http://www.pokerlabrat.com/poker_tournaments_blog Taking Online Poker One Flop At A Time Fri, 03 Jul 2009 03:08:26 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en No limit Texas hold'em betting is about getting value on the hand that you have. If you have a big hand, you want to get big value on it. But it's no secret that a value bet is a sign that you have a good hand, and you're betting the most ... http://www.pokerlabrat.com/poker_tournaments_blog/2009/07/03/no-limit-poker-over-betting-strategy-to-catch-the-heroes/ Phil Ivey does it again in Event #25 of the 2009 WSOP winning his 7th WSOP gold bracelet - and his second in ten days. Ivey, was the eventual winner of Event 25 - $2,500 Omaha/Seven Card Stud Hi/Lo 8-or-better and is now tied for sixth on the all-time wins list. http://www.pokerlabrat.com/poker_tournaments_blog/2009/06/16/2009-wsop-phil-ivey-wins-2nd-bracelet-of-series-7th-overall/ We can report that the PDC Poker Bad Beat Jackpot has paid out again at Carbon Poker – this time at over $734,000. Nine players were present at the table to witness Quad Queens beat Quad 7’s – and all the players received massive payouts. Congrats to the lucky players who were present ... http://www.pokerlabrat.com/poker_tournaments_blog/2009/06/16/carbon-poker-bad-beat-jackpot-struck-734000-paid-out/ In the second week of the 2004 Series, I just missed a final table, finishing eleventh in a $2,000 Limit Hold’em event. Daniel (Negreanu) went on to win that tournament for his third bracelet. What I remember most about that tournament was a hand that came up about eight hours ... http://www.pokerlabrat.com/poker_tournaments_blog/2009/06/12/mike-matusow-on-poker-check-raising-the-devil/ Daniel Negreanu says it hard to play pocket jacks. The creator of this video completely disagrees with him - and made this video to prove him wrong. Or here is a direct link if your browser is not showing it correctly It's easy to play Pocket Jacks - Video Tutorial Be warned that ... http://www.pokerlabrat.com/poker_tournaments_blog/2009/05/18/playing-pocket-jacks-a-video-warning/ Phil Hellmuth has probably offered the best advice that a novice player can learn. In his book "Play Poker Like the Pros", he explains that a good way for a new player to play poker is to only play the top 10 hands. Those hands consist of A-A, K-K, Q-Q, ... http://www.pokerlabrat.com/poker_tournaments_blog/2009/05/12/beginner-poker-strategies-playing-the-top-10-hands/             If you want to become a complete poker player, you need to learn how to play all the variations of the game. You should do this because it’s no good being the world’s best Hold ’em player when the biggest sucker in town only wants to play Seven-Card Stud. Ideally, ... http://www.pokerlabrat.com/poker_tournaments_blog/2009/04/30/pro-tips-becoming-a-complete-poker-player/           Most of the time when you’re engaged in a poker hand, you’ll be thinking about what decisions you will make before you have to make them. For example, if you call a raise with K-Q, you’ll think to yourself: Okay, if I hit top pair, I’m going to play this ... http://www.pokerlabrat.com/poker_tournaments_blog/2009/04/25/professional-poker-tip-adjusting-strategy-mid-hand/ Here's the latest pro tip from FullTiltPoker.com Professional, Brandon Adams.             Hand coordination is the relative strength of your hand compared to your opponents’ hand, and it’s probably the single biggest factor determining whether you have a good or bad session playing poker. If it’s working in your favor, whenever you flop a ... http://www.pokerlabrat.com/poker_tournaments_blog/2009/04/12/poker-hand-coordination-tips-by-the-pros/ AFTER A tough Budget and a difficult year for the Irish economy, you couldn’t blame the organisers of the €3,500 entry Irish Open poker championships for feeling tetchy in the run-up to the event. Since last year’s tournament, which 667 people entered, consumer spending has dropped, the dole queues have extended ... http://www.pokerlabrat.com/poker_tournaments_blog/2009/04/12/irish-poker-open-attracts-700-starters/