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February 25, 2010: 11:52 am: adminFun, Gamblers Lair, Life Of Games

Pockets pairs are good starting hands in Texas Hold ‘Em poker because these are made hands. However, the flop often kills the value of any medium or small pair by bringing over-cards that can beat your cards.

These types of pocket pairs typically need a third card to the set to flop in order to win. There are only two outs to make that set, so the odds are high against it. A set will usually hit about once in eight times when you are holding a pocket pair.

In limit online poker, it is almost impossible to make anyone fold to your medium or small pair. It’s is also unlikely that the pot will pay the proper price against your outs. You can limp in to see a flop, but if any over-cards appear, then it’s best to fold to anything but a minimum bet.

In no-limit, you can raise with your medium pair from early position, or from late position if everyone has limped in ahead of you. However, medium and small pairs really diminish in strength to any raise or re-raise against your hand.

Before you enter any pot with medium or small pocket pairs, understand that you will most likely have to fold them post-flop, and adjust your betting strategy based on your position and how loose or tight you have observed your opponents to be. Remember this when you play poker online.

February 12, 2010: 10:29 am: adminFun, Gamblers Lair, Life Of Games

Poker players are often told that they need to pay attention at all times. They are told that they need to be sharp, alert, and attentive. What most people will forget to tell you is that you actually need to start being alert far before the game actually starts. Modern casinos now have poker wait lists to make sure everyone who wants to play gets a chance. They often announce the next round of players through a PA system that is broadcasted throughout the casino. If you are not listening for the announcement, it is easy to miss you name. When you add in the fact that these same PA systems are used to announce keno results and general casino announcements, you can find yourself in a sticky situation.

If you have a habit of missing your name, you should ask the customer service desk at your favorite casino is they have a pager system that you can use. Some casinos offer pagers to their customers on a request basis. These are a particularly good idea for anyone who has difficulty hearing or who likes to wander more on the casino floor than is covered by the PA system. You would not want to miss your seat after you spent so long waiting for a spot. It’s not at all like online poker so keep this in mind when you play poker online.

December 10, 2009: 10:28 am: adminFun, Gamblers Lair, Life Of Games

On the 17th of July this year’s World Series of Poker No Limit Texas Hold ‘Em final poker online table was decided with a pair of pocket aces. Jordan Smith busted out winning a grand total of close to 900k USD and the stage was set. Entering this year’s final poker online table will be Darvin Moon, a 45 year old logger from Oakland, Maryland in the lead with 60 million in chips. But don’t count out the other casino online players. Phil Ivey the poker “Brat” is sitting in 7th place grinding back after a tough day at the tables. He lost a lot, but came back with enough to have a viable stack when November rolls around. Also joining the ranks will be Kevin Schaffel of Coral Springs, Florida, a newcomer to the scene; Antoine “Tonio” Staut from Saint Martin des Chapain, France; Joseph Cada of Shelby Township, Michigan; Steven Begleiter from Chappaqua, New York; James Akenhead of London; Eric Buchman of Valley Stream New York; and Jeff Shulman from Las Vegas, Nevada. If these names don’t sound familiar don’t be surprised, but come November, they’ll all get their chance to be in the spotlight of the WSOP competing for the bracelet and the right to be called this year’s champion. And I wouldn’t be surprised if they didn’t care if you didn’t know their names; they’re all millionaires now anyway.

November 11, 2009: 11:25 am: adminFun, Gamblers Lair, Life Of Games

We’re usually taught that three betting our stronger hands is the way to go when playing no limit hold ‘em. And while this is true for the majority of strong hands, especially when you’re out of position relative to the rest of the players at the poker table, sometimes a call will suffice.

Let’s say you’re in the small blind with pocket 10s. The poker table is full of decent two players limp in and the cut off raises it up to 5x the big blind. Now, you have the opportunity here in the small blind to raise, to fold, or to call. If you raise and get four bet, you’re not liking your tens much. But if you just call, you have a hand that has some serious playability post flop if the board comes out right. Of course you’re not folding here since there’s always the chance that you could flop a set and since the initial raise was from the cutoff 10s are probably ahead of his opening range in that position.

The reason for the simple call instead of the three bet is that the three bet is a move that should be reserved for stronger pairs or weaker hands that have strong drawing potential like a suited ace or, if in late position, suited connectors.

The benefits of this are pretty obvious. If you don’t like what you see on the flop or you get too much flop pressure, you can toss your hand with minimal money lost. And if you get it checked around to you, you can usually take down the pot with a smallish raise without having to go to showdown at all. Keep this in mind when you play poker online.

July 7, 2009: 3:06 pm: adminFun, Gamblers Lair, Life Of Games

Is it better to start them all at the same time and finish them together, or to automatically register for another once you’ve completed a poker game? Do you want your sit and go’s uniform or not? Basically, I’ve been playing 3 sit and go’s the casino online at a time, from start to finish. When I’m doe with all three, I can make an accurate assessment on my ROI for the session. If I spent $19.50 and took a first and a second (27, 18) I profited $25.50. I can then again start another 3 tables and go from there. So, as opposed to looking at how much I made on a timed session, I find it easier to keep track or the group session. Also, if you start the online poker games all at once, you can play relatively similar as all will be near in blind levels. You won’t have to think about different size bets for each table if the blinds are all equal. What would you do with this hand at these blind levels? The answer will be the same at all of your tables. If you constantly reload, your games are at all different levels and you have to think more about what is going on at each particular table as opposed to playing them all uniformly. Auto-reloading is obviously a great way to play volume. If you can handle all of the information being at different spots, the more games that you play, the more you can win. Also, it’s good for end game, because you’re normally not concentrating on multiple heads up matches. For me, the hardest thing has been giving myself enough time to make decisions heads up in 2 different games. I race back to one table and make my action and then back to the other. In reality, you have plenty of time. If you wanted to use your time bank, you could probably play an entire hand on the other table if you had to. Also, in turbo sit and gos, the blinds get pretty high heads up, so you’re folding and shoving a lot, which makes things less difficult. I don’t think I would want to play multiple heads up matches at once against different opponents when we both have deep effective stacks. If you auto-reload, most of your heads up matches occur when you’re multi-way at other tables. And when you are at a full table early in a sit and go, you’re doing a lot of folding anyhow.

March 6, 2009: 12:18 pm: adminFun, Gamblers Lair, Life Of Games

So much goes on before the flop, it seems like entire poker games are won and lost before the table cards are dealt. Here’s a situation: Let’s say that you’re at a table of eight poker players and your fifth to act. Before you, one player raised, two folded, and another called his raise. Now the betting is to you. You’ve got a pretty important decision to make.

You’ll need to take a new look at your cards, because after what you’ve just seen, they have a whole different value. The betting patterns that you’ve just witnessed are telling you that you have one person who likes his cards enough to raise in an early position. That may be easy to ignore (I wouldn’t recommend it though), but the fact that someone else called his raise shouldn’t be. Even if one of them is bluffing, the odds are that at least one of them has a very good starting hand. Unless you feel supremely confident in your poker cards this would be a good time to fold. You don’t even want to call and hope for the flop because someone could re-raise behind you. Also, if you miss the flop, the odds are virtually nonexistent that they’ll check around or fold if you decide to bluff.

November 18, 2008: 11:00 am: adminFun, Gamblers Lair, Life Of Games

A grinder is a poker en ligne player who manages to make profits in the long run by eeking out small profits from one game to another, which then build up over time. poker history is filled with poker grinders who manage to get by just one hand, one day at a time, slowly building bankrolls by maintaining even, conservative play. Live card rooms are often filled with these sorts, especially on weekends, though it seems the true ‘grinder’ is less prevalent on line, or at least masked by the larger influx of those willing to push hard and ‘give it all away.’

Often it is unprofitable to be at a online poker table with a grinder as they are rarely going to put their money in the pot without a winning hand, which is why cardrooms full of locals on weekdays in casino towns can be little to no going.

One recent famous example of a grinder is Michael ‘The Grinder’ Mizrachi, who made his way to poker superstardom after years of daily play, building his bankrolls pot by pot. Though, in the light of his success, Mizrachi’s play seems to have shifted from less of a steady grinder attitude and more of an aggressive shark in the water.

September 2, 2008: 10:11 pm: adminBest Shopping Resources, Fun, Life Of Games

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