Shootout

This poker tournament format is round based; you must first beat all (or the majority) of the players on your table to progress to a new table. A “shootout” with 18 players may consist of three, six-handed tables, where the last two remaining on each table progress to a final six-handed table.

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Sklansky's System For Winning NL Hold'em Tournaments
Although we all like to believe that we are the best player at the poker table, it simply cannot be true all of the time. We all find ourselves playing in No Limit Hold’em tournaments where there is a superior opponent crushing the table, or even an inferior opponent who is running good and proving to be a menace. Perhaps you are a complete novice and almost every player in the competition is better than you. How can we best approach these situations and increase our chances of winning the tournament?

Basic Strategy for Rush Poker
Full 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?

Identifying Betting Value
The term 'Value' is used incessantly in the world of betting. Bookmakers, pundits, tipsters and punters all mention it throughout their respective betting operations – but what defines 'Value' and why should every serious bettor make spotting value their aim? This article explains what represents good value, and how important the concept is. Read on to find out more...

Casino Strategy: Let It Ride
First introduced to the public back in 1993, Let It Ride is a casino game based on poker, whereby players wager on a five card poker hand formed from three cards of their own, plus two community cards. In this article, we take a look at the basic rules of Let It Ride, as well as the correct strategy for playing this popular casino game.

NL Tournament Coin Flip Situations
When playing in a No Limit Hold’em poker tournament, you will almost certainly be faced with at least one coin flip situation, where your tournament life hangs in the balance.

Poker Betting Patterns
Read any article relating to poker strategy and it’s highly likely that you’ll encounter the term “betting patterns”. To beat a poker game, it is essential to take on board as much information as possible in order to make informed decisions, and studying your opponents and the manner of their bets is a huge part of that.

How To Deposit Money For US Players
Once you have found an online poker room or casino that accepts players from the U.S. (find them here: US Casinos and US Poker Sites), you then have to find a way of funding your online gambling account.
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