Although the best place to play poker is at littlewoodspoker.com, there will come a time in every poker player’s life when he or she must play a live game. While the rules are obviously the same, there are some important differences which every player should be aware of to make the change from online to live as seamless as possible.
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Hi guys.
I’ve thought about how to phrase this question for some time, but after analysing my game, I’ve realised that whenever I become the chip leader (especially in tournament play), I can just as rapidly turn into a fish.
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Loading ...If you are looking here for all the answers then look again. There is only one real way to improve your game and that is experience - that means getting on the tables and learning both from your mistakes and your successes.
However, there is no harm in reviewing some of the essentials, which should improve any poker player’s success and enjoyment of the game. Check out these three quick tips.
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It’s probably true to say that the very best comedians possess one vital skill which differentiates them from the ordinary joke-teller. Most people can recount a funny tale, but many of us fail to deliver the punch line with the impact of a top professional.
Time and again, we can listen to an established comic, unaware of the pauses in his delivery, but it is this uncanny control of timing which separates the guy who has you rolling in the aisles from the one who has you merely rolling your eyes.
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Don’t be fooled into thinking that heads-up poker is a luck thing -you couldn’t be further from the truth.
Whether playing an actual heads-up game (one player versus one player) or in the final stages of a tournament, it is vital to have the upper edge and hopefully here are a few pointers that will improve anybody’s heads-up play.
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Although many people had not heard of Annette ‘Annette_15′ Obrestad before she claimed the WSOP Europe event in London in September, she was already a well known figure in the world of online poker.
Her most famous exploit was playing (and winning!) a $4 SNG tournament against 180 players without looking at her hole cards. I thought it would be interesting to look at some of her strategies and it may give an insight into some basic poker plays.
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By far and away the biggest crime in online poker (apart from stealing another players chips) is giving away a free card. This may sound like stating the obvious, but when it comes to Texas Holdem poker online, far too many players let their opponents in cheaply into a hand and some even for free.
If poker comes down to a series of poker bets between you and your opponents then you want to have the best pot odds at all times and force them into either accepting inferior odds or folding.
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To stand any chance of winning at poker, players should keep one word in mind at all times.
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If someone told you that playing poker was just like being a politician or bookmaker, you might start to wonder where they came from, but the belief does have some merit.
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One of the easiest way to lose money at poker is to become predictable. The easiest way is to become predictable in your calling and be labelled as a ‘calling station’.
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