One of the hardest things to do in poker is to fold pocket Kings or Aces when the hand has potentially gone bad. There is a lot of argument about when and why to do this—and there are no hard and fast rules because every table is different, with different levels of skill and different styles of play, but there are certain instances that give you all the red flags you need to throw away the cards.
One of the [...]
There has been a lot of confusion as to what the “Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act” outlaws, and what it allows, under U.S. law. There hasn’t been another new law passed that has been this controversial, and surrounded by so many myths and misconceptions from individuals who should know better, than this particular piece of legislation, which many predicted would end online Internet gambling. This bill has done no such thing, but it has undeniably affected (most likely [...]
I know we’ve all been waiting for PokerStars to release the Mac version of their poker room. I first announced that they were testing the alpha version back in february 06. Well I just got note of PokerStars latest updated to the Mac version and….. they’re still in the alpha testing phase.
This update (1.0a6) brought a new dialog engine for the lobby that’s involved with how data is processed behind he scenes, and sent back [...]
Conservative poker playing can be frustrating to many beginning players, but it is necessary. While there are players who play “looser” and are successful, all good poker playing over the long term starts with basic conservative play and moves on from there. Aggressive playing is different from loose playing, and even if you see the pros doing it on TV, what you don’t see is the two hundred hands they played to get a read on every player [...]
The high stakes poker action on Full Tilt never ceases to amaze me. Tonight there’s seven $40,000 Omaha Hi tables, with over $2,750,000 spread out between them. The average pot ranges from $10k to $30k, with $100k+ pots not uncommon at all.
The tables feature well known players such as Brian Townsend (sbrugby), Gus Hansen, Patrik Antonius (Luigi66369), David Benyamine, Joe Cassidy (CoeJassidy), and John Juanda, along with a few unknowns mixed in. [...]
Sbrugby made an interesting observation about how Phil Ivey plays. “He always leaves after losing a big pot so once he dropped the 100 he left. I think this is a very good strategy for him and I admire his disipline to stick with it. I don’t think it would be best for me, so I don’t intent to implement it into my game, but it defenitly appears to work for him.”
This is a great strategy. Setting up a [...]
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