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Online Poker Bankroll Building – 5 Tips For Building A Poker Bankroll Online

admin — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 01:54:06 +0000

There are many important success factors involved in building a poker bankroll. These factors go far beyond some of the obvious things such as bonuses and freerolls. This article looks at these success factors, listing 5 tips for players serious about building a poker bankroll online.

Poker Bankroll Building Tip #1 – Not All Bonuses Are Equal

The first place many players seeking to build a poker bankroll look is to the sign-up bonuses that almost all online poker sites offer. The key point here is that the biggest bonus is not always the best. For example some sites offering very large bonuses have extremely low clearance rates – meaning that choosing 2 smaller bonuses may have resulted in faster poker bankroll building.

Poker Bankroll Building Tip #2 – Look for Hidden Incentives

Features such as VIP Clubs, Freerolls and Cashback can contribute significantly to your online poker bankroll building. Make sure that any site you sign up for offers these incentives. Another incentive is regular reload bonuses, these are aimed at existing players and offer additional bankroll building cash bonuses which are often linked to your VIP club rank.

Poker Bankroll Building Tip #3 – Play Within Your Bankroll

The most common mistake made by beginning poker players is incorrect bankroll management. If you are serious about building an online poker bankroll you must take a disciplined approach to bankroll management. This means ensuring that no one poker session risks more than a small percentage of your total online bankroll. A good rule of thumb is to buy in to cash Aussie casino games for no more than 5% or to have a minimum of 50 buy-ins for the level of sit n go or multi player tournament in which you play.

Poker Bankroll Building Tip #4 – Practice Good Game Selection

If the 10th best poker player in the world played only with the 9 better players then she would quickly lose her bankroll. While this may sound like a cliche it applies to every online poker player too. Make sure you take the time to select tables with the weakest opposition possible. If your preferred game and level at your current site is full of good players then look around for an alternative site. Having an edge over the opposition is a vital component in building a poker bankroll online.

Poker Bankroll Building Tip #5 – Never Stop Learning

The single biggest contributor to your success in building an online poker bankroll is to ensure you are a better player than your opponents. This can only be achieved by studying the game, including your own strengths and weaknesses. Ensure that you dedicate some of your playing time to studying strategy articles and analysing hands or common situations. As your understanding improves you can move up levels which will boost your online poker bankroll building efforts even more.

GL with Poker Bankroll Building, Mark

Poker Pros Understand Fold Equity
A level of online poker aggression that rarely gets discussed, but yet is quite prevalent and a large part of Texas Holdem poker games is fold equity. Fold equity is an advantage that the poker pro creates for himself by betting and raising, rather than just calling, with the intent of making his opponents fold their hands.

Poker Professional Reality
With the huge increase of people playing poker online and in Best UK Casino Sites, the thought of becoming a poker professional always enters peoples minds. As appealing as becoming a poker professional might be to you, it is not easy to become a poker pro.

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Is there a trap?

admin — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 17:02:57 +0000

Many a time to just get holds of a single bonus, you may need to play at least a hundred hands; this is universal for all Party Poker Bonus Code sites. If you look at it the poker rooms they are barely at a risk, the lure of bonus to the players is enough to make a player play many hands which eventually generates the amount of bonus or profit for the room. In Certain cases, associates pay money to poker rooms, to check whether the site has been created or not. This is a good situation to be in for the poker sites.

Raked Hands

It is difficult to play a poker game with $50 in hand, particularly when your luck has not been shining and you have not been getting good cards.

PokerNews Op-Ed: The November Nine – Who’s the Best for Poker?

admin — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 19:48:04 +0000

Poker News Op-Ed: The November Nine – Who’s the Best for Poker?
With less than a week to go before the “November Nine” return to Las Vegas for a shot a poker immortality, sports books are setting lines, office pools are coming together, and many of us in the poker media are busy speculating what effect our next…

A Realistic online casino games Experience
CelebPoker has introduced a diverse selection of stylish online casino games as part of its ever expanding portfolio of online entertainment options. These new games can be accessed directly from the poker client and include variations of traditional casino favourites like Roulette and BlackJack together with some more unusual games such as Pai Gow Poker and Red Dog.

First Timer’s Guide to Playing Live

admin — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 20:54:15 +0000

First Timer’s Guide to Playing Live
1. 888Poker Download Read Review 2. PartyPoker Download Read Review Heinz wins 2011 WSOP Pius Heinz wins the 2011 World Series of Poker Main Event over Martin Staszko. Blue Monday The second wave of U.S. indictments against online poker rooms fires out from Maryland. Player Migration Begins PartyPoker’s attempts to woo poker players away from US-facing rivals. Feds Indict Online Poker Operators News about the April 15, 2011 federal online poker indictments. Three Poker Book Gift Ideas Three Poker Book Gift Ideas for the Holidays See all Poker Articles >>

Strategy with Kristy: Ryan D’Angelo Discusses Tourney Concepts

admin — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 20:36:06 +0000

Strategy with Kristy: Ryan D’Angelo Discusses Tourney Concepts
January 19 2012, PokerNews Staff Related Articles Strategy with Kristy: Jared Tendler on the Mental Game of Poker Pt 1 Strategy with Kristy Podcast: Jared Bleznick Strategy with Kristy: Mike Watson Discusses Playing Big Stacks Share It Tags PokerNews Podcast, South Point, Poker Strategy Print Ryan D’Angelo, better known as “g0lfa” to the online poker community, has accumulated nearly $2 million in winnings. His biggest cash to date came when he finished fifth in the 2010 PokerStars.net Caribbean Adventure Main Event for $700,000. For this edition of the Strategy with Kristy podcast, brought to you by South Point, D’Angelo talks about the concepts “way ahead or way behind” and “slightly ahead or way behind.” Here is a snippet from the interview: Let’s talk about the “slightly ahead or way behind” concept. Can you explain what it is? Its big for no-limit holdem tournaments, I think. There are lots of times when youre trying to decide whether or not to call an all-in or when youre faced with a big raise on the flop and you put them on either a flush draw or two pair and you have an over pair. Thats a situation where if they have a flush draw or a pair and a flush draw, youre flipping. If they have two pair or a set, then youre way behind. I see a lot of people who just put their opponents on the hand that theyre flipping with, instead of really evaluating the other persons range. You should realize youre not doing too well against this range. Youre flipping or youre behind. So in spots like that, you want to make a little bit tighter folds. Its really tough to do when you have a really strong hand deeper in a tournament. But, sometimes you want to take the low road, and let your hand go if you dont think you ever have your opponent dominated. Like on a nine-nine-six board with two clubs and you have two red jacks. Sure they might have some bluffs in their range when they check-raise you or when you raise a bet in a three-way pot and the third guy goes all-in for three times your bet, but you have to think about your equity against their range of hands. If the guy has seven-eight, obviously youre doing great, but if he has a nine, then youre dead. You need to factor in, and correctly weigh those different situations where people could have you drawing dead. That will kill you long term. You have to make a bit tighter folds if you think that person has trips enough of the time or your equity is that low enough of the time. Podcast Powered By Podbean Tune in every week for new episodes of Strategy with Kristy, brought to you by South Point. Feel free to send in questions, ideas or suggestions for the podcast to kristy@pokernews.com. Also remember to follow PokerNews on Twitter for up-to-the-minute news. Comments Such a fundamental concept that many “good” players seem to neglect! Good article.

Last Week to Qualify for the PokerNews $20,000 PokerStars Freeroll

admin — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 23:54:07 +0000

Last Week to Qualify for the PokerNews $20,000 PokerStars Freeroll
January 25 2012, PokerNews Staff Related Articles Qualify Today for the PokerNews $20,000 PokerStars Freeroll Exclusive $22,500 PokerNews WCOOP Freerolls Win Your Share of $20,000 in the PokerNews PokerStars Freeroll! Share It Tags PokerStars, Poker deposit bonus, PokerNews Freerolls, Poker promotions Print Download PokerStars today to participate in the PokerNews $20,000 Freeroll on Jan. 31. There is less than a week left to qualify for the PokerNews $20,000 PokerStars Freeroll to be held on Jan. 31 at 1400 EST (1900 GMT). The freeroll is open to both new and existing PokerNews players, but if you hope to qualify, youll have to act fast. What do you need to do? If youre a new player, just sign up for a PokerStars account through PokerNews and make a first deposit by Jan. 27. If youre an existing PokerNews player, then all you have to do is earn 45 VPPs by Jan. 27. With only a couple of days left to qualify, earning that amount of VPPs could be a challenge, but would no doubt be worth it. PokerNews $20,000 PokerStars Freeroll details: Date: Jan. 31 Time: 1400 EST (1900 GMT) Qualification Period: Now Jan. 27 Existing PokerNews Players: Earn 45 VPPs to qualify New PokerNews Players: Make a first deposit to qualify Prize Pool: $20,000 In addition to playing in the PokerNews $20,000 PokerStars Freeroll, new players can also receive a 100% up to $600, first-deposit bonus. All you have to do is enter the marketing code “POKERNEWS.COM” and the bonus code “STARS600.” By doing so, you will also be eligible to take part in future exclusive promotions. Sign up for a PokerStars account today. Stay up to date on all the latest news by following us on Twitter and liking us on Facebook. Recent Articles The Nightly Turbo: Royal Flush Girls Photo Shoot, Playtech Eyes U.S. Market, and More Playtech Announces Partnerships Ahead of New Gambling Markets Five Thoughts: It’s Good to be King 2012 Aussie Millions Day 13: Big Guns Out for Day 1c; Breadsell Wins Chinese Poker Event Abraham Araya Wins 2011-2012 World Series of Poker Circuit Choctaw Durant Most Popular This Week The Nightly Turbo: Iowa Senator Supports Online Poker, Galfond Calls for Change, and More 2012 Aussie Millions Day 11: $100,000 Challenge Final Table Set; Main Event Kicks Off The Nightly Turbo: Tony G Helps Jungleman Find Action, Toby Lewis Wins TCOOP, and More The Online Railbird Report: Galfond Does Work; “patpatman” Wins Nearly $300,000 The Nightly Turbo: Funds Confiscated in Bahamas, Ladbrokes Makes Big Purchase, and More Comments

2010 WSOP

admin — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 06:54:05 +0000

2010 WSOP
Submitted on Wed, 2010-06-02 05:53 It’s that time of year. The time when the poker world turns it’s eyes to the Mecca of gambling and the site of the annual World Series of Poker (WSOP)-Las Vegas. The first gold bracelet was won on Saturday 2010 Casino Employees Championship Event #1 of the 2010 WSOP was the Casino Employees Championship, which features casino employees. It was first held in 2000 and was called the Dealers World Poker Championship. The next year all casino employees were eligible to enter and the name change was initiated. Hoai D. Pham Wins Event #1 The winner of the first event at the 2010 WSOP is Hoai D. Pham, a dealer from the Village Club Casino in Chula Vista, CA. Pham, who is 43 years old, was born in Vietnam and now lives in San Diego. He won $71,424 after playing in a 15-hour session on Day Two of the event. There were 721 entries in Event #1, which had a $500 buy-in and a prize pool that totaled $324,450. Prize money was divided amongst the top 72 finishers. The final hand saw Pham with pocket aces and his opponent, A.J. Vea, with pocket fours. The community cards did nothing for either player and Pham claimed the top prize with his hole cards. WSOP More Action There is a lot more action to go at the 2010 WSOP with 56 more gold bracelets on the line. The 2010 WSOP runs through July 17 until the Main Event yields just nine players. After that there is a break with the final table for the No-Limit Hold’em Championship being played in November.

Top 5 Poker TV Shows

admin — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 19:54:06 +0000

Top 5 Poker TV Shows
published on 03/04/11 at 9:00 am Looking to catch some great poker action on your television set this week? Then, this is the article that clues you in about where all the poker action is. So, read on to find out which TV channels you have to set your dial to for watching shows packed with poker glitz!! #1 Poker TV Show: GSNs High Stakes PokerThis show was launched in 2006 and was one-of-a-kind among all existing poker shows because one could sit alongside the top poker professionals from all corners of the globe, such as Barry Greenstein, Daniel Negreanu of PokerStars, and Jen Harman as opposed to the tournament format of other shows. Thus, this show allowed viewers to watch the poker biggies gamble with their personal cash (tons of it, really considering each player had to buy-in using USD 100,000 with variations of deals one doesnt normally get to see anywhere else. #2 Poker TV show: ESPNs World Series of PokerThis show has got to be the biggest ever in televised poker event history since nowhere else can viewers tune in to such a tremendous variety of poker games. You have Texas Holdem, 7-card Stud andOmaha played high with the Main Event being the real crowd puller because it is here that the nail-biting finish table action has everyone betting on who will walk away with the No Limit Holdem tournaments multi-million dollar first prize! #3 Poker TV show: World Poker TourThis show definitely has all the poker nuts tuning in to the WPT and also dragging along family and friends to watch the action after it launched with much fanfare in 2003. It rapidly climbed up the TRP charts and became the Travel Channels top rated program because of great poker tournament coverage from across the countrys best casinos. Each hand that is relayed on the TV screen causes hearts of poker fans to beat faster with the pace of the action speeding up across all the different channels the show airs on: from Fox Sports to Travel Channel to GSN, which is sponsored by PokerStars.net, viewers have a choice of which channel they want to change the dial for in order to be part of the poker claim to fame just like the pros featured on this show! #4 Poker TV show: Bravos Celebrity Poker ShowdownThis show really built up the games popularity, much like the shows listed above because it brought in a niche audience to watch their favorite stars vying for great poker prize pools amid light-hearted bantering and some fabulous on-screen chemistry between the hosts: Phil Gordon of FullTilt and Dave Foley who came across as naturals when it came to informative commentary of the shows action. Lots of poker fun, cool prizes, celebrity flavors and the rumors of poker veteran Phil Hellmuth taking to the hosting keep this TV show on the hot list of many card game enthusiasts. #5 Poker TV show: GSNs Poker RoyaleThis TV show about poker is unique because it combines two opposing groups that come together to duke it out at the poker table, across different segments like Girls versus Boys or Celebrities versus Professionals. Three players from each group face each other at the No Limit Holdem tournament and compete for the host of prizes and of course, fan favor! Related posts: Online Poker Affiliate Shows Us How Its Done! The Most Undeserving Player Wins Twitter Poker Tour Europe Event

Pius Heinz wins 2011 World Series of Poker

admin — Sat, 17 Dec 2011 04:36:11 +0000

Pius Heinz wins 2011 World Series of Poker
2011 WSOP, Poker, WSOP November 9th, 2011 Pius Heinz wins 2011 World Series of Poker The 2011 WSOP final 9 resumed play on monday and played down to three. Ben Lamb would flop quad kings to eliminate a crippled Matt Giannetti in 4th place. Play would resume Tuesday night and Ben Lamb would table a King Jack VS Martin Staszkos 77. Martin Staszko would fade the board and take on Pokerstars pro Pius Heinz. Pius Heinz would inch up and eventually overtake Staszko for the chip lead. Staszko would then deal a big blow to Pius but Heinz would regain the lead.Staszko would then take a monster chip lead and have Heinz down to less than 45 million chips. Heinz would once again double up and have Staszko down to 45 million chips after having him dominated AQ vs Q9. Play Online Poker Poker Blog Copyright 2008 Just add chips LLCSubscribe to PokerBloggs.com

Ring in 2012 with a $10,000 Freeroll

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Ring in 2012 with a $10,000 Freeroll
Posted by Steven, December 7, 2011 New Years Eve is typically a time for revelry and partying. The days that follow give ample opportunity to sober up and face the challenges of a new year. Many make New Years resolutions, promising themselves to make conscious efforts to change their lives. Heres a resolution for you = win a tournament! Or, at least, win a lot of cash in your first exciting online poker tournament of 2012. As part of its Winter Edition promotion, Titan Poker is proud to stage a 2012 $10,000 Freeroll as a way of ringing in the New Year. The 2012 $10,000 Freeroll will be staged on January 2nd, 2012 at 19:30 GMT. All players are invited to participate in this special event, offering $10,000 in guaranteed prizes to the winners. To qualify for a seat, all you need to do is earn at least 250 Points during the month of December. You can earn these Points at either cash games or tournaments, or by playing a little bit of both. As soon as youve generated 250 Points, youre eligible to join the action. As seats in the 2012 $10,000 Freeroll are limited, we know that youre anxious to secure your place at the tournament tables. A bit of patience is required, as entry tokens will be issued to all qualified players on January 1, 2012. That will give you ample time to log in and register for the amazing event. We hope you ring in 2012 with a huge pay day at the 2012 $10,000 Freeroll.