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Strategy with Kristy: Reid Young Discusses Showdown Value

admin — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 05:18:06 +0000

Strategy with Kristy: Reid Young Discusses Showdown Value
March 22 2012, Kristy Arnett Related Articles Strategy with Kristy: Tax Time Strategy with Kristy: Quinn Sivage Discusses Min-Raising Button Strategy with Kristy: John Kim Part Two Share It Tags Cash Poker, Online Poker, Poker Players, Poker Strategy, PokerNews Podcast, PokerNews Strategy Print Reid Young is professional poker poker player who, prior to Black Friday, made his living playing online cash-games. In late 2010, he authored, The Blue Book: An Advanced Strategy Guide for No-Limit Hold’em Cash Games, which first sold for $2,500. Young is also a very sought out poker coach and has plans to launch an innovative coaching website. For this edition of the Strategy with Kristy Podcast, he discusses various topics, but really delves into advanced strategy concerning showdown value by illustrating it with a couple of hand histories. Here is a snippet from the interview: This straightforward guy raises in the cutoff. We are 100 big binds, effective, so we both have $200 at $1/$2. I reraise from the big blind with ace-nine suited just because its slightly below my calling requirements. Im not really comfortable calling. I think I can take it down preflop often, combined with continuation betting a decent amount and outplay him postflop, plus the equity of my actual hand versus his calling range gives me several ways I can win money here. I think they all add up to make me a small profit on the play. He called, and wed gone back and forth a little bit before this. I was kind of surprised to see him call. I more expected him to four-bet or fold, which is also why I decided to three-bet a hand like ace-nine. Im not as dominated by his calling range, and if he four-bets, I can just get away. It makes it easier to play and less likely that hes going to have an ace-X hand that he can combat my light three-bet with. The flop comes three-four-five, all different suits. This is a pretty good flop for me and one that puts him in an awkward position with a lot of hands like middle pairs. Also, hed call a bet on the flop with a lot of better ace-highs that I think I can get him to fold by the river. Its a good board for me being the aggressor and not one that he wants to get in a lot hands with. Even if he has a hand like pocket nines, in his best-case scenario, I have ace-king, and hes only a little better than a two-to-one favorite. Its not that amazing for him to raise pocket nines, so I have the green light to continuation bet here, looking to fold out queen-jack suited and hands like that. So, I do c-bet, and he ends up calling. When he calls, combined with the fact that I said that we have a fairly pre-established dynamic preflop, its extremely evident to me that he either has a similar hand to mine like ace-jack or ace-queen, or he has one of those medium pairs like nines, eights, or sevens. I think sixes might be a little too light to peel on this flop, but who knows, he could have those for sure. The turn is a two, which gives me the wheel. Its one of those spots where I have so many ace-highs in my range. Sure, I could have continuation bet the flop with king-queen or complete air like seven-eight, and then continued betting on the turn to try and represent an ace, but Ive found that more straightforward players that play their hands based on equity, just arent going to be calling down with pocket nines here. They are just worried about so much of my range, and they will worry about me betting the river. Its not like they just have to call the turn and the hand is over. I can still over-bet shove the river. I can have sixes in my range as well so its not that amazing of a situation for him if he has an ace, let alone a hand like pocket nines. It would be a really tough call down for him. Thats why I decided to check. Listen to the podcast to hear more of Young’s analysis on this hand. Podcast Powered By Podbean Tune in every week for new episodes of Strategy with Kristy. 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. Follow Kristy Arnett on Comments

Bodog Poker to Move into Asian Market

admin — Mon, 26 Mar 2012 08:36:20 +0000

Bodog Poker to Move into Asian Market
Bodog Poker has recently announced via a press release that the company has plans to forge ahead and move into the Asian markets. Online poker and other online casino games have recently become more and more popular in the Asian market. Last year, the Bodog Network was launched. Since the launch of the Bodog Network, the company has been operating using a new style and it is believed that this could change the way that the poker market operates. The change has come in the form of the Recreational Poker Model, which attracts different players to the poker tables. This move has affected the wider online poker community, with many online poker sites changing how they structure the rakeback. Microgaming has made some changes, offering its players more chances to play anonymously, and has added more anonymous Heads Up poker tables. Poker Stars has recently introduced Zoom Poker, which is a poker game that is more friendly to the casual online poker player. The more casual player-friendly model that has been adopted by the Bodog Poker Network will be used as the company eases its way into the Asian market, with the company entering the market as Bodog88. Adding Bodog88 to the Network will not only give us increased liquidity but also a chance to market our product to a new audience who havent been clouded by those looking to protect the existing status quo of the few taking from the many, said the Vice President of the Bodog Poker Network, Jonas Odman. Bodog88s Managing Director, Robert Gustafsson, had the following to say: Poker is still in its infancy in Asia but the Bodog product is totally in line with how Asian players think: Trust is vital. This is why they only use Live Dealer casinos over the more common RNG casino in Europe. I can see anonymous tables making a similar impact over here. Related Posts PokerStars Sunday Million 6th Anniversary Colt Poker and GGE $10K Giveaway Play the Nation at Sky Poker PokerStars is Now Licensed in Malta Sky Poker 5th Birthday Bonuses Share on Facebook, Twitter, MySpace…

Play the Nation at Sky Poker

admin — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 22:54:26 +0000

Play the Nation at Sky Poker
Sky Poker is hosting an exciting online poker promotion this month. The Play the Nation online poker tournament has got players in the UK vying for the top spot for their region. This competition began at the beginning of the month, and ends on 29th February 2012. This online poker competition has no entry fee, and players can also receive a 5 Play the Nation special online poker bonus if they manage to accumulate more than 500 Sky Poker points during the month of this online poker promotion. The Cash for Points scheme is used to keep track of this, and all those who sign up for the online poker promotion are automatically opted into this scheme when they type in the promotional code to join the Play the Nation promotion. The promotional code that is used to enter the competition is PLAY. Players can even chat with their online poker buddies about the best strategy to use without other regions seeing what they have to say. This is because Sky Poker made sure to offer discussion threads that are separated by the regions that the players are from. As an extra bonus, players who take part in this online poker promotion, and manage to finish in the top three regions, are given the chance to double any bonuses that they have earned. Players who are in the region that takes first place can have a 100% Cash for Points boost. Players who are in the region that takes second place can have a 50% Cash for Points boost. Players who are in the region that takes third place can have a 25% Cash for Points boost. Sky Poker is the online poker site connected to Sky Broadcasting that runs Sky Poker TV. Players on the site have the chance to earn a spot to become one of the poker stars of the television channel. Sky Poker is regulated and has a license from the Alderney Gambling Control Commission. Related Posts PokerStars Sunday Million 6th Anniversary Colt Poker and GGE $10K Giveaway PokerStars is Now Licensed in Malta Sky Poker 5th Birthday Bonuses Poker Player Wins $175k Bad Beat Jackpot Share on Facebook, Twitter, MySpace…

Ole Kristian Nergard bio

admin — Tue, 06 Mar 2012 09:36:25 +0000

Ole Kristian Nergard bio
Online Poker, Poker February 25th, 2012 Ole Kristian Nergard Image Ole Kristian Nergard Bio Little is known of this young gun poker pro Ole Kristian Nergard. What is known is that hes 19 years old at the moment, Norwegian, and err to a vast 160 million dollar fishing fleet and factories. Others say he inherited 30 million and websites show that the fishing company has made over 120 million Euros / year. Read More About Ole Nergard here:Ole Kristian Nergard Bio Play Online Poker Poker Blog Copyright 2008 Just add chips LLCSubscribe to PokerBloggs.com

PokerStars is Now Licensed in Malta

admin — Sun, 26 Feb 2012 03:18:08 +0000

PokerStars is Now Licensed in Malta
PokerStars has been granted an online gaming license in the Malta online gambling jurisdiction. The online poker site has now been licensed in seven online gambling jurisdictions, including Malta, the Isle of Man, Italy, Belgium, France, Estonia, and Denmark. PokerStars hopes to be granted an online gambling license in Spain too. Obtaining an online gaming license is an arduous task. It requires significant resources and a willingness to allow detailed scrutiny of company practices and procedures that examine an applicants credentials in important areas like integrity, security and attitudes to responsible gaming, said Eric Hollreiser, the Head of Corporate Communications at PokerStars. He further commented that the online poker company is happy to be put through this scrutiny in order to be granted online poker licenses in the various online gambling jurisdictions in which they wish to offer their well established and popular online poker site. Hollreiser spoke about the benefits to players and the uniqueness of being licensed in so many online gambling jurisdictions, saying: Were happy to submit to this, though, when theres a clear benefit to players, the industry or our company. In particular, as far as our players are concerned, we believe that each new license we obtain underscores the reasons why they should feel comfortable playing with us. We dont know of any company in our industry that has been licensed by as many jurisdictions as PokerStars. The most recent of these online gaming licenses was granted to PokerStars by the Belgian Gaming Commission. The announcement followed soon after the Belgian government declared that they had plans to block any unlicensed online gambling operators in their country. We are delighted that with the great efforts and cooperation of the Gaming Board we have been able to become fully regulated in the Belgium market, said Jean Christophe Choffray. Choffray is the Head of Online Gaming at the parent company of PokerStars, Circus Groupe. Related Posts Play the Nation at Sky Poker Sky Poker 5th Birthday Bonuses Poker Player Wins $175k Bad Beat Jackpot Relatively Unknown Player Wins WSOP Circuit in Oklahoma PokerStars and John Duthie Part Ways Share on Facebook, Twitter, MySpace…

A Cure for Pokeritis

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

A Cure for Pokeritis
A Cure for Pokeritis has been selected by the National Film Registry for preservation: Play Online Poker Poker Blog Copyright 2008 Just add chips LLCSubscribe to PokerBloggs.com Comments are closed.

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

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

Team Titan and Sorel Mizzi on a Roll

admin — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 23:00:10 +0000

Team Titan and Sorel Mizzi on a Roll
Submitted on Fri, 2010-05-21 05:25 Sorel Mizzi, who made his name as a monster online poker player and signed with Team Titan at Titan Poker one month ago, has been burning up the poker tables in Europe. Mizzi finished in the money twice recently. European Poker Tour On the European Poker Tour (EPT), Mizzi captured sixth ($190,000) at the Grand Final High Roller event. As we noted in a recent article, the European Poker Tour is considered to be the richest poker tour around, with over a dozen events across the continent and one tourney in the Bahamas. Back in April, Mizzi was signed as the guru of Team Titan. Titan Poker has made it a priority to find new players online and mentor them into champs. When they signed Mizzi last month, he was already considered to be a top player and became the designated captain of the team. World Poker Tour His latest finish in the money was last week at the World Poker Tour Rendez-Vous a Paris. He finished second winning $159,000 in a 25-player, $20,000 buy in. Freddy Deeb took the main prize in the event. Thus far this year Mizzi has won $1,266,960. Watch out if you’re sitting across the green felt from him. Team Titan at Titan Poker has found a winner.

Feds Indict Online Poker

admin — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 13:36:12 +0000

Feds Indict Online Poker
by Carson Cashman | April 15, 2011 Federal authorities unsealed an indictment against eleven people today, including the founders of Pokerstars, Full Tilt Poker and Absolute Poker. The charges range from bank laundering to wire fraud to violations of the UIGEA. US Attorney Preet Bharara said in a statement that the defendants “concocted an elaborate criminal fraud scheme, alternately tricking some U.S. banks and effectively bribing others to assure the continued flow of billions in illegal gambling profits.” Federal prosecutors are also seeking $3 billion (with a b) in civil money laundering penalties. Prosecutors claim that online poker rooms were deliberately miscoding prohibited online poker transactions as other legal types of transactions, such as jewelry and flower purchases. In addition to the indictments, several domain names were seized as well as an estimated 75 bank accounts associated with the tainted transactions. Prosecutors also allege the defendants established bank accounts under false pretenses with the intention of processing online poker transactions. News of the indictments is spreading fast. Wynn Resorts, who had recently announced a partnership with PokerStars just last month, immediately canceled said arrangement. Poker players are asking questions about their deposits and no one seems to know what’s happening. We’ve reached a new stage in the history of online poker. It’s uncertain how far-reaching this crackdown will be. Also unclear are the ramifications for future regulation of the industry. Is this the dawn of the terminal decline of online poker? History would say no. Prohibition of ubiquitous activities tends to fail (alcohol prohibition, anyone?). Perhaps this latest action by the government is the first step to a legitimate federal regulation of online Texas Hold’em poker. These prosecutions will certainly galvanize the millions of people in the U.S. who are affected by poker prohibition. Perhaps more important is the political environment as we approach the 2012 presidential election. Politicians on the right will have a hard time convincing their libertarian base that the government needs to monitor their banking transactions just as politicians on the left cannot reject the billions in additional revenue online poker regulation could bring. We will continue to follow this story closely as news develops. Copyright 2011 Ace Nine, LLC Legal | Contact Us | Site Map