Tuesday, 11 January 2011

  • Vital Poker Terms 4

    Nice to see you again! It is time to go over more terms that should matter as you strive to win on money poker sites. I hope you are enjoying my alphabetical progress as much as I am. If nothing else it prevents me from pulling my hair out as I try to decide which terms to choose since there are so many.

    For the letter “I” let’s define ICM, which is an acronym for Independent Chip Model. If you enjoy sit & gos on a Full Tilt Poker download, knowing about ICM is a must. When there are less than 10 players remaining in a tourney, ICM gives your chips a cash value and helps you make optimal decisions.

    It’s pretty slim pickings for the letter J, so we will just go over “jam”. If you get your hands on some free poker training and the instructor says he likes a jam, he is saying that he likes going all-in. It is interchangeable with the terms “shove” and “push”.

    I picked “kill” for the letter K. If you decide not to download Roulette in favor of poker at the local brick-and-mortar, you can choose to play a kill game. When someone wins two pots in a row, they are required to pay an extra blind the next hand. A half kill is one and a half times the big blind and a full kill is two times the bid blind. People that do not like the tough games on poker flash sites might enjoy kill tables since they have the ability to stifle hyper-aggression.

    When someone raises or calls “light”, they are representing a much stronger hand than the one they actually have. Say you are playing on Tiger Gaming and you have 74 in the big blind. A player that opens frequently in late position raises on the cut-off, and you elect to reraise since you know he is weak a large percentage of the time. He is likely raising light in his position, and you are reraising light from the blinds. You will find these situations on a regular basis when playing poker.

    We have gone through another four terms just now, so that is it for today. In a few weeks I will get started again with the letter M. To keep yourself busy, be sure to play lots of poker.

Friday, 10 December 2010

  • Key Terms Version 3

    Today I am going to continue with poker terms you would benefit from learning when you use money poker sites. You will recall that I was going through the alphabet and I had left off at E.

    For both cash and MTT poker on Ultimate Bet for Mac, it is important to know about “effective stacks”. If two people are in a pot together, they can only wager up to the amount that the shorter stack has, also known as the effective stack. If Mike has 1,400 chips and Anna has 5,000, the effective stack is 1,400.

    The next phrase I will tell you about is “flip”, a suggestion that might come if you play a friendly cash game on a Lucky Ace Poker download. Basically the players involved in a flip agree to go all-in preflop with whichever cards are dealt to them. A flip can also be used to describe a 50/50 situation, usually when players are all-in preflop. For instance, if you sit at a cash table and you push your chips in with AJ and get called by TT, this is referred to as a flip since you take down the pot around 50% of the time.

    I wanted to review the term “gutshot” next. When you are drawing to a straight with 4 outs, it is known as a gutshot straight draw. For instance, if you take a break from Craps online and get dealt 78 in a ring game, you might feel frisky and decide to play it. You call a raise and you get A46 on the flop. Your draw is a gutshot since there is only one card that can come to make your hand, which is four outs. This is also known as an inside straight draw.

    “Hero fold” is my H phrase. It is a hero fold when you reluctantly lay down a strong hand. Perhaps you are in a cash game on your Everest Poker download and get into a hand with a player that hasn’t raised once over a huge sample size. You receive 23s blind versus blind and flop a flush, but when you bet, your opponent raises! Choosing to fold this hand after one raise is definitely a case of a hero fold. At first these hands will seem unfair, but unlike many other games, poker requires hard thinking and sometimes big laydowns are necessary.

    That is my last term for this entry, but I will start off with the letter "I" when I come back in November. In the meantime, be sure to play lots of hands and get lots of practice. If you haven’t already made an account at PokerStars, I highly recommend it. Tu primer juego de póquer, tu primer torneo, tu primer pozo. Empieza donde está lo mejor del póquer. No esperes más para descargar PokerStars.

Saturday, 30 October 2010

  • Key Poker Terms 2

    A few months ago I went over a number of important poker terms that you should know when you are striving to improve on money poker sites. I am going to do the same thing for my next few articles. To make it more organized, I will go in alphabetical order and pick one word for each letter. Let’s go!

    For my very first word, let’s take a look at the word “ante”. You will want to know about this word for sure if you play tournaments on a PartyPoker bonus code. An ante is a bet that must be paid by all players at the table before the hand is dealt. The amount of an ante varies, but it is usually around 1/10 of the big blind.

    Here’s a word for which you probably already know the definition: “bluff”. Bluffing means to represent a strong hand (that you don’t actually have) in order to make your opponents fold. If you want to see a bluff in action, you probably just need to watch high stakes poker after you download Full Tilt Poker (since it is a key way to take down pots).

    For C, my favorite letter, I will define “chip dumping”, an offense that the best online poker sites all take very seriously. Chip dumping is defined as losing chips to someone else on purpose. Sometimes people do this to share chips between friends in a tournament, and it is an excellent way for criminals to launder illegally obtained cash. Now you know why US poker sites want their security team watching for suspicious activity on the virtual felt.

    When you are taking advantage of free poker training, you might come across the term “dirty outs”. A dirty out is a card that will improve your hand while giving someone else an even better hand at the same time. For instance, say you are at a cash table on Tiger Gaming and flop a straight draw on a board with two hearts. If the turn brings a third heart but also makes you a straight at the same time, you have to consider that it may be a dirty out as someone could have made a flush at the same time.

    I think that is good for now, but be sure to come back next month for another list of poker terms. In the meantime, it might be fun to try a Bwin Poker download. Take care!

Friday, 01 October 2010

  • Become a SnG Grinder

    This entry is going to inform you of a training site that specializes in Sit-n-Go (SNG) tournaments on money poker sites. Rather than start at a scheduled time, SNGs wait until they have a certain number of participants before starting. For instance, you can register for a one table SNG, and the tournament will start once a total of nine people register. Most SNGs have one or two tables, but they can also be heads-up or over 20 tables. The room you frequent the most should offer SNGs, even if it is a smaller European or Mac poker site.

    SitnGoGrinders.com focuses on SNG play. Because SNGs always have a set number of players along with rigid payout structures, they play differently from regular tournaments. You’ll learn some important tips on SitnGo Grinders from their videos and articles, and all their instructors have proven themselves as winners in poker. This site does not offer free poker training, but you’ll still probably find the membership fee a bargain. They have chosen to avoid registration fees, and you’ll pay around $20/month for a short term membership. You’ll get the best deal if you pay for a year in advance as it’s just $129 for 12 months and then $10/month after that.

    Unlike the best online poker training sites, you won’t find thousands of videos on SitnGo Grinders yet since they are a relatively new training site. They release a new video daily, so the video selection should keep growing at a decent pace. The selection will still keep you busy for several hours the way it is, though. You’ll find hundreds of videos for both 6 max and multi-table SNGs, all played on top Texas Holdem sites. Full ring and heads-up games have around 100 videos each, which is still enough to keep you watching for quite a while.

    Many of the video makers make their videos on a PokerStars download. These players chose this site because of the bonuses and VIP program, and the majority of them have earned either Supernova or Supernova Elite status. This proves that they really do grind the heck out of SNGs, which makes sense considering the site’s name! You’ll find that the videos feature all sorts of buy-ins so that both beginners and veterans can benefit from the site.

    If you’re a cash game player on a Titanpoker download, you will not find anything useful on this site. Multi-table tournament players might want to look elsewhere too, although there’s a chance you could benefit from the instruction regarding ICM. Even though you can’t learn alternate forms of poker on SitnGoGrinders.com, it is still a great source of information at a very fair price. If you’re a SNG player on US friendly poker sites, it’s safe to say that you’ll greatly benefit from the in depth strategy that they offer.

Sunday, 05 September 2010

  • Improve at Poker with Poker Pwnage

    So far I’ve gone over 2 training sites that concentrate on cash games on money poker sites, so today’s entry will highlight a site that produces videos for multi and single table tournaments. Poker Pwnage is a pretty fresh face in the industry, and their primary objective is to create poker videos for those that play tournaments on sites where you can download free poker. For full access, you’ll pay a $35 activation fee and then $24.99 per month. Comparing it to the sites from the previous entries, it’s cheaper than Cardrunners but more expensive than GrinderSchool.

    If you keep having to redeposit due to tournament losses on your Bwin Poker download, it might be time to look into Poker Pwnage. They’ve released over 300 online poker videos, and all of them were created by some very successful tournament poker players. If you’re a fan of the World Series, you’ll already know that two of their pros made final tables this year. David “GhettoFabolous” Randall placed 3rd in Event 11, and “Chardrian” Dresel-Velasquez placed 5th in Event 12.

    If you hate MTT poker but love Sit-N-Go’s with your Titanpoker bonus code, you will probably also benefit from Poker Pwnage. There are videos for stakes that start as low as $10 and go up to over $100, and you’ll get to choose from standard full ring, short handed, and heads-up. You’ll find a lot of beginner strategy, but the site also offers some out-of-the-box thinking since US friendly poker sites can be tough these days. Even if you’ve been playing since the Moneymaker boom, you’ll still learn a few things from these videos.

    Do not sign up with this site if you are looking for help with Daniels Room poker. They have a mere 5 cash game videos as of today, and there’s no reason to believe that another one will be released in the near future. If you’re mostly a Stud player after using your PokerStars marketing codes, you shouldn’t bother with this site, either. You’ll find only Hold Em, and it doesn’t look like they plan to change this anytime soon.

    It’s great to know that Poker Pwnage has committed to tournament players, so I don’t mind that they lack cash games. As you watch the videos, you can be positive that the education you’ll receive is capable of turning you into a winning player. Once you’ve received some professional advice, I hope that you won’t have to make an additional deposit on your Everest Poker download for the rest of your poker career!

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