Gratis Poker

www.pkr.com – For players who are new to the game, their is a vast archive of information out there to help you improve your game.
Many of the top names in online poker rooms now offer a ‘Poker school’ section. This should give you hand rankings, information on position, and all the other strategic basics to get you started.

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This is in the interests of the site of course because they want new players to discover poker and spend their time playing onsite, but it benfits the new players a great deal too. Despite this, if you are a new player who has read through all the poker schooling, I would be cautious with the amounts you play for. It can take a short while to learn the basics of poker, but some players who have been playing several years will find it more easy to make good calls and folds. With this in mind, I would look to supplement your poker schooling with books, but also video lessons. You can find these easily online and Daniel negreanu in particular covers some very helpful points indeed.

Try and incorporate these points in your play as you learn, but I would never advise simply trying to copy a professional players style. Some people are suited to a more careful and patient style of play, and some will like to get involved in pots and test themselves more often. this style should develop with time, and cannot be taught I feel. pkr.com

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Titanpoker.com – This hand was crucial to me finishing 4th place in a recent live event and says a great deal about tells and picking up on clues during a hand. I had been dealt (9c,2d) in the small blind, and as the action was folded around to me, I felt that should perhaps make an attempt to pick up the big blind. I raised the big blind (600) up to 2,000, which was called by the big blind.

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The flop came down (Qs,10s,3s) and I decided to make another strong bet, feeling that if my opponent did not have a reasonable sized spade or at least top pair, he was likely to fold. My 3,000 bet gave my opponent cause for thought, and I was beginning to narrow down his range of hands as he took longer to consider his options. I felt if he had an Ace or even King of spades, he would have either called or raised without needing too long to think about it. He eventually called, and the turn card came down (5s). At this point I would have really had a problem on my hands as I couldnt be sure if he had a Queen, a two pair, or had been drawing to a reasonable sized flush. Luckily for me, as the card turned over, my opponent who was seated next to me let out a sudden exhalation of breath which was audible to me. My immediate instinct was that this was an exasperated reaction to a card falling that he really did not want to see. This made my mind up for me, and I fired out 5,000 chips, to which he quickly folded.

I showed him my (9c,2d) and explained to him in the next break what had made my mind up to bet again on the turn.
Showing the good will and friendly atmosphere that is prevalent at our live game, he promptly bought me a pint, despite having lost about a third of his stack to me in that hand.www.titanpoker.com

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www.amsterdamnspoker.nl – When it comes to the hi/lo version of Omaha, I feel there is certainly a case to be made for not raising too many players out of the pot preflop when you have cards which can easily make you the nut low. This is because you want to build a big pot to split, or even potentially win all of, and if you miss the flop horribly, you have not commited many chips to the pot.

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When it comes to the high variants of these games though, there really aren’t too many instances where you will make a strong hand and want to portray weakness by allowing another card to fall. Some might say that if you make a nut flush on the turn with a board that does not look in the slightest bit dangerous, you could check to an opponent to try and show fear of the third suited card. this can diguise your flush and be beneficial in leading your opponents read astray, but I usually find that players do not bluff at pots as often as they would in a game such as Holdem anyway.

Added to this is the fact that unless you have flopped a monster hand such as the top full house, even the most tame looking boards can still turn on you when you allow a card to fall for free. Consider the possibility that your opponent has two pair when the third suited card falls to make your flush. If the board pairs on the river, you could have just played yourself into a complete disaster by allowing your opponent to make a full house. Even if they have not made that hand, the weakness you showed on the turn could cause them to try and represent it, and you will have difficulty persuading yourself that you are still in front in the hand. Amsterdamnspoker.nl

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www.pkr.com – After spending some time reading through some poker literature this evening, I found myself inspired to log in and play a tournament of some sort. Although I usually go for MTT’s I do not usually play the tournaments with a limit on tables. This time though, I found myself drawn to a 50 player, 5 table tournament, and bought in.

We all started with 1,500 chips, and I found myself hovering between 1,500 and 2,000 for the first 30 hands or so.
The blinds had moved up to 150/300 though and so I was happy to find (K,K) in middle position. I raised it up to a mere 600, mostly due to the fact that the blinds were already thinning the players out well anyway as it was a speed tournament.

One player called and the flop came (Q,5,5). I checked hoping to induce a raise, which worked very well, as my opponent raised 600. I moved all in, and was quickly called by a player with Ace high who clearly felt I was bluffing. After doubling up from this encounter, a short time later I managed to make (10,10) stand up against two short stacks who were all in with (Q,9), and (8,8).

I don’t think I ever got over 6,000 chips in this tournament, and the final hand eliminated me in a respectable 7th place after my (9,9) was sadly crushed by a (K,J) when the flop brought a Jack.
Overall though I feel I played quite tight (which isn’t my normal style), and well enough, and so I cannot be overly upset that I didn’t get to fight it out short handed on the final table. Pkr.com

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