http://www.bestpokertips.eu The best poker tips to play online and in real life, it's time to earn some poker money! Fri, 20 Aug 2010 09:14:55 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Yesterday we had our weekly poker evening with some friends at my place. All evening I had played pretty well, but unfortunately my stack didn't grow much, it went even down and in a bout 2 hours I was down some €50. I was down to my last 10 euro when I ... http://www.bestpokertips.eu/our-home-games/bad-luck/ The other day I was playing at my weekly 100/200 no limit home game with some friends when I was dealt QQ in early position. My home game is quite a loose-aggressive game, so I decide to raise the pot to 1000 chips. Normally this would be a slightly large raise, but I know this table ... http://www.bestpokertips.eu/best-poker-tips/dont-slowplay/ An important concept about poker, something all poker pro's know, is that a winning player is a raising player. If you want to make the money, you have to put it in the middle! There are a few reasons to raise. Of course you raise to make the pot bigger and thus more money for you, ... http://www.bestpokertips.eu/best-poker-tips/the-agressive-player-is-the-winning-player/ Another import reason you should raise is because it is a great way to gain information about your opponent's hand. And, odd as it may seem, it helps you save money on bad hands!  Let me give you an example. Say you're playing a €5/10 No Limit game. You are holding KK on the button, which ... http://www.bestpokertips.eu/best-poker-tips/raise-more/ If you're starting to get up there with your poker skills, you might have noticed that different players have different styles. The easiest player to beat is the 'calling station'. He never makes a raise, always just calls. Even with aces. He is the fish. You should be after him. Then there's the 'tight ... http://www.bestpokertips.eu/best-poker-tips/be-solid-but-not-predictable/ I know; sometimes it can be scary getting a pocket pair of tens. You know it's a quite good hand pre flop, but it can also be run down easily. A very common made mistake is trying to protect your marginal pair by going all-in pre flop. A logical reasoning for this ... http://www.bestpokertips.eu/best-poker-tips/going-all-in-pre-flop-with-a-marginal-hand/ Another important principle some people don't stop and think about is this: In general, it requires a better hand to make a call than a raise. And it requires a bigger raise to protect you marginal hand, than your monster hand. Let me elaborate. If you hold a monster like Aces or Kings, ... http://www.bestpokertips.eu/best-poker-tips/a-strong-hand-for-a-call-and-a-weak-hand-for-a-raise/   Playing a marginal hand is always tough. That's because you can't be sure if you're ahead, and you might need to depend on your reading skills in order to take down the pot, or make a good fold. When you get to the river, any hand has become psychological warfare. After the ... http://www.bestpokertips.eu/best-poker-tips/why-raising-a-marginal-hand-at-the-river-is-wrong/ Everybody has an image, whether you're aware of it or not. A table-image, that is. Your table-image is the way other players see your style of play and respond to it. For instance, you can be known to play rock-tight, so other players will easily give you credit for having a big hand. Conversely, if you're ... http://www.bestpokertips.eu/best-poker-tips/know-your-table-image-and-play-accordingly/ 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 ... http://www.bestpokertips.eu/best-poker-tips/try-to-avoid-your-emotion-at-the-poker-table/