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Though his plan hasnt gained much traction, especially among local lawmakers, Gov. Ed Rendell is continuing to pitch his proposal to legalize video poker rakeback machines in bars and private clubs and use the revenue to offset tuition costs for some college students. More: continued here News provided by online Poker DiggerClick here to play

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Playing your sets in NL Holdem cash games, online bingo games
Successful cash game players all know that exploiting the implied odds to the maximum is where the greatest value lies in these games at william hill online. Pocket pairs carry excellent implied odds, especially if the table happens to be short handed. Many of these cash players provided theyre acting in the shadow of a large chip-stack completely reduce their strategy to set mining. Set mining is the habitual playing of small pocket pairs, solely with the purpose of hoping to be hit by a set on the flop. In order that you should really understand how set exploitation works, you need to understand the concept of implied odds. Lets consider that you are playing a pair of 6s from the cut off, with several people staying in the hand. At this moment, you are well aware of the fact that your hand is most probably not the best one at the table, but you do see the flop nonetheless hoping that youll land a set. You are also aware that you will miss your set most of the time, and only make it on a few lucky hands. It would seem like youre pouring chips into a negative EV value play. This situation if contemplated from a strictly mathematical perspective is indeed a negative EV one, but you as a skilled player know more about the nature of the game than cold-hard math does. You know that on the few occasions you fill up your set, youll take down huge pots, because your set is going to be next to impossible to read. Youre bound to get a lot of money off people on a top pair, and even more off those who hit two pairs. In the long-run, the money that you win on such hands will not only make up for all the money you spend seeing the flops in vain, itll also hit you with a nice profit. The implied odds turn this apparently negative EV setup into a positive EV one. It is theoretically possible that you will lose on your set, in case one of your opponents gets hit by an even higher set on the flop. The odds of something like that happening though are small enough to make getting all your money in on your flopped set very profitable in the long-run. Upon hitting your trips, your sole goal should be only to get as much money into the pot as possible. You want to felt an opponent or double up at the very least, so be prepared to go for the kill when the opportunity presents itself. Whether or not such set-oriented strategic approach is correct depends on a few key factors. First of all: the size of your stack. You need to be deep stacked to exploit this strategy, which means you need a minimum of 100BBs in your stack, but 200BBs is more like it. You need the large stack because: you will be spending chips on seeing all those unrewarded flops, and your stack needs to be able to take that strain. On the other hand, you need the large stack so that you can milk your sets (when you do hit them) to the max. You will only be able to take as many chips from your opponents as your stack size allows you to. This is the reason why set mining will not be a viable strategic approach in tournaments, where being deep stacked is a luxury you wont really be able to rely on. The exact way you need to play your small pairs in online casino is also dependent on a few things. On one hand, you need to put as little money into the pot preflop as possible, because you know you are going to lose the majority of that money, so you want to minimize your losses. On the other hand, in aggressive short handed games, football betting or raising preflop on your pairs gives you a much bigger spectrum of possibilities to take the pot down. Whether you mine sets as a part of your cash game strategy or not, you should always play with a rakeback deal backing you up. A rake rebate setup will open up an entirely new revenue stream for your
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Poker Maximus Tournament Series
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Marvin Rettenmaier Heads to Ireland

admin — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 23:00:14 +0000

Marvin Rettenmaier Heads to Ireland
Posted by Bradley, April 4, 2012 Team Titans Marvin Rettenmaier posted on his Facebook page that he is super hungry for poker and that he was eager to play the iSeriesLIVE event in Dublin tomorrow. Marvin had been on a break from poker for awhile, counting calories and studying poker-related books and DVDs to improve his game as he spent time on the East Coast of the United States. Marvin did have a chance to do some sightseeing in the Big Apple. I had a great sightseeing tour in NYC last night: Empire State Building, Times Square, Central Park, he posted. To conclude his stay in the U.S. Marvin posted, Flying back to Europe in a bit and I’m super hungry for POKER!!! Marvin will be playing the kickoff iSeriesLIVE event tomorrow. iSeriesLIVE is a ground-breaking new interactive poker series that allows consumers to watch top poker players–live with hole cards exposed–and bet on the action as it happens. The event will be played as a 10-person, winner-take-all freeze-out. Participants are well-known poker pros: Daniel Negreanu, Phil Hellmuth, Dave Devilfish Ulliott, Carlos Mortensen, Maria Ho, Tobias Reinkemeier, Marvin Rettenmaier, James Dempsey, Eoghan ODea, and Faraz Jaka. Marvin will also play this weekends Irish Open 2012 Main Event at the Burlington Hotel in Dublin. Top poker pros from all over the world will participate in this world-class tournament, which is the longest running poker event in Europe.

Online Poker in the USA the current situation

admin — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 03:54:15 +0000

Online Poker in the USA the current situation
Online Poker, Poker, Poker Legal Issues, Seizure of Poker Domains April 9th, 2012 Its been almost a year since the seizure of poker domains by the United States Government and still no Full Tilt Poker. The deal between Bernard Tapie Group and Full Tilt Poker is allegedly done but they are waiting for a license from the Alderney Gaming Commission and hiring for customer service positions in Ireland. Bernard Tapie Group may only be a broker for the deal or figure head for proxy ownership from either Caesars or Wynn. This is pure speculation, however, it is possible that Steve Wynn is behind Bernard Tapie and that is the reason Jack Binion (who is Steve Wynns employee) was send to Ireland to kick the tires or lay the groundwork. Another possibility is that Zynga Poker is buying the software to operate their attempt at real money poker and desktop application. In my opinion, lobbyist and a corrupt government are to blame for the poker players having their money tied up. The short falls in money at Full Tilt Poker were caused by the UIGEA. The UIGEA was attached to the port security bill in the middle of the night by NFL lobbyist firm Covington and Burling. This is the former law firm of Eric Holder who heads the DOJ who intern confiscated our money. These corrupt politicians and companies depend on a mal-informed public and the United States has no shortage of them. Lets pray that Full Tilt comes back and everyone gets 100% of their money back. Domain Seizures part 5 In defence or Ray BitarPoker Domain Seizures Part 4 Jack Abramoffs Playbook used by Covington and BurlingDomain Seizures Part 3Domain Seizures Part 2Domain Seizures Part 1 addendumDomain Seizures Part 1 Play Online Poker Poker Blog Copyright 2008 – 2012 Pokerbloggs.comSubscribe to PokerBloggs.com

Interview with Mike Matusow

admin — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 06:54:09 +0000

Interview with Mike Matusow
by Steve Marzolf Mike Matusow, a card-carrying member of team Full Tilt, has been around the pro poker circuit long enough to earn his nickname as “The Mouth” a few times over. Most recently, he took third in the WPT Bay 101 Shooting Star Main Event, pulling in just under $370k…and talking some serious smack in the process. But when we caught up with him, he had an ironic message for players out there: “Calm down.” You almost took it all at Bay 101 – what was that like? I’ve only played three WPTs in two years – one last year and two this year. I went down there and played really hard. I went down there hungry and wanting to win, and I played really well. But I wish I would have caught some cards against the lunatics, the ones who were raising and re-raising every hand. Tell us about that three-bet that took you out. I mean, he was just raising at every button, and I thought I had a pretty good read on him. I’d been re-raising and shoving on him left and right. I shoved on him with 2-9. He didn’t have to call me with K-Q. It was still 25 percent of his stack, even if he’s ahead. Most of the time, I’m going to have a pair or an ace there. I didn’t really mind the call, cause once it got down to three-handed, they were playing really carefully against me. They knew that if they opened too much, I’d just keep shipping on them. So they started folding a little bit and limping, and it looked like there was going to be no way I could get chips – especially as card-dead as I was. So I didn’t mind just shipping on him every time he opened the button. I was looking at his face and how he reacted to his cards. I shipped on him six times before, and he insta-folded all six. So I thought I had a tell on him. Maybe that time I just rushed it. You’ve consistently had good showings at WPT games. Yeah. I don’t play many. I don’t chase the tournament circuit anymore. As far as I’m concerned, it’s a losing proposition. It’s $750,000 a year to play on the tournament circuit, and you’ve gotta finish at least second in one tournament to make any money. You’ve been in the game a long time – what are the biggest changes you’ve seen? I mean, these kids play pretty good, but when it’s a deep-stack tournament, they’ve gotta know when to slow down. We were playing 100 big blinds deep, and they’re going raise, re-raise, re-raise, trying to outplay each other, playing four-handed. I was just hoping to pick up 8-8 or anything, but I didn’t even see a playable hand. I think the best hand I saw was K-10 offsuit. If I’d picked up any hand behind them, I’d have gotten all the chips. It was the greatest spot in the world – I was like in heaven – but then I was looking at 2-7 offsuit for like eight hours. What spurs that aggressive play? They’re all used to playing online where you have to 3-bet and 4-bet all the time to stay alive when the blinds get up there. When you’re playing deep-stacked, you’re supposed to just play solid and pick your spots. But these guys were ridiculous. They were so hyper-aggressive it was a joke. It fit perfect into my style. I had two playable hands in 154 hands, and I finished 3rd. If I’d won the hand I went out on, then I’d have 30 percent of the chips and who knows what happens? Where do you think the game is going long-term? I don’t know – there’s just so many good players. I think if they just want to keep running $100,000 buy-in tournaments, they’ll have everybody broke within a year. I’m not a big fan of those tournaments. Then, I was saying the same thing four years ago about the $10,000 buy-in tournaments. Everybody would have gone broke on those too, if they hadn’t been satelliting so many people in. You’ve been at this a long time – what are the biggest lessons you’ve learned? Everybody glorifies these people who play heads-up and win millions of dollars, but they’re going to lose it, too. Ain’t nobody who’s better than anybody else playing heads-up poker. Poker’s about playing and beating bad players. There’s definitely less bad players now – and there’s a lot of good players. It’s tough to win now; it’s a lot harder to make a living. Lucky for me, I don’t have to depend on it anymore. I wouldn’t be happy if I had to grind and make a living online or even live nowadays. It sure wouldn’t be easy. Have cash games in Vegas gotten tougher, too? The mixed games are still good, but the no-limit games are all dried up, unless you get invited to a house game. Poker has become a showdown contest. That’s all it is. It’s just because everybody tries to outplay each other. When I came up, it wasn’t like that. It was about making correct decisions, playing solid, attacking blinds and weakness…just playing good and solid. Now it’s all about three-betting, four-betting, five…Come on man. Tell me about your nickname – how often do you hit your opponents with the trash talk? Not much anymore. Though I did it down in Bay 101. Because I just got hot and started making hands. When people play bad against me, I talk a lot of shit. I catch some cards, I’ll rub it in their face. At the WPT, I had a hand where the guy raises under the gun, and three people call so I call in the big blind with Qd-4d. Flop comes 2-4-Q. I lead out the pot, and the guy who raised under the gun calls. The two who came in behind fold. The turn card is 7d, and I have queens and fours on the flush draw. I bet $4800, he makes it $11,000 so I move all in. He calls and shows me three sevens. And I said, “You gotta be kidding me.” Then it’s a 3d on the river, and I start screaming: “That’ll teach you to play bad against me, motherfucker. You get what you deserve. You’re an idiot.” Then I start berating him something fierce. I lead out into four people with a Q-4-2 rainbow. What do you think I’m leading out with, complete air? Like two sevens are any good there. What have you been playing lately? I don’t play. I went to Australia and won about a quarter million. Then I went to L.A. and played the cash games there for a couple weeks and won another $250,000 there. Then I went down to Bay 101 and cashed $370k there. So it’s been a good year.

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admin — Sun, 18 Mar 2012 20:54:11 +0000

CelebPoker Cash Point
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Dealing with Sore Losers

admin — Fri, 09 Mar 2012 06:36:10 +0000

Dealing with Sore Losers
Once in your poker playing life, youll come across one or more players that simply cant step to the beat of losing and winning. These people are those who probably think they should win simply because their opponents seemed to be winning the entire day, which is not a good excuse for losing badly in poker matches. Sometimes, these people are players of online poker who is relatively vulnerable to tilts and emotional overload. These people attitude can range from mildly annoying to downright nasty. Playing with these kinds of players is not a major issue in online poker. It is something poker sharks are actually waiting for to have players make a fool out of themselves and waste even more money on aggressive behavior. While you can very much take advantage of this emotional weakness in a live table, it pays to know what should be done when youre opponents emotional barometer go into overdrive. Take Advantage Live poker matches allows you to put all of your abilities to full use because it allows you to see, hear, and feel the way your opponents play the game (while possible, it is not recommended that you smell or taste your opponent). This is the main source of players frustration because, like we all know, some players are more adept in shuffling cards than in winning a dealt hand. This reaction is normal, but not all players can control it, and those who do have the upper hand in terms of winning in poker matches. You can exploit these weaknesses. You dont even have to provoke him to increase his anger. Emotional outbursts allow you more time to study your hand and more opportunities to study his behavior. Learn how he deals with a strong or a weak hand based on the way his body reacts to a dealt hand. If you have established the pattern and make considerably good choices of moves on the information that you have, you can own the player until he becomes conscious of what he has been doing, or until he ran out of chips to spend. Protect Yourself Sometimes, the emotional outburst become either disruptive or threatening steps are needed to be directed in response to it. While it is tempting to resolve the issue by shoving a closed fist into the perpetrators open mouth, it pays to let the dealer know about the commotion and seek help from him. He and the casino people can deal with unpleasant behavior better than a closed fist. For your part, remember how costly it is to tilt, so better keep your emotional bearings in check and let the casino people do its job.

Pius Heinz wins 2011 WSOP

admin — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:36:13 +0000

Pius Heinz wins 2011 WSOP
The 2011 World Series of Poker Main Event title has finally been claimed. Pius Heinz, a 22-year-old professional poker player from Cologne, Germany, took the title holding Ace-King against Martin Staszko’s Ten-Seven. Neither hand improved and Heinz took home $8.7 million with ace-high. Not only was Heinz the first German to win the Main, he was the first to sit at the final table. Over 6800 players from 85 different nations started the event over 13 days, with a prize pool of $64,540,858. The top 693 cashed and the tournament broke, as usual, over a period of five months between the body of the event and the final table, the “November Nine.” Notably, third-place finisher Ben Lamb was looking to culminate a sick, sick run at the WSOP. He place in five consecutive tournaments, making the final table of four of them, and winning one of them. This unheard-of streak locked him up solidly for the WSOP Player of the Year title. For the first time, the Main Event was broadcast (almost) live. There was a delay of several minutes to limit the ability of players to exploit the private pocket card cameras. Although this could potentially allow players to learn about very recent hands during breaks, creating a unique angle on the most important final table of the year. The continuing high turnout of the WSOP is taken as proof that the allure of poker continues throughout the world despite a federal crackdown against online poker. # Player Earnings Country 1 Pius Heinz $8,715,638 Germany 2 Martin Staszko $5,433,086 Czech Republic 3 Ben Lamb $4,021,138 United States 4 Matt Giannetti $3,012,700 United States 5 Phil Collins $2,269,599 United States 6 Eoghan O’Dea $1,720,831 Ireland 7 Bob Bounahra $1,314,097 Belize 8 Anton Makiieveskyi $1,010,015 Ukraine 9 Sam Holden $782,115 United Kingdom Copyright 2012 Ace Nine, LLC Legal | Contact Us | Site Map