the Donkey of Poker

Changing your game to the styles of play at the poker table is a crucial skill.

Have you seen the commercial with Gus Hansen where he says which Gus will be at the table? Wild Gus, Passive Gus, Tight Gus….It depends on you.  How often have you sat at a table and watched a player play so many hands then score a big pot with his big hand?  Here is how that happens…
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Picking the right table is just as important as playing the right cards.
At the low limit micro tables, picking up some fast cash with smaller risks yields a greater return.  What tables should you be looking at to play?
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Poker is a funny game sometimes.  We laugh we cry and sometimes should leave it be and walk away when things are just not going your way.  Well, that is what I did when I was playing $25 Black Jack for about an hour till I ran into a cold run changing my swing to -$200 (was up almost $500 – ya I know, you have your job I have mine).

So I decided to go play some poker and recoup some of my loses

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Players will often say that Omaha Hi / Lo for online poker is a tough game to play because the amount of split pots will have you losing money in the long run because of rake.  How this is correct is identified by how bad the player really is, either by playing bad cards or not having the courage to play a big pot.
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There was a thread posted on PKRNation about Playing Ace King
it was interesting read when I followed up with a reply on page 2
here is a re-write

If you want to play bingo aggressive poker (which is all to common at the lower levels) then raise big or push with it (AK) but if you know your the best player at the table, and know how to extract chips from inferior players then you need not know how to play AK but know how to fold it.  The best player at the table does not look to go on race.
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