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Information Pertaining to Multi-Table Poker Tourneys

Sunday, May 22nd, 2011

When certain people think about defining themselves as high caliber poker players, they imagine imagine winning big in prestigious, large-field events. Whether it’s live or in online poker rooms, nothing beats the feeling of going deep in an event with the chance to win tons of money. If you want to get in on this action, you have come to the right place. This entry will tell you everything you need to know about getting started with tournaments.

Unless it is explicitly stated in the rules, you not allowed to buy-in again if you bust a tournament. Everyone starts with the same number of chips, and then you must survive as long as possible. Everyone pays the same amount to enter the tournament, and around 10% of the field receives part of the prize pool once everyone else has busted. If you can obtain first place, you will win the most money out of everyone in the field.

Tourneys also differ from ring games due to the fact that the blinds go up based on a set schedule. Since the blinds are constantly increasing, people must make plays and either gain chips or go bust.

If you…

Overlooked Poker Skills

Monday, March 22nd, 2010

Understanding poker hands order and an opponent’s range can help your game. These are both important skills that will help you realize your goals and make a profit playing poker. If you are clueless regarding poker hand order, you can’t possibly understand which poker hands to play and you’ll almost always go with far too many Texas Hold Em hands. If you don’t know anything regarding how to put someone on a range, you will experience a tough moment when you’re in a complicated hand and you are required to decide whether to call, raise, or fold.

There are some basic but important skills that someone should learn when they first start playing the game. I’m going to list some that some people might say have nothing to do with poker. I can’t dispute that they don’t help directly improve your poker game itself. But these skills could very well be the most important skills of all because a very skilled poker player will still lose his money if he or she doesn’t use them.

Has it ever occurred to you why there are certain players that make so much money playing poker but for some reason never have…