Poker Articles
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.
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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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This article belongs to the Poker Articles series.
I was approached the other day by my good friend MaddyUK who wanted to discuss a possible online poker stake deal. Maddy has previously grinded 1/2$ shorthanded cash games with good success and I know him to be an extremely disciplined player so obviously I was interested to hear what he had to say.
Turns out he is highly motivated to get back in the game but hasn't started due to a lack of necessary funds to start up an online poker bankroll.
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Submitted by Vic Porcelli, this article belongs to the Poker Strategy series.
“…so I got my full house on the turn and the guy gets an 8 of diamonds on the river for the straight flush and beats me.”
How many bad beat stories have you heard? Hang around a poker room for a night and you’ll hear plenty. They will be offered to you. You don’t have to ask to hear them. As poker players, we remember those bad beats vividly. We remember the suit and rank of every street,
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This article belongs to the Poker Tools series
Introduction to the Pokerlistings.com website
Almost every online site about poker, from the smallest blogs to the biggest online poker guides, is involved with affiliated promotional deals in one way or another. Affiliation deals are one of the primary ways of converting online traffic to an income. Basically, online sites selling a product or offering a service will pay other websites what's known as a CPA (Cost per Action) for each person
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Submitted by Alex, this article belongs to the Sports and Fantasy betting series
Alex Zelvin runs three websites. Fan Duel offers daily fantasy sports contests. Draftbug Millionaire tracks the progress of a group of fantasy baseball enthusiasts seeking to ‘go pro’ as fantasy sports players. The Waiver Wire contains general fantasy baseball advice.
This is the first in a series of articles on winning at daily fantasy baseball contests. For those who aren’t familiar with them,
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Submitted by Vic Porcelli, this article belongs to the Poker Strategy series.
Poker is a game of information. To borrow a phrase from 1983 World Series of Poker Main Event champ, Tom McEvoy, “…Poker is not a card game with people, it is a people game with cards.” So how do we gather information about our opponents? The first thing to learn is to not over think it.
Let’s look at information that is a little less intricate than observing how your opponent breathes after he makes
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