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Huge prize pool tournaments on FullTilt
Friday, May 15th, 2009 - No Comments »FullTiltPoker has announced the start date for their $25k Heads-up Championship. Starting May 23rd, the fun will begin when many top pros, known and unknown, will duke it out for first prize. Any player can participate in this event. Now many people may not have the $25k to put up for their buy-in, but satellites [...]
Learn From The Best
Tuesday, March 31st, 2009 - No Comments »During the Full Tilt Poker commercials that you always see on television you always hear the quote “Learn From The Pros” right at the end of every commercial and well when they said that they basically were just telling you to come and play at Full Tilt Poker and learn on your own just from [...]
Online Poker Timing Tells
Monday, October 27th, 2008 - No Comments »Most players would agree that getting tells on other players while playing poker online is a lot harder than getting tells on a player while playing live. Once you know what sort of tells are available to you then it becomes easier to notice them. One of the easiest tells there are is the “Timing [...]
Trust Your Instincts
Monday, May 26th, 2008 - Comments OffI was playing in a low stakes Full Tilt Poker sit and go the other day when I got myself into a situation when my poker strategy instincts were telling me that I was beat. However, I ignored my instincts and proceeded to get myself into trouble, losing most of my stack and getting eliminated [...]
No Point Rule #2
Tuesday, August 28th, 2007 - No Comments »I’ve written about the no-point rule before, showing how it can be successfully applied in situations where there is a high danger of losing a lot of chips even though the player may have the best hand. Recently, I encountered a situation in which a player pushed her chips in when it would have been [...]
Victim of Circumstances – A Closer Look at a $5/$10 No Limit Holdem Hand
Sunday, August 5th, 2007 - Comments OffI don’t usually write about my experiences playing poker anymore, mostly because I don’t question my plays as often as I used to. However, just the other night I was playing $5/$10 at the Bellagio and a unique hand came up.
My Hand: Kh 10h
In this particular hand, there were 8 players and I was [...]
Beginner Poker Tells
Wednesday, December 20th, 2006 - Comments OffThe game of poker allows you to use a lot of strategies in order to defeat your opponents. You should use their weak points because this is the easiest way to beat them. If you are beginner poker player, you should learn more about the poker tells because they will give you a lot of [...]
Final Table Value of Chips
Monday, November 13th, 2006 - Comments OffBy Rafe Furst of Full Tilt Poker
While playing the last table of the $1,500 Pot-limit Texas Hold em game, I found myself in a mean point when we were down to 4-handed play. I was in the big blind and Rizen, a difficult, noble online tournament pro, was in the small blind. It was folded [...]
Switching Tables During a Tournament
Friday, September 8th, 2006 - Comments OffGetting moved to a different table while playing in a poker tournament is a common occurrence. However, it can be tricky for some players, as everyone has to adjust when someone gets moved, even the players already at the new table. Poker is a game in which constant adjustments are required. I’ll show you an [...]
Bluffing Without a Cause
Wednesday, August 9th, 2006 - Comments OffOnline poker, particularly Texas Holdem, has become a cultural stronghold all over the country and many parts of the world. With the help of the Internet and countless enterprising offshore poker sites, wagers are no longer being made by the seasoned poker pro, but rather people from all walks of life from the comfort of [...]
