Had only 3,5 hours for this project yesterday. Played about 2500 hands. After the session I had a feeling that I won a bit but did not really look before now going to www.pokertableratings.com to check out the project.

Why didn’t I look? Becouse being emotionallly attached to the short term winnings is a problem for poker players. I see humans as creatures of habit and try to intentionally keep myself from looking my account balance or Hold’em manager graphs. I have had very healthy bankroll for years now and do not need to know the daily scores.

Eventhough time has helped me to become more dispassionate with money, sometimes having a losing day can still irritate me a bit.

My girlfriend was visiting today and we had a very good time. We have been together for 7 months or so. I decided in the beginning that I will not reveal her any poker related dollar amounts. I think that poker pros must be able to handle poker related emotions themselves. Sometimes the collegues assistance is of course needed. However my girlfriend is definately not my poker mentor or psychologist.

I am happy to say that she is not a materialist at all. Still, keeping also the winning amounts out of our relationship is a very thing good. I know some poker players who have really lost their perspective on the value of money. I sometimes have problems myself but I intend to make sure that I’m the only one in our relationship.

Christmas is on it’s way everyone. I’m ready to play some texas hold’em with the family and eat some good food.  Well the real point of the post is to say happy holidays to everyone who reads this. I hope you all are surrounded  by the people you love. I’m going to be doing a give away here in about a week. I’m thinking either an applebees gift or some cash to help someone out. I will let you know. Oh and congrats to the Saints for beating the patriots.

WDIAV hosted another great Tournament last night on Full Tilt! This was their monthly tournament. In order to play in the monthly tournament you can qualify in the sites forum or by placing in the top 9 of one of their weekly freerolls. This Tournament had slightly over 90 players and 1st place was $300.00. I was doing well in the begining and then took a serious hit and was down to less than 600 in chips. I battled back to the average stack size over the next hour of the tournament. Then as we started to near the final 18 I had over the chip average and slowed down only playing premium hands. I barely made it (BUT DID) to the final table 8th out of 9. Then I won the first hand I played with a shove all in to put myself in slightly better position. The action at the final table was fast and wild!! Two of us forum Moderators and the Admin had made it and also a Pro “Viethottie” on Full Tilt had made and she was incredible with quich aggressive playing. I actually made it to 6th place without playing another hand unfortunately the Blinds and antes had eaten away at my stack which was already on life support! I waited for any A then shoved it all with A2 and got instantly called by the player to my left who had been playing rather wild. He flipped AJ and I got ready to say GG and GL however I caught a river 2 and Im still in this thing. @ other players get knocked out including ” VietHottie” I am once again short stacked and have to make a move with 44 caller the Big Stack shows 88 and my run in the tournament is over. Okay as I was already on borrowed time! I made $85 for my 4th place finish and an extra $35 for winning a side last longer bet with some of my fellow WDIAV friends. Overall $120.00 for time spent having fun with people I like to chat with anyways and in the comfort of my own home!!

After 3 days my stats from www.pokertableratings.com look like this:

Start of the day was just horrible. I installed my second 30″ monitor now that my monitor stand had arrived. To my surprise after installing the drivers I got a message stating my boot sector is corrupted or something similar.

I )(#¤&378y2! electronics! No matter what I do it seems that I have to spend way too much time fighting against my hardware or configuring software. I eventually got my computer running but the second screen is not working properly yet.

Still, I was feeling like a champion ! Will post later pics from my setup.

Time to fire up PartyPoker.

Games went pretty well – now up over 1.300$ in 2 days. Still I’m a bit annoyed with myself becouse of one big mistake I made during the session. Was too sloppy and these kind of mistakes should not happen. Maybe I’ll post the hand later to punish myself.

Check out how I’m doing by going to www.pokertableratings.com and type my screenname fast5000USD into the search-field.

While I was playing Zynga Texas Hold’Em Poker’s Shootout tournament in this week I faced some crazy dudes calling ALL IN all the time. WORSE: they call it for nothing, they don’t have any good hand, even a pair of Deuces or one high card!

Maybe those dudes are often found in online games as PokerStars, Party Poker, Full Tilt Poker (betting ficticious money) and Facebook aplications as Zynga Poker. In the real tables I haven’t met some of those dudes yet. Maybe online Poker gives an excessive courage, maybe ficticious money too.

No, no, no. Those dudes who i’m talking about don’t know about strategy, bluffing or anything else. They still think that Poker is a card game where you need more lucky than a good strategy.

ALL IN could be very usefull (and tastefull) when you know what you are doing. Bet all your coins, all your money without a good hand must be a kind of madness or blind faith in excess. I won some many hands calling All In having only a Deuces pair or a high card, but this kind of situation I use to call “Lucky” ’cause in 80% of those hands I was bluffing to force my winning and I really don’t intented to go ahead.

All In Addicts aren’t bad at all. Sometimes is kinda funny see all the mess taht those folks do when bet all their coins: it’s more funny when one of those folks win a round with a poor hand. But they need to learn when call All IN, they need to learn more about it: once you know how and when to call All IN you have the game control.

First day in the books! I have not played many hands of NL200 during the past years so this seems like a funny little side project. However my opponents played mostly as I expected but it is very interesting to unveil the differences compared to the stakes I normally play.

I played over 5 hours while I was having fun watching how my new opponents were playing. I won’t be playing this long sessions very often – as this is a side project for me.

My concentration was a bit off, still played pretty ok without any big mistakes. Haven’t really played at Party Poker this year, so need to get used to it a bit more. Will post some graphs later!

In the past, anyone who carried a silver suitcase evoke the appearance of a gangster on the way to a real money poker delivery.

Well-known from TV as live broadcasts of the best Poker events or as a leisure activity of juveniles who meet for a game on Saturday night.

Strong nerves, logical thinking, cold calculation, tricks, and a lot of expertise. But for a novice, it is above all else: a game that is extremely easy to learn.

Learning the rules is one thing, but you should also practice it. Or how can you bet, raise or fold? How is the course of the game progressing, which players make the mandatory bet? f the rules and processes are internalized, you know how to play Poker. But fear not: playing good Poker is a process, you start out small in the beginning, beat the players at the low stakes tables and soon you’ll get better and more experienced, so shortly you’ll be able to go up with the stakes because you’ll feel ready.

The Turn, when the fourth community card is on the table and the River, which initiates the final round of betting.

In the first round, you lay the foundation for the following rounds. You’ll notice that there are different playing styles. There are cautious and brave, crazy and intelligent players. Playing Poker is a constant learning process, but only if you have the ambition to constantly improve yourself. But those who follow other ambitions are focused on winning in the long term.

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Online Poker on Multi-tabling.

Multi-author online poker is called to play a few tables at the same time to submit more in poker terminology. It is possible to play poker concurrently at 2 to 12 tables at a Poker room. It makes sense that One who plays in multi-tabling gets the maximum benefit, which one has to keep in mind

No time for weak hands

Although it is often stressed that only very experienced players should play at multiple tables at once, it must be objected that especially the amateur player can get a big advantage through multi-tablinGo to the (g) part of the passage

Who is e?g. has four Poker tables open, can only focus on the playable hands, as a multi-table player you cannot even consider playing mediocre hands. You also don’t have to bother with patience anymore that you’d have to deal with when playing at just one table. You’ll no longer be so tempted to try to draw through any psychological games. Ideally, the first one that you have enough large enough screen, so all tables can be a good arrangement. Most of the poker room also provides a little think this is a small table look, so that multiple submission much easier. Research has shown that the optimal number of tables to be successful is four.

More tables, more hands, more profit

Who is a good player at one table, will be a good player at multiple tables. Morphsinto a Poker machine player, plays his hands right out of the textbook. He has done Poker homework, already, Assuming. It is striking that good players who win in the long run, are all multi-table players.

The identical game is played, regardless of the site. Nothing is worse than a table with let’s say Sit-and-Go, a second table with Cash Game NL $ 3 / $ 6, a third with Cash Limit $ 5 / $ 10 and the fourth with a big tournament going. Prevent an optimal match by this kind of constant rethinking. The skill levels and players are random at each table, so do not waste time or energy searching for a favorite table.

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They in times take a long time to open a reward. Of course, multi-table players reduce this time when they play at multiple tables. To unlock a bonus it’s very convenient, of course, but it should not be the only reason to play multi-tablin7. Eagerly, this seems to happen only rarely. Many players are normally not that much interested about other opponents, also to their table too. However, be pointed out that a number of players playing style sheet can sometimes be predicted. The play is like a text book for a multi-table player, as already said. Another player could take advantage of this and simply bluff him, because he knows that the multi-table player here will automatically press the fold button.

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Online casinos are fast becoming favorites for the gaming community. Many gamblers are now opting to play free casinos online, right in the comforts of their own homes. With the myriad of gambling casinos online, the gamer has many choices.

The allure of online casinos lies in the ease of betting, whilst land based casinos require actual physical presence, save the case of off track betting stations, betting can be done with a click on the computer. Players can thus place multiple bets on different casinos without even leaving home.

Another thing that virtual casino gamblers like about online casinos is the ease of payment. Bets can be easily placed using credit cards or with the use of other electronic payment systems, such as Paypal (one of the more popular choices). Payout claims are also relatively easy, as the funds are disbursed in the same way as the are put by players. This makes it relatively easy for players to cash in their winnings. They can also just leave their money in their account and use it for other online purposes.

Online betting, however is not all that pleasant. For one, like other online systems, this one can also suffer from technical glitches. One of the more frustrating things that can happen when betting online is when the casino’s server crashes and and the bet isn’t loaded onto the casino’s database but is still credited to your account. Often, this can be resolved with the casino’s administrators, but in some cases, the amount can not be recovered.  This can be very irritating especially if your bet is the one that wins.

A far more severe problem in online betting are hackers. Hackers can attack when you are placing a bet, gaining access to your account. Another danger with this is that the hacker can also get access to the accounts that you are using to pay your bets through the casino’s database, leaving your bank accounts vulnerable.

However, patrons of online casinos can rest assured, as the owners of these sites have taken great lengths to ensure the integrity of their betting systems. Most of them now uses encryption systems to protect their client’s vital account information from intruders. They also employ experienced technical staff to maintain their servers.

But while operators have taken appropriate measures, the online bettor is also expected to do his own security checks. One thing he can do is to ensure that his account information is secure and that he alone knows its details. Also the bettor should refrain from dealing with dubious online casinos, as these can be a front for fraudulent activities. The bettor should first check on the casino’s background and reputation to ensure reliability.

Learn the best important tricks to bluffing. Apprentice aback to bluff, aback not to barefaced and alike aback to barefaced that you are bluffing.

Bluffing in Poker and decidedly in Texas Holdem is a actual advantageous tool, but if it is not acclimated appropriately it can be a actual alarming apparatus to try and use. If acclimated appropriate backbiting can accord you the actualization of accepting a acceptable duke aback you accept annihilation and alarm the added players into folding their hands, but if it is not done appropriate again all that happens is that you lose some money.

1) Check to see that the accumulation of players arena for the pot is small. The added acceptable acumen why you should do this is that it is easier to fool a baby accumulation than a ample one. Another applicable botheration is that if the players are many, some ability artlessly be impaired and not absolutely accept the accurate admeasurement of your bluff. Whatever the case you accept to booty into application that a ample accumulation is tougher to bluff. Do not argue. It is artlessly so.

2) Do not barefaced if your duke is weaker than a brace and to be on the safe side, added acceptable to accept at atomic two pairs alike if these are weak. Note that a amateur or two will abide in the bold alike if they accept no duke whatsoever. They achievement to apprentice how others comedy so that they will be able to exhausted them in after rounds. Such players can be acquired to bend if you barefaced well. Added than that, consistently booty into application that some amateur will consistently actual cerebration you are bluffing. So, at atomic accept a acceptable abundant duke to exhausted them.

3) Do not barefaced with nothing. Backbiting should be acclimated to accomplish a anemic duke attending added acceptable but not to try to accomplish annihilation attending like something. Backbiting should alone be done if you authority at atomic one pair. Some players will not aback bottomward from your barefaced abnormally in the alpha of the game. They are aggravating to feel you out and see how you acknowledge in altered situations. To fool them you are activity to accept to become a acceptable actor.

4) If you win a annular of action and the added Texas holdem players see that you did it with a big hand, again for the abutting few circuit you are at a big advantage. The anamnesis of your high-value Texas Holdem arrangement will amble in your opponents’ minds and this will advice you abundantly if you bluff. Each added amateur will anticipate alert Before arduous your hand.

5) Since you are arena Texas Holdem, pay absorption to the cards that the dealers places face-up on the poker table. If you acquisition that the cards bottomward accomplish up a anemic pair, again alpha bluffing. Others will anticipate you accept the agenda to accomplish up a triple, and will aback off in fright.

6) Pay absorption to how the added players at your table but and what their easily are at the end. Poker players who alone bet aback they accept able easily are the easiest to beat. All you accept to do is delay till they are not action and you apperceive they accept a anemic duke so if you advance them they will bend for abhorrence of accident any added money on a bad hand.

Closure:

Bluffing is not actual altered than lying on a analysis or to friends. If you are a acceptable liar, you will be able to barefaced with a lot added aplomb than others. But you charge to abate the bulk you lie because admitting in activity bodies tend to accept you, in Texas Hold’em, players tend not to accept you.

Gambling has had such a bad image for centuries. It’s supposedly a degenerate form of entertainment that wastes away hard earned wealth to the wiles and whims of Lady Luck.

In recent years, one particular form of gambling has stood out above the rest and entered the mainstream –Texas Hold’em Poker. Numerous men who gamble for a living had come out in the open flaunting their skills at poker achieving a celebrity status – at least to poker aficionados who remain a niche market.

I am a woman, a mother of two beautiful young girls, and a professional poker player. I am one of a handful of women that pit their wits against the male dominated poker world. I have earned the respect of my peers and the disdain of society.

Whenever asked what my profession is, with pride I answer that I am a professional poker player. Some of my peers have tried avoiding this question, coming up with numerous made-up professions from a strategic investor to a useless bum. Apparently, it is far more honorable to be branded a bum than a professional poker player. I, on the other hand, being fully aware of the difficulties of my profession, honestly answer the question and every time I do, the gamut of reactions amuse and annoy me at the same time. Others scoff at it, others awed by it, and others look down upon it, worse yet because I am a woman. Nonetheless, knowing society I have reconciled myself to being judged an addict, a compulsive gambler and an immoral woman.

Nevertheless, when one of my best friends called my profession still gambling my hackles went up. Somehow when one close to you, who has witnessed your skills, who you’ve had confided the trials and tribulations of your job to still claims that your occupation is nothing more than gambling you feel misunderstood and slighted.

As much as Texas Holdem Poker has reached the mainstream and is actually being openly shown on television, poker as a sport has not been accepted and is still seen as a gambling vice by the whole world including the ones closest to you.
In my defense, and in behalf of all the professional poker players out there, let me relate the nature of my job and what it requires of me.

As the old poker saying goes, “it takes a second to learn how to play poker, but it takes a lifetime to master.”
How do you master a game based on luck? Luck is only one factor of the equation and the factor that you can try to contain. The other factors consist of math, economics, behavioral psychology, and self-discipline.

Math is one of the most important factors in the game. You have to be able to calculate the probabilities of you winning a hand. You have to be able to permutate 52 cards as compared to the amount of money that is currently at the table. Alongside, this is the economics of the game. Having calculated the probabilities of winning, you then analyze your profit-loss ratio – how much money could you possibly win/lose given the amount of resources, i.e. chips, available or potentially available to you.

After which, you study the competition. You have 8 other competitors in this market called a poker table all of whom are doing the math and the economics. You hope that they’re not as good in math as you are. Nonetheless, by studying their behavior they may just leak out pertinent information that you can use to your advantage – are they giving you false information? Are there chances far better than yours? Is he scared and nervous?

All these calculations and analysis to be done in a matter of seconds before you make the decision that will either make you earn money or lose everything you have.

Then there’s the self-discipline. To be a professional poker player you need to have mastered your emotions and know yourself extremely well. You cannot afford to fall in the trap of becoming an adrenalin junkie or compulsive gambler.
And like any other male dominated industry, it is very difficult for a woman to be taken seriously or to gain the respect of your peers. You have been branded an emotional and flaky being that can easily be bullied into giving away your chips to the much stronger macho man. Women seem to be deemed more of gamblers than men.

And yet, the irony of it all is that, as a professional poker player, you cannot afford to gamble because your livelihood is at stake. This is a truism that most people cannot fathom, process and understand.

We work at least 5 or more hours a day continuously sitting, thinking, deciding, risking and investing. We are no different from brokers who risk their money investing in commodities, the futures or the stocks. We are no different from a businessman who makes feasibility studies so that he can risk his capital to put up a business. We are no different from professional athletes who constantly study their craft and train in the hopes of one day winning the World Cup, Wimbledon, and, in our case, the World Series of Poker.

Yes, gambling has had a bad image for centuries but it’s changing its face. We are not clueless degenerates or are we doing this for entertainment to waste away hard earned money. This is my job where I work hard, like everybody else, to make a living. I am professional poker player and proud of it.

Zynga’s Texas Holdem Poker en Facebook es un juego muy popular, en el puesto nº 16 del total de los juegos disponibles, aunque no tiene trucos específicos para obtener más chips (fichas) o cualquier otra maniobra antireglamentaria. Te ofrecemos una serie de consejos para jugar al poker online con los que podrás seguro ganar algo de ventaja sobre tus adversarios:

• Diariamente recibiras de regalo fichas para poder jugar.
• No vayas a todas las jugadas, si las cartas no son buenas es mejor retirarse.
• Apostar muchas fichas confiando en una carta no suele ser buena idea, aunque a veces salga bien (factor suerte).
• Si vas perdiendo, tómalo con calma e intenta recuperar tus fichas rápidamente.
• En la modalidad Texas Holdem puedes apostar en cualquier momento todas tus fichas de golpe, utiliza esta opción si estas convencido de ello.
• Averigua quienes son los jugadores más flojos de la mesa y disputa manos con ellos, pues tendrás más posibilidades de ganarles.
• Si manejas el cálculo de probabilidades tendrás muchas mas opciones frente a tus rivales.
• Como último consejo deberás practicar en el juego todo lo que puedas.

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OMG!! I Finally finished watching the final table of the 2009 WSOP. First the DVR didn’t record it properly then it was other stuff then it was more stuff and then… So now that we are into the circuit events again I had better get caught up here. So thanks for being patient. Oh yeah I did get a blogging offer from Cake but it wasn’t what I was looking for so Im still here as The Guy in Seat 4!! In any event here is the Pokerdog283 recap of the final table action!!

Great introductions for all players but I will get right to the action as I did a play by play before the tournament aired!!

Akenhead vs Shaffel (That other guy) Schaffell had the best of it with the AK to Akenheads KQ. Akenhead in need of a Q he magically hits the Q and suddenly starts acting like a British Gangster, I was kind of embarrassed??

Saouts J2 then J2 flop catch for 2 pair made me throw up it was so sick to watch on TV!!

Neat little featurette on Moon with his Cabin Get away maybe from now on the November 9 will forget the poker lessons and go hunt bears or something!!

Nice hand between Cada and Shulman where Cada’s AJ loses to Shulman’s AK taking Cada to below 3 million!!
Note watching Shulmans training clips Diego Cordovez is a Card Player Superstar!!

Beglighter vs Saout. Great read untill Saout turns a flush then I just felt Bad!!

Ivey and Moon Big Hand Ivey Chants were deafening!!! Moon hits( like it was a surprise) And the Hero is out!! I did see that despite earlier reports Moon and Ivey shake hands.

Absolute suckout ,kick to the groin was the Cada/Shulman 33 vs JJ with Cada all in hits a 3 on the flop to the cheers of Team Suckout!!
By the way when did Joe Cada go with Full Tilt?? Was his UB hat not enough?? Or was Moon the only person that didn’t sell out?? Shulman didn’t sell out he is already big time!!

Cada versus Saout AK/88 of Saouts a sick miracle King for Cada and Saout is at Macaren airport looking for his airfrance ticket!

Moon and Cada HU!!

Vince Neil doing the intro??? WTF was Ralph Mouth from Happy Days busy??
Some big hands ending with Cadas 99 dominating Moons QJ diamonds and a shiny new bracelet for Cada and both win alot of Cash!!

Of Course this is only one Dogs opinion!
Pokerdog283

Hallo Zusammen,

den neunten Rang belegt das App: PokerIncome.

Es ermöglicht einem seine getätigte CashGames gut aufzubereiten und im Blick zu halten, ob die eigene Bankroll gerade im Plus ist oder ob man bei bestimmten Spielen immer nur ein Minusgeschäft verzeichnet.

Das App ist kostenlos und ich kann es jedem Poker- und Statistikbegeisterten nur empfehlen.

Achja. Und sorry für die Verspätung. Ganz vergessen, dass schon wieder Donnerstag war.

Depuis quelques mois, le Poker n’a jamais fait autant parler de lui. Ils sont des milliers de joueurs à tenter leur chance dans les cercles de jeux, entre amis ou sur Internet. Cet engouement soudain prête à étonnement. Le poker sortirait-il de la clandestinité ? Tentatives d’explication.
C’est un fait : le poker est à la mode. Le plus célèbre des jeux de cartes est devenu un petit phénomène de société. Témoins de cette effervescence, les cercles de jeux parisiens ont vu ces dernier temps leur affluence s’accroître. A l’Aviation Club de France (ACF) sur les Champs-Élysées, Sabine Hazoume, responsable de la salle de poker le confirme : « depuis 4-5 mois c’est de la folie ! ». Les nouveaux venus sont majoritairement jeunes et masculins. Toutes les classes sociales se côtoient. Chefs d’entreprise, mannequins, étudiants, pères de famille ou travailleurs précaires, tous partagent autour du tapis vert un authentique plaisir de jouer. Selon Adrien, 25 ans, vendeur à temps partiel dans une boutique parisienne, ce qui ne l’empêche pas d’être membre de l’ACF : « le poker est à l’image de la vie, c’est un concentré d’adrénaline enivrant ».

Le poker à la télé

Canal+, Eurosport, Paris Première et bientôt RTL 9, ont perçu cet enthousiasme, puisque toutes ces chaînes ont choisi depuis quelques années de retransmettre régulièrement des compétitions de poker. Et les audiences semblent leur donner raison. Depuis mai 2005, Canal+ diffuse régulièrement en seconde partie de soirée le World Poker Tour, commenté par Patrick Bruel, champion du monde de la discipline en 1998. De son côté, le directeur de Paris Première, Jacques Expert, déclarait en 2005 à L’Express « avoir doublé son audience » grâce à son Tournoi des AS dont la troisième édition est prévue pour novembre 2006. Pour Sabine Hazoume, le constat est clair : « l’impact de ces émissions a été considérable, notamment chez les jeunes. L’engouement pour le poker doit beaucoup à cette couverture médiatique ». De nombreux joueurs le reconnaissent, l’envie de jouer leur est effectivement venue en regardant le poker à la télévision.

En plus d’avoir familiarisé le public français avec une nouvelle technique de jeu séduisante, le Texas Hold’em*, ces émissions font rêver les téléspectateurs. Car le poker est avant tout un moyen de gagner de l’argent, et à ce titre les sommes mises en jeu dans les tournois télédiffusés sont colossales. Jamie Gold, vainqueur en 2006 du World Séries Of Poker (WSOP) a empoché la coquette somme de 12 millions de dollars. De quoi susciter des vocations auprès des novices. Néanmoins, de tels gains restent exceptionnels et la majorité des joueurs préfèrent fréquenter les clubs et surtout les sites de poker en ligne que de participer à ces tournois dont l’accès est rarement à la portée de tous les amateurs.

Le poker-business

Le poker en ligne est lui aussi devenu un nouvel eldorado pour les éditeurs de sites. Selon certaines études marketing, 180 millions de dollars s’échangeraient quotidiennement dans les salles virtuelles. En France, la Fédération Française des Joueurs de Poker (FFJP) estime que 100 000 personnes auraient franchi le pas. Ces sites qui bénéficient de moyens considérables pour se promouvoir et attirer les joueurs, sont relayés par d’autres supports : dvd, jeux vidéos, livres, manuels d’instruction, et magazines spécialisés. En juin 2006, deux nouveaux mensuels consacrés au poker ont ainsi vu le jour dans nos kiosques. A tel point que selon François Montmirel, champion de poker confirmé et co-auteur d’un ouvrage intitulé Le poker pour les nuls, le plus célèbre des jeux de cartes « est devenu une économie à lui seul, un business très lucratif ». Même le cinéma semble trouver dans le poker une nouvelle source d’inspiration. Ce sera d’ailleurs le thème du prochain film d’Abel Ferrara, et le bruit court que James Bond pourrait bien se laisser tenter dans ses nouvelles aventures par quelques parties endiablées. Jusqu’à Hollywood, le poker a le vent en poupe, et son image s’est considérablement améliorée. Jadis jugé immoral, il est redevenu fréquentable. Désormais, on ne se cache plus pour jouer.

*Le Texas Hold’em est un poker dit « ouvert » qui se joue de 2 à 10 joueurs. L’objectif est de former la meilleure combinaison de 5 cartes en utilisant les 2 cartes non découvertes dont disposent chaque joueur et les 5 cartes communes qui sont faces découvertes placées sur la table.

If you apperceive any basal action in Texas hold’em, you apperceive that allotment you’re duke is actual important. Abounding beginners will comedy , bet and lose with every hand. The key is allotment the duke that ill accord you the wining outcome. If you bet and comedy every distinct duke you will lose money every time you play.

There are some basal starting calmly that are the “ultimate” calmly for in Texas Hold’em. These calmly accommodate abridged pairs, which are any pair. The best of which are aces. Accepting a starting duke of 2 aces is the best duke in the game. The acumen for this is, back the bomb and river come, alike if cipher on the table gets annihilation but a pair, you still win. In addition, cipher can accept a college brace than you.

The actuality that this duke is the best duke would accomplish anybody anticipate that this duke should be acclimated at all times and you should bet all you’re money in. This is not actual thinking. Aboriginal of all, back you get this hand, you don’t wan to bet too abundant money at aboriginal because you will account anyone who knows alike a little action to bend causing you to lose out on a few added bets. One of the bodies that you acquired to bend ability accept anticipation that they had the added acceptable duke with a brace of kings and aloft for you, which would accept meant added money for the pot. You appetite t o accumulate that pot as ample as accessible and you appetite to account as abounding bodies as accessible to lose.

This can calmly be done by adorable them out. Adorable out players is actual simple to do. If you accept a caliginosity appropriate duke that you are abiding can win, try not to account you’re opponents to bend by action low. Thik of it as a backwards bluff. You bet lower again what you’re cards are account to actualize a safe activity for you’re opponents. Again Back the bomb is down, you can alpha to accession and assuredly with the few bodies larboard you can go all in and try to annihilate addition while giving yourself the top position.

In a tournament, It is it added important to you that you win or is it added important to you that you can break in the bold and try and win in any abode and accept a prize. In my opinion, its added important that I get into any abode rather again not abode at all. Lets booty this into what I capital to discuss, which is sacrificing abundant calmly for survival. Imagine that you had a abridged brace and you folded. You would never do that right, that would be an absurd acknowledgment to a 2 aces. What if I told you that it would be wiser to bandy them away?

If you area in a bold with 6 bodies left,

Player1 – $210

Player2 – $156

Player3 – $90

you – $70

Player5 – $30

Player6 – $18

These are the accepted statistics of the bold and you accept aloof accustomed 2 aces.

You would wan to go all in and booty amateur 5 and amateur 6’s money right? Well affairs are if you go all in, they would fold, appropriately causing you to lose out on there bets. They apperceive that you apparently accept a abundant duke and you will win, so they fold. Now there still in the bold and you accept a chance, at this point, of accident with annihilation in with the abutting duke and you apparently fabricated alone a minimum win with the aces.

If you bankrupt again what? That would accept fabricated a abundant greater applause if you anticipate about it. If the players with added money in the top atom absitively to bet $20 or $40, players 5 and 6 would be out if they lost. You would still be in at this point with $70. If the abutting bet went up to $90 amateur 3 would be out to if he lost. Now if instead of activity all in with the aces which would accept won, you folded, you would still be in the bold and in the cardinal 3 atom entitling you to the third award-winning if you lose appropriate there. Of advance you accept about no money larboard and ability lose unless you get addition acceptable hand. This is added acceptable again accepting a baby accretion and possibly accident in after accepting 3rd abode appropriately accepting no award-winning and accident all money.

Patrik Antonius has raked in $878, 958 in a single hand, making it the largest pot in online poker history.

The action went down on Full Tilt Poker at $500/$1000 heads-up deep pot limit omaha and his opponent was a Swedish player known only as Isildur1.

This is how the monster hand played out.

Antonius in the big blind had  $439,479.50 behind him while Isildur1 had a slightly bigger stack at $450,494.50.

“Isildur1″ had the button and raised to $3,000. Antonius called.

The flop came  .

Antonius checked. “Isildur1″ bet $5,000. Antonius raised to $21,000, and “Isildur1″ called.

The turn was the .

Antonius led out with a bet of $48,000. “Isildur1″ raised to $192,000. Antonius pushed all-in, and “Isildur1″ called after a few moments.

“Isildur1″ showed:

Antonius showed:

Both players had two pair, Aces and Queens. “Isildur1″ had a gutshot straight draw as well, while Antonius had the nut flush draw (hearts), as well as a gutshot straight draw of his own.

The river brought the  , giving Antonius a nine-high straight and the massive $879k pot. ” [Poker-King]

Here’s a screenshot of the hand as it ended. Hectic.

Good times..

Except for Isildur1.

I know I need to be more consistent with this blog and I will!! Things have slowed down and on Monday night I will be writting my final episdoe on the WSOP… for a while anyway. However thanks to the WSOP my blog called  The Guy in Seat 4 has had over 12000 mostly since the 2009 series began.

In my last update about my bankroll I had went from $1.25 to almost $1000.00. I then placed 7th in the Full Tilt $5 buy in cash out tournament for about $400.00 Ive gained some and lost some and overall in good shape still not where I want to be but grinding it out can be fun too!
This month I will be trying to refocus on my affiliate work and have dropped a few and will focus on Full Tilt, Bodog and Pokerstars, Cake and Doyles room. WordPress wont allow me  post my links to Pokerstars and Fulltilt so go here instead.
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Omaha poker is a variation of poker. It is similar to Texas Holdem but a little more difficult for odds calculating because of the way the cards are dealt. While in Texas Holdem there are 2 cards dealt to each play, in Omaha poker there are 4 card dealt to each player from which the player needs to choose 2 or more for his hand, combining it with the 3 communal cards that are laid open on the table. Other than that difference the rules of playing are pretty much the same as Texas Holdem, so you are more than welcome to visit the Texas Holdem definition page for more information.