Before you head for the nearest empty chair at an open poker table, hold on. There is one very important factor that you must check and verify before you start playing. What? Check the betting limit of that particular table.Why? This is what determines the professional skills of the poker players you will face and will also help you calculate approximately how much cash you need for this particular round of betting.For the Casual Poker Fan:You...more
Poker is a family of card games that share betting rules and hand rankings (sometimes, not always). This game is played between players who compete against one another by gambling on the values of each player"s hand and betting into a central pot. The objective is to win the pot either by holding the superior hand at the end of the round or by forcing the other players to "fold," or discard their hand. There are three basic forms of poker and...more
I have known plenty of very talented poker players who had adequate bankrolls, more than sufficient skill and experience and access to games that they could beat regularly. These players I'm describing have all since moved on to other professions, and I can identify one characteristic they all shared that I believe was their undoing.What is the fault, the flaw that could undo so many otherwise quality poker pros? Simple: self-pity.Poker is a game where you're going to lose a lot of of pots even the best pros probably only win about 65% of the pots they play, and I suspect that number is far too high of an estimate. No matter the specific number, anyone who plays a good amount of poker is going to lose a large amount of hands.There are a few ways you can react to losing a hand. When I say losing a hand, I'm talking about a hand that didn't go your way due to luck or timing, not a hand you lost because you misplayed. You can either take it in stride, accept the inevitability of all the hash marks that will pile up in your personal loss column, and move on to the next hand.Many players don't do the above. Instead, the react in the second way: they feel sorry for themselves. ...more
The World Series of Poker is one of the biggest tournaments in the world. It is abbreviated as WSOP and it was officially organized in the year 1970. The WSOP bracelet plus the millions of dollars of cash prize attracts many eagle-eyed poker players from around the world. The World Series of Poker is the summit point of interest for any poker...more
The assumption has to be made here that the reader understands how to play poker games. Plus, to be successful knowing how to play online poker means that you must know the basics. Poker is a lot easier on the mind and heart when you happen to be one of those individuals who always seems to be lucky, but you must believe that the top poker pros are...more
For the most part, the World Series of Poker has come and gone for another year. 56 events were completed and for the most part the 57th has been done. It of course is the Main Event - the $10,000 No Limit Hold'em Championship. It started with 7319 players and is now down to nine. These nine will reconvene on November 6. The total prize pool for this event was a touch under $70 million. In light of this, first place is going to receive a little but under nine million dollars. You can see why so many people risked $10,000 to play in this poker tournament which is incredibly difficult to win. Your life is going to be instantly changed forever if you do win. Winning the main event at the World Series of Poker is like winning an Academy Award or an Olympic gold medal. It creates instant credibility, respect and acceptance. You are going to be remembered for it for the rest of your life as people respect that title. They know how difficult it is to win thus if you did so, you must be someone special. Prize money was paid out to the 747th player and better. There aren't many poker events where you can say that. Typically if you finish around there you've come last but here they would...more
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