Archive for February, 2010

Best Web Poker Casino

by Cheyenne on Thursday, February 4th, 2010

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In the past few years net poker has become even more acclaimed especially with tv poker events like High Stakes Poker. It is convenient to bet on poker online from your house. There have been many new sites added and with so many choices it could be grueling to discover the best net poker website. You need to keep in mind the selection of games given, the success of the site, and the fees and requirements when you are seeking for the best internet poker site.

You’ll want to be sure that you find a quality poker casino that offers the types of games you love playing. Some internet sites offer many styles of poker games like omaha/8 and seven Card Stud, while other casinos only specialize in one specific type of poker. If you like an array of games then you’ll locate a website that provides variety to be the biggest poker site on the web. You need to keep in mind the success that the site has. If there are many players and the website seems to be very active you can be pretty certain that it is an excellent poker room. Also be sure to look at the fees and requirements when you are looking for the best online poker site. Be certain you don’t sign up with a website that charges huge costs and be certain that the constraints are acceptable.

If you are going to play any style of poker online you want to be sure that you find the greatest internet poker website possible. You deserve to have a exceptional net poker experience when you play on the net. Identifying a website that you will feel content with and be sure the site provides variety, success, and great perks. After finding the best internet poker site you can sit back and relax enjoying an outstanding game of poker.

Playing A-K in Holdem

by Cheyenne on Thursday, February 4th, 2010

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Each and every one who plays texas hold’em understands that ace/king is one of the greatest opening hands. But, it’s simply that, an opening hand. It’s simply two cards of a seven-card equation. In just about every situation, you will want to jump out firing with Ace-King as your hole cards. When the flop comes, you have to check out your cards and think things completely before you just presume your cards are the strongest.

Like most other opportunities in hold’em, understanding your adversaries will help you gauge your position when you have Ace-King and see a flop like 9-8-2. Since you wager preflop and were called, you presume your opponent is also possessing great cards and the flop might have missed them as poorly as it by-passed you. Your assumption will often times be right. Also, don’t forget that most lousy players wouldn’t know excellent cards if they happen over them and possibly could have called with A-x and paired the board.

If your competitors checks, you could check and observe a free card or make a bet and attempt to pick the pot up right then. If they bet, you might raise to observe if they are for real or fold. What you want to avert is simply calling your opponent’s bet to observe what the turn brings. If any card instead of the Ace or King is turned over, you will not know any more information than you did after the flop. Let us say the turn brings a four and your competitor bets once more, what should you do? To call a bet on the flop you must believe your hand was the strongest, so you have to truly think it still is. So, you call a bet on the turn and 1 more on the river to discover that your opposition was holding 10-8 and just a second pair following the flop. At that instance, it hits you that a raise the bet after the flop might have won the money right then.

Ace-King is a gorgeous thing to find in your hole cards. Just be certain you participate in them carefully and they’ll achieve you amazing cheerfulness at the poker table.

No-Limit Holdem Poker- Who is Phil Ivey?

by Cheyenne on Monday, February 1st, 2010

Phil Ivey has been branded as the best poker contender in the world by many of the top-ranked pros. Phil was born in Riverside, CA and relocated to Jersey before his first birthday. His papa showed him to one cent-ante 5-Card Stud poker. From that point on, Phil was addicted to poker and wanted to pickup anything he possibly could about the game. He would tell his elders that he was planning on being a professional poker player. Phil did not permit the negative feedback from others annihilate his ambition of being one of the strongest poker competitors in the world.

He started playing seriously after acquiring a fake ID with the name of Jerome. He honed his skills at the poker rooms of Atlantic City. The initial few years for him were a learning opportunity and coming away with a win was not a normal outcome at the time. Phil made his mark at the 2000 World Series of Poker when he achieved two final tables and came away with his first World Series of Poker bracelet, in a two dollar, 500 Pot-Limit Omaha match. At the final table he defeated many of the better known professionals which includes "Amarillo Slim" Preston, David "Devilfish" Ulliot, and Phil Hellmuth, Jr.

He made a decision to take his game to the successive level and headed out west to Las Vegas. Phil continues to compete in in "The Big Game" at the Bellagio with the greatest players in the world. Ivey credits his achievements to discipline and an eternal passion for the game of poker. He states that he is picking up skills every single day and is incredibly humble about his success. He admits to making mistakes in each game of poker and always aspires to improve.

Despite the fact that Ivey has come first in some big-time tournaments, he favors winning money games on a normal basis.