Poker

Recently a new trend has swept across all of the major sites – knockout tournaments.

This fresh format puts a bounty on the head of all players, so if you knock them out you get that money instantly credited to your account. The more people you knock out, the more money you accumulate.

With this new trend comes a whole new set of variables to think about.

You need to adapt traditional strategy to accommodate this change of perspective because really, the game has changed. Let’s take a look at the main types of tournament. (more…)

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We’ve all had the struggle of thinking of the best way to play small pairs in no-limit hold’em.

They can be difficult pre-flop and post-flop and leave us in some tricky spots.

We’ve also all scooped some pretty great pots with our pocket pairs, but more often than not they’ll lose us money.

So what’s the trick? How should we be playing them? (more…)

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It’s no surprise that you want to learn how to win at poker.

Poker is a great game – it’s fun to watch, read about, study and most fun to play.

Whether it’s with friends casually or for serious money almost everybody has played a few hands in their lifetime and realised the excitement of poker.

Stu Ungar, three-time winner of the World Series of Poker, once said “show me a good loser, and I’ll show you a loser”

There comes a point for everyone where you want to turn a corner, take it more seriously and become a winning poker player.

There’s a big difference between winning once or twice and winning consistently for a long period of time.

There’s different motivations for everyone, some people just want to make money and others want to prove they’re the best.

Whatever the driving force is you’ve made the conscious decision to get better. It’s time for you to learn how to win at poker. (more…)

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Online poker has taken the game to the next level.

The sheer number of hands you can play has let people experience all the different situations available.

This experience has translated into big profits for some players and allowed them to excel and crush the games.

Everyone is improving more quickly and coaching/training sites have added to the trend. 

As the industry has expanded, the tools available to assist you have become more varied.

These tools have let people take their game up a notch; allowing them to make better decisions and put in more volume.

The software is made to increase your win rate and help make more money for you.

Online poker has (almost) always been more anonymous, with a much greater focus on the maths behind the decisions.

Tracking software and HUDs let you track every opponent’s ways of playing and therefore allows you an insight into their thought processes.

This makes the game much more real, and brings back the person vs person element.

It also means you can profitably play multiple tables at once, as it’s not essential that you monitor the way every single player is playing.
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