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Poker Tournaments for You This Week

Posted on May 16th, 2012

There is never a dull moment in a poker player’s life. Obviously, the main reason for that is the constant existence of poker tournaments and poker events that one can participate in. These events are not just for making money, but also to have some fun and get better at the game in the process. Several live poker tourneys are lined up for this week and the coming weeks. Here is a note on some of the tournaments you can … Read the rest

2012 PokerStars Macau Poker Championships Announced

Posted on May 14th, 2012

PokerStars is one online poker room that never takes a break from hosting tournaments. The poker room recently released details about its upcoming event, the PokerStars Macau Live Tournaments. The Macau tournaments hosted by PokerStars is one of the biggest and richest poker events held in Asia. It includes 4 major poker series – Macau Poker Cup (MPC) Red Dragon, Asia Championship of Poker, Macau Poker Cup Championship or MPCC and the yearly Asia Pacific Poker Tour event at Macau. … Read the rest

The $30,000 Winner Wednesday Dozen Unveiled

Posted on May 9th, 2012

Winner Poker has partnered with pokernews.com to bring a new promotion to its new members. The online poker room announced its new promotion called Winner’s Wednesday Dozen Freerolls, which literally lets you win free money. The new promotion is open to all the new players who register with Winner Poker and make a deposit. The promo will run for three months, and all you need to do is play poker and earn as many Winner Points as you can. Here … Read the rest

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Poker Strategy

Strategy is always the basic and most important part of any game play. In poker, strategy is exceptionally important as it decides the fate of the game. It gives the trail of actions that will confuse your opponent and help you win. A well-planned and sound strategy simplifies decision-making and makes winning that much easier. BigEdgePoker has put together some of the best strategy articles, written by some of the top poker players in the world.

Evaluating Table Position

Friday, May 4th, 2012

Among the many factors that determine how your Hold’em strategy should be, your position at the table is one. Table position in poker refers to how far or near you are to the dealer. In poker, the dealer is identified by a dealer button and usually keeps changing with every game. When you are not the dealer, your position at the table can be early position, middle position or the late position. Assuming that you are at a table with … Read the rest

Positioning Strategy

Monday, April 30th, 2012

At the time of playing Texas Hold’em, it’s extremely significant to be familiar with the strategy of positioning. Within the poker game, the dealer’s position gains more advantage since the dealer is able to see who’s still in the hand.

The position of the dealer also gains additional benefits on knowing the way the players feel regarding their hands

As you by now knew, Texas Hold’em happens to be played in a clockwise and this result in the players at … Read the rest

PKR Offering Provisional WSOP Experience to Members

Thursday, March 8th, 2012

The World Series of Poker (WSOP) begins in less than three months. And online poker rooms are doing all they can to help their members get a place at the events. Another poker site to join this list is PKR Poker, which is known for offering quality 3D poker games. Recently, the online poker room announced that it would be hosting qualifier tournaments for the WSOP. But unlike the other poker rooms, PKR will not be giving away packages to … Read the rest

Poker Fish Strategy

Wednesday, February 22nd, 2012

Three manners of playing against Fish at the Poker Table

For the ones among you who have not heard of the phrase earlier, a “fish” in poker happens to be someone who is not considered being very excellent at the sport. They are players who haven’t ever heard of things such as pot odds, and even on having had they almost certainly would not be worried about them.

Such type of players are able to be a grand source of … Read the rest

Poker Bankroll Tips

Thursday, December 15th, 2011

There are lots of ways that you can get your bankroll started. You can play in freeroll tournaments, you can have funds transferred from your friends, but the easiest way is to make a deposit into your poker account. Check out my review of the best poker sites that take credit cards.

Increase Your Poker Bankroll

Getting Staked

I usually advise against anyone getting staked or staking other players. This is ok if it’s just a friendly jesture with no … Read the rest

Playing High Cards in Omaha Poker

Saturday, December 3rd, 2011

It seems to be pretty conventional wisdom that players should play low cards that are coordinated in an Omaha high/low game. This a pretty solid strategy, especially in the low limit internet poker games. The inherent difficulty with this strategy is that it is hard to gain an advantage against your opponents unless they are making mistakes.One of the things that you will notice once you get a few hands under your belt, is that you don’t get to scoop … Read the rest

Moving from Texas Holdem to Omaha

Saturday, December 3rd, 2011

Where to Play Omaha Online

The biggest poker sites tend to have the best real money Omaha games. If you are looking to sit down and play online, click on the link to the right and head over to the Full Tilt poker site.

The Essence of Omaha

The game of Omaha is played much differently than Texas Hold ‘em. A good Hold ‘em player will have a faster learning curve than most people when trying to learn this game, … Read the rest

Microstakes Poker Strategy

Friday, December 2nd, 2011

Most of the popular internet poker rooms have cash games where the blinds are as low as $.01/$.02. When you are playing for stakes this small, you are no longer playing small stakes poker… You are now playing microstakes poker. You can read about the best micro stakes sites here; Micro Stakes Poker Sites. These tables are plenty of fun, but when you are playing at these tables on the internet, you are going to have to make some adjustments to … Read the rest

Internet Poker Strategy Intro

Friday, December 2nd, 2011

Here are the best poker sites for learning to play online poker. You can find some of the easiest poker games at some of the lowest stakes. You can even play for free and win real money prizes.

  • Pokerstars this is one of the most popular sites for new players who are just learning how to play poker. This is the largest internet poker room so there are always games running at even the lowest stakes tables.
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Poker Collusion and Cheating

Tuesday, November 8th, 2011

These poker sites are well policed and any reports of collusion are taken seriously and acted upon quickly. Check out the details below.

  • Full Tilt Poker – Full Tilt has one fo the largest poker security teams in the online poker world. Check out my review of Full Tilt for more information about the website
  • Full Tilt Review
  • Pokerstars – Pokerstars has several ongoing efforts to try and prevent colluison at the table. They are located on an independant network
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Poker Bluffs and Bluffing

Thursday, September 8th, 2011

Plays and Bluffs Discussed Here

The Delayed Semi-bluff
The Stop and Go Bluff
The Float
New Button Raise
The Limp Re-raise
Stopper Bets
Naked 3-betting
The Squeeze Bluff
In-Position Delayed Bluff
Out of position float

We also have articles about bluffing and other Texas holdem tips at our poker blog. Click on any of the links below to read that information too:

  • How to time a poker bluff
  • Texas holdem hands
  • Effective poker bluffs
  • Texas holdem books
  • The art of bluffing
  • Play Texas
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How to Win at PokerStars

Sunday, June 12th, 2011

Wondering how to win at PokerStars? Take some time and use these tricks and tips to give yourself an even better chance to have success on the world’s largest online poker website. The first step, as always, is just to learn how to play the game and to play it well; using these tricks along with that knowledge, however, gives you the best chance to walk away with a lot of money in your bank account.

Things To Do While Read the rest

Best Sit n Go Poker Sites

Thursday, April 28th, 2011

Best Sit N Go Poker Sites

Where You Play Sit N Go Tournaments Really Matters

Sit n go poker has become more and more popular over the years. There are a lot of advantages to playing sit n go tournaments versus other forms, which I’ll be discussing in this article. Your choice of poker sites in which to play sit n go poker is extremely important though, as there is a lot of variation between poker sites in terms of … Read the rest

How to Approach WSOP Satellite Tournaments

Thursday, April 21st, 2011

Many poker players share the common goal of traveling to Las Vegas, Nevada to play in the World Series of Poker Main Event. But for the vast majority of these players their dream will remain just that, a dream, as they cannot afford the expensive traveling costs and the actual $10,000 needed to enter.

However, in the months leading up to the WSOP many sites offer satellites into the Main Event meaning you can actually win a $10,000 seat and … Read the rest

Texas Holdem Poker Tips

Saturday, March 12th, 2011

Winning Texas holdem is hard. Playing well is a skill. Texas holdem poker tips can minimize the learning curve.

Some of the most basic Texas holdem poker tips are unknown to many poker players. And some of the most useful Texas holdem tips are the most obvious tips. Here are four basic Texas holdem poker tips:

  1. Never Open Limp
  2. Learn How to Size Your Bets
  3. Stop Making Bad Bluffs
  4. Learn to Make Solid Folds

Texas Holdem Poker Tip #1 – Read the rest

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