Poker Main Event. Dennis is from my hometown of St. Louis. He won a $200 double shootout satellite at Harrah’s Casino
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Submitted by McTap03, this article belongs to the Poker Projects series
A new challenge is on the horizon that will be played along side my other current challenges (see my blog for those challenges). First, let me provide a little info before explaining this challenge.
I'm a HUGE NY Giants fan. It is almost obsessive once the season is in full swing. Most of my free time during the week leading up to the game is spent analyzing match-ups, talking about it on various forums, and making my picks
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Submitted by Jerry, this article belongs to the Poker Bankroll Building series.
One huge advantage online poker has over live poker, aside from the valuable poker bonuses, is that online poker rooms allow you to play on more than one table at once, also known as multi-tabling. Multi-tabling, for all intents and purposes, is why so many poker players are able to make a living playing online.
Players typically begin multi-tabling after they have been beating their usual game for a while
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This article is a part of the Poker Mathematics series.
Recently I have wondered if it is possible to calculate the probability of winning a poker tournament based on which strategy you use and how your all in moves are distributed. In this article I will share with you my findings. Hope you have the patience to read it all the way through:-). The table below (the culmination of way too many hours of research) is a teaser of what is ahead if you continue reading.
Duration [hours]
Reference
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Submitted by Vic Porcelli, this article belongs to the Poker Strategy series.
We’ve all watched the great Daniel Negreanu call out an opponent’s hand. Let’s go back to the 2008 World Series of Poker Main Event. Daniel starts the hand with a 7-4 spades in position. (A typical starting hand for him) His opponent, Matt Traudt holds a K-9 clubs. The flop comes 8 hearts-7 diamonds- 6 diamonds. Both players check the flop. The turn is the 10 spades. That gives Traudt the straight.
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Submitted by Vic Porcelli, this article belongs to the Poker Rules series.
So what is your reaction to a bad beat? Is it standing up and yelling at someone for putting all their chips at risk on a draw after he hit his flush to beat your top pair, top kicker? Or maybe you just tap the felt and say, “nice hand.” The latter of course is the choice I hope you’ll make. If your choice is to yell at an opponent, I’ll bet the next thing you do is to find that ear to tell your bad
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Submitted by Scott McIntosh, this article belongs to the Poker Bankroll Management series
In gambling games such as poker, blackjack or video poker where the player is trying to make money not only is it important to be playing with a positive expectation but also much care must be taken not to lose all of one's money. As the saying goes - "It takes money to make money". This requires winning players to maintain a certain amount of money in reserve to handle losing streaks and is commonly known
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