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Pride Callers

Monday, March 1st, 2010

I’ve found a new favorite type of online poker player-the Pride Caller. This guy is someone you always want to be playing with when you’ve got a good poker online hand, because he just refuses to fold if you raise aggressively-his pride just won’t let him be pushed around. He’s a gold mine if you’ve got a winning hand. The first guy I found like this was a regular at a weekly home game I attended. I made a big raise after flopping a full house and the rest of the table folded, but he sat there thinking about his options. Mad that the rest of the online poker table folded and certain that he would too, I told him to hurry up and fold so that we could move on. He promptly called my bet. After a few attempts like this, I found that he was so consistent that the first guy with one or two big hands in a tournament could grab all of his chips fairly quickly. Unfortunately, he moved away a few months later, and the games became a grind again. The next time you play poker, try goading an opponent every now and then. Don’t overdo it, but a little nudge here and there might show you which players are liable to go tilt at the drop of a hat.

What Is Your Multitable Limit?

Tuesday, January 5th, 2010

We all want to make more money when we play online poker. It is an undeniable fact that poker online players are essentially after poker profits. Some online poker payers have decided that the best way to get big profits fast is to multitable. For a quick refresher, this is the process of playing at more than one online poker table at once. The idea is that you can make more money on these relatively low skill games by doubling them up.

The problem is that many poker players don’t stop at just doubling up the tables. Some players play three or even four tables at once. Truly ambitious players have been known to play up to five or six games at once. Obviously, multitasking at this level is not for everyone. If you are even considering multitabling, you need to consider your mulitable limit. Everyone has a limit, and knowing where yours lies will save you money in the long run.

The best way to figure out your multitable limit is to practice using free games. While these games will not cost you anything to play, they will still allow you to track your winnings. If you can win steadily at the casino, then you have found the proper multitable limit for you.

Hand Analysis: 6-8

Wednesday, December 23rd, 2009

In poker, eight six has a lot of nicknames in particular for its relation to the popular expression to ‘eight-six’ something, which means to kick it out. Though 8 6 isn’t exactly the nuts as a way of starting, there are lots of ways you can make an interesting hand from there on. Flopping straights, straight draws, and other middle textured flops will be the kind of meat you are looking for against poker hands like KQ or other big face card hands.

Another popular nickname for the 8 6 is Maxwell Smart, the agent number for the popular titular character from the TV show Get Smart.

Other nicknames around the 8 6 also refer to the middling use of this poker hand, as indeed its not the kind that you’d want to call raises or invest in too often, but if you are going to be switching out of the mode of playing made openers, there are worst places to start than this.

When playing this kind of poker online hand you’d rather be pressing than chasing, as much more often than not you won’t make the hand and will need the continued aggression to make the value connect.

Unlike Previous Lotto Syndicates – - – the Elottery System Has the Most up to Date Practices

Friday, December 11th, 2009

A major event within the Euromillions Euro lotto is the El Gordo Loteria – and you would do well to learn about this part. Boasting payouts between eighty four million and 2.6 billion Euros, the Elgordo Lottery offers one of the world’s richest jackpots. Nor is this the lottery’s only claim to fame. With more than 13,000 prizes available, your odds of winning something mean that there will be one winner per six tickets. That’s a very good rate when compared with other major lotteries.

If you want to have a chance to win you can buy a full ticket known as a “serie”. Also available is a “d©cimo”, which is worth one tenth of a full ticket. This is your other option. Unfortunately, both options are expensive ways to play nor will either of them upgrade your chances of winning . That is why many people playing the Elgordo lottery use the e-lottery system.

There is one draw per month held by the Euromillions Euro lotto. Three months each play host to bigger drawings promising still more substantive prizes. The special drawings are scheduled to be in January, summer, and at Christmas: these are, in order, El Nio, San Ildefonso and El Gordo.

Unusually for lotteries, the balls used in the Elgordo lottery display five digits on each, in a numerical range from 00,000 to 84,999. One ball apiece is drawn from two bowls; the first bowl determines the winning ticket, while the second determines what the ticket is worth.

The e-lottery system can guarantee a prize for everyone who takes part. Simply buy your way into the Elgordo Lottery syndicate which will then divide you up into teams. With each team numbered between 0 – 9, the final digit on the winning number determines the winners and they go on to take the prize. The prize is divided equally among the team members. After that, subscriptions are taken for the syndicate ready for the lottery the following month.

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Can I Get that on Credit?

Tuesday, November 10th, 2009

Too many novices make the mistake of just having to see. And I have some rather harsh advice for them, but sometimes the truth isn’t what you want to hear. And this one is a doozy of a money saver. Sometimes you should give your online poker opponent credit instead of your chips.

Let me repeat that. Sometimes you should give your opponents credit instead of your chips. Now let’s think about this. You’re in a hand and you have AQ and the board comes AK3 rainbow. You raised, your opponent reraied you and you called. You raise again, and your opponent reraises you again. What kind of hand range do you put him on? A big ace is the most logical conclusion.

Now let’s reveal a little more about this poker opponent. You’ve been watching him and he plays pretty tight. He’s a solid player and raises when appropriate. Now, your continuation bet has been reraised after your first raise was reraised. Do you give your opponent credit for having AK? What about A3? Well, since he’s a tight player A3 is probably out of the question. But AK seems to fit pretty nicely with his play. KK would be a plausible hand as well.

So if you get in this situation, and you have that read on your opponent, why not give him credit? It’s only to your benefit. If you continue on and find out that he is sitting on AK or KK then you’ve just wasted a lot of chips when you could have just folded. And even if your AQ was good there, just remember that there will be another chance for you to strike, and the next situation may not be as complicated and thus easier for you to increase your stack.

So give credit where it’s due, and learn to pick your battles when you have a better idea than a coin flip’s chance of winning when you visit a casino online.

Poker Terminology: ‘limping’

Tuesday, September 1st, 2009

In online poker, when a poker player enters a pot by simply matching the price of the big blind, or minimum forced bet, behind him, it is known as ‘limping.’ In general, among most poker books you might read such as Doyle Brunson’s Super System, limping into a pot is a weak act, and in the long run, probably not profitable poker. Many players, after seeing one or more limpers come in behind him, will raise entirely on principle, with the idea that the limper should be punished. One of the most common sayings in poker is ‘raise or fold,’ meaning that if your hand is not worth raising the pot with, it is not worth calling either. Raising a pot vs. limping in also adds the added value to the hand that by raising you are giving yourself an additional chance to win the pot, in that if no one has a hand strong enough to call, you will win the pot regardless of what you are holding. Another school of poker would say that limping into a lot of pots and defining your hand on the flop and after, then putting your money in once you have defined the hand, is more profitable strategy than always raising. In any case, variation of your style is good for keeping your opponents off of figuring out what you hold, which is always profitable in the long run.

Spanish Poker Tour Comeback

Friday, March 27th, 2009

Returning after its inaugural season, the organizers of the Spanish Poker Tour have announced the launch of their 2009 season. Once again, EverestPoker.com will sponsor the Tour that will bring hundreds of professional players to the country and casino.

The new season of the tour kicks off on March 20th in the Gran Casino Aranjuez. “There will be many new additions to this season, including new destinations, improved structure and more online qualification options,” explained Paloma Benito, the Spanish Poker Tour’s Executive Producer, in a press release.

Players can qualify for any of the stops on EverestPoker.com for as little as $3 USD or buy in directly at the casino for 1,100.

I have long thought about heading to Europe to play a poker tournament or two in one of the Olde Worlde’s grand casinos. Sadly, the current state of the economy means my international travel will have to be curtailed for now. But judging from what I’ve read and seen online of the Gran Casino Aranjuez this looks to be a great setting for a poker tournament. So, to all of those attending this fine-looking event in the great country of Spain: Good luck. I wish I were there joining you.

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Wednesday, September 3rd, 2008

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Saturday, August 2nd, 2008

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