Poker Ustmib

Was playing €5/€10 in the GCB today and was up against a pretty mediocre field with about two good players, a couple mediocre ones who knew they were supposed to pay blinds etc, and one woman who was completely clueless. I mean, CLUELESS. I bought in for about €750 and cashed out €600. Every hand [...]

I don’t feel like talking about this for too long, but I couldn’t just ignore this one on the blog as it has never ever happened to me before and I am begging to the Lord that it will never ever happen to me again in the future. I was in the chip lead of [...]

I mean I pretty much dread the flush over flush situations in No Limit Hold’em – because I almost never lay them down. I’ve seen people lay down flushes, but I can count the flushes I layed down in my poker career on the fingers of one single hand. I just can’t lay down a [...]

Wow. WOWOWOW. I realise flush over flush happens all the time in Pot Limit Omaha, but Straight Flush over Straight Flush? That’s just painful…. I’m sure he was like: “w00t I’m up against the nut flush here” when the guy shoved his chips in. Terrible cold deck. 0.25/0.50 Omaha (PL) – 10 December 2007 22:27:41 [...]

HOLE CARDS[] Dealt to Hero [ ] Dealt to sagit555 [ ] Dealt to topchick03 [ ] Dealt to TIGER2 [ ] ALL-IN TIGER2 $1 500.00 FOLD dbt2007 ALL-IN sagit555 $1 500.00 FOLD Garsmath FOLD espextra FOLD askereia ALL-IN topchick03 $1 500.00 FOLD 4methos2 ALL-IN Hero $1 490.00 FOLD hk4645038 FLOP [Pot $5990] [ ] [...]

The Poker Brat Phil Ivey talks about losing over half a million dollars to the ever so lucky Phil Ivey in a chinese poker game playing for one (and later on two) thousand dollars per point. Now, anyone who knows the game of Chinese poker a tiny bit knows that’s a huge amount of cash [...]

The recent No Limit Hold’em poker boom has been fuelled “World Poker Tour” (WPT) and “World Series of Poker” (WSOP) being televised. Particularly the success of internet player Chris Moneymaker who was an internet player turned household name. What other arena can you turn $200 into $200, 000 in an evening playing online? In Multi-Table [...]

Being dealt a pocket pair can feel like a strong hand but they can lead you down a troubled road if not played correctly. The best advice is to play the top ones strongly but be prepared to let any pair go if things do not flop your way. Whilst pocket pairs have strong preflop [...]

Why bet at all preflop. I mean if you can get in cheap. Sure that is better than voluntarily putting money into the pot? Yes and no. If you are holding an iffy hand like a pair of 10s at a full table the way you bet could mean the difference of winning and loosing. [...]

Like many things in life position is a huge advantage a in Texas Hold’em. Although unlike life you generally don’t want to be front of the queue. If you are the first player to act you will have to do so without seeing what every body else is doing first. In poker your position is [...]