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Winning Hands: Slow Play an Aggressive Table

admin — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 14:15:41 +0000

When you draw a winning hand against a poker table full of aggressive opponents, you’re in luck, because you’re starting at a bunch of players who are going to be happy to donate to your pot. I’ve got a weekly poker game that’s generally populated with some pretty aggressive players; they’re always happy to buy up a pot as soon as they smell weakness, so I usually don’t have to think twice when I draw a winning hand.

If you’ve got the nuts and you’re at a particularly aggressive poker table, you probably don’t have to worry about whether or not they’ll be betting, all you need to consider is how you can encourage them to bet. Think about how you’ve been playing: if you’ve been playing tight, continue to do so even when you’re winning. A check will show weakness to your opponents, encouraging them to bet into you. If you’ve been caught trying to bluff a few times, your opponents may be likely to smell a bluff and call you (or if you’re lucky, reraise you). Once you know how to get your opponents to join in with you, try to keep them betting until you’ve got them pot-commited, then push them all in and try not to grin too much when you rake in their stacks.

Mistakes – Checking down vs Bluffing a Dry Side Pot

admin — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 05:17:46 +0000

Mistakes – Checking down vs bluffing a dry side pot By rob stephens I was playing in a poker tournament the other day and a short stack shoved all-in. Two players called him. After the flop one of the players bet and the other folded ace high. The online poker player who bet had made top pair of a jack with KJ. The short stack had nothing and ended up losing. The interesting part was that the other poker online player was upset that they did not check the hand down. “I always check it down when someone is all in” he said. This common misconception frustrates me. Unless it’s a money bubble or pay jump, why would you ever want to slow play a hand in hopes of knocking a player out? With top pair he’s already likely to be in the lead. What is the benefit of losing a player in the middle of a tournament? If you like your table and don’t want to get split up or have another player moved into the empty spot, it might actually behoove you to keep the short stack alive. Anyway, the automatic check down misconception bugs me. Conversely, some people disregard it completely when money is on the line. I was in another game, a SNG, where a guy bluffed dry side pot on a 3 way hand with the short stack all on the money bubble. He had QJ for queen high and the short stack won with king high, K-3. I folded K-7, which missed the flop but would have chopped with the short stack. Instead the short stack tripled and we prolonged the bubble, to no one’s advantage but the short stack. Without a side pot, the bluffing player stood to win nothing if queen high wasn’t good. Even if it was good, the short stack was guaranteed to see the turn and river and perhaps draw out. He had no draw, so there was no reason to try and build a pot in hopes of locking up a big score on later streets. Some people just don’t understand why they do what they do.

Good Poker Players Are Pretty Smart Guys

admin — Fri, 28 May 2010 16:08:45 +0000

Good Poker Players Are Pretty Smart Guys Sometimes, I like to think that poker online is all about the luck. Deep down though, I know that this isn’t true. I know that this is just a bitter little voice in the back of my head that is disappointed in the fact that I have been outplayed once again. Make no mistake about it. When I lose at a poker game, I am simply outplayed by someone who knows more than I do. I have come to the uncomfortable realization of late that good poker players are pretty smart guys. As much as it pains me to say it, they may even be smarter than me. Good poker players have these naturally high levels of intelligence that allow them to calculate pot odds, read the table, and internalize new playing styles all in the time it takes me just to read my cards. The truly top notch players have razor sharp card knowledge that one really only sees at high rank universities. Sure, I am sure that some of it can be learned. People can learn to count cards or calculate pot odds. But I still believe, given the amount of times that I have been outwitted and outplayed, that the best poker players are just an intellectual cut above.

Palm Trees in the Tropics

admin — Wed, 12 May 2010 17:32:06 +0000

Who just loves the trees in the tropics? When the weather is hot and the sun is just beating down like no other you really want to turn to the palm tree to give you some shade. The leaves that they have are the best for blocking the sun. They are shaped in a way that works to totally keep it out.

They are not only good for keeping the sun out; they also make for a good roof to keep the rain out. With a house in the tropics the rain can come down like a waterfall and when this happens you want something on the roof that protects everything inside the house. It can be tough work putting it together because they have to put high up, so keeping your lower back healthy is very important. Drinking a lot of water is important out there in the tropics because you can lose so much from the sweat.

The coconuts are a luxury when it is so hot out and humid. They not only have water in side of them, but they also have sugar and some edible food. If you are ever stranded on an island you will want to go ahead and climb one of these trees and get down a few of these coconuts.

Three-of-a-kind

admin — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 21:00:08 +0000

While a huge part of every poker hand takes place before the flop, the flop is where the majority of the conjecture ends. When the first three cards come out every online poker player at the table knows what his starting hand is worth, and even then, there’s a pretty high level of uncertainty. Even a good like three-of-a-kind poker online pair can be cracked pretty easily if you’re not careful. If you draw trips, you’re looking good, but you can still be cracked. Here are a few things to think about if you make a set. The best-case scenario is when you have a pocket pair and you hit a set on the flop. If you’ve got pocket 9’s and the flop comes out 9-A-5 with no flush possibility, you’re sitting pretty. Without a pair on the board and no flushes or straights out there, you’ve got a good chance of winning. If you don’t have a pocket pair, but you draw two cards for a set, you’re at a higher risk of being cracked. If you have A-9 and the flop comes out 9-9-Q, because if any of your opponents has 9-Q, she’ll have you beat. It’s not very likely, but it can happen, so bet and raise, but keep an eye out for a full boat on the table.

Learn to Pay Attention

admin — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 15:28:31 +0000

Poker is supposed to a game for alert people. I thought that this was a generally understood concept until that I realized that there are a lot of people signing up for poker online games these days who just don’t follow the action. While this is annoying enough in an online poker, it is particularly vexing when this happens in a live game. There is no automatic action button to press when you play a live game. It should be pretty obvious why you need to pay attention at the poker table, but let’s recap the reasons so that I will not have to sit through another poker game with new players with their heads in the clouds.

When you pay attention to the game and know when you are supposed to act, than you keep the game going at a steady speed. If you slow down the game, no one at the table will appreciate it very much. You will get many unsavory looks from your fellow players if you slow the game down to a snail’s pace because you are not paying attention. An added perk of actually paying attention to the game that you are paying to play is that you will not lose out on any potential winnings. If you are not paying attention and don’ realize that you have won, than you don’t get the money. The lure of some cold hard cash should be enough to get you paying attention.

My Bad Beat

admin — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 17:36:32 +0000

Losing to a bad beat never fun-it’s pretty awful feeling to have done everything right and have the online poker cards turn on you at the last minute. On the other side of things, it can be pretty awkward to win with a bad beat. There’s an odd mixture of elation and regret that comes along with sucking out. A few weeks ago, I was playing poker online at a home game, and eventually I ended up playing head’s up for first place. After trading the poker online chip lead around a few times, I was ahead. I got a decent hand, decided to go all in, and my opponent quickly called. I turned over my King-10 of Hearts, and my opponent turned over an Ace-King unsuited, pretty much burying my hand. The flop came out Ace-King-Jack, the turn was a 5, and just as I was getting ready to get up, the Queen came out, giving me the straight to beat his two pair. I was happy to have won, and the thrill of good luck was exhilarating, but I felt like I had ripped my opponent off. Luckily, he was (and remains) a good sport, congratulated me on my win, and accepted my apologies for the bad beat.

Sparking Interest Thai Lanterns

admin — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 12:49:46 +0000

Khoom Fay are traditional Thai lanterns, made from slim down tissue paper with a bamboo skeleton. A burning pod tied to the lantern provides hot airThe gracefully rise, and make a extraordinary spectacle, particularly when released at regular time intervals to form a string of sparks up into the sky. They are every bit good by day or by nighttime. Night releases seem more suited to the classical white lanterns whilst Colour lends itself nicely to Thai Lanterns liberated in the day personal view of course but i do congratulate myself on being 100% all of the time.Without tearing the paper cautiously take out the Lantern. Ensure the lantern is not crumpled or hanging sideways and that it is fully extensive.. Holding the top of the lantern is the well style to practice this, arising it a few feet gently, then acutely dropping it. The unit will inflate due to air force.Have a helper light the wick whilst you declare the lantern upright. The Lantern will being to feel lighter, then rise gradually. Just point it and let it go by itself, do not attempt to throw it up into the air. Now relax and enjoy the displayThese lanterns are thought for use by experienced pyrotechnic manipulators. Wear fire retardant wear and gloves, and have on standby a bucket of water.

Beware when Microstakes Players Raise

admin — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 21:12:01 +0000

Microstakes online poker players are conservative to a fault. They always play based on what they have, they never bluff, and they don’t try any of those fancy tactics seen in high stakes online poker games. One of the other strong characteristics of microstakes players is that they are notoriously hesitant to raise. There is a couple of difference reasons for this trait, most of which stem from the fact that microstakes players are typically new to the game. Raising is scary to many new players who aren’t quite sure if they have a strong hand. This is why you will almost never see a microstakes player raise preflop. They just can’t tell if they have anything good. The only time that a microstakes casino online player will raise is when they know beyond a shadow of a doubt that they have a decent hand. They raise when they have something like pocket rockets that is almost guaranteed to take the pot. Be on your guard and look for raises. As soon as you see a preflop raise from a microstakes player you should go ahead and fold. They are obviously holding a monster poker hand that they do not want you to know about.

On the Bubble

admin — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 15:06:11 +0000

When you play in an online poker tournament, your situations changes constantly. Your position changes with every hand, the chips in front of you and those around you will vary from hand to hand, and the situations in the tournament structure itself will vary as the game goes on. If you don’t adjust your strategy to these changes in the game, it won’t be long before you’re on the sidelines wondering what went wrong.

Take a look at being on the bubble. When poker players are on the bubble, it means that the next person to get knocked out is the last player to not win any money. If the tournament pays the top five finishers, the sixth-place player is knocked out on the bubble, and gets nothing for all his hard work.

That said, nobody wants to lose on the bubble. If you’re on the bubble, adjust your play in an appropriate way when you play poker online. Play more tightly, but don’t lock down your game completely. Be very selective about the hands that you play, but make sure that you don’t blind out. Also, if someone goes all in and someone else calls, don’t feel the need to call. Unless you’ve got the nuts, let someone else take the risk, and do the work.