February 2009 - Bloggers
Preparing for a live tournament
Chris Edwards offers his thoughts on how he prepares for a live poker tournament both mentally and physically....
New to Live Poker? More Advice
Following up on recent articles about making the transition from online tournaments to the live arena, Chris Edwards, an experienced live player, offers up some useful nuggets of advice for making progress in the game....
More Tips for the Live Poker Novice - A Bit of Etiquette
Matthew Pitt believes knowing a bit of poker etiquette will enhance your enjoyment if you are new to to playing poker live....
Playing live for the first time? A few little pointers
Matthew Pitt looks at some basic tips that will help anyone's first trip to a casino to play poker more enjoyable and less embarrassing....
Mind The Gap Concept
When beginning in the game of poker one of the first aspects a player learns is what a good starting hand looks like....
Playing Draws Fast
In Texas Hold'em, being dealt a premium hand preflop or hitting the flop hard is a rarity. A large proportion of your time will be spent needing to draw to extra cards in order to...
Making moves
Last post I was harping on about a new-found interest in properly analysing key hands - something I'd not previously been too bothered about. However, after enjoying Gus Hansen's book 'Every Hand Revealed' I decided...
Dealing With Bullies
If you are ever going to succeed in a poker game then confidence is one attribute you need in abundance....
Showing Off Online
Matthew Pitt looks at why mucking your hand even after pulling off an outrageous bluff might the best long term strategy....
Queens versus Kings
For the vast majority of sports, male and female competitors have separate competitions, mainly due to differences in physical strength but poker is an entirely different beast....