Archive for February, 2008

Expected Value in Poker

Mike.Carlson wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerptOften, in on-line play people will make a bet if they have either an open-ended straight draw or a flush draw. The reason for this play ties into the concept of ‘expected value.’ Of course, there is a large chance that you will not actually [...]

Folding

celebpoker wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerptLet’s start with fixing attitude towards folding. Folding is not a sign of weakness! When you fold you make a clear and bold statement: i refuse to play this hand.
It can be really hard to fold a hand especially when you’re being dealt crap all [...]

CelebPoker.com Raises Guaranteed Poker Tournament Prize Pools and introduces NEW €250,000 Tournament for December

jmorrow55 wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerptThe cold winter-weather may be drawing in, but at CelebPoker.com the tournament action is really hotting up. The same site that recently bought us Team Celebpoker (an online search for the best poker players to represent Celebpoker at major live events) has [...]

Life Lessons From Poker

jmorrow55 wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerptPlaying poker can be incredibly frustrating. We all know the times we flop top pair/top kicker and make large enough bet to deter someone from chasing their flush draw. They call anyway and miss it on the turn. Then you increase the bet to the [...]

My thoughts on playing big BB poker..

jmorrow55 wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerptAs I’ve pointed out, I am relatively new to playing poker. However, I’ve put a tremendous amount of thought into different aspects of the game. What do I mean by playing big BB poker? Quite simply, I am referring to playing turbo blinds. My first [...]

Unlucky flop

jmorrow55 wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerptOkay,
Here’s a brutal flop for pocket tens vs a10. Many people on the you tube comments suggest that Hudson played like a donkey. I certainly would be more sympathetic. Others would call this type of hand the cooler hand.
On the one hand, it’s pretty hard [...]

Identifying and playing different types of players

jmorrow55 wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerptOkay,
One of the most important aspects of my evolving strategy for playing poker is to identify the different types of players at a table. Here’s some insight into different playing styles, how to identify them, and how to play against them. In terms of how [...]

The peril of playing suited connectors out of position

jmorrow55 wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerptThough suited connectors can be dangerous cards as you can connect on the flush or straight draws, and rarely on the straight flush draws, playing them can be quite perilous when you are out of position.
What do I mean by ‘out of position?’ Generally, this [...]

Gus Hansen Poker Strategy, Sit and go

Hong wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerptHere’s Gus Hanen’s poker strategy on youtube for sit and go:
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Read the rest of this great post here

Longhand Limit Texas Hold’em Strategy

Hong wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerptLonghand Limit Texas Hold’em Strategy
POKER STRATEGY
This section will give you the basic strategy for longhand limit hold’em (eight or more players). This section is intended for the beginner, so he or she can win at the lower limits ($2-$4 or lower).
Preflop Starting Hands
This is where [...]