Archive for December, 2008

Micro Saturdays

Tuesday, December 16th, 2008 | Poker Articles, Poker Tournament | 2 Comments

Submitted by Kochan, this article is a part of the Poker Tournament series. So after barely playing since Monday I thought I would put in a solid MTT session on Saturday. Saturday’s really suck for online MTT’s because there are no special tournaments and the field sizes are at their smallest. So to combat boredom I thought I would just load up alot of tables including small buy in tournies I normally wouldn’t play. Overall for the day I took a 2nd in the stars $27.50 and 2nd in Read more [...]

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Do Poker Dealers Make Good Poker Players?

Monday, December 15th, 2008 | Poker Articles, Poker Pro | 2 Comments

Submitted by Markus, this article belongs to the Poker Pro series I have always wondered why most poker dealers are poor poker players. Nothing seems to make a game better than a dealer who just finished working and then hops into the game. I don’t know if it is because they are tired from work but they always seem to play poorly and immediately start to gamble it up. You would think that a dealer would become a better player simply by watching all that poker while working. They certainly should Read more [...]

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Poker Bankroll blog is do follow

Sunday, December 14th, 2008 | Poker News | 10 Comments

Poker Bankroll blog is now "do follow" also for comments. Traditionally comments made on blogs are "no follow". This means that search engines do NOT follow links in comments to other web sites. Webmasters chose the "no follow" option in comments to reduce the number of outgoing links to other web sites (also known as "link bleed") which leads to better Google page rank. We at Poker Bankroll Blog want to build an active community around our poker article database and therefore welcome quality Read more [...]

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Why the cards matter least – Poker Strategy Part 4

Saturday, December 13th, 2008 | Poker Articles, Poker Strategy | 2 Comments

Submitted by McTap, this article is a part of the Poker Strategy series. In this article I will discuss what poker table image is and how to play accordingly. If you have not read the previous articles in this series, check out Part 1, Part 2 and Part 3 at your convenience. When it comes to table image, betting patterns and hands played dictate exactly how a person is portrayed at the table. Through everybody's image on the table you can better understand the action that has happened, and Read more [...]

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Randy Couture Joins Full Tilt Poker

Thursday, December 11th, 2008 | Poker News | No Comments

Written by Markus, this article belongs to the Poker News series Ask any serious poker player out there and they would likely agree with the statement that a poker table is a battleground in which players are doing battle with one another to take away each other’s chips and break their spirit in the process. Never has this comparison been more evident before this week with the announcement that Full Tilt Poker has signed up UFC champ Randy Couture to be part of team FullTilt. In the ring, Read more [...]

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Phil Ivey Dominating Full Tilt

Tuesday, December 9th, 2008 | Poker Articles, Poker Pro | 2 Comments

Submitted by Markus, this article belongs to the Poker Pro series According to online poker trackers, Phil Ivey has been dominating the online poker scene at Full Tilt Poker, earning over $9 million in profits since January 2007. The impressive accomplishment in itself is pretty mind-boggling and captures the imagination of aspiring online poker players anywhere. Perhaps the most impressive fact of Ivey’s achievement is that he has done this across all forms of poker, not just one particular Read more [...]

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Heads-up poker strategy; an easy to follow introduction

Monday, December 8th, 2008 | Poker Articles, Poker Strategy, Poker Tournament | 1 Comment

Submitted by Q, this article is a part of the Poker Tournament series. Playing heads-up poker What is the beauty and power of attraction of poker? Personally I think it is its many facets. In contradiction to other sports or games, every situation is unique and asks another approach. One of the most important factors which influence a specific situation is the amount of people that is involved in a hand. That's why it's informative to play some heads-up games for a change. Till a few weeks Read more [...]

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Caribbean Poker Classic 2008; final table action in the 400$ +40$ buyin tournament

Sunday, December 7th, 2008 | Caribbean Poker Classic 2008 | 7 Comments

This article is a part of the Caribbean Poker Classic 2008 series. Follow the link to read more about how I got to go on the trip in the first place. While waiting to participate in the final table of the 400$ tourney, the boat made it's first stop on the route in San Juan, Puerto Rico. We really wanted to check out the El Yunque rain forest some 50 clicks from San Juan. Unfortunately the boat arrived in San Juan at 3pm and the sun set at 5pm so there wasn't really time. I'm still amazed that Read more [...]

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Caribbean Poker Classic 2008; securing a final table seat in the 400$ +40$ buyin tournament

Wednesday, December 3rd, 2008 | Caribbean Poker Classic 2008 | 2 Comments

This article is a part of the Caribbean Poker Classic 2008 series. Follow the link to read more about how I got to go on the trip in the first place. I left you last time with a picture of Artur and I sitting at the same table in the 400$ tournament. Since this is were my story starts again I will include the picture once more (a good picture can never be shown to often right? :-)) Notice the guy scratching his face to the right of Artur? We talked to him in the casino the night before Read more [...]

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Tuesday, December 2nd, 2008 | Sports and Fantasy betting | No Comments

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