Search - Geiststaat

Poker News

1. Cake Poker Review - Cake Poker accepts US players and its peak hours occur during the US evening hours. Cake’s rapid rise is due in large part to some juicy sign-up bonuses, including Pokerworks’ own, which is a 100% of your deposit up to $500 bonus.
2. Using Check-Raise as Offense - The last article I wrote on the check-raise play was about using it as a defensive weapon in no limit Hold’em. Today I want to switch gears and talk about this play as an offensive weapon in no limit Hold’em.

Poker Strategy

1. 7-Card-Stud 8-low or Better Primer - Of all the games played in HORSE, stud8 (stud hi/lo eight or better) offers the greatest chance for you to develop an enormous advantage over your opponents.
2. Omaha Eight or Better (High-Low Split) Primer - Omaha high/low split is a variant of Omaha in which the best high hand wins half of the pot and the best low hand wins the other half
3. Razz Primer - , the H-O-R-S-E games at Ultimate Bet and Poker Stars are quite weak and a very basic strategy can reap big rewards.
4. Defending Against the Float - In ‘The Float’, I recommended carefully choosing opponents to make the float play against. You are looking for players who fire only one bullet and then give up on the turn. If you have A-K, and have not connected with the board, check-folding the
5. Bankroll Considerations for the Professional and Semi-Professional II - Now, let’s put the foregoing to use in constructing a bankroll plan. How should you proceed? First, you should begin by determining your own salary or wage.
6. Bankroll Considerations for the Professional and Semi-Professional - Essentially the bankroll allows you to “invest” in a particular level of play. The higher the level of play, the more income you can potentially make.
7. Mixed Games: Play to Your Strength(s) - One thing should be borne in mind when playing the typical HORSE game. The general play ranges from horrible to insanely horrible.
8. The Float - What is the float? The float is a somewhat advanced play used to take someone off a hand. Generally you call someone’s preflop raise and then call the continuation bet on the flop.
9. Bad Runs vs. Bad Play - If you play poker for any length of time, you will eventually run smack into a bad run.
10. Defending Your Blinds Against the Steal - In my last article, I discussed stealing the blinds in no-limit hold’em. It is a money-making play, but lots of people know this, and so they will be attempting to steal your blinds.
11. Blind Stealing - As your game develops over time, one skill you must develop is the ability to play without the cards. One of the first stepping-stones to developing this skill is stealing the blinds.
12. Exploiting the Blocking Bet - One opponent you should avoid attempting the blocking bet on is an experienced aggressive opponent.
13. The Blocking Bet - Today I want to discuss a play that is underutilized by no limit hold’em players. Rest assured, plenty of players use it and understand it, but for those who do not, which is most, you can use it quite effectively.
14. Which Game Has Lower Variance? - I recently participated in a forum discussion on the following question: “Which game has more variance, limit or no-limit?” I thought the answer was obvious, but as I soon learned, I was obviously mistaken in this thought. The answer isn’t obvious
15. The Defensive Check-Raise - In limit games, the check-raise is a powerful weapon used by most players. It allows you to win extra bets by sucking in players on weaker hands or to create a bad price for draws to continue by forcing them to call two bets cold.
16. Slow-Playing Big Hands Preflop - According to David Sklansky, you make money when opponents play differently than they would if they could see your cards. In his book, The Theory of Poker, Sklansky refers to this concept as the “Fundamental Theorem of Poker.”
17. Should I Commit? - Occasionally you find yourself in difficult spots. Every option looks bad. How should you proceed in such situations? Aside from very carefully, the best you can do is try to make the best theoretical play; that is, maximize your expected value (EV).
18. Quitting in Poker - Today I want to talk about quitting. Basically there are 3 levels of quitting. Level 1 is quitting on a hand. We call that folding. Level 2 is quitting a table. We call that walking.
19. Movin’ on Up - Part II: Bankroll - Last time I discussed skill level as a requirement for moving up. At a minimum you need to be a winning player. Okay, so you are a winning player, now what? One of the conventional rules of thumb for bankroll is that in a NL game you need 2000 big blin
20. We’re Movin’ on Up - Part I: Skill Level - Ask 10 different people when you should move up and you will likely get 10 different answers. I’ll give you an eleventh. IT DEPENDS. It depends on several factors, the major factor being the reasons why you are playing poker. If you are an aspiring

More results in poker strategy