Tips on How to Win Texas Hold’em online Poker

May 9th, 2012
Texas hold'em online poker

Texas hold'em online poker

When people speak of online poker, there is one name that cuts above the rest of the online poker classification—the Texas Hold ‘em poker. This type of poker is considered to be the most popular type being played in the casinos today, whether online or in real casinos.Generally, Texas Hold ‘Em online Poker starts with a batch of two players situated at the left of the “dealer button.” This dealer buttons refers to the round disc being passed on clockwise on each player. It indicates who will be dealer in the event that the deal was move forward from one player to another.

The betting starts on the first part of the online poker game where the money is placed into the pot before dealing the cards. Normally, the first blind is the one that places half of the required minimum stake. The first blind refers to the player situated at the left of the dealer. The second blind, on the other hand, is the one responsible in placing the full minimum required bet.

Since the very object of the game is to win whatever is in the pot, it is best to know some rules or strategies so as to get an edge over the other players. Here’s how:

1. The table.When a player is playing Texas hold ‘em online poker, the best thing that he or she should consider is selecting the table. This is because players, no matter of their skills in playing the game, will be limited to give their best shots if the table is too aggressive, too rigid or too loose, or if it consists of online poker players that are more skillful.

The bottom line: Even if the substance of winning the game is directly affected by the skills of the player, it is still best to play on a table that has few raisers but many callers.The logic behind this concept is based on the fact that the more raisers there are in a table, the lesser the chances of winning the online poker game.

2. When a player is in the early position, it is best to raise with K-K, A-K, and A-As, then, with A-Qs, Q-Q, J-J, A-K, T-T, have a call and then fold everything else.

3. For players who already have a amazing hand starters, especially when he or she has a high pair, say JJ or even higher, it is best not to hesitate raising it before the flop.Indeed, playing Texas hold ‘em online poker requires skills also. It is not all based on gambling. This just goes to show that games like this requires both luck and skill to win the pot.

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Starting With Online Slots

April 13th, 2012

 

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Most beginners arrive at the online slots with a large number of misunderstandings in mind. The main one is the way in which a slot should be chosen. Sure, they all online slots differ in terms of symbols, style and jackpot amounts, and this is what makes them attractive. And so, this is usually what requires to a beginner which machine to choose. However, this is a major mistake. I shall save you from making that mistake right now!

 The first consideration for any slot when you start out is the type of machine you are going to use. Understanding the different types available means that you don’t make any mistaken bets such as over priced coin limits, accidental max bets and so on. Knowing your machine is half the battle won, the rest is up to chance. You should choose your slot by type first. Then think about the flashy bits.

 First up; the progressive jackpot. This is an online slots which changes its jackpot payout in accordance with the amount it is played. This does not affect when the payout occurs, but does up the amount that can be won. The progressive online slots offers the big money. Every time someone plays it the jackpot amount grows. When it is won, it resets; simple. However, don’t be fooled; the progressive jackpot amount can only be won if the player has opted for the maximum possible bet. Otherwise, the player wins a set amount and the progressive jackpot continues.

 Next; the multi-spin slot. This is for hardcore online slot players who want fast action and are willing to play big! These online slots have several reels which can be held while the remaining online slots are unique. An auto hold function is usually used as standard, though the computerized selection can be removed easily if wanted. Keep in mind though that the auto function holds the best reels for you! The multi-spin online slots have more payout combinations, so get your teeth around them before you start.

 And finally? Multi-line online slots. These are made up of, as the name declares, multiple lines which can each show a winning combination. However, only the activated lines will pay so make sure you bet correctly. Sometimes there are special symbols that do not have to be on the activated pay line. These will create a bonus round or free spin, so look out for these on online slots to get better value.

 Once you have decided the type of online slots that would be most fun and the best for you to play, then take a look at the themes. You can now take notice of the flashing lights and picture symbols, and safe in the knowledge that you’ve made the best possible decision.

 

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Bankroll Management at your own Risk of Playing

March 15th, 2012

Poker Bankroll means the cash flow or the money or the chips that a poker player has available to continue his game. And the art how you control and manage your bankroll is called as bankroll management, which is crucial if you want to play poker regularly for an extended period of time.

No matter how skillful you are at playing, it is inevitable to have ups and downs and losing money at poker table. A careful bankroll management will never make you bankrupt and will evaluate, when it is possible to raise the level of stakes and when it is better to keep the lowest.

There are some very simple bankroll management rules that allow even novice poker players to learn to manage their budgets and understand the extent to which it is permissible to go in risking a revival, or rather when it is best to adopt a more prudent tactic to avoid compromising their chances of future games. Many players have already heard of the “rule 500 big bets” for limit games and “buy-in rule 40″ for no limit games, tournaments and sit-and-go games.

Despite of applying these bankroll management rules, there are many other factors involved in bankroll management. There is no exact rule applies to all players, it is necessary for every poker players to define its own Strategy for Bankroll Management.

The Basic Rules for Bankroll Management

The easiest way to check your bankroll is the rules mentioned above: “500 big bets” for limit poker games and “40 Buy-ins” for no-limit poker games and tournaments.

The big bet in Limit poker games is the highest allowed package, usually double the big blind.

To give some examples:

•A player who has first gaming experiences with online poker and wants to keep low, will play cautiously because they are still learning, sits at a table in Limit Texas Hold’em Poker 30/60. Applying the rule of thumb, it takes the value of the maximum bet, 60 chips, and multiplies by 500. The result of the rule determines that you need a bankroll of at least 30000 chips to play in peace. And this is how they deal with bankroll management.

•For lots of Poker No-Limit Hold’em in a table where the buy-in is 1000 chips, a player will have the bankroll management in a way to maintain at least 40000 chips to play in peace.

They seem very strict limits? Trying to meet them you will realize that it is not. Surely the player learns to play by their own limits will not go to great risks, but it is important to remember that there is no exact mathematical equation for the Bankroll management which is valid uniformly for all players: each person must define its strategy specification and work from that.

When to lower the level of Stakes

The common mistake many players do is never lowering the level of betting. They start with the maximum bet and continue to play until they lost all their money. And this is not a good strategy to work on your bankroll management! It is very important to reduce the stakes when your bankroll begins to dwindle. There will always be able to refer back to playing in the future and stronger than before.

It is highly recommended for bankroll management to decrease the amount of bets is when you meet 30% below the level of stakes you are playing. For example, imagine a player who is applying the rule of “40 buy-ins” for a game of Poker no-limit. Enter a game with betting limit 30/60 and has a bankroll of 240,000 chips, but after an unfortunate sequence of defeats has lost 30 buy-in (180,000 chips) in a month.

Without a bankroll management, we always meet on a difficult situation. With careful management of bankroll the same player after losing 11 buy-in, would be dropped to the level of e-games with up 15/30, with the result that you have enough chips on hand for another 58 buy-in. So, losing another 19 games would still have enough chips to buy in 39 others.

Starts from the Bottom to make it perfect

Many players believe that playing the higher limits (high stakes); they would be able to maintain an efficiency proportional to the lower limits (low stakes). This is not true. You will not gain 25 times more if you go from a level 1 / 2 no-limit to a level 25/50 no-limit. When you level up, the proportion of fish (novice players) compared to the sharks (experienced players), the “fish to shark ratio” – is not constant, but decreases and salt together with the skill level of players and the game becomes more difficult. Starting to play at lower levels and improving their game, the player will gain self-confidence and their ability to withstand a certain level of play. The experience gained will rise up gradually to the level to turn it into a great poker player and will help you to understand the bankroll management.

The control Bankroll Management: The conservative attitude, aggressive and the prudent management. There are three control modes of bankroll management that a player can put in place. All are equally effective, choose one or the other depends on the personality of the player.

The conservative management

1000 big bets for limit games or 100 Buy-in for poker games with no limits.

This type of bankroll management favors the players, as the name suggests. Especially those who try to avoid sudden changes and prefer to get more predictable earnings. With a large bankroll conservative player does not need to worry about a lot of leaks in a game session, since the unfortunate day will have an effect on the amount of very small chips.

The aggressive management

250 big bets for limit games or 20 Buy-in for poker games with no limits.

An aggressive bankroll management is indicated for those players who want rapid growth level and want to see the results grow accordingly. These players must be remembered that it is normal to have a large alternation of the results is not always possible and that a rapid improvement of their skills in the game of poker.

This type of management with losses in the game will have a far greater impact on the bankroll management with the result that sometimes you will need to level off if you were to lose then some buy-in.

A much more aggressive stance is difficult to manage and requires a player in possession of great qualities of self-control, which has full knowledge of when the time to increase or decrease the amount of bets placed to be able to maintain in every case the bankroll intact. Generally, this type of bankroll management is not recommended to beginners.

Bankroll Management: The prudent management

500 big bets for limit games or 40 buy-in for poker games with no limits.

This type of bankroll management in the Poker summarizes the best of both previous and the attitude is recommended for beginners. In newspaper, the gains and losses will have a great impact on the bankroll and then the player shall not “crazy” for poker games and can still see the unfortunate results in a short time. Create a table for managing Bankroll When the player decides what will be your method of bankroll management, it is recommended that you create a table to keep it under control, to write down what is good to have to level up or loss as a result of which is well down in level. Keep this table handy is always a guarantee to achieve the goal of good bankroll management.

Fighting Temptation

Bankroll management concept is very simple, but putting it into practice can be very difficult. It is very common to see poker players raise the level of play for groped to recover lost money quickly in a game played bad or unlucky. Others never go live because the level as a defeat. Implement an efficient and prudent Bankroll management and you can become a better poker player with more experience.

It’s not always that poker players think over managing bankroll all the time but this is how they should go primarily. The rule 500 big bet mentioned above is applicable for poker professionals basically. Bankroll management is not worth until it’s been applicable. There are always different ways of doing different things and the same is applicable here. So, before you join any table to play poker games, you should have the right strategy in advance.

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A Complete Schedule for EPT Copenhagen

February 15th, 2012

The EPT Copenhagen will stage at the same Danish town of Casino from February 20 to 25 of 19 with a day dedicated to two satellite tournaments to qualify for the Main Event. The main tournament will have a buy-in of 35,000 + 2,250 DKK (equivalent to about 5,000 euros).

In Last year EPT, the pike went to  Michael Tureniec who achieved one of his best results in his career by winning a first coin of DKK 3.7 million (about 496,271 euros). Tureniec had highlighted a few years earlier to EPT London as runner up in EPT season 5. Many poker players are looking forward to cash a huge amount from this EPT Season 8. Last year at EPT, there was a massive presence of Scandinavian players: 38 countries represented, 449 players total, half of which came from Denmark, Sweden, Norway and Finland.

A Complete Program of EPT Copenhagen

All the dates and timings are mentioned for EPT Copenhagen along with the event names and their buy-ins (in DKK).

February 19

14:30 – NL – One Re Buy Super Satellite to Main Event – 3880 + 310 buy-in – CAP 100

18:00 – NL – Unlimited Re-buys Super Satellite to Main Event – 1,500 + 225 buy-in – CAP 100

February 20

12:00 – Main Event Day 1A – 35,000 + buy-in 2250 – CAP 500

15:00 – PLO – Turbo “6 Max” – 35,000 + buy-in 2250 – CAP 60

18:00 – NL – One re-buy Super Satellite to Main Event – Buy-n + 310 3880 – CAP 100

February 21

12:00 – Main Event Day 1B – 35,000 + buy-in 2250 – CAP 500

18:00 – NL – Turbo – Bounty – buy-in 7500 + 7500 + 1200-CAP 100

20:00 – PLO – Turbo “Dealers Choice – 4 or 5 cards” – “8 Max” – buy-in 2200 + 250 – 48 CAP

February 22

12:00 – Main Event Day 2

17:00 – NL – Day 1 Hold’em – 15,000 buy-in + 1200 – CAP 100

20:00 – NL – Turbo “Win The Button” – buy-in 2200 + 250 – 80 CAP

February 23

12:00 – Main Event Day 3

12:30 – NL – Turbo – Bounty – buy-in 3750 + 3750 + 610 – 80 CAP

13:00 – NL – Hold’em Final Day

16:30 – NL – Hold’em Day 1 – 7500 + 610 buy-in – CAP 100

17:00 – NL – Heads Up 16 Player Cap Day 1 – buy-in + 22 500 1510 – CAP 16

20:00 – NL – Turbo – Random Bounty – 2,250 + 750 + 275 – 80 CAP

February 24

12:00 – Main Event Day 4

12:15 – NL – Heads Up Player Cap -16 – Final Day

12.30 – NL – Re-Entry Hold’em Day 1 – 50,000 + 3,000 buy-in – CAP 60

12:45 pm – NL – Hold’em Day 1 – 7500 + 610 buy-in – CAP 100

13:00 – NL – Hold’em Final Day

15:00 – NL – Women’s Hold’em Event – buy -in 2200 + 250 – CAP 60

18:00 – PLO – Single Day 1 Re-buy – buy-in + 610 7500 – CAP 60

20:00 – NL – Turbo “Rivers” – 2200 + 250 buy-in – CAP 80

February 25

12:00 – Day 5 Main Event Final Table

12.15 – NL – Re-Entry Hold’em Final Day

12:15 – NL – Hold’em Final Day

12:30 – PLO – Final Day

Hours 12:30 – NL – Turbo – 250 + 2,200 buy-in CAP 80

14:00 – NL – Turbo “6 Max” – buy-in ZIP code 50000 + 60 3000

16:30 – NL – Hyper Turbo – buy-in 750 + 110 – 120 CAP

It will be interesting to see that who is going to win the final table EPT Copenhagen, 2012. Players all around the world will have the same desire to win this title. Poker enthusiasts who play poker on a regular basis will have a chance once again to watch out their favorite poker players competing for another very popular poker event, EPT.

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Phil Ivey Wins Aussie Millions $250,000 Super High Roller

February 3rd, 2012

Back with a bang for the phenomenon of global live poker Phil Ivey wins the $ 2,000,000 of the Aussie Millions Super High Roller Poker Championship 2012 Aussie Millions. Phil Ivey played very handsomely throughout the event. The Aussie Millions $250,000 Super High Roller started on Saturday and lasted in to the early hours of Sunday Morning. With beautiful dawn in Melbourne, Phil Ivey was awarded with the first prize of $2,000,000 after beating Patrik Antonius in heads up round of Aussie Millions Super High Roller event. With his magical game play and this great win, Phil Ivey has welcomed back himself in to the world of poker. It had been a long time to see a big win from Phil Ivey and there are many poker fans of Phil Ivey are also very glad to see him back into poker world in such a way.

It was just few months ago that Phil Ivey was not taking part to any of the live poker tournament before returning in November at the APPT Macau. Phil Ivey didn’t make cash there, but Aussie Millions have been pretty good for Phil Ivey to make a couple of big splashes. First, he got placed on 12th position in the Main Event for $100,000 and then finally made through the Aussie Millions Super High Roller.

Poker professional that have paid the $ 250,000 buy-in to play Aussie Millions Super High Roller tournament, sitting at the tables of the poker room at Crown Casino in Melbourne were Phil Ivey, Daniel Negreanu, Sorel Mizzi, Winfred Yu, Tony Bloom, Dan Smith, Jason Mercier, Paul Phua, Nick Wong, Erik Seidel, Sam Trickett, John Juanda, Mohamad Kowssarie , Richard Yong and Tom Dwan . Three places paid for a $ 4,000,000 prize pool generated. To have the upper hand after a thrilling heads-up match against Patrik Antonius is the American Phil Ivey, who returned to live poker after a long pause. Phil Ivey has won the title, trophy and top prize of $ 2,000,000 for the Australian and Patrik Antonius is still a great performer and won a second prize of $ 1,200,000. Gus Hansen ends up by winning the third prize of $ 800,000. The hand that delivered the victory comes when Antonius moved all-in with K, 3 remains and Phil Ivey decided to call with his A, Q and the flop comes 6-5-3, and a lady on turn and an 8 on the river made Phil Ivey came back and savored the sweet taste of victory.

Final Table Payouts at Aussie Millions Super High Roller

1st Place-Phil Ivey – $ 2,000,000

2nd Place-Patrik Antonius – $ 1,200,000

3rd Place-Gus Hansen – $ 800,000

With this win, Phil Ivey has proved that he is an existing poker name in to the poker world and was never stayed away from this poker world. Of course, there had been several times when Phil Ivey couldn’t participate in many major live poker tournaments, but this win has brought this poker professional once again back in to poker world. Anyone who love to play poker will be glad to see him back in to poker world.

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Sit n Go Tournament: Dealing with Different Stages

January 28th, 2012

Sit n Go Tournament is probably the best poker format mostly played by any fan of poker, both online and live poker fans. Mainly, one table Sit n Go Tournament is more popular among poker players. Have you ever wondered if there is and what is the best way to approach a table in different stages of a Sit n Go Tournament?

There is a mathematical rule to understand this approach, otherwise the poker would not have so much fun – but there are some indications that can help us reach the final stages of a Sit n Go Tournament more often and more easily. Consider a full table (9 or 10 players) and try to discover them.

Different Stages in Sit n Go Tournament

Initial Stage of Sit n Go Tournament

At the initial stage of a Sit n Go Tournament you should not push too hard on the accelerator, the advice is to increase more chips or at least keep the initial value. To do so, pull yourself in a tight way without looking at improbable chase points and fold without fear when it is required. Raise with parsimony (AK, AQ suited …) and dare to go all-in just in case you have really high value cards as AA or KK.

If you really do not want to give the impression of playing only with good cards (the opponents could figure it out and fold), play with middle cards, but they are suited (of the same suit). Middle pairs (J, 10 10…) has recommended as a mild recovery, but be ready to fold without hesitation if the ground appears an A or a K or any other of the pair the highest card in your hand. At this stage of Sit n Go Tournament, You can also play with small pairs (44, 55, 66 …), which is better to limit the call with a hope of framing a set on the flop. Playing in such way at the first stage of Sit n Go will help you to avoid more risk and will also help you to double your starting chips.

Intermediate Stage of Sit n Go Tournament

Playing at this stage is harder than earlier stage of Sit n Go Tournament. There will be approximately 5 players left on the table and continue to play tight is not the best choice at this point of time. You need to have another strategy for this level of Sit n Go Tournament. At this point we begin to open up our opponent’s game. Don’t be afraid to raise or even bluffing at this stage of Sit n Go Tournament. In short, the most important thing is to study your opponents well and play accordingly, so you know when and against whom it is worth applying pressure. And this is how you should act at this stage of Sit n Go Tournament.

Bubble Stage of Sit n Go Tournament

This is very crucial stage of Sit n Go Tournament. When you are in the bubble, the type of game changes based on the amount of your chips. If you are chip leader, or at least you have a great deal compared to others, you have to attack those who have less than you do. In most of the cases, you can make afraid players by doing that and they will end up by folding their cards. And if you have fewer amounts of chips, try to reach at least the third place of being rewarded. It is clear, however, that the game will depend on how many chips you have, if you do not have great choices or very few, however, will soon be all-in. The advice is to keep at least 5 or 6 blinds available and try to chew chips from others. Take advantage of the position, especially when the darkness is up to you and raise (even all-in) against the weakest. So, avoid those who can easily see (the chip leader) and attacked those who are in hardship. If your cards are not exciting, refrain from fighting.

Head to Head stage of Sit n Go Tournament

The bubble burst, and if you followed all the advice and the luck has not turned away, you should have reached the final table. Now you are in the money at this level of Sit n Go Tournament. This is the time when you have to play very aggressive and try to steal the darkest possible. Well, it is highly expected if you have an Ace with a low kicker or maybe a couple average, it is very high chances of winning the pot.

Sit n Go Tournament is a sure way to make lots of poker money within a less amount of time. You just need to play poker smartly throughout the different stages and your poker money will be there into your account.

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Tips to Start Your Online Poker Journey!!

January 20th, 2012

Online Poker is a successful industry with lots of winning and losing every day. Many poker players find online poker as a better platform to make some fast money at poker. Sometimes, poker players avoid playing online poker due to some fraud online poker rooms with no reputation at all. This is where poker players should be very careful before entering in to online poker world. There are many mistakes and drawbacks that can be easily avoided before starting your online poker career. Here are some tips that will help you to start your online poker career.

1) Do Research and select a reputable online poker room

Every player should do a proper research before they start playing online poker. There are many online poker sites running around the world and it’s quite hard to decide on playing at any of the site without knowing them properly. Don’t stick with any of the online poker room just by watching their flashy advertisements and lucrative bonus offers. Make a proper research and go through their systems before you start playing at any online poker site.

 2) Take advantage of Poker Affiliates

Poker Affiliates are probably the best guide for you to give a safe start to your online poker career. There are many poker players who sign up to online poker rooms through some reputable poker affiliates. So, it’s better if you go through some poker affiliate sites and sign up to online poker room by using those affiliate codes. Signing up through poker affiliate site can also avail some exciting poker bonuses for you. Therefore, it’s a good way to join the best online poker room.

3) Practice with play money before going in to Real Money

As a novice poker player, you should try few hands at Play Money tables and once you are good enough play Start at the play money tables. Go through entire feature of that online poker room like- sounds, graphics, buttons etc. and get used to it. Once you are comfortable with that poker room, you can go with real money.

4) Know the Software

You must experience the poker software of the particular online poker room before you select it to deposit for real money. There are many online poker rooms with different-2 poker software offering you the different-2 features. Try the software and see what poker site has an ease of playing and offering you some great features.

5) Be Clear with Finances and Deposits

There are several security measures that you have to go through while depositing for real money at online poker sites. You may be asked for evidence of being real person by many of the online poker sites. Online poker sites offer several deposit options but you need to figure it out what is the most trusted and convenient deposit option for you. So, do thorough researches on various deposit options before you deposit for real money poker. According to me, Neteller is one of the very secure and highly recommended options for this purpose.

6) Be a part of online poker forums

After being a part of real money poker, go through the various online poker forums and try to exchange as much poker information as you can. You will find many poker players discussing about various online poker issues, like, about their games, various online poker strategies, etc. Be a part of such discussions and learn as much as you can. Online poker forums are the best place to clarify all your poker related issues. So, be a part of poker forums and try to improve your game.

7) Read Poker Books

Whenever you need to learn something, books are the best and only possible resources that directly come in to your mind; same is applicable for poker also. There are many poker books around to improve your poker skills. And you can find some poker books specifically written on online poker tips. So get used to these poker books because the more you read, the more you will learn.

8) Go through the Training Websites

There are many poker training website exist to guide you how to play online poker. You can find these sites with lots of poker training videos for all types of poker games with different-2 skill levels.

 9) Take advantage of Best Bonuses offered by online Poker Room

After playing a long time on any online poker site, you should move on to another online poker room to get collect some other generous poker bonuses offered by other poker site. Eventually you should move on to online poker sites where there is enough competition because, there are good chances that you can make a solid profit.

 10) Be patient and Enjoy Playing

Poker can be repellent, annoying, and confusing all within few minutes. Always remember if you enjoy playing online poker, you can make money at poker. Winning and losing is the part of game, so in poker. So be patient and try to play poker smartly, you will end up by winning lots of poker money.

All the poker beginners who are not aware of online poker trend and looking to hit online poker tables will find these poker tips helpful for them.

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Bluffing in Poker-Learn the Art!

December 28th, 2011

As we all know that bluffing in poker is one of the vital parts of this game and knowing the bluffing strategies and to act accordingly is even more important to win at poker. There is no doubt if you don’t have bluffing strategies, there is no possibility of becoming a successful poker player. However, bluffing is not easy as it requires a good vision of the game, timing and a certain “liver”.

Understanding Bluffing in Poker

Bluffing successfully in high stakes games are very spectacular. People who do not play much poker think that bluffing is the central element of the game. When Stu Ungar made its appearance in Merv Griffin Show the day after he won the world championship of poker in 1980, the first question that Griffin had put to him: “You bluff a lot?” Many casual poker players visiting Las Vegas bluff constantly in small batches from 1-3 and 1-4 U.S. dollars U.S. dollars and pay very much for this way of playing foolish.

It is true that the bluffing in poker is an important aspect of poker, but it is only a part of the game, certainly not more important than playing their hands properly. Many novice players focus on bluffing too much, especially in limit games. When your opponent only costs a bet to see your hand, it is difficult to get away with a bluff, especially if you have already seen them bluffing over and over again.

For this reason, many players who try to bluff in Limit Texas Hold’em poker is often not successful to win the game, especially when the betting limit is low, because it often happens that the opponents decide to pay to see your game.

Importance of Position in Bluffing

Your position at the table can have a direct impact on the prospects of success of your bluffing action. In many games bluffing is easy if you’re the first to point than when you have to play second and your opponent have you to check. If your opponent decides to go, he knows he has shown weakness by checking that and when points will suspect, you’re trying to take advantage of its weakness. So it is likely to try to make calls with any type of hand and if he has really a bad hand, probably will try to bluff in turn. After you bet, he will be more likely to choose to see your cards even if you think you do not have a winning hand. For this end-game situations when your hand can not win by check and you have reason to think that your opponent is weak, bluffing in the first position will be effective. One more position is very effective while bluffing is, when you are last to act. This will give you an opportunity to observe all the unfolding of the hand and the behavior of the opponents before it is your turn to play.

Bluffing is the tactics that you just can’t implement properly by reading few articles on bluffing strategies but you need to practice it properly. And for that you need to go out and try it by yourself. One of the very important facts that you need to have guts to go with bluffing and then only you can learn all the different angles on bluffing. Poker Pros who play poker for living are very good at bluffing.

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Bankroll Management- Sure Way to Rise up in Stakes!!

December 14th, 2011

One of the most frequently asked question regarding bankroll management is – to a certain limit. There is no simple or specific answer for to this question as there are too many parameters to decide a proper bankroll management. Each poker player must be aware of his strength and the goals and should accordingly adjust the bankroll management.

Ultimately the aim of each player is to make a profit but you are not sure about finishing each session with a profit. And this is where you need a proper bankroll management to make sure your profit outcomes from certain area of poker games. A proper bankroll management keeps you in control in the selection of games and the choice of limits you play on. And this is how you adjust a better bankroll management to survive in poker without going bankrupt. There are many times when players just sit down with their entire bankroll on the high stakes table and start playing the game, and then the poker is just a game of chance and even the best poker player would not be able to win.
In addition to the avoidance of bankruptcy, you should have a good bankroll management for continuous growth of the bankroll – a higher limit means the possibility of greater profits.

Bankroll Management for Different Forms of Poker Game

Bankroll Management -Limit Holdem

Generally when a player is playing Limit Holdem should have at least 300 Big Bets in your bankroll. And if there is a table of $.25/.50, big bet will be $1. That’s why you should have at least $300 to sit at Limit Holdem tables to play comfortably.

Bankroll management -Pot Limit/No Limit

There is always a chance that a player can win or lose the entire stack in a single hand at a no limit cash game. So, player should have larger bankroll than a limit game. The recommendations are very different and start at a factor of 800-1000 BB and go up to 2,000.The 2000 would take 20 buy-ins for second limit. A relatively conservative bankroll management, but it is being successfully implemented by many professionals.

Bankroll Management- Sit n Go Tournaments

According to Chris Fergusson rules, never spend more than 5 % of your bankroll on Sit N Go. And the meaning of this investment is between 20 buy-ins. 20 buy-ins for general players and 65 for experienced poker professionals. This is how you have to work on your bankroll management.

Bankroll Management -Multi table Tournaments

There are wide ranges of bankroll to be accepted by many players in multi table tournaments. More likely, players use 50 buy-in minimum and some players find it too low and go with 100buy-ins to protect them from the swings associated with larger poker tournaments. This is important to focus on payout structure throughout the tournaments and try to reduce the variance in your bankroll.

Pay attention to the payout structure in the events you typically enter. Some pay “farther down the line” than others and those events will reduce the variance in your bankroll since you will be making the money more often.

Poker Bankroll Management and Cashout System

Bankroll management is mostly the deliberate handling of the most important resource of the poker player – the money. Another important aspect of bankroll management is to monitor your own performance – How much you’ve won in this limit / lost? How many hours I’ve played? A good bankroll management will not make a bad player good player – but with a sensible balance between operation and capital, a player can minimize the risk of going bankrupt. Therefore, players who play poker for living and looking for a better poker career must know how to manage the poker money.

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Top Ten Best Poker Books to Follow

November 29th, 2011

Books are probably the best way to educate you whether it is poker education or any other basic education. If you are new to poker world and looking forward to build up your poker career, you must read the poker books on regular basis. There are plenty of interesting poker books that will surely help you to know this poker game in-depth. But the question is how to select right poker books according to your level of understanding. Most of the poker books are specially written by great poker professionals explaining all their poker moves and strategies in book. And if you have to continue your poker career for long, it’s really required to read poker books throughout your poker career. All the poker books are written by experienced poker professionals by keeping in mind all the needs and requirements of readers, that is why you can get a book for any particular level of expertise and develop your game further.

List of 10 Best Poker Books

This is a list of some of the best and highly recommended poker books that will help you sharpen your poker game skills.

Play Poker like the Pros

This poker book is written by one of the great Poker pro Phil Hellmuth. This book is full of all the technical approaches of poker game and poker enthusiasts who are really curious to know about Bluffing, Pot odds etc, can browse through this interesting book.

Doyle Brunson’s Super System

This is certainly one of the most popular and technically rich poker book written by one of the legend poker player Doyle Brunson. This is one of the most classic and influential book heartily accepted by every poker player. You can find lots of interesting stuffs and various advanced poker strategies I this book.

Small Stakes Hold’em

This is undoubtedly one of the interesting poker books written by Malmuth, Sklansky, and Miller. This poker book is an ideal book for every intermediate player but beginners can also learn many things by going through this book. This book contains all the basics of Texas Holdem discussed in detail. And poker player who want to brush up their knowledge of Limit Holdem, will find this poker book helpful for them.

Cowboys Full

This poker book is written by James McManus. This is really an interesting read for all poker enthusiasts. There are very few poker books that rarely receive so much popularity as this book received. According to market reviewer, this is one of the best poker book ever written.

Caro’s Book of Poker Tells

As we all know Poker is a game that demands psychology along with mathematical skills. This book will surely help you to know more about dealing with psychology at poker. This poker book will surely benefit all the poker enthusiasts who are interested in the psychology of this game.

Poker: The Real Deal

This is probably one of the best poker books for Texas Holdem game available in the market. This book covers all the Texas Hold’em poker strategies that you will help you to improve your game. The book may not give you all that – no book really can – but it will give you a good idea of what you need and even help you get started towards it.

The Theory of Poker by David Sklansky

This is probably the scripture of Texas Hold’em game. This book is a bit different from any other book as there is no description for simple playing hands and acting on several other moves but this book will make you understand general situations which are not there in other poker books. And this is why it’s completely different poker book. This book basically tells you the various Texas Hold’em theories and strategies.

Harrington on Hold’em: Expert Strategy for No-Limit Tournaments

This is one of the most interesting and highly recommended poker books in poker industry. This book is written by Dan Harrington. This is probably one of the finest poker books on poker tournament strategies. Players who play mostly poker tournaments will find this book helpful for them. This book will guide you how to play at different stages of poker tournaments and how to change your game play according to each blind level.

Getting Started in Hold’em by Edward Miller

This poker book is a complete poker guide for all novice poker players as it covers all the fundamentals building blocks for any solid game. You won’t find anything advance here but very simple to understand for any beginner poker player.

Sit-and-Go Strategy: Expert Advice for beating One Table Poker Tournament

This poker book is authored by Collin Moshman and probably one of the interesting poker books written on Sit-and-Go Strategy. If you play single table tournament, this book will surely help you to increase your ROI and surely help you to become a better poker tournament player.

These are the selected poker books that will surely help you to improve your poker game and the poker player who play poker seriously will surely like to read all these poker books.

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Andrey Pateychuk wins EPT San Ramo Main Event

November 22nd, 2011

It was a real gift for a 22 year old Russian poker player Andrey Pateychuk when he pocketed EPT title as one of his first ever title at EPT, San Ramo. Andrey Pateychuk was introduced made his arrival to the poker world as he finished fifteenth at this year’s WSOP main event, so he is already known by many poker enthusiasts. However, it was a win that anyone would have ever expected of him against a strong field of 830 players. Andrey Pateychuk, the winner of the Pokerstars European Poker Tour (EPT), celebrated his 22nd birthday with a victory of 800.000 Euros and confirmed his greater talent making the 15th place to $478.000 WSOP Main Event in Las Vegas this year. At the very beginning stage of EPT San Ramo, the Australian poker player Daniel Neilson was leading the game and made his continuos place among top two players on the leaderboard. He got 50 % more chips than his nearest competitor- Dimitar Danchey from Bulgaria.
Barny Boatman, the UK legend had a majority of Supporter at EPT, San Ramo. Italian Rocco Palumbo was the only one who was responsible for the long time chip leader Chris McClung’s exit on Wednesday. After two hours of the play start, MacPhee got eliminated against Barry. And just after another hour, Rocco lasted in seventh place as he got eliminated with K♣ Q♠ against Jan Bendik’s flopped set of Fives. The dynamics of the table at EPT San Ramo begin to change as following the Rocco’s exit; First Neilson got his lead as Andrey doubled up with A♦ K♣ against Neilson A♣ 7♦ and the same time Yorane got eliminated by Dimitar. And the next who got eliminated was Jan bendik against Andrey Pateychuk. And Neilson was the third one who got eliminated with his by Dimitar Danchev.

Heads up Climax at EPT, San Ramo

It was a heads up time between Dimitar Dabchev and Aldrey Paitchuk. Both the players were trying to grab the EPT title up with the balance of €80,000. At the time, it was pretty good move for Danchev when he captured a 10 million chip with the pair of 9♠ 9♣. Then Danchev raised to 2.6 million and nearly 25 million chips were in the middle of the table when it came 8h on the river and Andrey was hoping to get five or ten. Luckily, the five was dealt on the river. It was a runner straight for Andrey Pateychuk(4,5,6,7,8) and Danchev failed to win against Andrey Pateychuk. And Andrey Pateychuk became the new champion for EPT,SanRamo.

EPT San Remo Final Table Positions and Prizes

Place       Name                       Nationality            Prize

1              Andrey Pateychuk     Russia               € 680,000

2              Dimitar Danchev       Bulgaria           € 600,000

3              Daniel Neilson           Australia             € 285,000

4              Barny Boatman           UK                      € 225,000

5              Jan Bendik               Slovakia                € 170,000

6              Yorane Kerignard      France               € 130,000

7              Rocco Palumbo            Italy                   € 95,000

8              Kevin MacPhee             USA                    € 63,694

It was really an unexpected win and a bit surprising for many poker players when Andrey Pateychuk won the EPT San Ramo tiltle. And the Heads-up stage was surely a fitting climax at this EPT event. Poker enthusiasts who play poker regularly will surely find this article interesting for them.

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Elio Fox wins WSOP Europe Main Event, 2011

November 15th, 2011

It was a shocking moment for all European poker players when a 25 year old American poker player Elio Fox named the title of WSOP Europe Main Event, 2011. It was an exciting event to watch out some great poker players playing in glitzy and glamorous environment of Cannes, France. It was really interesting to see the master performance of Elio Fox throughout the WSOP main event. It was a proud moment for all American poker players when Elio won the 2011 WSOP Europe main event and that came to an inspiring conclusion at Hotel majestic Barriere in Cannes, France.

It was his first WSOP gold bracelet and after receiving this, he became the fifth WSOP Europe main event champion in history. It was a huge amount of $1,927,310 that Elio collected as prize money. And this is one of the most cherished prizes for any poker player to win his first WSOP gold bracelet.

Elio Fox at WSOP Euorpe Main Event, 2011

There is no doubt that It was the largest WSOP main event championship in the history of WSOP event, as Elio triumphed over 592 total entries including some of the previous poker giants already crowned in London like -  Annette Obrestad (2007), John Juanda (2008), Barry Shulman (2009), and James Bord (2010). But Elio’s game was perhaps most impressive of any before, since he faced almost undefeatable challenge of overcoming a record tournament field size.

All the best players from the world were gathered together to make the best out of WSOP Europe main event, 2011. With the high competition, players were at high stakes. The €10,000 buy-in was equal to about $13,765 and it was generating like second-biggest non-WSOP Main Event prize pool of all-time, totaling €5,692,800 — which equals about $7,828,409.

On the sixth and the resulting day, the final table unfolded amidst a strange feeling for a WSOP Europe main event. All the players were quite excited and started playing inside one of the elegant ballrooms which is normally used for showing the movie’s premier shows by the top film makers from the film industries. It was entirely glitzy atmosphere surrounded by several biggest poker players. It was completely different from WSOP November nine Malta Event. There were no huge crowds, nor vigorous cheering sections. Instead, wild enthusiasm was replaced by grand elegance and quiet reflection. And it was like; a few of the world’s top chess grandmasters were playing the European Chess Championship. In short, the finale of WSOP main event, 2011 sounded more like a busy television newsroom than the world’s premier poker series. However, this finale was (and will be) watched by more people as it was completely different than any other WSOP poker tournament played this year.

Whenever a poker player will see the main event video or will be tuning in to watch what happened at WSOP Europe main event, they will surely witness a magnificent performance by Elio Fox, the fifth WSOP Europe main event champion. His performance truly suits to his name and as sly as any other WSOP victory this year. He detained the chip lead during the play went down to 12-handed and then started off with final table session with the biggest stack.  It took Elio about nine hours — lightning fast by WSOP Europe standards — to knock down the biggest poker giants who were continuously competing hard against him to get the title of WSOP Europe main event.

Top-10 finishers at WSOP Europe Main Event Championship

1st Place – Elio Fox (New York, US)

2nd Place – Chris Moorman (Basildon, UK)

3rd Place – Moritz Kranich (Hamburg, Germany)

4th Place – Brian Roberts (Austin, US)

5th Place – Dermot Blain (Ulster, Ireland)

6th Place – Shawn Buchanan (Abbotsford, Canada)

7th Place – Jake Cody (Leeds, UK)

8th Place – Max Silver (London, UK)

9th Place – Patrik Antonius (Monte Carlo, Monaco)

10th Place – Arnaud Mattern (Paris, France)

Undoubtedly, 2011 has been a monster year for Elio Fox as he named some big title over the year and collected a huge amount of money by playing poker. Fox named the Bellagio Cup championship earlier this year, played in Las Vegas.  And certainly, this WSOP Europe main event win is one of the huge among all his winnings and could be added as one of his biggest achievement at poker till date and which is really inspiring for many poker fans who play poker for living.

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Most Interesting Live Poker Videos from WSOP

November 8th, 2011

Here are some interesting poker videos that will remind you some of the best poker moments of WSOP. These poker videos are not only great to watch but it will also give you the real experience to see all the actions of professional players at WSOP. There are some videos where you can watch out some of the best poker professional playing at WSOP and it will help you to improve your poker skills.

Unusual Poker moment at 2010 WSOP Main Event


Phil Ivey bluffs Steven Begleiter at 2009 WSOP Main Event final table


Nice read by Andy Bloch at 2008 WSOP


Jamie Gold bends the rules and shows his cards at the 2006 WSOP Main Event final table


Brutal bad beat at 2008 WSOP


Insane hand at 2011 WSOP Main Event

Meet the 2011 WSOP November Nine


Final hand 2011 WSOP Players Championship – Phil Hellmuth vs. Brian Rast


These are the selected poker videos that have been updated for all poker enthusiast who play poker game seriously. These poker videos will give the best poker experiences from WSOP. Enjoy the videos and stay tuned for more poker updates.

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Phil Ivey dropped off ESPN’s ranking for Poker Players

October 31st, 2011

Whenever the question is being asked who is the best poker player in the world, Phil Ivey is the name that will surely come to your mind. Phil Ivey came into the poker world in the late 90s and became as popular as one of the best poker player in the poker world. It was all his achievements that every poker players dream off. He has been one of the most recognized poker players for his game and playing ability. Some of his achievements in 2000 where he made two final tables and won his first WSOP bracelet keep him ahead from other poker players. Phil Ivey has proved himself in every format of poker and I don’t think any ranking will affect his game.

Phil Ivey is no where among Top Ten Poker Players

It is really surprising  not to see Phil Ivey in ESPN poker rankings. As we know some of the best poker players are featured in ESPN poker rankings and if Ivey is not there in that Top Ten Rankings, it’s really surprising. Recently ESPN ranked some of the best poker players and broke down their ranking based on the player’s current play. This ranking really matters when the world series of poker comes around and it’s quite obvious to have some of the biggest names in that ranking. Phil Ivey is the only player who consistently got featured in every ESPN poker rankings and made his place among TOP ten players. But the recent ESPN poker rankings are bit surprising as Ivey is not there in Top Ten rankings. The Nuts feature the top ten players in the world, and while 9 of the 10 stayed the same this month; only Ivey got replaced by a new player i.e Jake Cody. Phil Ivey was knocked off who had been considered to be the best poker player among all other poker players. Phil Ivey was replaced by Jake Cody who got the Best Tournament award from the British Poker Awards and also won the WSOP bracelet, a WPT title and EPT title as well.
There are many factors on which the ESPN poker ranking based on, and not just the poker tournaments. This ranking includes tournament play, cash games, and it also includes live poker games and online poker games as well. “The Nuts” is the way to rank the poker players according to their current poker performances and this is the main reason why Phil Ivey got knocked off. Phil Ivey was dropped from the list because he was not the part of WSOP, 2011. He recently distanced himself from poker a bit and not playing so much poker these days and this is the main reason why he couldn’t maintain his place among top ten poker players.

ESPN’s ranking for Top Ten Poker Players

1) Jason Mercier

2) Erik Seidel

3) Eugene Katchalov

4) Ben Lamb

5) Phil Hellmuth

6) Daniel Nagreanu

7) Bertrand Grospellier

8 ) John Juanda

9) Vanessa Selbst

10) Jake Cody

All these rankings are based on the player’s current performances. Ivey need to play poker regularly to get over these poker players in the above rankings and I am pretty sure that he will be among top ten in the next month ranking.

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Matt Giannetti wins at WPT Malta 2011

October 18th, 2011

It was once again a proud moment for all American poker players as Matt Giannetti conquered a 240-strong field at WPT Malta 2011. It was an exceptional performance by Matt Giannetti throughout the Final day of WPT Malta 2011. It was a tough time for Matt Giannetti to deal with the emotional roller coaster Cecilia Pescaglini, but finally Matt Giannetti made to the final table of  WSOP, 2011 main event.

All 240 players started the day with their positive attitude and hope to become the WPT Malta 2011 season X champion. The Portomaso casino had an exciting environment with all the poker players and the stunning final table. As only six players were supposed to grace with final six rankings, everyone was trying to eliminate the other one. The first player who got eliminated was Mats Karlson. Finally, the final six were all set to hit the WPT Malta 2011 final table and the leading player was the Golden girl Cecilia Pescaglini with all her 2,245,000 chips.

Fabien Sartoris had sweltering time all day with Cecilia Pescaglini and eventually it was Sartoris who got eliminated in 6th place after Simon Trumper came in to action with his Pocket fives and called his short stack shove. The next man who got eliminated was Tristan Clemencon. Cecilia Pescaglini seemed to be the first ever female WPT champion in the ten years of her poker career. She got all the momentum throughout the WPT Malta 2011 and so she eliminated the experienced UK pro Simon Trumper and sent him back to home. There were some good poker players who got eliminated by Pescaglini during WPT Malta 2011.

WPT Malta 2011 Three handed stage

WPT Malta 2011competition became more interesting as it went three-handed. The game was going too slow and the only player, who was trying to push the pace, was Cecilia Pescaglini. Matt Giannetti was found himself short stacked as he went all-in with pocket sevens against the pocket kings of Italian lady Pescaglini. But after a short while he got a full house on turn and came once again came back in the game. And after five hours of game Matt Giannetti eliminated Filippo Bianchini after most of Filippo’s chips stolen away by Pescaglini.

WPT Malta 2011 Heads Up stage

Now it was the heads-up confrontation between top two Cecilia Pescaglini and Matt Giannetti. Pescaglini had chips advantage over Matt Giannetti.Initially it seemed like Cecilia Pescaglini was very close to win the title as she had already knocked out many opponents in a row. But when the final hand came in to picture, Pescaglini called Matt Gianetti’s all-in with (Q, 10) on a (10, 8, 2) board and Matt Giannetti had (9, 7) for the open ended straight draw, and finally the J on the river sent Matt Giannetti into winning excitement and Cecilia Pescaglini into a real monotony.

WPT Malta 2011 Final Table: Matt Giannetti Vs Cecilia Pescaglini


WPT Malta 2011 Final Table Payouts

Place Name Prize

1              Matt Giannetti           € 273,200

2              Cecilia Pescaglini      € 159,412

3              Filippo Bianchini        € 104,936

4              Simon Trumper             € 72,985

5              Tristan Clemencon          € 54,381

6              Fabien Sartoris                € 41,977

7              Christofer Williamsson € 31,486

8              Mats Karlson                    € 22,894


There is no doubt that Matt Giannetti had played some excellent poker and was outstanding throughout the WPT Malta 2011 and People must be thinking what was the winning poker strategy of Matt Giannetti  but finally it was  the luck that saved Matt Giannetti with his pocket sevens against the pocket kings of Cecilia Pescaglini. Anyway, finally Matt Giannetti took the title and it will be interesting to see this November’s niner at the final table of WSOP.

Congratulations to Matt Giannetti for his huge winnings at WPT Malta 20112011 and all the best for the Main event of WSOP.

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Why to play poker online?

September 28th, 2011

There are many reasons why so many people are heading to play poker online rather than staying at local casinos or playing home games with their friends. If you actually look in to it, you will find online poker is the best way to start your poker journey. There are some obvious reasons why to play poker online, are mentioned below :

Various Reasons to Play Poker Online

1.  Much comfortable than Live casinos – If you really want to play poker comfortably, then nothing can be better than playing online. Online poker will give you an ease to play poker at any place at any time according to your convenience.

2. No Expenses at all – you don’t have to pay something for playing online poker. You don’t need to travel any local casino to play poker; you can simply play poker online by sitting at your home in your favorable condition.

3. Variety of poker games – Playing poker online has always been interesting due to variety of poker games available online. Whatever the game you want to play, your opponents will always be there to play against you. Online poker gives you chance to experience all poker variation which is quite interesting.

4. Real-time Play – Something that you can’t do in Live poker is playing more than one table at the same time but in online poker you can play as many simultaneous games that you can handle at a time.

5. Great learning experience – Playing poker online is always a best way to learn poker. As technology drives online poker software, and you can play more tables and / or tournaments and sit-n-go, you can easily play hundreds of hands per hour (compared to live, you will probably only have 25 hands – 35 per hour). Playing online also gives you the opportunity to explore the interesting hands and allows you to analyze the betting patterns and actions you have at the time of playing.

7. Poker Analysis Software and Stats – Playing online also gives you the ability to use additional software that displays and records statistical information about you and your opponents. This software also provides you the details for every hand that you play.

8. Less Intimidating – This is a great advantage, especially for new poker players. Physically sitting face to face at the table with strangers is sometimes intimidating. There’s just too much going on, for example, Online poker gives you the facility of organizing and counting you chips, to act accordingly, Figuring out the pot size at any time, keep your information up to you etc. So, an online poker is less intimidating in comparison to live poker.

9. Play Money Options – Online poker provides you the facility of play money option that enables a player to play poker for fun without spending a single penny. You can play all your favorite poker games with play money option.

10. Small Bankrolls, Low Stakes – Online poker offers a player to play with small bankroll at any stakes desired by the players, so you can play small stakes as well.

These are the main reasons and very important factors which drives a poker player to stick with online poker. Therefore, Most of the poker players prefer to play poker online.

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WSOP 2011 Bracelet Winner- MARK LYKOV

August 5th, 2011

This year one of the WSOP 2011 Bracelet winners was Maxim Lykov from Russia. Lykov recently took down Event #53 of the 2011 WSOP, the $1K No Limit Hold’EmEvent. Lykov won his first bracelet as well as taking home $ 648,880 in prize money. He managed to turns $1,000 Investment into $648,880.

Maxim LykovLykov played in the Event#54 on Day 1b and finished up the day with 38,400 in chips. There were 638 players heading into Day 2. Lykov finished up Day 2 with 338,000. The field had been reduced to 44 players.

Lykov would start Day 3 15th in chips. By the time the final table was reached at the end of the day, Lykov had amassed a stack of 3,875,000 chips and would start Day 4 as the chip leader.  Lykov managed to keep the pressure on and dominated the final table.

It came down to heads-up between Dror Michaelo (4,650,000) and Lykov (9,000,000). Lykov won a huge hand when he flopped the nuts. Lykov had won the tournament and his first ever WSOP bracelet.

Lyvok is a 23-year-old professional poker player from Moscow. Lykov was in his third year of college when he decided to drop out and pursue poker full time. He had only been playing poker for one year but his success was outstanding. Lykov became a pro in 2005. He was primarily an online player up until 2009. In 2009 he began to have success in the live tournament scene.

Lykov had a few decent scores in early 2009 before he hit two big cashes. His first big cash came at the 2009 WSOP where he came in 3rd in the 5K Limit Hold’Em Shootout for $145,062. A few months later he won $468,504 when he took down the EPT Kiev Main Event.

In 2011 Lykov took home $369,490 when he came in 3rd in the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure High Roller event. Later, he won $ 422,679 when he came in 4th during the EPT San Remo Main Event.

WINNER INTERVIEW-

  • On the feeling after winning his first WSOP gold bracelet:
    “It’s amazing.  I think about the time when I first started to play poker.  It was my dream.  I am very glad to win.”
  • On his future goals:
    “It’s very good to win.  I have more money.  But now, I need to win the Main Event (laughing).”

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Celebrity Poker Showdown

July 26th, 2011

You can imagine the inexperienced person poker players play poker? Or have you seen a celebrity poker game? Well, this is Celebrity Poker Showdown. However, many of us still do not know what is behind this event is called “Celebrity Poker Showdown.” So you know about this great event in the history of poker, then your best bet is to read to your advantage.

celebrity poker showdown

Generally, Celebrity Poker Showdown is a poker tournament that highlights five celebrities competing for a piece price $ 250 000 in a game of Limit Texas Hold’em poker without their favorite charities.

It is believed that in the Celebrity Poker Showdown, each week a new group of celebrities will take place on the poker table to face other celebrities. It will be interesting to know that the winners of Celebrity Poker Showdown, the first five games in advance to compete in the championship final for the sixth episode of Celebrity Poker Showdown.

Additionally, viewers encounter Celebrity Poker has the chance to see the hands of competitors in the Celebrity Poker Showdown are using hidden cameras. Apart from that, viewers Celebrity Poker Showdown will also be able to hear poker players will be eliminated in what lies behind their respective parties in the Hall of the loser is done using a TV closed.

In addition, the Celebrity Poker Showdown is a great event in the history of poker, which is hosted by comedian and actor Kevin Pollak and joined by the master of poker commentator Phil Gordon. It is interesting that Phil Gordon is the player’s poker celebrity poker showdown is a world-class earned nearly $ 1 million in poker tournaments in the last two years.

For more information on Celebrity Poker Showdown, is said to be produced with Bravo by Picture This Television. This flagship event in the history of poker has proved to be a very funny series of players and the viewing public in general. Because of this effect, and the lives of famous people who love Poker, Celebrity Poker Showdown, is widely recognized for many people, most of them are marked on their calendars, the most important episode of Celebrity Poker Showdown. In fact, many of the Poker Masters interested in defining some notes on celebrities to learn the game before committing to episodes of Celebrity Poker Showdown.

Finally, it is also interesting to know that the Celebrity Poker Showdown, you will find some of the celebrities that have not been playing Texas Hold ‘em before, but most of them are great players. It is also noted that when the Celebrity Poker Showdown, is fun, celebrities were very accommodating to all viewers to give autographs or just talking with fans during breaks in the recording of Celebrity Poker Showdown. This great Celebrity Poker Showdown, that almost all the people who really does the trick.

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Poker Celebrities and Poker Stars

July 19th, 2011

27th May 2011 LOS ANGELES / PRNewswire-US Newswire / – Poker Celebrity and Poker Stars have come together to play in the tournament celebrity poker Casino Royale Home Foundation on May 24 at Avalon Hollywood to increase cash and awareness for great charity and I’m too young for the Cancer Foundation.

poker celebrities and poker stars

Proficient poker player, winner of the WSOP, the author and “Celebrity Apprentice” star Annie Duke came out ready to play poker and increase cash for charity. Poker Celebrity Annie Duke fought the cheering crowd to its casino. Unfortunately, Annie Duke has not made the final table, getting dominated by the poker celebrities, including Dancing with the Stars Shannon Elizabeth and graduated ABC “Off the Map” star Nicholas Gonzalez – as it does in the final table.

WWE Superstar Mike “The Miz” Mizanin, a natural crowd pleaser, threw in good hands, along with other poker celebrities such as actor Benito Martinez, Michael Gladis, Carl Weathers, Josh Henderson and Corey Feldman, for example. A few stars in the reality of victorious poker professionals, as well as “Survivor” winner Birz Judson, the “Real Housewives of Orange County” star Alexis and Jim Bellino, and “Amazing Race” competitors, and the Pro Poker Players Maria Ho, and Tiffany Michelle.

However at Casino Royale Celebrity, the actual winner charitable beneficiary – spcaLA and I’m too young for the Cancer Foundation. According to Frank Verdugo, head of the Home Foundation and host of the event, the event raise money and awareness for important causes while collecting poker stars and celebrity poker for an evening of entertainment. HOME Foundation has pledged to raise $ 200 000 for charities and is on track to achieve this goal.

Casino Royale Celebrity is an area of ​​a casino blackjack, roulette and poker. Poker Stars and Poker Celebrities and visitors attended the poker tournament, the chance to win great prize, include the original watches Steve Soffa, a buy-in World Series of Poker and the $ 13,000 holiday in Europe, as well as trips to Dublin, Scotland, Italy and Costa Rica. Guests will enjoy musical performances and Shancey, FATMAGIC.

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Celebrity Poker Player: Jennifer Harman Face For Charities

July 12th, 2011

“It’s always a great tournament for a good cause.” Said Jennifer Harman, in his fourth room poker annual celebrity poker tournament at the Venetian. Well, their participation has always been an All-Star in a tournament like this. Yes, poker players really love the fun and money, but he won more value to this type of charity tournaments.

Jennifer Harman was born and raised in Reno, Nevada, and began playing poker in 1972 at the age of eight years. Their experience in poker, won his first World Series of Poker bracelet in 2000, the prestigious No-Limit Deuce to Seven Lowball. Although in 2002 he won his second WSOP bracelet in the $ 5K Limit Hold ‘em. Harman to their skills, in fact, the only woman to hold two WSOP bracelets in open.

After years away from poker because of his second kidney transplant in 2004, returns again to poker tournaments. Speech by Jennifer finished fourth in the World Poker Tour Five Diamond World Poker Classic, fifth the inaugural event of the poker circuit, and the second WSOP Circuit Championship in Rio.

Harman indeed a professional player joining and winning different tournament but what remarkable by her is her charity poker. She is a frequent charity poker tournament host, organized charity poker tournaments and an active fundraiser.

At the time of her kidney transplant, she founded the Creating Organ Donation Awareness (CODA), a non-profit organization to raise money for the cause. March 2009, Jennifer organized a number of poker celebrities including ESPN analyst Lon McEachern and Howard Lederer in a two-day event that raised $111,000 for the National Kidney Foundation with the help of Curtis and Co Watches and Dream Team Poker.

In April 2009, she hosted the 3rd annual Jennifer Harman Charity Poker Tournament at the Venetian poker room in Las Vegas. In April 13, 2010, she again held her 4th annual Jennifer Harman Charity Poker. “We get wonderful support from the Las Vegas celebrities, and each year it gets bigger and better, so we will really be celebrating for our fifth next year.” she said with regards to the celebrity turnout tournament. This Charity Poker Tournament aims to benefit the Nevada Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animal (SPCA) no-kill animal shelter.

The fourth annual Charity Poker, Chau Giang has won the tournament. Michelle Lawson to grab second place in the Curtis earned a watch and $ 10,000 for the 2010 World Series of Poker Main Event begins in June in Rio, where Penn Jillette’s wife Emily third.However ready, the Top 10 best were $ 30 000 prizes awarded.

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