April, 2010
Know Your Outs and Pot Odds
Sunday, 25 April, 2010
Most poker players, even complete novices, will be aware of the concept of pot odds. To become a long term winner at poker, it is essential to put your chips into the pot only when receiving the correct price (or better). As luck evens itself out over time, if you only ever contest pots that offer better than your true odds of winning, you will make a long term profit at poker.
Blackjack Side Bets
Sunday, 25 April, 2010When playing Blackjack – either online or live – there are a number of side bets that you might like to take advantage of. You can back or lay other players to win and lose, there are opportunities for you to pick which hand(s) you believe will get Blackjack, and in some instances you can even put your money on the dealer! In fact; it is hard to think of a Blackjack bet that is still to be conceived.
Playing Ace-King
Saturday, 24 April, 2010Ace King can be one of the trickiest hands to play in No Limit Hold’em, particularly in tournaments. Many inexperienced, novice players win lots of small pots holding “Big Slick”, but when they lose with Ace King, they tend to lose a massive pot, costing them their tournament life.
Red Dog Poker Tips
Saturday, 24 April, 2010Red Dog Poker is one of the more popular side games that can be found at online casino sites. Also known as “Acey-Deucy” or “In-Between”, the rules are very simple to learn, and it might be possible to use a system to play this game and make a profit over time.
Playing Casino Hold’em
Friday, 23 April, 2010Casino Hold’em varies dramatically from the online poker variety that we are all so familiar with, inasmuch as you are playing against the dealer rather than other players. In this respect there are certain advantages because you are less likely to get turned over by a bad beat, and you receive multiple odds for selected hands.
Liv Boeree Wins EPT San Remo
Friday, 23 April, 2010Liv Boeree is the PokerStars EPT San Remo champion, after coming through a 1,240 strong field to land the €1,250,000 first prize, becoming the third woman to win a European Poker Tour title in the process.
Playing Short Handed Poker
Thursday, 22 April, 2010
There are two meanings for the term “Short handed” in poker games. The one most frequently applied, is when players are playing on a ring table comprising of only 6 players, however the phrase can also relate to the endgame in a tournament or single table Sit’n'Go, where the number of players has decreased as the competition progresses – ultimately resulting in a “Heads Up” scenario. Short handed poker is an area of the game that every poker player will experience at some stage, and should learn how best to manage to their favor.
EPT San Remo the Biggest EPT Event To Date
Thursday, 22 April, 2010The PokerStars European Poker Tour event at the Casino Municipale, San Remo kicked off at the end of last week, with 1,240 players from over 40 different countries all bidding to pick up a piece of the €6,014,000 prize pool, making the event the biggest so far in the EPT’s short history.
Eighth World Poker Tour Championship Underway
Wednesday, 21 April, 2010Sunday April 18th saw the commencement of the eighth World Poker Tour Championship Event at the Bellagio hotel and casino complex, Las Vegas. The $25,000 No Limit Hold’em tournament, won in previous years by the likes of Alan Goehring, Carlos Mortensen and Yevgeniy Timoshenko, marks the pinnacle of the WPT calendar and was designed as an alternative to the World Series of Poker, the unofficial “World Championships” of poker.
Three Card Poker Tips
Wednesday, 21 April, 2010
Three Card Poker is a very common online casino game – you may know it as “Three Card Brag” or “Casino Brag” – and is played “live” frequently in casinos in the States. It can be one of the most lucrative games for casinos, depending on the payout table used, but also offers the possibility for system players to make a profit once you are aware of the odds of winning.
