Titan Poker announced the launch of ECOOP (Video strip poker supreme crack) III
Titan Poker announced the launch of ECOOP III
Titan Poker
the largest online poker room on the iPoker Network
has announced the launch of its third European Championship of Online Poker (ECOOP III) this November. Read the full story at http://www.classicasinos.com/news/PokerNews/ns_12092008_21.html
How to gauge your aggression at the table
What makes successful poker professionals different from the rest of us low limit grinders? Well
there are probably tons of things
but the most obvious one is the level of aggressiveness at the table. Thats right
good poker players are much more aggressive than the average bunch. Even pros known for being extremely tight are much more aggressive than a regular player who considers himself extra aggressive. How come then that whenever you try to emulate the recklessness of a professional player like Gus Hansen or Ilari Sahamies
all you end up with are major swings driving you mad and a bunch of losses to top your day off? Well
you should not confuse looseness with aggressiveness. Being loose means to play loads of starting hands
which means that inevitably – youll end up playing junk every now and then. Being aggressive means to swing your stack around daringly and thus to exploit your edges to the maximum. Now theres a little bit of a dilemma when it comes to starting hand selection. If youre too loose youll find yourself playing loads of EV- situations
and that will lead to your losing money. If youre too tight on the other hand
and only play A
K and high pocket pairs
you will not solve the dilemma either
because youll become predictable and youll rob yourself of the chance to milk your good hands to the max. Obviously
the solution is finding the right kind of balance between being loose and tight. Professional players are great actors. Being good at acting is something thats required of a good poker player. They may look like theyre reckless to you
or even to their opponents
but theyre not. Being reckless is just an image that they push
more often than not
successfully. Theres just no way a successful poker player can be reckless and stay successful
unless hes an out of this world luck-bag. In the world of high stakes professional poker
felting an opponent is much more difficult than in a low-blinds cash game. Playing tight-aggressive healthy old poker is not going to cut it there. These guys need to bring something extra to the table to generate action
otherwise theyll end up wasting their time at the green felt. One of the techniques to successfully generate action and commotion at the table is to appear reckless. A big time gambler whos only interested in taking down large pots and whos always willing to let Lady Luck take care of his/her finances. This is what they want to look like. Theyll convince you they dont care
but in the same time their minds work feverishly in the background
calculating odds and looking for the opportunity to pounce on their victims. One way to sow this image of recklessness is by playing suited one gappers (like 5h
7h etc). These hands offer several advantages to their owners: first of all
the guy shoving his chips in on such a hand looks like the definition of a reckless gambler. Theres nothing better to promote the right kind of table image than playing such hands. Contrary to what it looks like
the suited one-gapper is a pretty good hand to take to a multi-handed flop. Would you believe me if I told you that a suited 6
8 is almost twice as likely to win at a 4-handed table than K
10o? It is also much better than A
Qo. Its an excellent drawing hand and most people fail to realize that. On top of all that
if your suited one-gapper is hit for a monster
it will almost impossible for your opponents to read you. Never play online cash games without a rakeback deal. Most rakeback deals (like M
erge rakeback) give you around 30% rake rebate
but some special deals called poker prop deals offer you more than 100%.
Strickland Order Could Hurt Push For Casino Gambling In Ohio
Governor Ted Strickland is forcing lawmakers to accept slot gambling expansion in Ohio
but his executive order could end up hurting a push to bring casinos to the state.
