Poker Tournament
Yesterday I won a 400 player 6$ buyin tournament on Party Poker. Nothing big I know, but it was my first win of the year and I have been struggling, to say the least, to achieve it.
So how did I do it?
I stayed out of trouble by mostly playing solid hands. When I stole the blinds, I did it with playable hands and small bets. I picked up many pots by making small probe bets on flops when I was up against 2 or 3 opponents.
I won when I got my chips in as favorite.
The big stack knocked out
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Yesterday I won a tournament on Party Poker (yes I actually won a tournament!!) and wanted to know if I could withdraw my entire balance, since I recently received a 50$ no deposit bonus there. Perhaps the 50$ bonus would be deducted from my balance before I could withdraw.
I received a reply from Party Poker's player support and immediately started laughing. Their explanation to my 50$ bonus question is so cryptic, that I have a hard time deciphering what they are on about. What do you think?
Dear
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If you've been following my "I hate bad beats" page on Facebook lately, you'll know that I have been suffering a (in my mind) pretty serious onslaught of suck-outs in December. Here's a short summary:
Tournament bust-out: PokerStars 20$ 20000$ guranteed. I raise preflop with AK. Table donk reraises, I push and he calls with K4 off suit. Flop 567, turn 2, river 4.
Tournament bust-out: AA vs 99 and 55, turn was a 9
SNG bust-out: AA vs KK, QQ vs 77
Tournament bust-out: Nut flush on turn loses
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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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Instead of bitching and whining over bad beats I thought I would start sharing the mistakes I make in tournaments. By doing so I hope to reduce the number of mistakes I make and channel my frustrations into writing blog posts which is way more constructive than punching my desk.
Although I am on an official big buy-in tournament break I still play the tournaments in my Poker tournament league. Today was a 2000$ guaranteed 6$ buy-in turbo 6 max tournament on Power Poker.
I did quite well to
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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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My online poker tournament year has been absolutely terrible with only two final table finishes all year. Due to my bad run I am experiencing increasing difficulties dealing with the luck factor of the game. I feel like an injustice is done to me every time someone sucks out on me. Watching the final table action of the WSOP main event has just confirmed the fact that luck is a key factor in poker.
You can be the best player in the world but if you are not lucky and those coinflips roll your way,
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In this series of top 10 lists I have selected top moves from Mitchell Cogert's "Tournament Poker: 101 Winning Moves". I believe these moves have the largest probability of improving your chances of winning low to medium stakes online poker tournaments.
Top 10 lists in this series:
Top 10 preflop moves
Top 10 flop moves
Top 10 turn and river moves
Mitchell Cogert is the author of “Tournament Poker: 101 Winning Moves.” It is the only reference book to reveal the plays the Pros use
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In this series of top 10 lists I have selected top moves from Mitchell Cogert's "Tournament Poker: 101 Winning Moves". I believe these moves have the largest probability of improving your chances of winning low to medium stakes online poker tournaments.
Top 10 lists in this series:
Top 10 preflop moves
Top 10 flop moves
Top 10 turn and river moves
Mitchell Cogert is the author of “Tournament Poker: 101 Winning Moves.” It is the only reference book to reveal the plays the Pros use
Read more [...]
Tags: Poker Articles, Poker Strategy, Poker Top 10 Lists, Poker Tournament