Poker Strategy
Submitted by Matt, this article belongs to the Poker Strategy series.
It is a well known fact that you will make the vast majority of your money at poker from weak players. It should be common sense that weak players are going to make more mistakes and as a result donate more money to the other players at the table.
Whether you are at the casino or playing poker online you should keep an eye out for players from countries where poker has only just started to become popular, places such as Romania
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This article belongs to the Poker Tournament series.
General introduction to Double or Nothing poker sit and goes
The Double or Nothing poker sit and go (often abbreviated as DoN SNG) is a relatively new form of the popular sit and go online poker tournament format characterized by a preset (most commonly 6 or 10) number of players each buying in to the sit and go with a fixed amount of money in exchange for a stack of chips.
As the Double or Nothing term implies, you either double your
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Submitted by Steve, this article belongs to The Poker Strategy series.
In this article, Steve takes us through the basics of double or nothing SNGs and in particular double or nothing poker strategy.
Double or nothing poker introduction:
Before we get into the details of double or nothing poker strategy, let’s clarify one thing: Double or Nothings are SNGs in which half the players go home empty handed while the other half double up their buy-ins. Why do people play these SNGs? They’re
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Submitted by Stuart, this article belongs to the Poker Strategy series.
WHAT IS POSITION?
Table position is where you are sitting in relationship to the dealer or ‘button’. For this discussion we will assume a full table of 10 players.
‘Early position‘: The two positions left of the big blind or three left of the button.
‘Middle Position’: the next four seats.
‘Late Position’ (the best position): The next two seats.
PLAY in EARLY POSITION
The first person to bet (after
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Submitted by Adam, this article belongs to the Poker Strategy series.
Continuation betting
One of the most profitable and fundamental features of poker, including cash games and MTT strategy, is the continuation bet. Succinctly put, this is when you bet the flop regardless of the cards you hold, after raising preflop.
The continuation bet and its intrinsic value is based on the fact that your opponent(s) will miss the flop more often than not, so a continuation bet, usually of around half
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Submitted by James, this article belongs to the Poker Strategy series.
If you play cash games online, especially full ring, you're bound to run into a lot of multitablers. Hell, you might even be a multitabler yourself. Multitabling gets more and more popular everyday. Players can earn a decent hourly income at fairly low stakes where fish make up a larger percentage of the player pool. You can also rack up a lot of bonus money or rakeback in the process. I play 24 tables at once on PokerStars,
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Submitted by Adam, this article belongs to the Poker Tournament series.
Online multi-table tournaments can be the most profitable games for new players. Becoming increasingly popular, these type of games provides the easiest and fastest means of making a ton of money in poker for minimal risk. PokerStars recent record breaking tournament for example gave $50,000 to the winner of an event costing only $1 to buy into.
The problem with new players succeeding in tournaments is that they don’t
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About a month ago (November 21st to be precise) I talked on the All in radio poker show (click the link and go to 34 minutes into the show to hear my words of wisdom). I talked mostly about my favorite flop moves from Mitchell Cogert’s “Tournament Poker: 101 Winning Moves”. It is no secret that I like Mitchell’s book and consider it a must read for any serious poker player.
After talking on the All In Radio show I had a very good poker talk with Mitchell regarding a hand my friend Artur
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You don't win hands by checking; you win hands by betting.
My friend Artur keeps reminding me about this when we play online tournaments together. For some reason I tend to forget this simple mantra when I play online poker tournaments by myself.
Yesterday for example I was playing a small stakes online poker tournament on Full Tilt Poker. I was doing quite well due to some good hands coming my way. I think I had around 8000 chips when I decided to make a move under the gun with A7 suited.
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Last Saturday I talked on the All in radio poker show (click the link and go to 34 minutes into the show to hear my words of wisdom). I talked mostly about my favorite preflop moves from Mitchell Cogert’s “Tournament Poker: 101 Winning Moves”. It is no secret that I think Mitchell’s book is a must read for any serious poker player, so if you have some spare time check out his tournament poker blog.
Later that week I had a pleasant chat with Mitchell and after listening to the radio show
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