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Poker Tournaments for You This Week
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
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
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
Hurry Up and Check Your Hole Cards
Friday, October 17th, 2008 by Phil
It seems to be conventional wisdom that you should wait until it is your turn to act before you look at your hole cards. This is because you should be watching the other players as they look at their cards to try and pick up information. This was how I was taught to play poker, and it seems to be the norm still.
At some point in time, I heard Joe Navarro say a few things that made me think about this a little bit differently. He said that some of the most reliable physical tells that your opponents will give off occur in the split second directly after they look at their cards. They cannot hide their initial reactions because these reactions are part of the human physiology.
Knowing this, it seems like waiting until the whole table is looking at you before you look at your cards would be the worst option that you could choose. You should check your hole cards when nobody is looking at you at all if it is possible. You can usually find time to do this without missing any vital tells from your opponents, especially with all the stalling that people do these days at the table.
I’m pretty sure that I have plugged Joe’s book a few times on the blog before, and this probably won’t be the last time you hear me talking about him either. Joe Navarro was an FBI interrogator for 25 years and he probably knows more about table behavior than any poker player. If this kind of stuff interests you, I suggest that you check out his book; Read ‘em and Reap.
