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 back about 15-20 cents/$. It does not hurt much if someone has $20-30, however players with thousands of USD on their account will not be happy about the decision.
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Many might think if a poker site goes bankrupt then at least nothing unpleasant can happen to it in the future. Ultimate Bet (UB) is one more time in the top news of the poker world. About 3.5 million players suffer from UB’s data breach.
The confidential data was posted on the Two Plus Two forum and was removed after 8 minutes. The following data were affected: email address, phone number, mailing address, name, login name, birth date, account balance etc.
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If someone thinks the same way in online and live poker then he will have difficulties. In this article I collect the main differences between online and live poker games. Last week I discussed the first four differences between online and live poker and this time you can read the remaining four issues.
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If someone thinks the same way in online and live poker then he will have difficulties. In this article I collect the main differences between online and live poker games.
1. Single Table vs. Multitabling. In online poker you have to learn through experience what the optimal number of tables is at the same time. Let’s say you make $10 by playing at one table with 100% concentration in an hour.
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After the first 18 Episodes of Poker After Dark Season 7 a new set of players sat down at the table to compete against each other. In Episode 19-30 there was a $50k buy-in, winner takes it all Sit&Go and a Pot-Limit Omaha cash game.
The $50k buy-in Sit&Go was called an Idol Week because five young professional poker pros challenged the poker legend Doyle Brunson.
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The WSOP Main Event is considered the World Championship of poker. Pius Heinz won the 1st place in 2011. He is the first German winning the Championship. Martin Staszko could have been the first Czech to win the Final Table but despite his large chip lead at the start of the Final Table, he finished 2nd. The WSOP Player of the Year winner, Ben Lamb from the USA finished on 3rd place.
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One of the most common mistakes beginners make in Omaha High is overplaying pocket aces in deep stack situations. When it is a low stack game and you can get a large amount of chips in the middle preflop, it makes sense to make a pot size bet with pocket aces. However in deep stack situations when you have aces with not so good two remaining cards and you are out of position you should not overvalue the strength of your hand.
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Most of the time a set has a huge advantage over other hands in No-Limit Texas Hold’em. However if your opponent has a flush and straight draw against your set it is not so clear who is ahead. This time the game has $0.5/$1 blind levels with 9 players. This table is quite loose and the third position player (we call him Bill) calls the $1. I look at my ♠T♣T and raise to $4.5.
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Reading your opponent well, paying close attention to what he does during the whole hand and having notes on him are all key factors to success. Now I show an Omaha High hand where putting the different pieces of the puzzle together helped win a nice pot.
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There are many different factors which contribute to the continuous fall of the online poker industry. It seems like online poker had its peak and now comes a downswing in the popularity of the game.
In the 1st decade of the 21st century online poker had a huge boom. Millions of players registered to online poker rooms with the dream of becoming a millionaire. The online poker sites gave great freeroll-, bonus- and rake opportunities.
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