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Poker Variations – How to Vary Your Hand Play

admin — Sat, 08 May 2010 17:30:02 +0000

Playing poker is not just a game of luck. To win in a game of poker wouldn’t depend on how lucky you are but instead it would depend on how skilled you are. Yes, poker is a game of skill and a game of psychology. Psychological warfare is a common practice on a poker table. This includes bluffing, misdirection and basically not letting your opponent know what you’re up to and avoid being read by your opponent. Once another player knows how you play and has an idea of the strategy you use, it would be all over for you. Every move you make could possibly be predictable by your opponent already. To counter this, it is important to vary your playing style and the hands that you play. This is called poker variations.

Poker variations or varying your hand plays is a crucial skill to learn in playing poker. This would separate the poker players from the poker champions. All good poker players have the skill of varying their hand plays and strategies. Like most of the skills in poker however, you learn this through experience. Actually playing the game is the best way to learn. It’s all about poker variations when it comes to misleading your opponent and keeping yourself safe from being read like a book by the opponent. Basically a player can have only a limited number of hands that he or she can play, however you cannot stick to only one hand to play. For example you’re playing Texas hold ‘em up poker. If you only call a bet whenever you have a king in hand then chances are one of your opponents would notice this and he or she would be able to predict what you have and what you will do. This would ensure you of a loss. However, before you can vary your hand play effectively you would have to hone your other poker skills first. Calculating probabilities and the odds of each hand is a skill that a player must gain in the early stages of learning how to be a good poker player. This is important to poker variations because it would be used for analyzing.

A player must know when to use poker variations. The best times to vary your hand play would be determined by what is currently happening. Analyze the players, the game and the odds then adjust your hand play depending on what you analyze and see. You would have to be able to analyze the situation first before being able to vary your hand play effectively. In a heads up play, it would be far easier to analyze the situation as the other factors have been removed.

There are a lot of skills involved in becoming a good poker player. This is not a simple game of luck like Live Roulette Online or slot machines; this is a contest of knowledge, psychology and skill and it is important to gain all these things first before becoming a true poker champion.

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Lock Poker is making waves with the Malta LGA

admin — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 10:30:07 +0000

Lock Poker is making waves with the Malta LGA
by Sunday,18 Sep 2011 Despite the fact that their logo appears on the Lock Poker website the Malta LGA says they are not affiliated The Poker industry has had more than its fair share of scandals, what with the events of April the 15th or Black Friday and the Full Tilt Poker scandal that rocked the online poker world one would have thought that there have been enough shady goings on to last a life time. Apparently Lock Poker disagree, they are currently in a spat with the Malta Licensing Authority as they have been displaying their logo on the Lock Poker website for some time despite the fact that according to the Maltese gaming authority the appearance on the Lock Poker site of their logo is both false and misleading. After looking into the matter a little more deeply it can be understood where the poker site may have made their mistake. Lock Poker belongs to the Merge Gaming Network which does, in fact, have a category four gaming license that was issued to them by the Lotteries and Gaming Authority (LGA) of Malta. Lock Poker may have assumed that because the network was certified by the LGA then that would extend to them. The LGA have been very forceful in underlining the fact that this is absolutely not the case and the errant poker room are likely to come under massive pressure to remove the logo from both the Maltese authorities and their own network. The precise statement from the LGA was as follows; The Lotteries and Gaming Authority (the Authority’) would like to inform the public that the websitehttp://lockpoker.eu/ has no connection whatsoever with the Authority and therefore any mention of the Authority or licence issued by the Authority on the mentioned website is false and misleading. There isnt much room for interpretation from a statement like this, it is pretty clear what the situation is. The Maltese authority doesnt just have a very loud bark but an extremely tough bite as well. They havent hesitated to suspend and/or cancel the licenses of gaming companies that they have found to be in breach of their own rules. The list of suspended gaming sites is long and illustrious with the Betonbet, Gold Victory, Betchance and many more suspended sites able to vouch for this. Lock Poker are going to have to remove the logo or continue to face the wrath of the Maltese LGA one of the most respected gaming authorities in the world.

Affiliates are going crazy wondering about their money

admin — Sun, 18 Mar 2012 23:45:08 +0000

Affiliates are going crazy wondering about their money
by Tuesday,27 Sep 2011 The poker affiliate payments site rakeupdate.com has been defaulting on payments sending ripples though out the industry Just as the Full Tilt Poker scandal seems to finally be wrapping up there is yet another one around the corner. Professional poker players around the world have been using the services of rakeupdate.com for some time now only to find that the firm have been unapproachable for the past month. Despite repeated efforts to contact them players havent managed to get a response from the firm. It has been six weeks since the companys network provider, Elite Affiliate Software stopped providing services to the firm due to non-payment of their funds. There is more than $1 million owed to clients and it doesnt look like they are going to see their money any time soon.Unlike with Full Tilt Poker it looks like personal problems between the owners of the company have led to its downfall. There was a power struggle in the company as to who was ultimately in charge between the two biggest personalities involved, Mike Haid and Daniel Persson, it was Persson who who ultimately won with Haid and several other key employees walking away from the firm. This was a year ago and the service offered by the sites run by the firm immediately suffered. Players are said to have lost massive amounts of money since the firm stopped responding to players requests.In an interesting angle on the events of Black Friday that poker players dont usually hear about, the people at Rake Update also suffered massive problems owing to the fact that the big payment processors pulled out of the United States, they were particularly hard hit when Moneybookers and Neteller walked away from the market. When that happened they had to rely exclusively on gaming firms that were operating in contrast to US gaming laws including almost exclusively Full Tilt Poker. When the CEREUS Network and Full Tilt were taken down by the Department of Justice (DoJ) there were no more funds coming into rakeupdate.com and yet they were still paying out funds to customers. It was inevitable that they were going to implode the question was only the timing, of course none of this was known until later. The effects of this problem are far reaching indeed, although not on the scale as with Full Tilt Poker the ripples have still been sent throughout the industry.

New poker chip sound comparison video

admin — Sun, 18 Mar 2012 03:30:18 +0000

New poker chip sound comparison video
I posted a new video of the different sounds of several poker chips including the Claysmith Gaming chips, ASM chips, Paulson chips, NexGen chips, and 11.5 gram composite chips.http://www.youtube.com/v/aOZyygtsKtw

The Full Tilt Poker story nears its end

admin — Tue, 28 Feb 2012 04:45:08 +0000

The Full Tilt Poker story nears its end
The Full Tilt Poker story nears its end Choose your language Thursday, Jan 19, 2012 Home > Poker Strategy > Articles > The Full Tilt Poker story nears its end by Tuesday,20 Sep 2011 Full Tilt Poker are on their way to the final crisis as controversy after controversy dogs them to the end There seems to be no end to the free fall that the once mighty poker site Full Tilt has fallen into. After Black Friday Full Tilt saw their business devastated with the loss of their American market. After making a deal with the US Department of Justice (DoJ) where they agreed to pay back their former clients in the US Full Tilt reneged claiming not to have the money. This led to them having problems with the Alderney Gambling Control Commission (AGCC) leading to their poker license being suspended and a hearing is just around the corner to find out whether their license will be renewed by the AGCC. That hearing will take place on the 19th of September and it is highly unlikely that there will even be a viable company for the license to be granted to, should the AGCC move in favour.In this train wreck of a case things have gone from bad to worse, the case on the 19th is generally presumed to be the tipping point. The lawyer for Full Tilt and the several companies who run the site has been Jeff Ifrah and his associates until now, though there has been a growing amount of rumours as to whether he continues to represent the firm which in turn has led to speculation as to whether there is any money left in the company to pay them with. After releasing a statement on their finances in August the site claimed that they had been the victims of a massive financial fraud to the tune of $42 million by one of their payment processors. They also claimed that seizures by the DoJ accounted for over $115 million.This explanation satisfied few in the industry amongst players and pundits alike who reckon that hundreds of millions of dollars have been made by the site over the years of its operation. That Full Tilt Poker currently has no money is not in dispute but what happened to all of the money is a question that has yet to be answered to the satisfaction of players who have yet to come to terms with the loss of all their money. The hearing on the 19th is stated as being public but after the hearing, held in July which was also publicised as public was quickly held behind closed doors there is little faith that the 19th of September will shed any more light on the situation. Top Bonus FreeRolls Top-Rated Poker Rooms Based on Player Reviews Poker Rooms with Highest Sign-Up Bonuses Online Poker Freeroll Specials Number of games:124 Payout percentage:98% William Hill Poker Number of games:10 Payout percentage:98.01% Lucky Ace Poker Number of games:3 Payout percentage:98% CD Poker Number of games:7 Payout percentage:99% Mansion Poker Number of games:5 Payout percentage:97% Titan Poker Number of games:6 Payout percentage:98% Pacific Poker Number of games:7 Payout percentage:99% Mansion Poker Number of games:6 Payout percentage:% Bodog Poker Number of games:6 Payout percentage:98% Full Tilt Poker Number of games:5 Payout percentage:98% Absolute Poker Number of games:6 Payout percentage:98% VC Poker Number of games:3 Payout percentage:98% CD Poker Number of games:6 Payout percentage:98% Full Tilt Poker Number of games:5 Payout percentage:98% Poker Room Number of games:6 Payout percentage:98% VC Poker Number of games:6 Payout percentage:% Bodog Poker Number of games:5 Payout percentage:97% Titan Poker Number of games:7 Payout percentage:99% Mansion Poker Interested in learning more about online poker? Try Google, or Open Directory Project About Us | Site Map | Contact Us | Webmaster Poker.onlinecasinoswiss.com is an independent online poker information Web site. not affiliated with any poker room and contain poker information. Copyright 2003-2007 poker.onlinecasinoswiss.com – All Rights reserved please read our Privecy Policy and Disclamer

HPT Giveaway #36 – Two decks of plastic playing cards!

admin — Sat, 18 Feb 2012 18:00:35 +0000

HPT Giveaway #36 – Two decks of plastic playing cards!
HomePokerTourney is giving away two decks (one setup) of plastic playing cards, delivered to you almost anywhere in the world! These are brand new decks of cards, of your choice, delivered to your door by the HPT advertiser of your choice.Visit the HPT Giveaway #36 thread to register.Good luck, nutn

I’m losing for October

admin — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 02:15:08 +0000

Im losing for October
For some reason I cant get a winning session under my belt for this month. It sucks as Ive been playing close to my A-game, but Im really being slaughtered by cold deck situations (nights with 3 set-over-set instances etc, it sucks badly) Yesterday I lost a big chunk of my bankroll in a rollercoaster I can only describe as sick Flopped quad tens to get rivered by Quad kings (all the money went in on the turn, obv nothing he could do but still), made a straight flush and LOST against the higher straight flush and flopped a set of sixes only to get beat by a set of aces that decided to smoothcall pre-flop BAH October 8, 2008 | In Personal, Quads, Straight Flush, gambling, poker | No Comments RSS feed for comments on this post. TrackBack URI Thanks to Borja Fernandez & Nagru Webhosting. Entries and comments feeds.

Jamie Gold Poker

admin — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 21:00:08 +0000

Jamie Gold Poker
by Thursday,6 Oct 2011 Jamie Gold has started his own free poker site on the ZEN network with $100,000 up for grabs every month Although all poker players and those who work in the industry are well aware of the name Jamie Gold he has worked hard to keep a low profile since winning the $12 million first prize at the 2006 World Series of Poker (WSOP), still the biggest prize ever paid out to a winner of the main event. Gold is a quiet and highly focussed player who up until now has refused any and all attempts to persuade him to start a poker site of his own. Now he has changed his tune and has started his own free poker site to provide a platform for players in the US to legally play poker and win cash and various prizes as a reward for their play.The poker player has really put his money where his mouth is as he is offering at least $100,000 in cash to players every month. When talking about the new site Gold told the press that After Black Friday and all the negativity surrounding online poker, I asked myself what I could do to help our community enjoy playing a game they love legallyCreating FreeGoldPoker.com was the clear answer. He went on to explain just how it was that he came to the he came to the decision to start the completely legal poker site;This is an amazing opportunity for me to create a fun, accessible and unique experience for the poker community. As importantly, I will be able to continue to accomplish meaningful, vital and life-changing charitable goals with the additional support and commitment of the ZEN platform. It will also provide my dedicated partners a platform beyond anything I could have imagined as we are now able to create targeted demographic promotions.There is a great deal of talk around the ZEN network as free poker sites continue to pop up all over the web. The use of sweepstake laws has allowed anyone with the cash to create a perfectly legal space to allow people to play the game that they love. These sites are particularly popular with casinos looking to maintain their clientele with free poker action. The sites serve another purpose, the industry is currently preparing for a change in the law and when online poker is legalised Golds site and all of the others will switch to being regular poker sites and already will have players ready to spend their cash.

Outplay Poker Giveaway #1

admin — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 12:30:15 +0000

Outplay Poker Giveaway #1
It’s time for another giveway! This giveaway is courtesy of OutplayPoker.com and is for 200 Ace Casino poker chips in a carousel.Good luck, nutn Hey Guys,I know one of the great things here on HPT is the free giveaways so we thought that we would join in all the fun.Up for grabs is one Ace Casino 14 Gram 200 piece poker chip set with a carousel (http://www.outplaypoker.com/ace-casino-14-gram-chips-with-carousel-200pc.html). This chip set features 200 clay 14 gram laser sticker poker chips with a glossy finished solid wood 200 piece carousel as well as 2 decks of cards!How to Register:To register, you must create an account with Outplay Poker. You do not have to purchase anything, and creating an account is 100% free. We will use each person’s account number as their ticket number and then choose a ticket at random. As well we will use your address for shipping the prize and your email to notify you.Unfortunately any person who lives outside of the United States, upon winning the contest must pay for shipping and handling due to the excessive cost of international shipping.You can register for an account here: https://www.outplaypoker.com/customer/account/create/.After you register, please reply to the Outplay Poker Giveaway #1 Registration thread to confirm your registration and entry into this contest!How We Choose a Winner:Just like many giveaways here on the HPT forum we will use the DJIA closing quote on September 22, 2011 to chose the winner. We will match the last 3 – 4 numbers of the DJIA to the last 3 – 4 numbers of every entrants customer number. The person with the closet number will be declared the winner.While your at Outplay Poker feel free to take a look around at all our poker poker chips and accessories! Good luck to everyone!Best Regards,The Outplay Team

Pai Gow Strategy

admin — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 15:00:11 +0000

Pai Gow Strategy
I like the table games but I usually end up throwing my poker winnings out of the door by playing blackjack, roulette or Pai Gow. Everyone knows about blackjack and roulette but apparently a lot of people dont know anything about the Pai Gow Poker game I can help though found a nice guide on Pai Gow Poker Strategy at Mollis Poker Blog. Good luck losing your money a little slower! :p June 2, 2008 | In Pai Gow Poker, gambling, poker | No Comments RSS feed for comments on this post. TrackBack URI Thanks to Borja Fernandez & Nagru Webhosting. Entries and comments feeds.