I got mine.
I started the morning in a $3 buyin to the $5k on Players Cardroom, was playing some really good poker till I got donked on the river. I would have to safely say yes to donk, because the other player even say he put me on a pair of 7’s or 10’s. The tens would have gave me trips and he still called with a pair of jacks….I did have Kings, but there was a jack on the river….
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Archive for November, 2008
$6- $10k Satellite Ticket
Deep Stack Poker Strategy
The Deep Stack starting chips strategy can differ from player to player. Some players want to continue with a squeaky tight image and reduce the risks they play till the blinds get a little higher and the weaker more aggressive players have chipped out. Others like to play a more aggressive, or even simply playing many more hands.
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Freeroll Tournament Strategy
Freeroll Tournaments are the ones with no buy in.
You pay nothing to get in, and get very little for cashing out.
Your really better off to work at McDonald’s if you really need the money.
Anyways, I will explain the best way to go about playing a Freeroll Tournament.
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Controlling the Pot
Many forums and blogs have a place where people post Hand Histories where other poker players talk about in the hopes of getting feedback of How to Play XX hand. Most if not all are because the player did not exercise Controlling the Pot.
What is Controlling the Pot
To lose the minimum amount of chips in marginal situations
and gain the maximum in spots where you are the favorite
Playing the Big Stack
Sometimes more psychological, Playing the Big Stack can be more difficult then playing the Short Stack, in a tournament game. This lesson is geared towards the multi table tournaments as apposed to ring tables.
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