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Bankroll Basics - Step 1 To Becoming A Poker Great.
If you're a poker player you will know by now that your bankroll is your poker bible. If you have no bankroll you can’t play poker! This article will give you some valuable information about how to manage your bankroll and how to never go broke!nn Importance Of A Bankroll: nEven if you're the best poker player in the world, you need to have good bankroll management! Going bust is not the poker gods punishing you, its variance and variance is FACT. If you want to start e
March 27, 2008
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Beginners: Now Is The Time To Play!
There is so much competition between poker rooms resulting in most poker sites creating great bonus offers for new players. Players must know which poker room to choose and which has the best benefits for them. It is suggested to get 3 or 4 bonuses from different poker sites when you start playing.nnSo why should you, a beginner, start playing poker?nn 1. Poker Bonuses n 2 Weak Competition n 3.Volume of Players n 4.It's Fun! nn1. As mentioned above, there are a lot of great b
March 27, 2008
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Know The Player... Beat The Player.
To understand this article to the maximum extend you will need to have basic knowledge of the stats you find in PokerTracker and a hud such as PokerAce. nn Identifying your standard weak/loose fish nnThe standard weak loose fish is your friend and personal ATM at NL holdem tables. These players will see too many flops and bet them straight forward without getting tricky. On your hud you will see your VPIP (voluntarily put in pot), this is how often your player will put money
March 27, 2008
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Think You can Bluff?
Bluffing is a great way to occasionally build your stack. You really should never go into a hand with the idea that you are going to bluff because a lot of what makes a good bluff is entirely circumstantial.nn Know who you're against nnThis is a pretty obvious yet incredibly important point. Don't go straight onto a table and bluff the first or second hand, if your AK misses or there are over cards to your QQ, don't go stacking off trying to make a hero-bluff. You must know y
March 27, 2008