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My WPT Poker Chip Set
The World Poker Tour or WPT has hit the television and media
like an all in bet and a two ace flop. And of course with all
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Poker Tournaments: Gap Concept
Sometimes in tournaments there come times when a special
situation arises. One of these situations that a player can
encounter during a poker tournament is known under the name of
"The gap concept".
The terminology of gap concept was first...
Video Poker - Choose the Best Machines
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Professional Poker Player Skills
What makes a poker a player a professional? Does it mean that by
adding the word professional the person loses less money? Or
does it mean that the player enter tournaments through out the
year? If you are thinking about getting the word professional
embossed on your 'poker resume', here are some skills that you
should consider mastering.
1. The Mathematician
a. These guys have mastered the odds of certain combinations
that comes out already. For example, they know that when you
hold a pocket pair, you can hit the set with only one in eight
and a half chances. Those pocket cards also give you odds of
having one in three chance of completing a 'by the river'
flopped flush draw.
b. Mathematicians also able to compute the number of "outs"
because they know it is important. Outs are the number of cards
that will improve your hand. They compute it by multiplying it
by two and adding one and that's the percentage of them hitting
the pot.
c. Knowing outs will be useless unless it is translated into
rational and calculated betting. When you figure out that you
have a 20% chance of hitting, you then figure out your chances
of winning or losing. You divide the size of the pot at the
river by the amount you have to put in. I.E. the current pot and
the amount of bets that will be added on in the future. If you
have calculated that the bet to you will be 50 and have 20%
chance of hitting and the pot at the river will be higher than
250, try to call for it. If not, fold. Confusing right?
d. Review these concepts if you really want to be an expert.
2. Discipline
a. Always try to find a table where you have an advantage. Try
finding tables where there are more amateurs or "fish".
Fish
only want to win by being lucky. Poker players want to win by
skill and by hoping that his opponents don't get lucky.
b. Every different game, table or opponent set needs the poker
player to have different disciplines or styles. He or she cannot
always rely on one style. For instance, a player may play the
better hands when there are not much pre-flop actions. The
player can make a loose call with other speculative hands when
lots of opponents are limping in.
c. A disciplined limit player has excellent pre-flop skills.
However, the disciplined no-limit player is quite different.
This player doesn't care much with paying lots of blinds but
instead this kind of player would not want to be trapped. The
difference is that limit players avoid squandering their stack
bit by bit while no-limit players avoids losing his whole stack
in just one hand. A disciplined no-limit player can play a lot
of hands. Even if he or she has cards such as 5 spades and 3
diamonds he or she will still be loose preflop. But expert
no-limit players know how to quit as well when their hands are
really bad.
d. The disciplined player knows when to quit even when the pot
is really juicy.
e. A disciplined player learns from his mistakes and admits that
they will still make them later on. Disciplined players will
just keep on learning because nobody is a perfect poker player.
There is a ton more to learn about poker and gambling, this is
just the start.
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Written By: Ryan Tenney