Archive for July, 2022
The Importance of Poker Seating
by Bo on Wednesday, July 20th, 2022
Texas Hold’em is simply about players and position. All experienced Texas Holdem players concur that position in no cutoff Hold’em is fundamentally important. Showing your hole cards in last spot could be a great deal more beneficial than in starting poker position. This is seeing that a lot more info is assembled before acting.
e.g., I was playing a $1-$2 no limit money game at a local poker room. I limped in with 2, 9 unsuited on the croupier marker, so I could see a little excitement. Flop came down A-A-4. A person in early position made a fifteen dollar wager. Two entrants fold and it was now my turn to act. I really should have dropped out, but something appear to be a little off. I ID’d this player as a weak-tight player, and normally if he had the biggest hand he would just check, so I called.
The turn arrived with a 7, making it A-A-4-7. My opposer laid a further bet of $20. I hesitated for a while, but made a decision to re-raise an additional $30thirty dollars over and above his twenty dollars. He folds and I won the cash.
Wagering at last spot offers you an idea where you stand by watching how other players react and wager. On the other hand, gamblers at early spot can use their poker spot to check-raise the last seated aggressors and corner them afterwords at the end. In Holdem, each spots, last and starting should be bet carefully.
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4 of Poker’s Nice Guys
by Bo on Saturday, July 16th, 2022
Literally huge amounts of players want to be the next "star" in poker, but here is a short rundown on 4 of the more well known "nice players" of poker. Although "nice" is connected with their names when you are sitting accross the table from them it’s "no more Mr. Nice guy" up until they have removed you out of the competition!
Daniel Negreanu
In 2004, his tournament earnings added up to more than 4.4 million dollars and he captured 2 highly admired awards in the World Series of Poker Player of the Year and Cardplayer Magazine’s Competition Player of the Year. In Feb 2006 he was appointed Card Player’s Favourite Poker Player. He still has the decency to speak with his fans about how they will be able to improve their own game.
Howard Lederer
Called "The Professor" and sibling of fellow poker professional Annie Duke. His success has lead to him making an instructional poker video named "Secrets of No Limit Hold’em" and also hosting a tournament poker show for Fox TV. As of 2005, his total life time earnings exceed $2.7 million.
Scotty Nguyen
Scotty is 1 of the busiest players in professional poker and from Two Thousand and 2004 he ranked in the money in excess of 100 competitions. He is noted for saying "yeah baby" during poker games and also coined the phrase "that’s poker baby" when referring to a especially bad loss. As of Two Thousand and Six, his life time earnings are almost 6 million dollars.
Chris Ferguson
Chris has earned five WSOP titles with two of his successes happening in Two Thousand and Three. Chris has the alias "Jesus" as a result of his trademark long hair and beard, and is able to throw playing cards quick enough to cut through bananas and pickles. As of 2005 his total live poker tournament earnings exceeded five million dollars.
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Web High Stakes Poker- Gus Hansen
by Bo on Monday, July 11th, 2022
Gus Hansen had a wonderful year on the WPT where he was the only gambler to achieve final table in 3 of the tournaments. Gus Hansen has been seen on High Stakes Poker on The Game Show Network where he bought into the game for $400, 000. You might recall one of the largest pots in high stakes poker recorded history up against Daniel Negreanu. He secured a massive pot with 4 of a kind against Negreanu’s full house. Hansen has earned many tv poker appearances and is deemed to be one of the greatest players anywhere in the world. While gambling on web poker, a different side of Hansen has been seen. Gus frequently competes in the 200/400 No Limit max buy in of $40, 000. Gus more often than not buys in for the min of Sixteen Thousand dollars and plays very weak. He sits there waiting for a decent hand and then goes all-in. I believe Gus is an outstanding poker player but not even close to the regular players at 200/400NL. Unless Gus is bankrupt, he has little or no reason to settle at the game with the min buy-in.
Playing for the minimum takes most of the expertise out of deep stack poker. Gus is supposed to be 1 of the best poker players anywhere in the world but he cannot buy-in for the total amt.. I believe television can alter our perception of the real world sometimes. The greatest poker players in the world may be players you have will not have heard about. Gus can be found competing in net poker on Full Tilt. He normally competes in big stakes omaha/8 and hold’em. Gus has proven himself as a tournament player. Can he back up his talents in money games?
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Internet Poker – Where Do The Professionals Play
by Bo on Friday, July 8th, 2022
Internet poker has exploded over the past couple of years and it’s not disappearing any time. Many of the better-known pros are remaining in their home to participate in internet poker in place of the casino. On most days you can find Phil Ivey, Mike Matusow, or Gus Hansen participating in web poker at Full Tilt. Patrik Antonius who goes by the screen name of Luigi66369 dominates the high stakes money games on the net. He will regularly sit with $60, 000 at the 300/600no limit tables waiting for other players to compete against him. Usually Phil Ivey or some better known web professional will step up and play Antonius one on one for some cash. Antonius and Ivey have defeated any challengers that have stepped up to them in the last couple of months. Pots in excess of $100, 000 are a frequent occurrence and the pots are only getting biggerare not getting any smaller.
John Juanda can also be seen playing the 50/100 NL games with a maximum buy-in of then thousand dollars. Juanda may be one of the more consistent players at the tables. He consistently appears to be ahead 20 to 30 thousand by the time the game ends. If you enjoy drama, make sure to stop by and observe Mike "The Mouth" Matusow up to his normal buffoonery. Mike makes sure to talk to the audienceand will regularly inform his competitors how awesome he is at poker. Mike is known for showing huge ten thousand dollar bluffs on the river holding seven high. Gus Hansen usually makes normal appearances on the high limit Omaha games. Online poker has brought the great game right onto your pc. No longer do you need to wait for poker events to air on television. Every day, there is a huge money game being played on the web. These pros are betting buildings on every card. Watching these pros bet will improve your poker skills.
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