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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
Slowplaying in No Limit Texas Holdem
Monday, February 21st, 2011 by Phil
One of the most over used plays in no limit Texas Hold’em is slowplaying. Also known as sand-bagging or trapping, the slow play has the potential to win you bets that would not usually have entered the pot had you shown some aggression and bet yourself but in order for a slowplay to be successful a number of criteria need to be met otherwise you actually risk not only losing value from your hand but you could even finish up trapping yourself!
If you are taking part in the Betfair GSOP 6 and are considering slowplaying your hand you must first ensure that you have a very strong hand, usually top two pair or better, though a set is usually the hand of choice. You must have good reason to believe that the free card you are about to give your opponent could improve them to a hand that would be second best and that the same free card would not improve your opponent to a better hand.
As an example, you are on the flop holding AcAs and the three community cards read Ad-5c-9s there are no cards that can fall on the turn that your set of aces would be worried about so this would be an ideal situation to slowplay your hand, especially if the pot was raised preflop. Your opponent may think your check indicates you are scare of the ace and bet the turn either as a bluff or with a much weaker hand than yours. However, if the flop read Ad-Kd-Js you should be less inclined to slow play as there are plenty of cards that could peel off on the turn that could improve your opponent to a hand that beats a set.
In order to win some of the Betfair gsop 3.3 million you will need to mix up your play in order to win chips from the more skilled players but be aware that although slowplaying can be very profitable it should be used sparingly otherwise the more observant players will quickly adapt to your “trappy” style and you will become easy to play against and lose value from your big hands.
