Improve Your Poker Game
Poker is a game that continually evolves and unless you, the poker player, evolve with it you will be left behind and no longer be profitable. You should be always looking for ways that you can improve as a player and below are some of the key ways which you can do just that. There are …
WSOP November Nine All Set
The 2010 World Series of Poker Main Event has been paused until November 6 after the 27 surviving players were whittled down to the final table of nine. When the decision to pause the tournament for four months was first announced a couple of years ago it was met with mixed feelings. Some only saw the …
Using Your Position In Poker
Poker is a game played with incomplete information as you do not get to see your opponent’s hole cards. In order to make a decision at the table you have to observe betting patterns, pay attention to the player’s image amongst other elements and then use this limited information to make an educated guess as …
Year Of The Online Poker Generation
The 2010 World Series of Poker is in full swing and already a number of players who cut their teeth by learning how to play poker online have had some deep finishes. Could the 2010 be the year the online generation dominates the WSOP? At least three players who have already won bracelets would come under …
In Poker Size Counts
One of the great things about no-limit Hold’em is you have the opportunity to make a bet of whatever size you would like. This gives you much freedom and also allows you to dictate the odds your opponents will be taking if they elect to call. Whilst I am an advocate for making standard raise sizes …
The Poker Gap Concept
The gap concept was first introduced by professional poker player and respected gambling author David Sklansky. It essentially states that a player needs to have a better hand to call a raise with than they would require to open the action with a raise themselves. The concept also shows that by calling a player only has …
European Championship Of Poker
Paddy Power today announces the European Championship of Online Poker VI, scheduled from May 24th to June 6th 2010. ECOOP VI features fourteen tournaments and a guaranteed prizepool of $4.5 million. The latest iteration of the online festival also includes a ‘Mini’ series of tournaments with smaller buy-ins but substantial guarantees; the Mini ECOOP VI …
Poker Metagame
Metagame and metgaming are term you will often hear banded around by players of mid to high stakes poker when they are discussing how a specific hand played out. In short, metagame is a broad term used to describe when a player uses external influences in order to affect the game they are playing in. One …
Making The Most of Poker Talk
It seems like the latest trend is to listen to an iPod while playing live poker, but I urge you not to do this. Instead engage in some of the table talk because you never know what you are going to learn about your opponents current hand strength and how they think about poker in …
Poker Experience is Everything
One of the most appealing aspects of poker is that it seems like a relatively simple game to learn. On the surface poker is a simple game to learn, it is a game based on basic mathematics but it is also a game that you never stop learning from once you delve a little deeper …