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How Many Tables Should You Play?

There are big debates in the world of online poker on how many tables is the optimal number to play. I feel that there are no concrete answers to this problem for the simple reason being that there are so many variables connected with this subject that one could spend an entire week studying this one topic.  If you want to check out a great place to play online poker, BetUS offers 100% signup bonuses for our readers! Much of what is correct for any poker player is down to what suits them personally... 

Poker Tools: Position, Chips & Cards

Just what are your three main basic poker weapons around a poker table? Some may argue that it is your skill and with that I would have to agree. But what happens when your opponents are equally skilled or more so? Some people may argue that it is your discipline and mindset but once again, what if you are sitting with players who have these qualities in spades?  Get a 100% bonus up to $600 when you play at BetUS Poker! In many instances having good temperament and skill may get you an edge but... 

Aggressive Play in Limit Poker

Over the years, limit poker has been my number one game for long periods of time. In six max play especially, the need to get involved and fight for what is in the middle is of paramount importance. It is for this reason why there are such large swings at this form of poker. When you also factor in that the mere nature of the game dictates that you will see a much larger percentage of rivers then it is little wonder that in the modern online game, such large bankrolls are needed. BetUS Poker Room... 

Is Poker Gambling in Colorado?

All across the country it seems that courts are being asked to determine whether poker is a game of skill with Colorado’s Supreme Court possibly being the next one on the list.  The Poker Players Alliance will have one of its members petition the high court after a district court in the state ruled that poker is considered gambling in Colorado. The case stems from a $20 buy-in Texas Hold’em tournament in which five people were arrested and charged with illegal gambling.  In January,... 

2009 World Series of Poker Payouts

Now that the 2009 World Series of Poker is down to the final nine players, the estimated payouts have been established.  Each of these nine players got to take home $1,263,602 back on July 15th, which was equal to the 9th place finish.  The rest of the money that will be awarded is being put in an interest baring account, with the extra interest money being put into the pot for the winners when the tournament at the Rio wraps up in November.  Here are the chip counts for the final nine: Darvin... 

2009 WSOP Qualifiers at Bodog Poker

The 2009 World Series of Poker will get started in just a few weeks, but the Main Event is scheduled to being in about seven weeks, giving you plenty of time to enter an online qualifier and get yourself a seat.  One of the poker rooms we would have you look at is Bodog, who has great software and an easy to talk to customer service team to help you get started. Just last Sunday there were four players who won $12,000 WSOP VIP prize packages.  All they did was enter the $270 buy-in 4-Seat Guaranteed... 

Win A Seat to the 2009 WSOP!

Bodog Poker is holding it’s own semifinals over Final Four weekend and will be giving online poker pokers a chance to play in a tournament with FOUR seats to the 2009 World Series of Poker being won! Here are the details of the tournament:  It is being called the “Bodog Fight Club – Main Event – 4 Seats” and will be held on Sunday, April 5th at 4:35 PM EST.  The guarantee is four $12,000 WSOP Main Event packages being given to the last four player who remain in the... 

2009 World Series of Poker Pre-Registration Open

Yesterday, March 11th, Harrah’s announced that pre-registration for the 2009 World Series of Poker is now open.  There will be 57 events scheduled for this year taking place from May 26-July 15 at the Rio in Las Vegas, Nevada.  Once again this year see the final nine players in the Main Event return in November, this year from November 7-10 to decide the winner.  Get a 110% Signup Bonus at Bodog Poker! These events do sell out so take the event’s maximum number of entrants seriously... 

2009 National Heads Up Poker Championship Odds

The fifth annual National Head Up Poker Championship will be starting this weekend in Las Vegas, with $500,000 on the line.  This heads up tournament features 64 of the top poker players in the world up against one another in single elimination matches.  The setup is pretty similar to the NCAA tournament with a win or go home atmosphere. This year the guys over at Sportsbook.com have decided to let you get in on the action from home.  Not only will Sportsbook.com members be able to put wagers... 

Poker is a Game of Skill

A judge in Pennsylvania has handed down a land mark ruling for poker enthusiasts, finding that the poker is a game of skill and thus does not fall under the criminal category of gambling. The case involved defendants who were on trial for hosting and dealing a poker game in a garage. Even though the house did not take a rake, the players were expected to tip the dealer so the authorities arrested the pair for violating the Pennsylvania state law on illegal gambling. The judge’s decision was... 

Bodog Poker’s Resizable Poker

Bodog Poker has put into place the full release of its new, customizable poker client and we are quite impressed.  The new system features resizable tables, a full-screen mode and a detachable chat and game details.  There was a recent public beta release used to test the new system and it was ready to go just in time for the $250,000 Guaranteed back on August 10th. Bodog went through rigorous testing and analyzed player feedback in order to introduce the most sought after feature previously missing,... 

BetUS Poker Free Roll Tournament

I don’t know if I have seen more excitement around a free roll poker tournament than what is being generated with the new promotion by BetUS . We have always highly recommended this site for casino and sportsbook players, but now that they have added poker as well there really isn’t a better place for our readers to do their gambling at this year.  If you like massive bonuses and tons of free stuff then this is the place for you.  How about promotions, can you do better than the $10K... 

Biggest Guaranteed Bodog Tourney

Bodog announces its biggest guaranteed poker tourney ever and the good news for our readers is that you can earn your entry fee into the tournament via an online qualifier accessible only to our readers! On August 10th Bodog is replacing their usual $100,000 Guaranteed tournament with their largest guaranteed tournament ever with a minimum prize pool of $250,000. From July 14th through the week of August 4th they will be offering hundreds of qualifiers with buy-ins... 

WSOP Online Qualifying

If you’re looking to earn yourself a seat at the main event of the WSOP but your bankroll is on the low side, Full Tilt Poker may well be the place for you. Their 2008 WSOP Main Event Mania offers a number of ways to get that seat and a shot at the World Championship of Poker. 150 Seat WSOP Main Event Guarantee Most poker game sites running WSOP satellites require you finish first, or at least that you make the final table in order to get a seat in the main event. Full Tilt Poker’s revolutionary... 

Origin of Poker

Nobody knows exactly how the game of poker originated, or how the word poker even came to be associated with the game. Even the game’s most respected historians think the game probably evolved from several different games. The word poker probably comes from an eighteenth century French game, Poque. The Germans may also be involved with their game Pochspiel. There are still others who think it may have came from the Hindu word, pukka. Of course there is also the slang word, “poke,”... 

Texas Hold em Lingo

With poker becoming more and more prominent on TV there are a lot of people catching on to the game for the first time. There are some terms out there that the poker commentators casually throw around thinking that everyone watching knows them like they do. Well we know that isn’t the case as we have fielded a couple questions on what certain terms mean, so let’s clear up the confusion starting with the button. In front of one of the players at the table you will notice what is usually... 

Poker Players Calling

The definition of calling in poker is matching the current wager. As an example, if there is a bet of $2 then a raise of $2 then it would cost $4 to call. Calling a bet is the cheapest and most passive form of staying in the hand and the pot. A calling station is a player who seems to call almost every single hand. Most players find calling stations frustrating, but they are very beatable. You will do your best to prevail against these players if you make hands and raise bets, and know that... 

Calculating Rakeback

Rakeback is typically determined based on your monthly rake total for the site with which you have rakeback. If you have a 30 percent rakeback deal with a given site and you pay $500 in rake in a given month, you will get $150 refunded into your poker account the following month. How the Monthly Rakeback Total is Calculated – Dealt or Contributed Dealt Rakeback Although you do not collect every pot from which rake is removed, if you’re dealt cards, you are considered to have contributed rake... 

CoffeeHousing

There have been some questions about whether it is acceptable to talk about or try to mislead the other players at the table when playing a poker hand. Mark Pilarski weighs in on what his thoughts are on this topic. If you are personally involved in the hand, and you are intending to mislead or manipulate the other players then it’s not called table-talk, but coffeehousing. Some people think this is just part of the game while there are a good share of other people out there who think this... 

Full House Rankings

There have been some questions as to who wins in a situation when two players have a Full House. Some of the people out there think it depends on the highest pair, others know that that factor is the highest three-of-a-kind making up the hand. Mark Pilarski breaks it down for our readers. Let’s start with breaking down the Full House: it’s a three-of-a-kind hand that also has a pair. Three-of-a-kind is three cards of the same rank, such as a trio of queens. The higher-ranking three... 

Phil Gordon

Phil Gordon was born on July 6th, 1970. and currently lives in Las Vegas, Nevada. He graduated in 1991 from Georgia Tech, where he earned a degree in computer science. He then went to work for Santa Cruz Operation before moving on to Lockheed, and finally joining a small start-up called Netsys Technologies. When Netsys was acquired by Cisco Systems, Gordon became a millionaire and decided to retire from the technology industry to do some travelling, and play poker. Gordon entered his first World... 

Texas Hold Em Positions

What position in Texas Hold ‘em is NOT is you warming up the seat you were assigned to in the game. Position refers to your place at the table relative to other players who are active in a particular pot. The early positions in an eight-handed game like Texas Hold’em are the first three players to act on their hands; the middle positions would be the next three, and the late positions are the last two. Late position is the superior position for you, since you have the advantage of knowing... 

BetFirms Poker Bash!

Participate in the BetFirms Poker Bash! When: Sunday May 4th, 2008 at 3:05 EST. Where: BodogLife Poker Room Who: Anyone and everyone who reads this, plus invite your friends! Use the password: betfirm Pretty simple guys, BodogLife and the guys are BetFirms are teaming up to throw a poker tournament in appreciation for all of their visitors. They will be adding an extra $150 to the pot for our $5 buy-in, and $5 rebuy poker tournament. There will be a limited number of players, so this is a great... 

Good Books for Learning Poker

If you are a newbie to poker and want to learn the rules and some general strategies then you should check out the book for dummies, called Poker for Dummies. Because one of its authors is Lou Kreiger (I am a longtime fan of his witticism and knowledge), I give it an enthusiastic thumb’s up. Poker for Dummies will show you systematically how to bet, bluff, and play your way to the top, from seven-card stud, to Omaha, to Texas Hold’em. Read it, and you’ll be a dummy no more.Now... 

What is a String Raise?

At our newly formed Thursday night poker club, I was informed that I couldn’t call a bet, and then raise. I used these words; “I’ll call your $20, and raise you another $20.” Someone objected and said that I couldn’t do that. I have seen this form of betting many times before, so enlighten me, am I wrong? Jeb S. Where you have seen “I’ll call your twenty, partner, then after a swig of JD, the gambler utters, I’ll raise you another twenty” is... 

Difference Between Bluffing & Semi-Bluffing

I’m sure if you have ever watched any poker on television then you have heard the terms bluff and semi-bluff.  A lot of beginners do not know the difference and I’ve even hear them make the mistake of thinking that a semi-bluff is just a bluff for less money. In reality bluff and a semi-bluff are only very distant cousins and not distinguished by the amount of money at risk. In poker, there are generally two ways to win a hand. One is for your opponent to fold, conceding the pot; and... 

Odds on Catching a Straight

What are the odds on a catching a straight? There are a few of the players out there who think that it is tough to catch an open-ended straight, let alone and inside one and you happen to be right. Mark Pilarski takes a look and fills us in on the numbers. The proven odds of completing straights, such as drawing one card into an open ended straight, are 1 in 6. Drawing two cards into an open-ended straight has1 chance in 23, while drawing a single card to make an inside straight racks up at 1... 

Is Video Poker Draw Poker?

If you think draw poker is the same as video poker, then there are purists out there that would look at you and scoff. However, if you look at it this way, video poker is just you playing against the machine. The machine displays the cards as graphic images on the screen and the player has to place a stake. Then they are dealt five cards from a standard 52-card deck with a chance to then discard any number of unwanted cards in order to draw an equal number of replacements from the cards the remain... 

Max Number of Players in Texas Hold Em

In Texas Hold’em, you do not discard the top card of the deck prior to dealing a round. So Texas Hold’em could be played by up to 22 players (44 player cards, 3 burn cards, and 5 community cards) sitting at the same table (you better have a big table). Since Hold’em is generally played among 2 to10 people, you’ll only see a spread larger than that late at night when the poker room is short a dealer, in tournaments when they occasionally combine two tables, or if you have some kind... 

Odds of Catching Four of a Kind on the Flop

If you are holding a pocket pair then you are already in fairly exclusive company at 72.7 to 1 odds. When you catch two more of the same on the flop, not only are you almost guaranteed to win the hand, but you are also catching 407 to 1 odds. This doesn’t seem to happen very often and now you know why.

When to Leave the Poker Table

Every sessions brings the inevitable question of when to leave the poker table, whether you are online or at a live game. If you want to make the correct choice then take a look at some of these tips and tricks below. That way you can do a better job of making sure you don’t stay at the tables longer than is profitable. Being a winning player isn’t only about playing good cards –... 

Todd Brunson

If Todd Brunson can have anywhere near the same success as his father Doyle, then he’ll be in for a great career. In 1989, Todd made the decision to forego his senior year at Texas Tech to play professional poker. At the early age of 20, his career as a poker pro had begun after playing for years at the table during his college days. It soon became clear... 

How to Play Hold em Starting Hand: Suited Connectors

This article is in a series of articles that will look at various starting hands you can get in hold’em and what to do with them. It will focus mainly on preflop play, and will cover a normal 9 handed No limit game were you have an average chip size and a reasonable read on other players. While these articles do focus on no limit play, the principles can be applied to limit and pot limit games. Before we discuss the strategies... 

How to Play Hold em Starting Hand: Junk Hands

This article is in a series of articles that will look at various starting hands you can get in hold’em and what to do with them. It will focus mainly on preflop play, and will cover a normal 9 handed No limit game were you have an average chip size and a reasonable read on other players. While these articles do focus on no limit play, the principles can be applied to limit and pot limit games. Before we look at how to play... 

How to Play Hold em Starting Hand: Marginal Hands

This article is in a series of articles that will look at various starting hands you can get in hold’em and what to do with them. It will focus mainly on preflop play, and will cover a normal 9 handed No limit game were you have an average chip size and a reasonable read on other players. While these articles do focus on no limit play, the principles can be applied to limit and pot limit games. Marginal... 

How to Play Hold em Starting Hand: Small Pairs

This article is in a series of articles that will look at various starting hands you can get in hold’em and what to do with them. It will focus mainly on preflop play, and will cover a normal 9 handed No limit game were you have an average chip size and a reasonable read on other players. While these articles do focus on no limit play, the principles can be applied to limit and pot limit games. The first... 

How to Play Hold em Starting Hands AK, AQ, AJ

This article is in a series of articles that will look at various starting hands you can get in hold’em and what to do with them. It will focus mainly on preflop play, and will cover a normal 9 handed No limit game were you have an average chip size and a reasonable read on other players. While these articles do focus on no limit play, the principles can be applied to limit and pot limit games. efore we discuss situations with these hands the first thing you need to know about these hands is... 

How to Play Hold em Starting Hand: Middle Pairs

This article is in a series of articles that will look at various starting hands you can get in hold’em and what to do with them. It will focus mainly on preflop play, and will cover a normal 9 handed No limit game were you have an average chip size and a reasonable read on other players. While these articles do focus on no limit play, the principles can be applied to limit and pot limit games. We will look at what you should do with these hands in the following 3 positions early, which is 1st... 

How to Play Hold em Starting Hands AA, KK, QQ

This article is in a series of articles that will look at various starting hands you can get in Texas Hold em and what to do with them. It will focus mainly on preflop play, and will cover a normal 9 handed No limit game were you have an average chip size and a reasonable read on other players. While these articles do focus on no limit play, the principles can be applied to limit and pot limit games. This first article will look at the 3 best starting hands you can get A, A, K, K and Q, Q. The... 

How to Play Texas Hold em

Deposit with Your Checking Account! Texas Hold’em is a variation of poker were each player is dealt 2 cards face down (their hole cards) and then has to make the best 5 card poker hand possible based on their 2 hole cards and the 5 community cards that are dealt onto the table as the game progresses. Hold’em uses a standard 52 card deck and uses the same hand ranking as normal poker. Before the cards are dealt the person to the left of the dealer puts up a nominated amount called the Small... 

Texas Hold em Starting Hands

Deposit with Your Checking Account! Texas Hold’em poker is by far the most played poker game online. It is an easy game to learn, but takes a lot of practice to master. Because of the many community cards, successful Hold’em play comes from being able to read the community cards, along with your opponent, in determining what he/she has. In this article, we give you tips about winning strategies. Play Strong Starting Hands: Hold’em cannot be without strong starting hands. This is the key to... 

Talking in Poker Games

Deposit with Your Checking Account! Here is another article about how talking in poker games can give you a clue to the mindset of your opponent. Take your game to the next level with the help of all of the poker articles we have for you here at the site. In last week’s article on talking at the poker table, we showed how asking a question netted us a sizeable pot. This week let’s take another perspective. Case Two: Today, I start my table... 

Talking at the Poker Table

Deposit with Your Checking Account! If you want to get more information about your opponents you may want to consider doing more talking at the poker table. This is because you can learn a lot by listening. You can learn almost as much by talking, if you ask the right questions. Let’s use a real live situation to express our point. I draw a very good first table and recognize only two ... 

How To Play Seven Card Stud Hi Lo

Deposit with Your Checking Account! 7 card stud hi-lo poker is a variation of poker in which players have to make the best 5 card poker hand from the 7 cards they will be dealt during the game. For more details of how the game of stud poker is played please view the article on stud poker.Unlike normal 7 card stud poker, both the highest and the lowest hand split the pot. The high is the best overall hand based on the poker... 

Blinds in Texas Hold em

Deposit with Your Checking Account! Texas Hold’em is different from ante games in that there are blinds.  For those of you who are confused by how the action is forced in this game you might want to read the article below. In Texas Hold’em, a blind bet, or blind, is a forced wager that must be posted by two players before anybody gets a peek at their cards. Blinds are an alternative to antes for initially getting money... 

Splitting Pots on Straights and Flushes

Deposit with Your Checking Account! There is always some confusions from beginners on splitting pots on flushes and straights. So let’s use this article to clear up some of the confusion on how this is done. A flush is a hand in which all five cards are of the same suit. A straight is a hand composed of five cards of consecutive rank. Example: An Ace-2-3-4-5 is a five high straight (an Ace can count... 

Sit and Go Poker Tournaments

110% Signup Bonus and More! The best thing that online poker has brought to the table are sit and go tournaments. This has given all kinds of tournament experience to more players and evened the playing field at the major tournaments. In turn, poker has grown into a cultural phenomenon and will continue to do so into the next millennium. The Sit N Go (SNG) is online ... 

How To Play Seven Card Stud

110% Signup Bonus and More! Seven card stud poker is a variation of poker in which players have to make the best five card poker hand from the seven cards they will be dealt during the game. Unlike other forms of poker, there are no blinds in seven card stud poker, instead in each hand players put in a set amount of money into the pot before they receive their cards (this is known as an ante). This amount is predetermined before hand... 

Tips for Playing Razz

110% Signup Bonus and More! This article should help you with a few tips for playing razz. This isn’t one of the most popular games out there, so if you have an understanding of how to play it then you are going to be ahead of most people at the tables. Make more money by knowing more about different games of poker. For those of you who aren’t familiar with Razz, it is... 

Razz

110% Signup Bonus and More! The game of Razz is sort of the anti-poker with the low hand winning the pot. Straights and flushes have no ranking in this game so the best possible hand is A-2-3-4-5. The normal rules of seven-card stud apply in this game with the lowest hand winning the pot. The highest card by suit starts the action with a forced bet and the low hand acts first every round after. If there is a ... 

Drawing to Outs Post-Flop

110% Signup Bonus and More! If you have the best of it on additional money going into the pot, you should try to maximize the additional money going into the pot. If given the money in the pot by the end you have odds to chase, you should at least call. Keep in mind that betting or raising will often give you additional ways to win the pot. If you don’t have odds to chase or bluff, you should fold. BETTING OR RAISING FOR IMMEDIATE PROFIT Try to get money into the pot if you will win the... 

Poker Tournament Strategy

110% Signup Bonus and More! Here is another edition of poker tournament strategy that should help you cash in more often.  Tournaments are a great way to win a lot of money without putting much at stake if you know what you are doing, and we want you to make as much money possible so we have provided a few tips and tricks that we use ourselves when playing. In previous articles we have stressed that you don’t need to adjust for tournament play since there is a small... 

Poker Tournaments

110% Signup Bonus and More! When playing poker tournaments you need to carry a slightly different strategy than you do for regular cash games. You have to prepare differently for tournaments since at any moment you can be knocked out and there is not getting up and taking a break from the action. We will be providing articles that focus specifically on different... 

Poker Hands Glossary

110% Signup Bonus and More! There is often some confusion as to what hands beat what when playing poker, so take a look at this handy poker hands glossary to clear up any confusion. I am always surprised at how many players truly don’t know the hand rankings when playing poker. It seems that flushes and straighs fool people more than any other ranking, but before we get to the top to bottom list let’s clear up some... 

Specializing in a Form of Poker

110% Signup Bonus and More! If you are one of the guys who is specializing in a form of poker then you might be missing out on some key opportunities. There are a number of reasons that we like to play games other than No Limit Texas Hold ‘em. The popularity of poker has increased dramatically with the growth of the internet and new television programs devoted to the sport. However, television is sending some wrong messages. No-Limit Hold ‘em is the game of... 

Poker Checklist for Each Turn

110% Signup Bonus and More! When you it’s your turn to act you will need to go over this poker checklist for each turn in your head before making your decision.  This will turn you into a better player and lead to more profitable trips to the tables. In an effort to simplify my decisions, every single time it’s my turn to act, I try to run through the same script in my... 

Playing Multiple Online Poker Tables

110% Signup Bonus and More! Most players eventually realize that it’s fun and fairly easy to play at multiple online poker tables at one time. Early in my career, I played as many as eight games at once on a daily basis. Here are some tips and instructions for playing multiple games: 1. Increase the resolution on your monitor. You can do this by right clicking on the desktop,... 

Phil Ivey

110% Signup Bonus and More! Phil Ivey was introduced to poker by his grandfather who loved playing Phil in penny-ante Five-Card Stud.  He was just eight-years old and his grandfather would cheat by pulling cards from the bottom of the deck to teach Phil about the dangers of gambling. Instead of scaring him away, this introduction to poker started to pull Phil in to the game.  Ever since he was a young teenager in Roselle, New... 

Omaha Post Flop Tips

110% Signup Bonus and More! By reading out Omaha post flop tips you are going to have a better chance of winning money at the tables. The toughest thing to do in Omaha is folding after betting the flop, even if you know you have a losing hand. Read this article to quit wasting money by adding this move to your strategy. If you have played often at the Omaha/8 table then you know that when the betting is capped on the turn then both players are pretty excited about the upcoming... 

How to Play Omaha Hi-Lo

110% Signup Bonus and More! Omaha HI/Lo is a variation of poker were each player is dealt 4 cards face down (their hole cards) and then has to make the best 5 card poker hand possible on based on their 4 hole cards and the 5 community cards that are dealt onto the table as the game progresses. Unlike hold’em in which any combination of the board and hole cards can be used, in Omaha you must make the best 5 card poker hand... 

How to Play Omaha Hi

110% Signup Bonus and More! Omaha is a variation of poker where each player is dealt 4 cards face down (their hole cards) and then has to make the best 5 card poker hand possible on based on their 4 hole cards and the 5 community cards that are dealt onto the table as the game progresses. Unlike hold’em in which any combination of the board and hole cards can be used, in Omaha you must make the best 5 card poker hand using... 

Nuts in Pot-Limit Omaha

110% Signup Bonus and More! The experienced poker players know that it takes the nuts in pot-limit Omaha to win the pot.  If you are going to make the move from Texas Hold ‘em to Omaha then read this article so you have a better chance of profiting immediately. Pot Limit Omaha is a game of the nuts.  In a multi-way pot, the winning hand more times than not is the best possible hand out there.  Everyone is starting with four cards so there are six different possible two-card hands per player. ... 

Not Playing By the Book

110% Signup Bonus and More! Many people are mechanical at the table, but sometimes you have to realize that not playing poker by the book can be a bigger benefit to you.  Once I am actually involved in the hand then most of my actions after the flop will be automatic, or almost anyway.  Therefore, most of my decisions in No Limit Hold ‘em take place prior to the flop. The key question I ask myself is should I play the two cards I’ve been dealt? ... 

Myths of Professional Poker

110% Signup Bonus and More! Let’s clear up some myths of professional poker so people have a realistic idea of what they would be getting themselves into. Rafe Furst is going to give us a pretty detailed explanation of what people expect compared to what they will really find. At the final table of this year’s World Series of Poker, the media consensus... 

Mike Caro

Known as the “Mad Genius of Poker,” Mike Caro is the world’s foremost authority on poker strategy, psychology, and statistics. He has offered the world his wealth of information in the form of books, videos, and seminars in which he presented in a clear fashion his proven methods to win at poker. Mike Caro teaches that in order to overcome the odds ... 

Josh Arieh

Today we are going to take a look at the professional poker player Josh Arieh. He is one of the young stars on the poker tour who is talented and has a very aggressive style of play. He is another player that is sponsored by one of our favorite online poker rooms in BodogLife. After the 2006 season he had career winnings of nearly $4 millino and has been featured on ESPN, Fox Sports, the Discovery Channel, The Travel Channel and in news publications across the country. Arieh is known for his... 

2006 WSOP Winner Jamie Gold

Jamie Gold won the Main event at the 2006 World Series of Poker, dominating the largest field that was ever entered into the history of the WSOP.  He  was the chip leader for the final four rounds of the event, which due to the large field lasted for the entire week. Jamie Gold is from Malibu, California, was sponsored by BodogLife, and used to be a Hollywood agent.  He amassed a huge chip lead during the first eight days of the tournament.  When he got to the final table he had ammassed $26,650,000... 

How To Win Poker Tournaments

There are a lot of people out there looking for a guide on how to win poker tournaments and think they have to change up their play drastically in order to do so. We have some of the following tips for you and they could come as a surprise. Here is the first tip we are going to offer you: stop forcing the action! Just play your normal game of solid poker and let the chips flow as they do. That is the best answer for almost any tournament question that we get asked here. We really don’t... 

Howard Lederer

It was at the age of 18 that Howard Lederer decided to skip college, but it wasn’t to play poker. It was to pursue his passion for chess. However, when he reached the city he found a poker game in the back room of the chess club he went to and he was instantly hooked on the game. He started to play poker 70 to 80 hours each week and most of the time lost all of the money he had in his bankroll. He got in early on the No-Limit hold ‘em craze when he started playing at the Mayfair Club.... 

Hold em Preflop Strategy Abdul

Due to the effect of community cards, hold’em is a game of “domination,” a term coined by Roy Hashimoto. A hand is dominated if it has 3 or fewer outs against another, like AJ against AQ. Second best offsuit hands are what make you money in hold’em – when other players play them. With the flip of a card, pairs and suited hands can transform from dominated to dominating. Lure your opponents into playing dominated hands while avoiding dominated situations yourself. Big... 

Poker Glossary

Aces Up Two pair, a pair of Aces and any other pair. Action (1) Opportunity to act. If a player appears not to realize it’s his turn, the dealer will say “Your action, sir.” (2) Bets and raises. “If a third heart hits the board and there’s a lot of action, you have to assume that somebody has made the flush.” Ante A small portion of a bet contributed by each player to seed the pot at the beginning of a poker hand. Most hold’em games do not have an ante;... 

Evelyn Ng

Evelyn Ng may be a pretty face, but don’t let that fool you as she is also an intelligent and crafty poker player.  She have proven herself on the professional poker circuit as one of the best in the game. Evelyn is from Toronto and started out dealing in private clubs before becoming the big name player that she is today.  After devoting herself to playing poker full-time she made the move to Las Vegas so she could be closer to her victims. Before becoming a professional poker player, Ng... 

Doyle Brunson

There isn’t anyone in poker who enjoys a more legendary status than Doyle Brunson.  He is now 73 years of age and is still going strong in his 31st World Series of Poker main event.  In the world of poker his name rings out just like Babe Ruth in baseball, Michael Jordan in the NBA, and Arnold Palmer in golf.  I just can’t imagine anyone else coming along that becomes bigger than this guy. If there is anything that we should be thankful for, it’s the buzz that Doyle Brunson... 

David Williams

David Williams has a bright, young mind and is one of the more charismatic players in the poker world.  He is another member of the Bodog “Rat Pack.” Williams is a savvy tournament and online poker player who was thrust into the spotlight as a 23-year-old at the 2004 World Series of Poker main event.  He earned a nice $3.5 million paycheck for his second place finish and then went on to a runner-up finish at the World Poker Tour’s Borgata Open. This is one of the brightest minds... 

Concentration at the Poker Table

If you want to succeed at poker then you are going to have to have a high concentration level at the poker table. This way you can take in more information about your opponents. So let’s see why it might be a mistake to wear headphone and listen to music or wear sunglasses while you are playing. The game of poker centers around information, both that you give to your opponents and they give to you. Most of the time that information comes in the form of betting patterns, why is key if you... 

Common Poker Mistakes

All too often we see these common poker mistakes made by inexperienced players.  If you want to take your game up to another level than not only will you learn by your own mishaps, but also by watching the other players at the table and learning from them as well.  Bad players will never learn from their missteps and that is what separates the players that make it to the top from the ones that go bust.  Another great thing about this article is that if you see other players making these mistakes,... 

Chris Ferguson

Chris “Jesus” Ferguson has become one of the most popular and well-liked players in poker. He can’t remember a time in his life when he wasn’t involved in poker and way back in the 4th grade he remembers a time when he went broke, losing his last 35 cents. Chris played in regularly home games in his home town and would head to Vegas often to return with a tidy profit. In college, he discovered the world of online poker. We aren’t talking about a quality site like... 

Buy the Button

Several major card rooms in the San Francisco Bay Area use a rule called “Buy the Button.” This is an option that pertains to the blinds. The only thing to prevent a casino from using this rule is that they do not know about it. You leave the table, beckoned by your mate, stomach, bladder, nicotine, whatever. You have a sense of how much time you have until your big blind. But now and then, you return a moment too late. sigh You could post both blinds behind the button, but you’re... 

Big Hands Big Pots

You are going to need big hands for big pots or else you are going to be left holding the bag. Recently I was playing in a $4,000 No Limit Hold ‘em event in which we all started with $6,000 and then I had $30,000.  At my table was a player I’ve gone up against many times in the past. A hand came in which I raised before the flop from the middle position with K-J offsuit and the player I knew called me from the big blind.  The flop came out 9-6-4 with two of the cards being of the same... 

Barry Greenstein

You might not know the name of Barry Greenstein, but you should. He has gone unnoticed as a professional poker player for years but he’s now starting to get the attention that he deserves. Even though he might be an unfamiliar face to you, you can bet that the top tournament pros and people who play in the largest cash games in the world know this guy and what his game is all about. He has won a couple of tournaments in less than a year worth more than $1 million dollars. What makes this... 

Approximate Your Poker Odds

When you are at the tables you are going to have difficulty establishing the exact odds, so you need to learn how to approximate your poker odds. The good news is that we have put something together so you can figure out how to do just that. It is extremely difficult unless you are a math whiz to figure out the exact odds of hitting a drawing hand when you are sitting down at the table.   That leaves two options for the non-math genius: sit at home with a calculator and figure out the odds for... 

Adjusting Poker Styles

In order to make the most money at the table you want to be adjusting poker styles to fit the feel of the table. If you feel like this is a part of your game that you are weak at, then we suggest you read this article. Once you get this down, extra money will be flowing into your pocket from the weaker players at the table. A question often asked is what style a player uses. The answer that is given isn’t quite as important as what the other people are saying. If you are at a table and... 

Aces in Poker

A lot of people do not know how to use aces in poker, but this article should help clear up a lot of confusion for beginners. Here is what you can and can not do with aces on the poker table. We frequently get questions and comments from our visitors, and we always encourage them. One of the most recent ones we received were on how aces relate in poker, specifically on how you can use it high or low and with straights. The example given was could you use a King-Ace-2-3-4... 

2006 WSOP Team Bodog

The 2006 WSOP Team Bodog has been announced and contains some top professionals as well as celebrity players. On June 25th, the World Series of Poker comes to Las Vegas… and Team Bodog will be there. Led by Josh Arieh, Evelyn Ng, and David Williams, Team Bodog will be made up of hundreds of players drawn from the Bodog Nation. Check here every day to stay on top of all the... 

2006 WSOP Final Table Leader

The largest and richest game in poker history, the Main Event is down to its final nine players and Team Bodog’s Jamie Gold is the 2006 WSOP final table leader. Gold, a former Hollywood agent turned television producer from Malibu, Calif., has amassed a commanding chip lead during the past eight days of the tournament and will sit down at the start of the final table on Thursday with a whopping $26,650,000 in chips – $8.88 million more than his nearest competitor. ! Gold’s $10,000... 

2006 WSOP

The 2006 WSOP is in the bag as all 45 tournaments have concluded and winners have been crowned in Hold’em, Stud, Limit, and no-limit. Every winner gets a gold bracelet and is crowned a world champion. Last year the big money went to an unknown in Joseph Hachem, this year it was another in Jamie Gold. Maybe after a year of preparation and playing at one of the reputable online poker rooms here at the site you’ll be ready to take... 

What is Poker

What is poker? It seems like a basic question but think back to before you knew anything about this great card game and the connotations that you had with the game. We are going to try and explain the details of the game in as easy of a way as we possibly can, and then provide more links to other areas of our site that will be more game specific and detailed. Poker is a game in which players play with either fully or partially exposed cards to make wagers and try and win the pots. The poker player... 

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