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Player to Dealer and Management Ethics in Poker Tournaments

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Player to Dealer and Management Ethics in rakeback Poker Tournaments
Player to Dealer and Management Ethics in Poker Tournaments If you are required to respect the other poker players in the poker tournaments, be it a minor or major UK poker tournament, you are also required to respect the dealer and the management. The online poker Players and the Dealers Because the dealers treat the poker players who joined in

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Once in your wink playing life, youll come across one or more online backgammon players that simply cant step to the beat of losing and winning. These people are those who probably think they should win simply because their opponents seemed to be winning the entire day, which is not a good excuse for losing badly in

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Interview with Vanessa Rousso

admin — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 06:36:05 +0000

Interview with Vanessa Rousso
by Steve Marzolf As a lawyer, poker pro and self-described “huge dork,” Vanessa Rousso has made a name for herself in tournament poker, earning more than $3.7 million since 2006. Lately, she’s been repping for PokerStars and running poker “boot camps” to raise up the next crop of winning players. We called Vanessa up to talk about her tactics for surviving – and thriving – in the high-pressure world of large-buy-in tournaments. So you’re primarily a tournament player? I would say I’m only a tournament player. I can play a cash game or two. But to be honest with you, I play so many tournaments as it is, that if I play cash games too, it’s just too much poker. I like to have balance in my life, and there just aren’t enough hours in the day to play tournaments, cash games and do all the other things I like to do. Mike Matusow was complaining to us that high-buy-in tourneys have gotten too risky to profit on – what do you think of that statement? My results are skewed toward high buy-ins. I find that in the smaller buy-ins, I don’t do as well. The higher the buy-in, the more pressure and the better I play. I guess my own particular strategies are more suited to high-buy-in events against better players. So, for me, I’d rather play fewer events that are higher buy-in. What do you think it is about your style that matches up so well with those events? I think it’s probably rooted in logical ability. Basically, the higher the buy-in, the deeper the chip stacks, right? So, there’s more opportunity for telling stories with your bets and raises, and there’s more opportunity for tricking and trapping your opponents. In smaller buy-ins, you have to play more ABC optimally and just exploit the mistakes your opponents are making. At the higher levels, you’re not really waiting for your opponents to make errors – you’re more trying to trick and trap them. So it’s a little bit more of a mind game. I guess I don’t have the patience to play the ABC right way that I should in the smaller buy-ins, and then in the bigger buy-ins, tricking other thinking opponents is enough of a challenge that I give it my A-plus effort every time. But you cut your teeth playing sit-n-go’s, right? Well, I started off playing on the internet for free when I was in college, and then when I turned 21, I started playing live – that was when I was in law school in Miami. The first casino I played at was the Seminole Hard Rock down there, which had sit-n-go’s. I’d play on the weekends, and that’s how I built up my first bankroll. Why did sit-n-go’s work for you? They really had a definable, optimal strategy. Once you figure them out, there are only so many dynamics that can come up in one 10-person, set-blind-structure, $150-buy-in game. There’s just not that many ways it can go down. It took me a couple weeks to figure it out, but once I did, it was a formula that I could apply to that situation. And it was pretty consistent at making money. For beginners who want to follow in your footsteps, what sit-n-go advice do you have for them? I’m really big into reading the books and preparing for poker the same way you would for any money-making opportunity. People don’t just jump into investment banking without any schooling about it. I read like 30 books in a couple months before I started. Also, you need to be a lot more patient than people think you need to be. People come in to play, and they try to take advantage of the low blind levels to play hands that are a little more speculative. But really, the chips are worth next to nothing when the table is still 9- or 10-handed. For instance, many people may find that they double up or even triple up early on in a match, but then don’t even make the top three. Because that early on, those chips just aren’t worth anything. Therefore risking chips to accumulate those early chips isn’t worth it. It’s profitable to play much, much tighter than you think in the early stages. Once your career got moving, was there a moment when things really came together for you? I think it was when I came in 7th in the $25,000 buy-in WPT main event back in 2006. It was the first time I’d taken a shot on the pro circuit, and it worked out. I won a quarter-million dollars, and that pretty much launched my career. It gave me the confidence to continue playing the circuit. Then later that year I won another 400-some thousand in various events. So 2006 was really the big year for me. Can you describe the processes running in your mind when you’re at a game like that and trying to get a read on your opponents? Getting a read all boils down to two categories – are they comfortable or uncomfortable? Because, if they have a good hand and they’re an experienced player, that’s a situation where they’re going to be super-comfortable. Good players have had aces a million times, so their hands aren’t trembling at aces anymore – it’s just something that makes them feel confident. Whereas even a good player can get nervous when they’re in on a big bluff, because that’s a situation that’s less in their control. On the flip side, inexperienced players will be a lot more uncomfortable with good hands because they’re not used to getting aces, kings, queens. The adrenaline’s been released. And since beginners tend to think poker is a lot more about bluffing, they can actually look pretty comfortable holding nothing. Good players, though, know how easy it is to get caught bluffing. So, if you can put your opponent into the comfortable/uncomfortable category, and then determine whether or not they’re an experienced player, it can really help you decide whether they have a hand. Is this the kind of stuff you get into during your poker boot camps? Yeah. I break down tournament strategy into a logical formula and give people guidelines to follow. Rather than vague principles, I give them specific strategies to follow. Mostly, I try to simplify the extremely complex game of tournament poker. Some of the things they can expect to learn are how to use “M” in hand selection; I cover some advanced reading techniques; I cover some game theory and poker stuff, as well. If anyone’s interested, they can get more info at www.bigslickbootcamp.com.

Free Money at Betfair Poker

admin — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 19:54:12 +0000

Free Money at Betfair Poker
The latest free poker money bonus to be released in 2010 is a $10 free bonus offer at Betfair Poker. This offer is ONLY available to all new players from the U.K. You can not already have an existing account. If you do you will not be eligible for this bonus. The free money is available directly from Betfair Poker themselves. You can click here to claim this free money now. Betfair does not accept American Players in their poker room. Related posts: Poker Time Free $10 bonus Winner Poker Free Money $75 Free Poker Money at Poker 770 now $50 free VC Poker bonus no longer available CelebPoker $9 Free Poker Money Written by admin Filed Under $10 Free, Betfair Poker Tagged as , $10 free bonus offer, Betfair Poker, free $10, free poker money, no deposit bonus, not for existing accounts, players from the U.K.

A Cure for Pokeritis

admin — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 23:18:10 +0000

A Cure for Pokeritis
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WSOP Has a $1 Million Buy-In Tournament

admin — Sun, 01 Jan 2012 07:54:31 +0000

WSOP Has a $1 Million Buy-In Tournament
The World Series of Poker may not have its schedule announced yet, but one huge new tournament has been announced, and will be taking place as part of the WSOP 2012 tournament. The new tournament will be known as the Big One for One Drop, and the buy-in is a whopping $1 million per player. In order to make any new WSOP tournament an official bracelet event, there needs to be a minimum number of players that sign up for the tournament. The Big One for One Drop $1 million buy-in poker tournament has already received the necessary 22 player minimum in order to be considered an official WSOP tournament. While this poker tournament is likely to have the biggest first prize ever found in a poker tournament, the tournament is not only about winning, it is about giving charity too. Not only is $111,111 of each entry fee to be donated to ONE DROP, a charitable organization that focuses on bringing fresh water to all, it will also raise awareness of this important cause. Players, such as Jonathan Duhamel, are very pleased to be able to take part in this important poker tournament. He said: I am absolutely thrilled to participate in the biggest poker event ever organized. One million dollars is a lot of money but my participation comes naturally, being a spokesperson for ONE DROP and because of my attachment to such a great cause. Life starts with water and because of its uneven distribution, a person dies every 20 seconds. The Big One for One Drop will raise $111,111 per participant, which will definitely prove the poker community attachment to ONE DROP. The 2010 Main Event champion, Duhamel, has also pledged a percentage of any winnings he may accumulate: As for me, I personally commit to give 5% of my winnings from this tournament to ONE DROP. Related Posts Win Place to Irish Open with William Hill Poker Winter Edition Promo from Titan Poker Mobile Poker from PokerStars Available in Italy Marrakech is Next Stop of WPT PKR Adds Jake Cody to Their Team Share on Facebook, Twitter, MySpace…

Strategy with Kristy Podcast: Kane “Nascar_1949″ Kalas

admin — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 09:18:06 +0000

Strategy with Kristy Podcast: Kane “Nascar_1949″ Kalas
December 01 2011, Kristy Arnett Related Articles Strategy with Kristy: Andrew Robl Discusses Televised Cash Game Hands Strategy with Kristy: Andrew Seidman Discusses His Book, Easy Game Strategy with Kristy Podcast: Olivier Busquet Discusses Tough Spots Share It Tags PokerNews Podcast, PokerNews Strategy, Cash Poker, Texas Holdem Print Kane “Nascar_1949″ Kalas, 22, is a video instructor on the Poker Phenom training website. In the first two months of playing poker professionally, Kalas went from playing $0.50/$1 to $25/$50 no-limit hold’em. He continues to play high-stakes cash games online and recently moved from Miami, Florida, to Costa Rica. For this edition of Strategy with Kristy, brought to you by South Point, Kalas talks in depth about playing small pocket pairs in six-max no-limit hold’em cash games, demonstrated by hand histories in a $25/$50 game. Here is a snippet from the interview: Let’s talk about the first hand. You open to $128 from under the gun with pocket sixes. An opponent named, “Flufferd” reraises to $400 from the big blind. What are your thoughts on when you can flat a hand like this in position? First of all, “Flufferd’s” raise size was pretty small. He made it $400, and I’d expect most people to make it $450 or in the high $400s. That definitely gave me a little incentive to call. Also, the fact that he three-bet out of the blinds is pertinent in this situation. I probably would very rarely be calling with pocket pairs 100 big blinds deep out of position versus a regular player. I haven’t played too much with “Flufferd,” but I think based on his play, he was competent. When you get 200 or 300 big blinds deep, it becomes much more lucrative when you’re out of position. In this case, though, I was in position and getting a good price to call. I do think that “Flufferd” has a tight range since I opened under the gun, however, if he’s running a HUD [heads-up display], he probably knows I open more than most players under the gun. That could make his three-bet a little bit lighter, but nonetheless, I expect him to have a pretty tight range here. I’m looking to flop a set or a board where I can continue. Of course, there are a lot of boards I’m giving up on, but I’m just getting such a good price in position, especially to play for stacks on a good flop against a relatively tight range. And the flop is . He checks to you. Tell me about why you decided betting is better than slow-playing. I really like a bet here as part of my entire range. I think that checking back a set here may be lucrative in a vacuum, but for my range, I actually want to be betting here quite a lot. This is a board where my opponent is likely to be check-folding a decent amount of hands. It’s very unlikely he’s three-betting pocket sixes, sevens, nines or eight-ten out of the blinds. It’s much more likely that I have those hands defending the three-bet. My range hits this board a whole lot harder than his, so when he checks here, I want to be betting with my pocket sixes or with whatever hands I could have here on a bluff. In this spot, he ended up check-folding. I imagine he had something like ace-king or ace-queen that he was just taking a check-folding line with. I would expect him to check-call with an overpair sometimes. Although, I would expect him to bet that on the flop. Just in terms overall, I think I should be betting this board with my sets and all my air. Podcast Powered By Podbean Tune in every Thursday for new episodes of Strategy with Kristy, brought to you by South Point. Feel free to send in questions, ideas or suggestions for the podcast to kristy@pokernews.com. Also remember to follow PokerNews on Twitter for up-to-the-minute news. *Photo courtesy of Zimbio.com Follow Kristy Arnett on Twitter @KristyArnett Comments I’m sorry that I’m so late to posting the comments.I really disliked your guest’s defending his ideas by stating that “game theory says…”, “the math says…”, without ever explaining what he was doing and then contradicting himself quite a lot. For example, in the hand where he arrives on a river with a full house and he decides to overbet it because of opponent’s capped range, I would really love to see an indifference equation that requires overbetting. You say game theory dictates it, so either work it out or point me a link where you read it (watched it in a video). In fact, I counter with Mathematics of Poker Chapter 15 – Appendix, the NL AKQ game. Which is exactly the situation we are facing. We have the Ace (nuttish type hand), the opponent’s range is capped (he has either the K – bluffcatcher or the Q – nut lows). When having a perceived polarized range by opponent the strategy is mixed – you check sometimes to let opponent bluff off and when you bet, you bet about 30% of the pot, never overbet. If he wants to show me some equations that prove me different without invoking exploitative play, I would be most welcome, but at a certain point the overbet IS NOT dictated by game theory, but by opponent exploitation (meta). Then he started contradicting himself, first saying we have a polarized range (value bets and bluffes) and a few minutes later he says we should bet 100% of our range. Well, which one is it? Like would you overbet a pocket pair here that doesn’t set you, i.e. would you overbet a bluffcatcher to merge your range? Again, I mostly agreed with his lines (not all) and I’m sure he beats up high stakes all good, but his reasoning seemed really poor and cloaked with difficult words.

Pius Heinz wins 2011 World Series of Poker

admin — Sun, 25 Dec 2011 04:54:07 +0000

Pius Heinz wins 2011 World Series of Poker
2011 WSOP, Poker, WSOP November 9th, 2011 Pius Heinz wins 2011 World Series of Poker The 2011 WSOP final 9 resumed play on monday and played down to three. Ben Lamb would flop quad kings to eliminate a crippled Matt Giannetti in 4th place. Play would resume Tuesday night and Ben Lamb would table a King Jack VS Martin Staszkos 77. Martin Staszko would fade the board and take on Pokerstars pro Pius Heinz. Pius Heinz would inch up and eventually overtake Staszko for the chip lead. Staszko would then deal a big blow to Pius but Heinz would regain the lead.Staszko would then take a monster chip lead and have Heinz down to less than 45 million chips. Heinz would once again double up and have Staszko down to 45 million chips after having him dominated AQ vs Q9. Play Online Poker Poker Blog Copyright 2008 Just add chips LLCSubscribe to PokerBloggs.com

Interview with Mike Matusow

admin — Sun, 27 Nov 2011 06:54:21 +0000

Interview with Mike Matusow
by Steve Marzolf Mike Matusow, a card-carrying member of team Full Tilt, has been around the pro poker circuit long enough to earn his nickname as “The Mouth” a few times over. Most recently, he took third in the WPT Bay 101 Shooting Star Main Event, pulling in just under $370k…and talking some serious smack in the process. But when we caught up with him, he had an ironic message for players out there: “Calm down.” You almost took it all at Bay 101 – what was that like? I’ve only played three WPTs in two years – one last year and two this year. I went down there and played really hard. I went down there hungry and wanting to win, and I played really well. But I wish I would have caught some cards against the lunatics, the ones who were raising and re-raising every hand. Tell us about that three-bet that took you out. I mean, he was just raising at every button, and I thought I had a pretty good read on him. I’d been re-raising and shoving on him left and right. I shoved on him with 2-9. He didn’t have to call me with K-Q. It was still 25 percent of his stack, even if he’s ahead. Most of the time, I’m going to have a pair or an ace there. I didn’t really mind the call, cause once it got down to three-handed, they were playing really carefully against me. They knew that if they opened too much, I’d just keep shipping on them. So they started folding a little bit and limping, and it looked like there was going to be no way I could get chips – especially as card-dead as I was. So I didn’t mind just shipping on him every time he opened the button. I was looking at his face and how he reacted to his cards. I shipped on him six times before, and he insta-folded all six. So I thought I had a tell on him. Maybe that time I just rushed it. You’ve consistently had good showings at WPT games. Yeah. I don’t play many. I don’t chase the tournament circuit anymore. As far as I’m concerned, it’s a losing proposition. It’s $750,000 a year to play on the tournament circuit, and you’ve gotta finish at least second in one tournament to make any money. You’ve been in the game a long time – what are the biggest changes you’ve seen? I mean, these kids play pretty good, but when it’s a deep-stack tournament, they’ve gotta know when to slow down. We were playing 100 big blinds deep, and they’re going raise, re-raise, re-raise, trying to outplay each other, playing four-handed. I was just hoping to pick up 8-8 or anything, but I didn’t even see a playable hand. I think the best hand I saw was K-10 offsuit. If I’d picked up any hand behind them, I’d have gotten all the chips. It was the greatest spot in the world – I was like in heaven – but then I was looking at 2-7 offsuit for like eight hours. What spurs that aggressive play? They’re all used to playing online where you have to 3-bet and 4-bet all the time to stay alive when the blinds get up there. When you’re playing deep-stacked, you’re supposed to just play solid and pick your spots. But these guys were ridiculous. They were so hyper-aggressive it was a joke. It fit perfect into my style. I had two playable hands in 154 hands, and I finished 3rd. If I’d won the hand I went out on, then I’d have 30 percent of the chips and who knows what happens? Where do you think the game is going long-term? I don’t know – there’s just so many good players. I think if they just want to keep running $100,000 buy-in tournaments, they’ll have everybody broke within a year. I’m not a big fan of those tournaments. Then, I was saying the same thing four years ago about the $10,000 buy-in tournaments. Everybody would have gone broke on those too, if they hadn’t been satelliting so many people in. You’ve been at this a long time – what are the biggest lessons you’ve learned? Everybody glorifies these people who play heads-up and win millions of dollars, but they’re going to lose it, too. Ain’t nobody who’s better than anybody else playing heads-up poker. Poker’s about playing and beating bad players. There’s definitely less bad players now – and there’s a lot of good players. It’s tough to win now; it’s a lot harder to make a living. Lucky for me, I don’t have to depend on it anymore. I wouldn’t be happy if I had to grind and make a living online or even live nowadays. It sure wouldn’t be easy. Have cash games in Vegas gotten tougher, too? The mixed games are still good, but the no-limit games are all dried up, unless you get invited to a house game. Poker has become a showdown contest. That’s all it is. It’s just because everybody tries to outplay each other. When I came up, it wasn’t like that. It was about making correct decisions, playing solid, attacking blinds and weakness…just playing good and solid. Now it’s all about three-betting, four-betting, five…Come on man. Tell me about your nickname – how often do you hit your opponents with the trash talk? Not much anymore. Though I did it down in Bay 101. Because I just got hot and started making hands. When people play bad against me, I talk a lot of shit. I catch some cards, I’ll rub it in their face. At the WPT, I had a hand where the guy raises under the gun, and three people call so I call in the big blind with Qd-4d. Flop comes 2-4-Q. I lead out the pot, and the guy who raised under the gun calls. The two who came in behind fold. The turn card is 7d, and I have queens and fours on the flush draw. I bet $4800, he makes it $11,000 so I move all in. He calls and shows me three sevens. And I said, “You gotta be kidding me.” Then it’s a 3d on the river, and I start screaming: “That’ll teach you to play bad against me, motherfucker. You get what you deserve. You’re an idiot.” Then I start berating him something fierce. I lead out into four people with a Q-4-2 rainbow. What do you think I’m leading out with, complete air? Like two sevens are any good there. What have you been playing lately? I don’t play. I went to Australia and won about a quarter million. Then I went to L.A. and played the cash games there for a couple weeks and won another $250,000 there. Then I went down to Bay 101 and cashed $370k there. So it’s been a good year.

Grand Theft Auto V

admin — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 08:36:19 +0000

Grand Theft Auto V
Gossip October 25th, 2011 In USA and bored of waiting for poker? Well RockStar Games has announced the release of Grand Theft Auto V on their website! People on Twitter are wishing for features from San Andreas. Some are speculating that it may take place in Las Vegas because of the foreshadowing using the V money symbol: Play Online Poker Poker Blog Copyright 2008 Just add chips LLCSubscribe to PokerBloggs.com

Reflections on the Full Tilt Poker Smear Campaign

admin — Sun, 13 Nov 2011 19:18:07 +0000

Reflections on the Full Tilt Poker Smear Campaign
published on 09/21/11 at 4:18 pm With all the news coming out about Full Tilt Poker and a so-called Ponzi scheme, I felt the need to say something. First, let me start by saying that Full Tilt Poker is a class organization that has treated this organization and overseas bank accounts fairly throughout the years. Howard Lederer and Jesus Ferguson are honest, trust worthy individuals. Not to mention, Rafe Furst, although he did move to Mexico, I can only say his work with charities and the Bad Beat on Cancer have garnered the utmost respect from me. Second, it is a shame to see the U.S. government stick their noses into something that was good for the poker industry, the nations economy, and an individuals self esteem. The majority of players online are terrible and just give money to the lucky few. But these players kept depositing funds into their accounts, helping my lifestyle with a variety of extravagant needs. So what a player did not know about the inner processes of Full Tilt, did not hurt them. They would never have withdrawn funds in the first place. Third, all these dopes posting about a 400 million dollar hole in Full Tilt Pokers finances, do not know one thing about international finance. 99% of their money is in overseas accounts. To get their money into U.S. accredited bank accounts takes several months, due to the Patriot Act. I believe Mr. Lederer and Mr. Ferguson are just waiting for the funds to go through the proper channels and everyone will be promptly paid. So let us stop slinging the proverbial mud at Full Tilt Poker. We need to let this show trial run its course and in the end, you shall all see that they are innocent of all charges. About PokerPlasm, Inc.PokerPlasm, Inc., is privately held so no financial statements are made public. Forward-looking statements in no way relate to, among other things, expectations of the business environment in which the Company operates, projections of future performance, potential future performance, perceived opportunities in the market, and statements regarding the Companys mission and vision. The Companys actual results, performance, and achievements differ materially from the results, performance, and achievements expressed or implied in such forward-looking statements due to a wide range of factors. Mr. Sonny Partrude is Acting CEO until the board elects one to a full-term. Related posts: PokerPlasm Executives Discuss Options for Increasing Profits Cracking the Full Tilt Poker Code Full Tilt Magazine Press Release Are Online Players Cheating at Full Tilt Poker? Full Tilt Poker Pro, Cuzzinlaw, Spends Quality Time With Street3