Myths of Professional Poker
February 1, 2008
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
February 1, 2008
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
January 31, 2008
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
January 31, 2008
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
January 30, 2008
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
January 30, 2008
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
January 29, 2008
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 and...
Poker Glossary
January 29, 2008
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
January 29, 2008
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
January 29, 2008
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...
