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Limit Hold’em Surgery part three
Once your game reaches a good technical level then the difference between winning and losing is how you manage yourself and also in paying close attention to numerous other factors before you even decide to sit down in the game. At the end of the day, it is not rocket science. Winning money in Texas [...]
Continue reading...Limit Hold’em Surgery part two
Tuesday, March 30, 2010
The thing is with most people in poker, they have no patience! I don’t mean that they cannot fold hand after hand. What I mean is that if they set their minds on playing Hold’em online at a certain time or on a certain day then they do it whether the games are good or [...]
Continue reading...Limit Hold’em Surgery part one
Tuesday, March 30, 2010
Limit cash games were the first form of poker that I ever played online. Back when I first turned professional in 2002, these games were my bread and butter. In this chapter I want to get to the nitty gritty of what a modern online limit Texas Holdem cash game player needs in their arsenal [...]
Continue reading...Does PLO Represent Real Danger to a Bankroll?
Sunday, February 28, 2010
Pot Limit Omaha is an aggressive game that has become very popular with the high stakes Poker players like Tom “Durrrr” Dwan and Illari “Ziigmund” Sahamies. These players like action and action is what they get with PLO! More than any other form of online poker you must be somewhat reckless in your play to [...]
Continue reading...What Makes You Better Than Your Opponent
Thursday, February 25, 2010
Millions of players play online poker everyday and large amounts of money swirls around the poker rooms making some players millions and others suffer losses, only to rebound later on. Some players lose all of the time and eventually leave the game. How would you rank these players and exactly what skills dictate whether one [...]
Continue reading...Playing for sizeable amounts of money
Sunday, February 21, 2010
I have a naturally cautious outlook towards money and I hate putting it at risk. I think that this stems from my earlier life when I was seriously struggling financially. It is something that I have never been able to properly shrug off. It has gradually worn down over the years as I have become [...]
Continue reading...Reflex Calling in Poker part two
Sunday, February 21, 2010
It is also very important that you adhere to this piece of advice when looked at from the other side as well. Be aware that each and every one of us has an inbuilt calling poker reflex, an inner monster just waiting to get out and lose us our money. It is precisely why a [...]
Continue reading...Reflex Calling in Poker part one
Sunday, February 21, 2010
Reflex calling is precisely what the name entails, calling on reflex. In previous articles I have discussed the sheer speed of online poker play and what this can mean to you personally. But I mentioned how certain players bet on reflex but even more of them call on reflex. This makes bluffing in certain situations [...]
Continue reading...Check Raising in No Limit Texas Hold ‘em
Thursday, February 11, 2010
When you check in poker you put no chips into the pot. This is often perceived as a sign of weakness as you are indicating that, at the point of action, you are not willing to risk anymore money into the pot currently being contested. Often this will lead to your opponent betting into you [...]
Continue reading...Looking at your overlay part two
Sunday, February 7, 2010
Following on from part one then with this example, if his handicapping system showed that a horse in a certain race was an 11-1 chance (I have selected this price because it represents a gut-shot draw), he would not bet if he could only obtain 12-1 or 13-1 with a bookmaker or on the betting [...]
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