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Learning poker from the pros…

Christopher — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 07:43:05 +0000

I have just received my CardPlayer magazine in the post and have been glued to the poker magazine for the last 24 hours solid. Learning poker from the pros is the quickest way to improve your poker skills. What I really like about CardPlayer is that they have so many informative articles on how poker pros have played certain hands. So when you are faced with a decision to make, you can think, how would Daniel Negreanu have played this hand?…

One good thing is that it looks like the old boys in Congress might be getting closer to reversing the legislation. Barney Frank and Jim McDermot Inc…. say that online poker players could expect to see some changes in the near future… sounds like a safe politician’s statement… non-committal and just enough to get everyone’s hopes up… but staying positive lets hope there will be change to the legislation, enforced soon.

I guess what I like the most is the quality of the articles in CardPlayer. From the poker strategy through to all the listings of poker tournaments and how the players performed – its got it all. Most magazines I just flip thru, read a few lines here and there, look at the pictures… but not CardPlayer… just cant put it down.

Some More High Stakes Poker

Christopher — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 11:31:02 +0000

Ok so you wanted something more current from the world of poker entertainment. This is the latest poker play I could get off the net…

Some more High Stakes Poker for you… its split into four clips, have you seen this poker game?

Its the best way to learn poker or improve your poker game. Watching the poker pros and what they do in the various situations teaches you poker strategy.

Daniel Negreanu doesn’t have a lot of luck trying to get his flush. When he does flop the nuts, no-one wants to play… Barry Greenstein challenges Elezra but he wont take the bait… and Tom Dwan continues to get some cards even though Sahamies doesn’t believe him…

Click here to view the embedded video.

Playing for real money

Christopher — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 12:43:10 +0000

My good friend Ted contacted me a few months ago and wanted to learn how to play poker. No problem, I said. I gave him a few starting points then pointed him in the right direction and told him to come back if he had any questions.

Sure enough I got a few phone calls along the way, mostly about how to play online poker, but Ted figured it out and got the hang of things pretty quickly. He was playing Freeroll, because I tell all new poker players to get as much experience as possible, before playing for real money.

Then last week he phones me and says, “I’m ready to win real money, I’ve had enough of pretend money and Freeroll, I now want to play for real money!”. Ok I say, if you think you are ready, go for it then.

And today I get a call… he has lost over $500 in a week… so I say well thats not too bad… which didn’t go down too well.

The thing is that the transition to playing for real money is a huge psychological step that you have to be ready for. You have to think very carefully before you bet, “What am I doing here? What are my chances?”. Its easy when its not real money and just numbers you are bold with your decisions.

It takes time and sure you are going to lose a bit when you are still learning poker, but give it a chance, give it some time and you will get the hang of it and start winning some money back.

Play at the low tables first to minimise your losses and work your way up. We all got to learn poker somehow!