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Post Flop Playing the Player

Posted by Assistanc3 On August - 14 - 2009

Good poker players and Bad poker players can win any given poker tournament they both have entered in, so why is it that players makes excuses for the bad plays winning?  Why does the skilled player make donkey plays and are deemed bad players for winning?

Poker by playing the players is the difference between a consistent cashing player and the player who is breaking even or losing money.  The difference between making poker a skilled game is the players that are winning and those players are not just playing good hands they are playing the players.
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Learn to Bluff With Success

Posted by Assistanc3 On August - 5 - 2009

Bluffing is an art in poker. Although bluffing is not seen as often or used as often as one would think, or even would like to see. A lot of time watching on TV, its cool to watch someone bluff and take a pot, but be for warned, any bluff that gets called cost you some good money. So beware of what bluffing is, know when and who to use it on, before you start to perform your art of bluffing.
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Poker Tournament Success

Posted by Assistanc3 On July - 27 - 2009

http://www.thedonkeyofpoker.com/poker-images/1/1-68.jpgKeep your eye on the prize, being successful in poker tournaments is not easy.  At the low level buyins you should be consistently cashing,   here are some tips and details on how to improve your tournament success.
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PL Omaha Position and Outs

Posted by Assistanc3 On July - 5 - 2009

Starting Hands in Pot Limit Omaha, Understanding Position and Knowing your outs for the winning hand are what is covered in this poker lesson for improving your Omaha game.

Pot Limit Omaha is one of the simplest poker game variants. It only requires to know the rules and some basic math. There is no deep thought and if you are, your over analyzing your hand.
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Quick Chips on the Bubble

Posted by Assistanc3 On June - 24 - 2009

Grabbing some chips to coast or boost into the money or final table.  The bubble is the finishing place just before the money in a poker tournament.  It can also be described as a finishing place where there is a difference in a payouts.  Often times people will say they final table bubbled, they finished 1 off the final table (where the larger payouts are awarded).

How can you put yourself in a position to gather up chips during this time of a tournament?
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