March, 2010
Picking the Right Table
Tuesday, 23 March, 2010On entering your favourite poker web site, where do you aim for first? Your preferred card game, a ring game with a stake limit that you are most comfortable with, a tournament with a monster jackpot or all three? Depending on what sort of player you are, the funds that you have available and the limits you have on your time, there are thousands of opportunities to explore, and thousands more games to get involved in. However, the sharpest players use a different means of selecting their tables.
Bluffing in Poker
Monday, 22 March, 2010
So, you have just placed an audacious bluff on the table, when your partner sitting behind you announces to the world “Why did you do that? You haven´t got anything!” What would you do?
Playing Poker when Short Stacked
Sunday, 21 March, 2010Being short-stacked is a position that no poker player likes to find themselves in. You have to acknowledge that you are getting towards the end of your participation in a game and either hang on in for as long as you can, or take a chance with a shove. Neither option is wrong, but when it comes to choosing which hand you want to be all-in on, you need to be sure you are aware of all the facts.
Andreas Hoivold Signs With Poker Royalty
Sunday, 21 March, 2010Poker Royalty recently announced the signing of Norwegian poker pro Andreas Hoivold for worldwide management and marketing representation across all major platforms, including sponsorship, licensing, and speaking appearances.
Basic Strategy for Rush Poker
Saturday, 20 March, 2010Full Tilt Poker’s recently launched game known as “Rush Poker”, was hailed as “the greatest innovation since poker started on the Internet”. Now that the dust has settled on the game’s grand release and they hype has all but disappeared, how do we actually go about playing it effectively?
RealDealPoker Deals a Random Hand
Saturday, 20 March, 2010
There’s the river card. Would you believe it? The guy’s hit his miracle one outer. That just never happens in live poker games, internet poker is all completely rigged. Sound familiar?
Secrets of Short-Handed No Limit Hold’em: Winning Strategies for Short-Handed and Heads Up Play
Thursday, 18 March, 2010
Short–handed and heads-up poker is an area where every complete poker player needs to be proficient. Unless you only ever play full-table ring games, at some stage (hopefully often) you will be in a situation where you are reaching the end of a SnG or tournament, and the dynamics of your game, and the play of your opponents, will change.
Holdem Indicator
Thursday, 18 March, 2010
Whether you play your poker live or online, you know that identifying players’ tendencies is invaluable. If there was a way in which you could track the percentage of hands a specific player enters, how frequently he raises and how often he goes all the way to the river, wouldn’t that give you the edge? Well, we cannot do it live for you, but if you are a regular online player, you should try out the poker odds calculator available from HoldemIndicator.com
EPT Berlin Robber Turns Himself In
Thursday, 18 March, 2010The headline grabbing armed robbery at the PokerStars European Poker Tour event in Berlin, in which thieves made off with around €242,000 in poker tournament prize money, was almost a fortnight ago and despite a suspect being arrested and released last week, German police were no closer to a breakthrough in solving the case.
World Series of Poker Tournament of Champions Returns
Tuesday, 16 March, 2010The World Series of Poker Tournament of Champions, abandoned by organisers Harrah’s Entertainment in 2007, is set for a return this year (2010) after a dramatic facelift.
