Archive for December, 2008
December 14, 2008 by
maryann
Hello,
For a year or two, I’ve been playing poker. Well, I love playing online. In quite a short span of time, I was able to familiarize myself about position and odds.
Just recently, I introduced some of my friends to poker and as of now we are planning to be into ... Click to read more
Tags: ace queen, bets, call, calling stations, cheap flops, draw, middle position, odds, online, poker, position, premium hands, small ball poker, stations
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December 14, 2008 by
maryann
Hello,
I have a bunch of questions to ask. But before I start, I would like first to commend you and thank you for this nice, very helpful site. It has been a great help to me. It has been providing me very useful info, tips, etc. Thank you very much!
Now, ... Click to read more
Tags: action, bet, betting patterns, big ace, bluff, bottom pair, check, continuation bet, flop, hand, hand ranges, mannerism, middle position, monster hands, odds, pair, preflop, raise, record, set, short stack, small pocket pair, stack size, table
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December 14, 2008 by
maryann
Hi,
I’ve been into local free rolls in my area. Well, I play two or three times a week. Most of the time, I face bunch of players with different approaches.
Majority of the players I come to face are loose type making it hard for me to steal pots even with ... Click to read more
Tags: bet, bluff, check, continuation bet, flop, free card, free rolls, hand, position, preflop, preflop raise, river, turn
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December 14, 2008 by
maryann
First, I would like to thank you for this nice site. Thank you very much.
Well, I want to share something actually. I’ve been playing holdem at home games in tournament format along with some friends. Recently, we started playing the blinds. A friend of mine went short of funds when ... Click to read more
Tags: big blind, blinds, button, hand, holdem, small blind, tournament
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December 14, 2008 by
maryann
Hello,
I’ve arranged a NL tournament several weeks ago. It was a single table tournament with 10 players. I’m happy with the result of the event as it went pretty well and almost all of the players who joined want another one. But I’m not sure of having a tournament again ... Click to read more
Tags: blind structure, blinds, doubling blind structure, NL tournament, rules, single table tournament, strategy
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December 14, 2008 by
maryann
Hi,
I don’t know how exactly I should play in no limit Texas Hold’em tournaments and eventually win. Can you help me?
Thank you in Advance!
Regards,
Monnier
Monnier,
I would recommend that you pick up a book or Dvd about playing Texas Holdem tournaments. Phil Hellmuth and Howard Lederer both have DVD’s on ... Click to read more
Tags: Dan Harrington, DVDs, Harrington on Holdem, Howard Lederer, NL holdem tournaments, no limit Texas Holdem tournaments, Phil Hellmuth, Texas Holdem tournaments, tournament poker
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December 14, 2008 by
maryann
Hello,
Assume that you are in a no limit tourney or a sit and go with 800 chips and with blinds 15/30. Then at some point, perhaps in the third hand, you see AQs and so you raise it up to 60. You then have several callers however they’re not the ... Click to read more
Tags: 15/30, all in, bet, blinds, call, high pair, maniacs, no limit tourney, sit and go, tournament
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December 14, 2008 by
maryann
Hello,
For some time now, I’ve been playing low-limit. Well, I love being at both play money and real money tables, $.02/.04. But just recently, I was invited to be in a local no limit tournament. I was really troubled as I haven’t tried no limit still back then.
There were 10 ... Click to read more
Tags: low-limit, play money, real money tables, rebuy, rebuy round, structure
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December 14, 2008 by
maryann
Hello,
Just recently, I was in a one-table tourney online. Luckily, I made it to the final three players. If I remember it right, one of the two others was tight. I was a little looser then because I was the short stack. I believe the other one of the two ... Click to read more
Tags: all in, call, calling, cash game, marginal hands, one-table tourney, online, pot odds, preflop raise, raising, short stack, tight aggressive, tourney
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December 14, 2008 by
maryann
Hello,
I have some questions to ask. Kindly bear with me.
In tourneys that are quick and have blinds that raise every minutes or so, how would you play? Also, how much do you bluff on average chase your draws and your starting hands, how loose are they?
Thank you in advance and ... Click to read more
Tags: blinds, bluff, cheap flops, draws, hand, starting hands, tourneys, turbo style tournaments
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