November 2008

The importance of not giving free cards in Omaha eight or better

Marcus Bateman / 30 November 2008 / Leave a comment

In nearly all variants of poker there are situations that arise where the correct play is to try and give your opponent a free card in the hope that they hit something, due to the massive strength of your own...Read more »

Screen names

Marcus Bateman / 28 November 2008 / 1 Comments

Due to the lack of information available online, it is important to try and scrutinise every little detail of your opponents to try and ascertain as much information as possible about them....Read more »

Live poker novice flattened by moustache

Nick Cantwell / 27 November 2008 / 2 Comments

I don't often play live poker, but last year I played in a live game - and I managed to get a nice read on an opponent....Read more »

Stupid Cupid

Matthew Pitt / 26 November 2008 / Leave a comment

You may be wondering why the title of this post mentions the little sod with wings and a bow and arrow when I am with Mrs P, well do not worry, everything is fine on that front but thanks in...Read more »

The Myths Of Poker

Chris Edwards / 25 November 2008 / Leave a comment

About two years ago I was coming home from a late night session of poker in my local casino. My taxi driver was bright and friendly and we enjoyed a pleasant conversation for most of the journey, until he asked...Read more »

Pot odds are not scary!

Matthew Pitt / 24 November 2008 / Leave a comment

As you are probably aware, poker is built on a base of mathematics and grasping the fundamentals will give you an edge over any casual Tom, Dick or Harry who decides to sit at your table....Read more »

An interesting heads up dynamic

Marcus Bateman / 24 November 2008 / Leave a comment

I was recently playing heads up $3/$6 no limit hold'em with a player online. He seemd to be tilting hard, having dropped two buy ins to me making badly timed (and badly executed) bluffs, both of which I called with...Read more »

How much to bet?

Marcus Bateman / 21 November 2008 / Leave a comment

Every time you sit down at a poker table you will see people making different bet sizes. Working out what these bet sizes mean, and how much you should bet yourself, is crucial to poker success. Some players tend to...Read more »

In the wars

Matthew Pitt / 20 November 2008 / Leave a comment

Since my last post, I have been on the wrong end of some life variance once again and I have been feeling a little bit sorry for myself if I am honest....Read more »

Surviving to the antes

Marcus Bateman / 19 November 2008 / Leave a comment

If you look at the stats of where a good multi table, or 'MTT' player finishes in a tournament, you will quickly see that they hardly ever bust in the very early stages. Although there will be the odd cooler...Read more »

Raising it up

Matthew Pitt / 19 November 2008 / Leave a comment

Anyone who plays poker know they have a choice of calling, folding or raising during a hand but few beginners know there are several reasons why a player should be raising the action. Raising not only gives you a chance...Read more »

The extra edge of multi table tournaments

Marcus Bateman / 18 November 2008 / Leave a comment

A world class sit and go player can probably hold down a long term roi, or 'return on investment', of between five and ten percent. This obviously adds up to a huge amount of money over many games, but it...Read more »

Understanding bad players

Marcus Bateman / 17 November 2008 / 1 Comments

With Pud mentioning about how dealing with bad players is often very different to how you deal with good players, I thought it was worth looking at why these players play in a specific way, and why it is important...Read more »

The Importance of Bankroll Management

Matthew Pitt / 17 November 2008 / Leave a comment

Poker can be a cruel beast at times and is one of the few games where you can play perfectly and still lose. Think of it this way, if Manchester United played Accrington Stanley one hundred times, you would expect...Read more »

Cloud Poker - The First Blog

Nick Cantwell / 17 November 2008 / 2 Comments

Hi and welcome to my new home on the net! So first I'd like to introduce myself. I'm Nick, but in poker circles everybody knows me as "Cloud" (struggling to come up with an original poker name, I happened to...Read more »

Laddering at MTT Final Tables

Marcus Bateman / 14 November 2008 / Leave a comment

You only have to look at how steeply the prize money goes up when at the final of a multi table tournament to realise how important it is to try and get to those all important top three places. This...Read more »

Blue Baby Club!

Matthew Pitt / 13 November 2008 / 3 Comments

I will begin by apologising for the severe lack of updates to my little blog this month, I am usually one of the more prolific bloggers on the Betfair site but this is only my second post this month. Bad...Read more »

Having the Nuts

Marcus Bateman / 12 November 2008 / Leave a comment

The term 'the nuts' simply refers to a hand that is the best possible one. In flop games the nuts is quite a regular occurrence, where as compared to a game like five card draw (where the nuts has to...Read more »

Prop bets

Marcus Bateman / 10 November 2008 / Leave a comment

Following on from the look at big flips, it is worth looking at the other common form of gambling at the poker table (apart from just the poker of course) - props. Props are small bets that take place during...Read more »

Online stakes getting higher

Matthew Pitt / 10 November 2008 / Leave a comment

The stakes will be extremely high when the final table of the World Series of Poker Main Event gets underway next month, with the winner set to take home the second-largest tournament payday ever of over $9million, writes Rob Eddy....Read more »

The 'float'

Marcus Bateman / 10 November 2008 / Leave a comment

The term 'floating' simply refers to calling an opponents bet, either in or out of position, with a weak hand with the intention of bluffing them on a later street....Read more »

Tools of the table

Matt Broughton / 07 November 2008 / 2 Comments

Though I like to almost entirely ignore poker in my writing (perhaps just including the word "poker" itself as a token gesture in the first paragraph) I thought I'd break the mould and respond to a question I faced recently...Read more »

Big Flips

Marcus Bateman / 07 November 2008 / Leave a comment

In one the most recent episodes of the cash game variant of Poker After Dark, a few of the world's best poker players (including Phil Ivey and Daniel Negreanu) start the game off by flipping for over $100,000 each -...Read more »

Ego and grind players

Marcus Bateman / 06 November 2008 / Leave a comment

Although most of the emphasis on player types seems to go on whether a player is tight or loose, aggressive or passive, there are actually numerous other player types that can be identified, adapted to and profited from. One of...Read more »

Chip Tricks

Marcus Bateman / 05 November 2008 / Leave a comment

One of the first things that strikes any newcomer to a poker room is the sound of chips moving. Then endless and unique clicking and clattering sound that chips make when shuffled and played with really becomes part of the...Read more »

Laying them down

Marcus Bateman / 03 November 2008 / Leave a comment

Sometimes in poker you just have to fold a strong hand - it is as simple as that. Despite the fact that you may be looking down at a full house, flush or straight, sometimes the action simply dictates that...Read more »

Pud the publican?

Matthew Pitt / 02 November 2008 / 2 Comments

Any of you who have read any of my old blogs or know me personally, will know that I have spent a lot of time in the pub trade over the years and think of the pub as my home...Read more »