Poker Strategies

Very Good Tournament Poker Story

Tue, 16 Mar 2010 19:14:38 +0000

MK118 wrote an interesting post today on
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I wasn’t planning on blogging about today’s tournament when I went to go play it, but after the way it unfolded, it’s become an impossibility not to talk about it.
I started off really hot in this tournament, but since I didn’t have the mindset to track my hands, I’m having a hard time remembering exact situations, but I’ll try to come up with a couple key hands.
I was really active in the first couple rounds and my stack size was adequately, but not greatly improved from the starting size. With the blinds at 75-150, I raise to 375 with AsTc. I get called in four spots and I’m already pretty uninterested in the pot. The board comes 632 with two spades though and I sense a bit of opportunity when it checks to me. I figure now is a good time to represent an overpair and [...]

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Fold Equity - What it is and how to use it

Sun, 14 Mar 2010 18:31:42 +0000

unknown wrote an interesting post today on
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I just finished a detailed page on fold equity on our site. Generally speaking, Fold Equity has nothing to do with any type of calling or cold calling. That is because if you are calling you have zero fold equity, you cannot make someone fold by calling them. Fold equity is normally only of importance when betting/pushing and usually is associated with tournament play. There are TWO ways to win a pot, by having the best hand at showdown or by making a bet that forces opponents to fold and you win it that way. When you make bet or shove all in, there are only three possible outcomes of every hand. They fold and you win, They call and you win. They call and you lose.
There are many great players that get to the bubble consistently but don’t win. They do not understand hte concept of Fold Equity for [...]

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3/14/09 - Bremerton Lanes AM Poker Tournament

Sun, 14 Mar 2010 15:10:48 +0000

admin wrote an interesting post today on
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Wow. I haven’t been this annoyed in a live tournament for a while. I made note of all the pots I played. I’ll let the hands do the talking:
blinds 25-50, UTG raises to 200, one player calls, I look down at QQ. I sometimes like to play QQ conservatively preflop, but I sensed a bit of weakness here and decided to make it 875 to go. The UTG raiser called and the other player folded and we saw a Q54, two spade flop HU. He checks to me. Its hard to make money on this kind of board given his hand range (AK, AQ, small pair). I could give a free card here and see if he can catch up a bit on the turn, but I decide to bet 625 and hope he has AQ or TT and gives me a [...]

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3-08-2010 Bremerton Lanes AM Poker Tournament

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 15:35:39 +0000

unknown wrote an interesting post today on
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First off, I’d like to congratulate myself on my best showing in this tournament last week when I finished 2nd for $235. Today’s tournament was interesting to say the least. My stack was riding a rollercoaster throughout the duration.
Key Hands:
Blinds 25-50, 3 limpers in front of me. I limp OTB with As9s. Flop comes K43 with two spades. One of the blinds leads out for 150 and two people call. I pop it to 600 since no one has really shown strength. I get two folds, but the last caller stays with me. The turn is a blank and he check-calls 800. River is another blank and he checks to me again. I bet 800 and he calls and shows K9. Not really happy with my play on this hand. Not only did I dump off roughly 75% [...]

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My Dirty Poker mind and Disgusting Poker Strategies

Fri, 05 Mar 2010 12:58:26 +0000

unknown wrote an interesting post today on
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All about My Dirty Poker mind and Disgusting Poker Strategies
Shit about my poker game and a lot of other hooting occur about my casino play. Are you really thinking about myself as a weak and dirty poker payer? you should because the way I started my poker site blog is clearly revealing about its meaning. Anyhow, whatever you think about my poker play and whatever you say, I’m not kind of a poker player who gonna loose his casino games. My dear fellow I mean to say that I use to play my games in such a way that people start shrieking when I let the opponent down cause of my expert poker strategies.
Yes, I’m known as an expert poker player among my fellow players that I generally fall the opposite player just in moments. So, be confident and don’t thing awfully about me or my skills.

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Poker 101: 101 Poker Tournaments In A Single Day

Tue, 16 Feb 2010 12:34:51 +0000

Squizzel wrote an interesting post today on
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I’m not really sure what inspired me to do it, but one night, I was laying in bed and thought, I’m going to play 101 poker tournaments in a single day and blog about the experience. Why 101? Well, the real goal was 100 1-table online Sit & Go tournaments, but since I knew I was going to play a live event at Bremerton Lanes in the morning, 101 was the number… plus it’s like I’m taking you cats to school anyways, so it’s fitting. Ya dig?
My morning started off with a really uneventful showing in the Bremerton Lanes tournament. Maybe even my worst showing to date. I feel a little ashamed of my performance in that tournament so far. Considering how I raved about the structure and how it was much more tailored to my playing style and rewarding skill instead of luck, [...]

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The Essence of Set Mining - Playing Low Pairs in Hold’em

Thu, 11 Feb 2010 01:50:55 +0000

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How to win Online Poker - Poker Stars

Mon, 08 Feb 2010 13:41:37 +0000

admin wrote an interesting post today on
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How to win Online Poker – Poker StarsStars
Winning at poker is not an easy job as it always need some strategical approach to play and prevail over the game. The video below is a Poker Video that will reveal How to win Online Poker.

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Why shouldn’t I play KQo? Pre-flop thinking in Texas Hold’em

Thu, 28 Jan 2010 03:15:41 +0000

Squizzel wrote an interesting post today on
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In another article we mention that KQo is not a particularly great hand (well, KJo actually, but they’re about the same). This comes as a surprise to many players, in particular newer players. Two very high cards, how could that possibly not be a great hand? It’s not unplayable, but it isn’t great, and many poker books will back us up on that. But why? As a good poker player you shouldn’t be blindly trusting any books or articles you read. Here we’ll go over the thought process involved in evaluating such hands. Afterwards you can decide for yourself whether KQo is a playable hand.
In the tables

Avoid the trap of call-to-showdown stats!

In a full-ring game KQo has a 16% chance of winning should everybody call to showdown. You’ll see such numbers quoted often, but the truth is they aren’t so helpful unless people are going all-in. The raw statistical chance [...]

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FullTilt Now Offers Rakeback

Thu, 14 Jan 2010 08:50:46 +0000

Nathan wrote an interesting post today on
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Full Tilt Poker is the 4th biggest poker site on the net and the largest site which offers rakeback. Full Tilt was launched in 2004 by a group of pro poker players and has since become the quickest growing poker website. There are multiple reasons for Full Tilt’s fast rise to the top. Since it first opened, there have been many major software updates. They have added very useful features like the auto top up feature which reloads your stack on the table to how ever many big blinds you want after losing a pot which saves a lot of unnecessary clicking. They are also the only site online to provide Cap games which essentially limit the size the pot can become which is great for beginners so they don’t lose too much, too quickly. It also helps that it has the most eye-appealing and [...]

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