Play Poker With Fish, And Handle The Bad Beats

By Billy Kernow

So you might be new yourself at poker, but you don't view yourself to be an sorry player. Maybe you aren't special but you're heading towards good and the biggest problem you face is losing to awful players who simply do not comprehend the game.

Of course they are likely new players too, but you should have the advantage because you read all the good poker authors, paid for membership training, watched a few videos and managed your bankroll sensibly well. The problem is that your bankroll is at best, unimpressive. You might in fact analyze your poker bankroll and become disappointed at its lack of development.

You might as well try and get used players like this because that's what online poker is all about. These types of players normally lose their money because they do not realize the games' fundamentals, even though they might be up for the moment.It's rather improbable that you're going to figure out why they are playing to win and are, and in fact since they probably don't know either, this isn't worth your time. You simply need to trap players like this with choice hands and more than a reasonable prospect of a lucrative outcome. Now there's a few ways you want to be doing that so as to preserve your stack at the same time.

Pot size management. It's critical to not let the size of the pot run away from you until you know you have the strongest hand, or even the nuts. Weak players will play any two cards so you won't be able to estimate what they will have, which leaves the burden on you to make sure you are ahead before your chips goes in. That's when you make the suckers pay, otherwise don't get involved in big pots with players who can beat you holding 83 offsuit.

Mucking your cards pre-flop. This is even more important if you're out of position to the antagonist, but even with medium strength hands you're still going to be arbitrarily guessing what he has. That can be a problem playing post flop with an freakish player.

Be patient grashopper. As terrible as they play, you may not get the cards to take him down - at least this time. Be certain though, that player is like thousands of others waiting to give you their money. If not him, patience will grant you with another sorry player that will accommodate.

Table position. You don't want to get caught in front of these players with "potential" hands. Your blinds will get burned away and cause you to make irriational plays because of a dwindling, discouraging game. See low-priced flops against slow maniacal players.

Don't bluff them a story. They cannot read the "poker story" you are trying to communicate. The board may have numerous overcards to their pocket 6's and they will still call you. Save yourself some grief and coin, do NOT bluff poker suckers.

Rope a donkey by the tail. Once you do get a lousy player in the good situation, then you need to do your best to trap him for all his money. He may want to bluff you, but he may also call a lot off too. You need to know what kind of fool he is by profiling.

Nobody likes to lose pots to awful poker players and every lost pot has heartache associated with it. Just remember you are a stronger player, and you know how to get chips from them in the right time and right hand. - 31897

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Minimizing Risk By Managing Poker Pot Sizes

By Bill Kernow

Every move you make during a hand has an implication on the size of the pot. It's critical you keep this in mind because a majority of the confrontations that you are involved in should be small pots compared to your stack size. The point is to avoid getting involved in large pots, unless you are certain you are strongest in the hand.

So you need to take a close look at your actions during a hand and be able to comprehend what the result of checking, calling or raising might be. Even though you might have the best hand when you make a bet, that doesn't necessarily mean you're going to have the winner on the river. In order to manage pot size, you also need to understand the real strength of your hand based on what community cards are out there, and also the profile of your opponent.

Reckon also if you are going to make a raise or re-raise, that the style of opponent you are playing actually has the experience to fold - when they really should be laying it down. I've seen many players in online tournaments look at a fair strength draw on the flop, and resolve to just let it ride. Of course, that's going to be a large pot and even though you're ahead, you will oftentimes get drawn out and find yourself losing a big hand, or even worse. You really want to avoid this, particularly in the early tournament levels when there is no reason to become short stacked save for a huge suck out, when the blinds are so low.

Pot size also affects your reads, and how accurately you can put your opponent on a hand. if a pot is large and your opponent is calling you can be reasonably sure they are holding something of value (or maybe they are just a calling station!) Larger pots will be tempting for many players, but the added risks involved mean extra possibilities for bluffing with a less than ideal hand.

Now that leads to the most significant advantage of controlling the size of the pot, which is that you get to see all five cards on the board before you really decide what to do in terms of your hand strength and your opponent's propensity to make an error. Potential draws or paired boards exhibit themselves to dangerous spots but could either turn into big hand for you or help you slow down and save you some tournament chips.

Managing the pot size needs emotional discipline, effective profiling, and an experienced understanding of community card texture. Conversely, it is one of the most common misplays your adversaries will be making, and presents an lucrative opportunity for you to double up. - 31897

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Rush Poker - Strategies For Full Tilt's New Poker Format

By Billy Kernow

There's a new and exciting type of online poker called Rush Poker. This new high speed game is a lot of fun, and is attracting loads of gamblers and recreational players to the exclusive Rush Poker games at Full Tilt.

Rush poker can be Holdem or Omaha, and Stud will be coming soon. The game is played exactly as normal, on 6 or 9 seat tables, but with one huge difference. As soon as a player is no longer in contention to win a pot, they are instantly reseated and dealt a new hand at a new table. This means you can fold preflop, and rather than wait five minutes for the hand to play out, you get right back into the action straight away. This difference means that players don't get bored, and can play 3oo or more hand per hour!

Of course every variation to the game of poker requires its own strategy, and rush poker is no different. First of all, you'll need to make your pre-flop decisions based more on the cards and the action, rather than any reads on the players since you'll have only been sitting at the table for a few seconds. Since players will be folding most rags, you can assume that usually players have two high cards, or a pocket pair, and sometimes suited connectors or Ax.

Since players know that a new hand is only seconds away they are more likely to fold marginal or drawing hands, so aggressive raising and reraising pre and post flop and be very effective. Raising pre-flop also prevents the big blind from seeing the flop for free.

Rush poker has been called the "greatest innovation since the introduction of Internet poker". That might be over the top, but its certainly a fun and interesting new format which is getting a lot of attention, drawing in loads of loose players, and is a definite opportunity to make a nice profit. - 31897

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Playing Free Poker Cash Games

By Dennis Levine

Other things to consider when selecting a site are; what amount is the free poker cash, variants of games you like to play, the amount you receive for opening an account, if the site gets alot of traffic and how many players play there frequently.

Start with the site's bankroll. Never sign up without obtaining the free online poker bonus they grant new accounts. The free bankroll is an amount of money that's placed in your account when you sign up. The poker bonus will be put straight into your account. Take notice of the playing requirements involved. You will be required to have to play a number of hands to receive the bonus. It's free poker money and this bankroll is only the beginning of your free poker cash games!

It's time to have some fun. Create a good "Screen Name." This is how you first establish yourself at free poker cash games online. At first blush, this may seem easy to do. But remember, you'll have to live with that nickname while playing in that free poker money site. Also you have to live with player's reactions to seeing that nickname every time you sit down at a table. Consider how the nickname might affect your competitor's play against you. No one actually will know who you are at the free poker cash games, but they might play some games based on your nickname!

Take this for an example, if you're considering a soft name like Hi Im Bob or Mommy Dearest, you may experience more aggressive play from other players. Pick a tougher name like NoMercy (Isabelle Mercier), TexasTerminator or the Quiet Lion (Richard Brodie). Humor is a good tactic, too, like BadAtThis (April Zwick-Friedman), Mr Wiggles or Dan Druff (Todd Witteles).

So after you've picked a good poker name, it's on to the free poker cash games! Pick one you like - Texas Hold'em, Seven Card or Five Card Stud or Razz, Five Card Poker or or one of their variants. Devote a good deal of time with the game, get the feel of it, discover the players ticks and tells (poker sites have online note systems to record these). You need to reach a high comfort level with the game and own it like it's yours. Remember you've got your free poker money to to reach this goal. That's the beauty when you play free poker games online. You can learn while you play without risking your own money.

You can do that when you take advantage of the features you can use while playing the free poker cash games. You can actually analyze the hands you've played in the past on the website! When you analyze your hand away from the thrill of the game, you're likely to take notice of some flaws that can be improved. Get better when you play free online poker online using free poker money.

Online poker forums are also a great way to study more about the intricacies and strategies of free poker cash games. The best thing about them is that they're two way communications. You'll engage in conversations and discuss solutions to aspects of the game that you may be having problems with. - 31897

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