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The WSOP recently hinted at holding an All-Star event during the 2010 WSOP. Last week, official details were announced when the WSOP announced that the Tournament of Champions would be returning for its fourth installment in 2010.
This year’s TOC will be different than those held before. This year, the tournament will be a 27 player »
The champ is here, and now he has new threads to wear. 2009 WSOP Main Event Champion Joe Cada just signed with Shodown Couture, a poker themed clothing company. According to President and Founder Phillip Lake, “The signing is a perfect match with Shodown’s brand image and philosophy. Joe’s style is aggressive, but he is »
Earlier in the year, officials at the WSOP announced that the $50,000 H.O.R.S.E. event would be replaced by the $50,000 “Player’s Championship. The Players Championship is a 8-Game mix that includes H.O.R.S.E., 2-7 Lowball, NL Holdem, and PL Omaha. At the recent Bay 101 WPT Event, Daniel Negreanu started throwing around odds of 800 to »
Value of your hand and protecting these hands are these are two of the most important parts of poker. Having proper of your value your hand will allow you to make the proper decisions.
Flushes and straits are the majority of high level hands. Many people to get caught up when trying to chase these hands »
Here we are looking at why position is so important in poker. Many parts of the game can be related to the position. Position is when you act on the poker table. Good position is at the end being one of the last to act. The opposite playing early is a negative position. You will »
Here in this video we are looking to be able to determine other people’s hands. These skills will allow you to be very effective at the table. Sean Niven came in and talked about how you need to memorize how people play different hands. This can be some gentle tells. You also can wait till »
Playing the blinds puts you in a unique situation. The problem is that you need to put money in before you even get to see your cards. There are advantages to this though. For one at times you are going to be able to see the flop without having to put in any more money. »
We all know that playing your position is important to how you play. The middle position in the toughest to be in during your game of poker.
The reason for it being tougher is that you have early players that can put you in a tough position but later players then can throw you for a »
In Hold’em position is very important. The best spot to be in is always on the button. You can tell a lot of how people play when they are in position.
You are able to play a lot of different cards when playing in late position. You often times you can get into hand cheaply and »
Early position is the first players after the blinds. You are going to be the first players to play once the cards are dealt. This puts you in a disadvantage for many scenarios.
The reason for this is that you do not get to see what other players are going to do. The main problem is »
