Nowadays there are so many poker sites on the market that new poker players have great promotion options to choose from. Many do not realize that players who do not want to change sites still have great promotion options without having to register new accounts.
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The blocking bet is a good weapon in poker but only if you know how to use it. There are certain situations when a blocking bet shows weakness and you can take down the pot with a reraise or bluff.
As always, I show you an example from a hand when my opponent used the...
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There are few more exciting card games than poker, which is played in clubs, bars and casinos throughout the world. Since the early 1990s, attempts have been made to develop the game for internet-based players, but it is only in the last decade that online poker has exploded in popularity. Provided below is a...
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Semi-bluff is more than a bluff but less than a value bet. In which cases do we talk about semi-bluff? What is the advantage of a semi-bluff and how should you use it?
We are talking about semi-bluff when the flop hits you in a way that might be the best hand but it is...
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Value and continuation bet are two of the most common terms in poker and they have an important role in your poker strategy, too.
Let’s see the most important aspects of value- and continuation bet.
Value bet occurs when you have a high pocket pair or two high cards and on the flop your hand seems...
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One of my favorite plays is with strong Omaha High hands when I call the flop and reraise the turn. I do not see many players using this weapon although it is very powerful.
In which situations can you play this “calling the flop and reraising the turn in omaha high” strategy? I suggest...
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The 43rd WSOP will start on 27/05/2012 and will last until 16/07/2012. It has 61 gold bracelet events.
There are some changes compared to last year. The most important ones are the few new event types:
$3 000 Heads-Up No-Limit Hold’em/Pot-Limit Omaha
$5 000 Mix-Max No-Limit Hold’em. This tournament contains 9-handed, 6-handed and Heads-Up play.
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How can you decide if someone is a beginner or an advanced poker player? Is there any way of telling when you sit down to a table and you see the other players for the first time? We will find the answers to these questions with one easy fact: what the preferred play of...
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In this article I discuss some Hold’em Manager 2 (HM2) issues, however not the most common expressions like stealing blinds, the importance of position, 3bet percentage etc.
I rather choose some interesting statistics which could improve your game but are normally not emphasized by other authors. The following paragraphs discuss these issues from HM2 and...
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After Black Friday all players are waiting to get their money back from Absolute Poker (AP), Ultimate Bet (UB) and Full Tilt (FT). It seems that players on AP and UB can be more optimistic for a refund.
Before getting too happy, the news is not so positive. It seems that all players will get...
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