Tag Archive | "Holdem"

Game selection in limit holdem part two

Wednesday, May 12, 2010

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I have said before that I site hop constantly so using a tracker is of considerably less use to me than what it would be to other players. My biggest use of a tracker in Texas Hold’em is to help me get information on players before I sit down to play with them and this [...]

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The Essence of Table Speed part one

Saturday, January 16, 2010

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Here I want to teach you something that I feel is very important with regards Texas Hold’em poker. While the subject of not falling into identifiable patterns is crucial, what is also important is to recognise those patterns and tendencies in other players. Whenever I sit down in any poker game I am watching my [...]

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Playing an actual poker session part five

Wednesday, January 6, 2010

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Hand 37: Big Blind, A-Q, Early player raises to £15 and it is folded to me. AQ is a trouble hand in NL Texas Hold’em poker and I must be careful but I call anyway. Flop comes 10-K-7 giving me a gutshot draw. I bet £20 and I am relieved to see them fold. Stack [...]

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Just how do you handle a maniac in poker

Tuesday, November 24, 2009

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Maniacs or to give them another name…..loose aggressive players are perhaps the most difficult players to combat in poker games. Well actually any poker style can be profitable if your opponents cannot exploit it properly. A calling station isn’t a good poker player but if you continually try to bluff them then your style is [...]

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Learning Patience In Poker

Thursday, August 27, 2009

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I have problems with patience at the table. How do you learn patience at the poker table? First, what type of game are you playing? Odds are that you are playing Holdem, but beyond that, are you playing NL or Limit Holdem? Depending on what you are playing, there are several things that you can [...]

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Just Because of Revealing the Hand

Tuesday, December 9, 2008

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Hello, In a certain holdem event, me and two other players were down to the river. If I could remember it right, I need a club on the river to make a flush. River card came and of course I was hoping to have the card I wanted. Then when I saw light, I therefore [...]

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Betting After an All In

Tuesday, December 9, 2008

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Hi, I played holdem with some family members just this evening. I admit most of us are just newbies. At near mid part, three were left for the pot including me. With a small pot, I went all-in. Two other players had more chips than me, later, they called my bet. Flop then came. However, [...]

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All Because of the Mucked Winning Hands

Monday, December 8, 2008

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Hello, I have something to ask about mucking. The other day, I played holdem with some colleagues. After all the cards were on the board, there were only two players in, player A and player B. Player A went all in while player B called, however, on the muck pile flipped his cards face up. [...]

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Phil “Poker Brat” Hellmuth

Wednesday, October 15, 2008

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“I can dodge bullets baby!” That is one of the most famous sayings by one of the men that most poker players love to hate, Phil Hellmuth. Phil Hellmuth is probably known as much for his antics at the poker table as he is for his prowess as a poker player. Hellmuth started playing poker [...]

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