Archive for April, 2007

04 Apr

Try to avoid your emotion at the poker table

With poker it’s really important to avoid emotions. When you loose one big pot, you should “not care” about it and keep playing the same game. This sounds really easy but unfortunately it isn’t that easy. I’d like an example so here we go:
You have a nice hand KK and you raise pre-flop with 4 […]

05 Apr

Texas Hold’em is a Complicated Game

You know, Texas Hold’em is a rather complicated game.
It combines money, guts, chance, emotion and ego, to make it a game which is a potential little bomb inside peoples mind.
Sometimes you can play so damn good, all night long, and still don’t win a hand. Or maybe you play like crap, but it you end up being […]

23 Apr

When the Cards are Dealt…

The dealing of the flop, turn and river are key moments during any hand.
That’s because it is the moment when you get to see if you’re a step closer to taking down the pot. Or a step further away.
Chances are that if you’ve got an ace, you’d like to see another ace hit the flop. So you will […]

16 Apr

Representing the Flop

I know, I know… It can be quite difficult to represent the flop sometimes. Representing the flop means that you pretend that the flop helped your hand.
If you’ve bet before the flop, then hit absolutely nothing when the flop comes, you still have to make a bet. If you check the flop after you’ve bet pre-flop, you’re […]

20 Apr

Playing Small Pairs

Sometimes you do get that pair of deuces (2’s) and have no clue what to do with it.
Actually the answer is really simple. Whenever you get a small pair (2 to 7 depending on your position) try to limp in and hope for triples!
That’s it. Just try to limp in.
If you’re faced with a raise, fold! […]

21 Apr

Anything Can Happen Playing Poker

Not really a tip, but this is a strange hand I just feel like sharing with you.
The other day I was playing a game of €2/4 No limit when I picked up pocket rockets in quite early position. I think I might have even been under the gun.
So I check, trying not to show my strength. […]

26 Apr

Make the Story Add up When You’re Bluffing

Bluffing can be very difficult.
Have you ever asked yourself ”How on earth could he have called that all-in?!” Probably because you showed weakness throughout the hand, not making your all-in seem quite logical.
If you want to bluff successfully, you have to make the sum add up. If you’ve checked the flop and turn, and then suddenly re-raise your opponent […]

30 Apr

Playing against online poker bots

Today I saw a movie on youtube about a working poker bot. I was amazed, till now I never believed they do realy exist. I heard everybody talking about poker bots and you see a lot of commercials on the web. And today I realized they exist. Should we be happy with this? Should we worry [...]