Monday, April 3, 2006, 05:53 PM
This week on Discovery Channel watch some great videos on Texas Holdem Poker.
Is there a science to luck? Professional gamblers and stock market mavens have tried to chase it and there have been some spectacular wins in cracking the code to lady luck, like the guys behind Breaking Vegas. Discovery's own Daily Planet took a week-long peek behind the scenes in the gambling capital of the world during Casino Week, check out the clips.
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Sunday, January 8, 2006, 11:14 AM
This is a great book for anyone who has little or no knowledge of the game of Texas Hold’em Poker and wishes to learn some poker tips and become a winning poker player in as short a time as possible. This book includes a Wallet Sized Hold'em Strategy Card and is available as a hardcopy book or EBook from: Holdem Strategy Charts
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Friday, December 23, 2005, 12:29 PM
In order not to be predictable, you should vary your play occasionally. For instance, bluff occasionally if you are considered a tight player. Make sure, where possible, that the other players see your down cards to know that you bluffed. The point is to have them know what you did. If you bet aggressively, then try a “slow play” a time or two. “Slow playing” is checking or calling instead of raising with a premium hand. Again, you want others to be aware of what you did. Another example would be to play hard with an ace and small or an inside straight, neither of which have good winning chances, although, you could get extremely lucky. This very loose play also must be shown to the other players. If you do any of these, you will be considered unpredictable which is a good situation. However, do not do this very often – it hurts your bankroll and besides, the majority of low limit players have no idea whether you are playing loose or passive or anything else. So why change their perception of you when they simply don’t have one. [ add comment ] | permalink | related link
Thursday, December 15, 2005, 12:05 PM
The strategy card which you are going to learn to use has a strategy that is based on you being a T/A player at a normal table. However, table variation may warrant slight changes to this strategy. BEWARE!! Adjusting strategy away from this card can come at quite a risk. Do not adjust your strategy lightly.After having said this, there are some situations where you may want to make slight adjustments.
PLAYERS STRATEGY ADJUSTMENT
Loose: Tighten up and play slightly better pocket cards than usual.
Tight: Loosen up and play some marginally decent pocket cards
Passive: Raise more on the pre-flop and on the flop when the bet size is smaller in order to have more potential opponents fold.
Aggressive: Play only premium cards and play them aggressively. Be a calling station unless you are 90% certain you are beat and your opponent is not likely to fold.
These suggestions are consistent with what you should do when the table is also loose, tight, passive or aggressive.
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Monday, December 12, 2005, 06:26 PM
Tables also come in flavors. Some tables are very loose with five or more players always in to see the flop. Tighter tables would have three or less regularly in to see the flop. The significance of this is if it is a loose table you may wish to play tighter than usual because with so many players participating it is more likely someone will really “hit” the flop. Good hands are therefore often “run down” by lucky flops and turn cards improving someone’s mediocre holding to a good hand. On the other hand, tighter tables may be best played by playing looser and increasing your choice of pocket cards that you use to enter the preflop betting. If you find you have better luck against tighter tables, then you should check tables out by watching their play and joining when it seems to be to your liking. If you are at a table that is not to your liking or through players leaving and entering, becomes a different type of table, then you can ask for a table change. Casinos and players have no problem with this request. It is often done and casino people are quite willing to accommodate you.After you have selected your table, whether loose or tight, then you should consider your seating choice. My suggestion is to first look at the sizes of the table stakes in front of each player. Since money tends to flow to the left, (this concept will be discussed later) sitting on the left of a big stake is often helpful. I believe you should sit to the close left of maniacs and T/A players. This allows you to make decisions after they have bet. I do not like to make bets in front of them, since I may be trapped with an average holding when they raise.
You can improve your sitting by simply informing the casino dealer that you wish a particular seat, when it becomes available. They have no problem with this request and you will then have preference over new players entering the game. The casino dealer will, also, offer any open seat when a player leaves first to the existing players. But, if you have not asked for it in advance, you might not speak up in time before another existing player grabs it.
If you notice that there are two or three excellent players at the table, this does not mean you are necessarily at a disadvantage. What you need to offset this are two or three bad players. Simply confront the bad players more often than the good players.
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