Hollywood Poker Open Toledo Regional Main Event Day 1a: Wright Can Do No Wrong

 The Hollywood Poker Open kicked off its second event of the season in Toledo, Ohio, and James Wright topped a field of 104 runners on Day 1a by finishing with 255,500 in chips at the completion of 14 levels. Fifteen other players joined Wright in making it through to Day 2.

Day 1a Top 10 Chip Counts

Rank    Player              Chips
1       James Wright     255,500
2       Charles Maxcy     202,500
3       Wayne Smith     196,000
4       Neil Coughlin     181,000
5       Michael Hahn     178,000
6  Kim Schinco     152,000
7  Bobby Brown     150,000
8  Chuck Schwanger 147,000
9  John Nelson     145,500
10  Ron Bell             112,000

Wright got his day started off right, making a straight in the very first level with the {9-Diamonds}{8-Diamonds} on a board of {a-Hearts}{6-Clubs}{7-Clubs}{3-Diamonds}{5-Diamonds} and getting his value raise called on the river by a player with {4-}{4-}. With nearly double the starting stack early, Wright kept things rolling with an above-average count before playing a monster pot during Level 13 (1,000/2,000/300).

There, Wright decided to get tricky and flat-call aces in the small blind to a Mike Ross button raise, and the big blind jammed for about 33,000. Ross reshoved, thinking he could isolate the big blind, but Wright called off for 86,100. Ross held {a-}{8-}, while the big blind had the {k-Spades}{9-Spades}. Things got hairy for Wright as {8-Clubs}{5-Hearts}{6-Spades}{10-Spades} were the first four to emerge from the deck, helping both opponents, but the {j-Diamonds} brought the blessed brick he needed. Ross was left with just a few big blinds and busted shortly thereafter.

Charles Maxcy (202,500), Wayne Smith (196,000), Neil Coughlin (181,000), and Michael Hahn (178,000) rounded out the top five, and other survivors included Kim Schinco (152,000), Bobby Brown (150,000), Ron Bell (112,000), Kenny Zuspan (82,500), and Raymond Ezzie (45,000). Hahn will be looking to do one better than his runner-up finish at HPO Lawrenceburg last year, and the Indiana native boasts more than $400,000 in live tournament cashes, making him one of the most accomplished tournament players in the field.

Others joining the rail were Patrick Steele, Rex Clinkscales, Nick Pupillo, Allen Kessler, and former World Series of Poker Main Event champion Chris Moneymaker.

Steele was looking good for most of the day until dwindling late and ultimately shoving with {q-}{4-} in the big blind over a small blind raise and running into {a-}{k-}. Kessler, meanwhile, was sent packing when he bet 2,000 on a {5-Diamonds}{9-Diamonds}{2-Hearts} flop during Level 6 (200/400/50) and called the shove of Coughlin, who held the {q-Spades}{9-Spades}. Kessler's kings were well in front, but Coughlin found a third nine on the river to bust the man they call "Chainsaw."

All of the fallen will have the opportunity to take another crack at this prize pool when Day 1b commences at 12:15 p.m. on Sunday. PokerNews will be back on the scene for live updates once more, and you can be ready for some more exciting poker action.

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2015 partypoker WPT National London Accumulator Day 2: Bubble Bursts; Down To 24

The second day of the 2015 partypoker World Poker Tour National London £200 No-Limit Hold'em Accumulator at Aspers Casino started fast and furious with one-fourth of the 205 remaining participants being sent to the rail within the first two levels. After 12 levels of 40 minutes each, only 24 players remained, and it was Laurence Essa who bagged up the lead with 1,069,000 in chips.

Day 2 Top 10 Chip Counts

Rank Player          Chips
1 Laurence Essa         1,069,000
2 Rahim Tadj-Saadat 921,000
3 Christopher Yong 784,000
4 Kevin Allen         709,000
5 Jesus Gracia         687,000
6 Jeraint Hazan         625,000
7 Matas Cimbolas 589,000
8 Paul Siliceo         587,000
9 Karl Roberts         574,000
10 Lucio Pacifico 537,000
Among the early eliminations were Carlo Citrone, WPT Champions Club member Tony Dunst, James Akenhead, Tamer Kamel, and WPT National London champion Gabriel Tuna.

On the stone-cold bubble, Jeraint "JJ" Hazan would make a hazardous move to crack the pocket kings of Francisco Manuel Salvador Flores, and the bubble burst in Level 19 when Jacques Arama could not hold up against Christopher Yong.

Once in the money, the eliminations came in quickly, and Surinder Sunar, as well as Xuan Nguyen, were among those to settle for a min-cash worth £600. With Kelly Ann Saxby (34th) and Alexandra O'Brien (31st) bowing out in the second payout step for £690, an all-male affair for the final day of the tournament was created.

The chip lead was decided in a massive coin flip that sent Martin Spearing to the rail in 30th place, and then another five players ended up on the rail in the last level of play. With upcoming blinds of 10,000/20,000 and a running ante of 3,000, more fireworks can be expected on Day 3.

All remaining 24 players are guaranteed at least £895 for their efforts, whereas the first-place payout of £22,500 and the title of WPT National champion are still up for grabs. Some of the contenders with big stacks include Rahim Tadj-Saadat (921,000), Christopher Yong (784,000), Kevin Allen (709,000), Jesus Gracia (687,000), and WPT Nottingham champion and Day 1b chip leader Matas Cimbolas (589,000).

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CPTV Video Spotlight -- Mike McDonald Discusses Poker Preflop Checklist

 When Mike “Timex” McDonald offers you advice about playing poker, you should probably listen. Not only does his own playing resume stand as a ringing endorsement, with over $11.3 million in live tournament earnings and nine career tournament titles to his name, but he also has an impressive track record as a poker coach.

He was hired by both 2011 World Series of Poker main event champ and 2012 WSOP main event third place finisher Jacob Balsiger to help prepare them for the November Nine. Heinz and balsiger both entered the final table among the three shortest stacks and walked away multi-millionaires. So, McDonald’s poker advice is definitely worth heeding.

During the 2012 WSOP “Timex” was nice enough to share some advice with CardPlayer TV regarding a preflop checklist of things you should be considering before acting on your hand, including your position, stack sizes at the table, metagame and the range of hands you will play given that information.

“Before you make a decision in a hand you have got to pay attention to all of the variables that are at play,” cautioned McDonald in the interview before launching into a description of some of those important factors. Check out the video below to find out just what those are:

More classic Card Player TV videos can be found in the archives, with plenty more episodes of “High Stakes Living” available in the lifestyle section.. Keep a look out for more news stories in the future highlighting some of the best of the nearly 3,500 videos in the CPTV library.

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2015 PokerStars.net ANZPT Perth Day 3: PokerStars Pro Bryan Huang Leads Final Table

The first stop on Season 7 of the Australia New Zealand Poker Tour continued on Saturday evening when 36 players returned to the felt of Crown Perth in Western Australia. After seven levels of play, just nine remained in contention for the ANZPT Perth title and the AU$105,000 top prize.

Leading the way is none other than Team PokerStars Pro Bryan Huang. He dominated the penultimate day of action, finishing up with 779,000 in chips, well ahead of Australian tournament regular Michael Guzzardi with 537,000.

Huang has been a staple of the Asia-Pacific poker scene for several years, amassing a résumé which includes well over $650,000 USD in tournament results. Some of the highlights of Huang's career includes winning the 2010 Asia Player of the Year award and claiming $153,841 USD for a third-place finish in the 2008 APPT Macau Main Event.

Huang will be looking to win his first ANZPT title this weekend, but will have to overcome a tough final table featuring Guzzardi, Macau's Raiden Kan, and the UK's Michael Kane.

Final Table Seat Draw

• Seat       Player                Chips
• 1    Stephen McHugh 304,000
• 2    Navin Bechar         237,000
• 3    Raiden Kan          448,000
• 4    Robert McLean  406,000
• 5    Michael Guzzardi 537,000
• 6    Michael Doyle         195,000
• 7    Gregory Wheeler 390,000
• 8    Michael Kane         382,000
• 9    Bryan Huang         779,000

There were 36 players to begin Day 3 and 27 of those were eliminated throughout the action. Of those players, and perhaps the most devastated, was Andrew Molodstov, as he ended up the "bubble boy."

Molodstov was relatively short stacked when he got his chips in preflop with the {a-Diamonds}{q-Diamonds}. Huang looked down at the {a-Spades}{k-Diamonds} and put Molodstov at risk. The board ran out {k-Spades}{10-Hearts}{7-Hearts}{6-Hearts}{6-Clubs} to keep Huang in front and burst the bubble.

Once the top 21 players had made the money, there were a steady stream of eliminations with Henry Szmelcer (21st), Canada's Xuan Liu (18th), Stevan Chew (16th), China's Yaxi Zhu (13th), David Lim (12th), and Walter Treccarichi (11th) as some of those to finish in the money.

It didn’t take long for 10 to become nine as local player Wayde Rickhuss was eliminated on the final table bubble to usher in the end of play.

Rickhuss was the short stack during 10-handed play and was happy to get his chips in with the {a-Spades}{10-Clubs}. Michael Doyle made the call with the {j-Diamonds}{j-Clubs}, and with no help for Rickhuss, the final table was set.

Each player at the final table is guaranteed at least AU$10,500, but will hoping to ride the pay waves all the way to a six-figure victory. Play kicks off at 2:10 p.m. local time Sunday, so make sure you to return then for the exciting conclusion of our ANZPT Perth live coverage.

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Playing Good Hands

How Much to Bet?

 In the chart above, S&M have arranged the hands into groups. Each grouping has
different rules to follow. S&M put forth a general guideline that is still in use today, and
makes great sense.
Generally speaking, for group 1 and 2 hands, you want to raise 4 bets pre-flop. In
No-Limit, this means 4x the big blind. Group 3 hands you want to raise 1 bet, just to
eliminate the riff-raff, or enrich the pot.
I would say, group 4 to 6, I would look at your position, and how much they are
asking to see the flop.

Group 7&8 you ONLY want to limp-in, and mostly, ONLY from LATE position.
I don’t know about ONLY playing 7’s and 8’s from late position, but ANYWHERE you
play them, you need to play them with DISCIPLINE.
Assuming you limped it in with only paying the big blind, you need to know to
FOLD if you do not hit a 4-card flush draw, trips, or 2 pair. DISCIPLINE. Do not
chase ANYTHING but the flush. If everyone just checks it around, then yeah, stay in the
hand, but definitely don’t call a raise.
There are correct ways to play the top hands, and you NEED to know how to play
them in order to get the value you deserve from them. They are rare, and hopefully, if
you get them, you will get some sucker that lets you double or triple up with them.

You need to KNOW YOUR TABLE. If you are playing an SNG, and you get AA
and raise a 15 blind to 75 and get zero callers, then the game is pretty darn tight. You
will need to remember that for later. But, if you raise the 75 with AA, and get 5 callers,
you obviously undershot and have a good chance at losing.
In a real money game, with $.50 blinds, I’ve seen everyone fold to a $2, but 6
people call to a $1. Sometimes, with the better hands, you just end up eating the blinds.
Which is just fine later in an SNG game when the blinds are up there. In a ring game
where the blinds stay the same, you don’t want to make only $0.75 every time you get
AA.

You need to know your table and see how much money to get callers, and how
much to get folders. Hopefully, you won’t be dealt any of these group 1’s or 2’s until a
few hands in so you can get a feel of how tight, or loose, the table is. Generally, at a $6
SNG, the table is pretty loose. For a 75-chip bet, you will usually get 2 or 3 callers,

which is just fine.

Pros and Cons

  There are pros and cons to doing this.What if this happens 10 times? Now you are out 150 more chips and at 500 instead of 650, if nothing ever hit. Not really that big a deal, but you are playing for a “miracle” flop. Something along the lines of flush draw, 2 pair or 3 of a kind. The odds say, with your crappy hand, this is not going to happen.
 Generally speaking, if you are trying to limp in cards that are at least connectors,
or suited, then maybe you should put in the extra 15. If you are limping in something like
K5 or A6, maybe also. But the 10 4 I mentioned previously, I wouldn’t.

 You are hoping on just blind luck. If someone raised, even 15 chips, it means they have something they are positive about and are trying to either increase the pot, or weed people out.
Remember, as always,  DON’T get sucked in. If you don’t get 2 pair, a flush
draw (with 2 suited cards or the ace) or trips, FOLD! Nothing is worse than when you
go in with said 10 4, get a 4 8 9 flop, and nobody is betting. They all bet 15, so you do,
because you have low pair and a pseudo-straight draw.

Turn comes with a Q. Now you have low pair and a gutshot straight draw.
Another 15, and you call. River comes with an ace. Someone bets big, and it’s time to
fold.
 “Playing” this hand cost you 45 chips, and you were never really in contention. It
is easy to do this, and do it often. This is the reason why the best players only play good
starting hands. They don’t want to keep throwing a “little” money at small percentages.
They like to load up and throw a LOT of money at high percentages.
In the previous example, if the J came on the river, odds are the worst you are
going to do is split the pot. But, you could lose it also if the other guy came in with K T.
That would give him 9 through K instead of your 8 through Q. This happens a lot,
actually.
 When people are in on rags, you will see folks bet up the “ignorant” side of a
straight and be pissed when they lose. The ignorant side is the low side.
Lets say everyone is limped-in on a 15 bet. The flop comes 6 7 8. The guy in the
big blind is excited all you “suckers” let him stay in the hand with his 45. He bets it up,
and gets called. An ACE comes on the turn. Being that he still has the straight, he bets
even bigger, figuring he’ll get extra money from the folks looking for the ace. He gets
plenty of callers. River comes with a J. SWEET, he thinks. Bet BIG. He gets called
down and loses to ANYONE with a 10.

When you have the ignorant side of a straight, it can’t get any better, it can only
get worse. Either bet it big to try to force everyone else out, and hope for no callers, or
just ride it in watching to see if a better straight becomes apparent.
Betting the ignorant side of an obvious straight is an easy way to lose.

Limping-in Bad Hands

You must have discipline though, if you are going to limp-in during the 15 blinds.
It is much easier to limp-in from the button or late position as you know if anyone ahead
of you raised or not. From early position, you are just hoping. You must have discipline.
Even 72os is a decent limp-in with the right flop. But, a hand that is decent for a
15 bet may not be a good bet at all at 30. Just like a good bet at 30, may not be a good
bet at 50. 
I have heard so many folks lament throwing away 10 4 only to have 10 10 4
flop. They get miffed and say they should have stayed in. Being the ass that I am, I
always retort, “It was only 15 chips. Were those 15 chips going to break you?”
The one pet peeve I have is when I’m on the button, and am trying to limp-in. It
gets around to me, and I put in my 15, only to have the SB or the BB raise to 30. Ugh.
At this point, it is a mistake to raise to 30. You need the discipline to fold it down. Of
course, you will think, it is only another 15, so why not.

Getting Started with a Good Hand

     There are good hands, and there are bad hands. There are hands that play well
with others, and hands that want to play alone. In almost all the Limit Hold’em books,
the “experts” say to only start with the top hands. That being AA, KK, QQ, AKs, TT,
AQs, AJs. If you only play these top hands, and play them correctly, you will take down
more pots, and win more often.

Unfortunately, in an SNG game, or tournament hold ‘em, the blinds go up every
15 minutes, or every 10 hands in SNG games. If you are waiting and waiting for those
BEST hands, eventually, the blinds will dig into you. What you need to recognize, as a
good player, is what a good hand looks like. Or, more importantly, how much it is worth.
There has been a ton of research done on starting hands. Sklansky and Malmuth
put out hand rankings and how to play them in the 1980’s. Since the advent of advanced
computing, a college kid for his thesis redid the rankings and offers EXCELLENT
explanations as to why and what to play.
Here are the rankings of the hands
that he came up with:

Group 1: Hands 1-5: AA, KK, QQ, JJ, AKs
Group 2: Hands 6-10: TT, AQ s, AJ s, AK, KQ s
Group 3: Hands 11-16: AT s, KJ s, AQ, 99, QJ s, KT s
Group 4: Hands 17-24: 88, QT s, A9s, AJ, JT s, KQ, A8s, AT
Group 5: Hands 25-42: K9s, A7s, KJ, A5s, Q9s, T9s, 77, J9s, A6s, QJ,
A4s, KT, QT, A3s, K8s, JT, A2s, Q8s
Group 6: Hands 43-51: T8s, K7s, 98s, 66, J8s, A9, K6s, K5s, A8
Group 7: Hands 52-68: 87s, 97s, K4s, Q7s, T7s, K9, J7s, T9, 55, Q6s,
Q9, K3s, J9, A7, Q5s, A5, K2s
Group 8: Hands 69-84: Q4s, A6, T6s, J6s, A4, J5s, K8, Q3, 44, T8, A3,
J8, Q8, K7, A2, K6

As you can see, you have probably been playing the wrong hands. It’s okay. You
didn’t know better.

Generally speaking, our first experience with poker is usually 5-card where
everyone antes and has to play their cards. If they fold, they are out their ante.
This mentality you just can’t take to Hold’em. The only folks forced to pay are
sitting in the blinds. That means, if you have a hand that isn’t on that chart, don’t even
bother playing it. Fold it down. The higher up you go in the groupings, the better the
hand.

The chart shows the frequency of these top 84 hands showing up as your two
down cards. According to the groupings, 22, 33 and the low and middle suited
connectors aren’t even playable. And herein lies the problem with these groupings as
they relate to No-Limit Hold’em.

Most all information on Hold’em, as said before, has been published with Limit
Hold’em in mind. These rankings hold true, of course, but in No-Limit, I don’t think I’d
exactly throw out 22, and 33.
I will be referring back to the groupings and the chart for the rest of this book.
Print out the chart and keep it in front of you if you can’t remember how strong, or how
weak, your hand actually is.

Limit vs. No-Limit

        The only things that Limint and No-Limit Hold'em have in common are the number of cards and how they are dealt. That's it. After that, the differences are night and day.There have been many books written about the ins and outs of limit Hold'em.

Limit is the kind of game you see when you go to your local card club or casino.The 2/4, 3/6, 10/20, games. Limit Hold'em is a game of playing good hands, and hopefully preying on fish.
You really need  to know your oddds tables, your pot odds, and have a good poker face. Limit Hold'em is great for beginners and is often referred to as No Fold'em Hold'em.
You do not see this version of Hold’em on TV. In case you didn’t know, at most
card clubs, the LEAST expensive table you may be able to get on is the 2/4 table. What
that means is the blinds are $1, $2, the pre-flop and flop bets are $2, and the turn and
river bets are $4.
Each betting round can only be raised a maximum of 4 times.
It can get expensive, especially for a beginner who is playing incorrectly. On the
other side of things, you can almost always see all the cards as there is really no way for
the other guy to force you out. That is if it's down to two of you. He raises $2 on the flop.
You call. Turn card. He raises $4. You call. He raises $4 on the river. You call. There
is really no way to bluff a guy out since you can’t keep raising.

Or maybe you already made your hand on the flop, want to collect the pot, and
don’t want to see any more cards. Yet the guy you are up against keeps calling, and can
eventually make a better hand. When your hand is made, you don’t want to see any more
cards.
In Limit, you can’t really deter someone from seeing all the cards. This is also
why, in Limit, you NEED to play the best hands. AA, KK, QQ, or AK. Suited
preferably.
In No-Limit, you CAN deter someone from seeing more cards. You CAN throw
money at the pot to do so. In Limit, oftentimes, there is only one way to win. Have the
best hand. In No-Limit, there are 2 ways to win every hand. Have the best hand, OR
make everyone else fold.

Definitions

I am going to define some terms that I will be using throughout the rest of the
book. These definitions will make reading about, and learning poker, a LOT easier. I’m
sure you know most of the terms, but if you don’t, take the time to read through them, or
just refer back to them later if you don’t understand something I say later on in the book.

FLOP: The three community cards that are turned over after the initial round of
betting.

TURN: The 4th community card. Also known as Fourth Street.

RIVER: The 5th and last community card. Also known as Fifth Street.

SUITED: Two or more cards of the same suit, i.e. Clubs, Spades, Hearts,
Diamonds. In poker literature, suited is noted with a small “s”. As in, Ace-King suited
would be, “A Ks”.

OS: The abbreviation for off-suit. Also can be abbreviated o. As in A9os, or
A7o.

CONNECTOR: Two cards that are within 4 cards of each other so as to possibly
make a straight. AK, JT, A2 are all connectors, as are Q8, 62, etc. The connectors that
are “touching each other”, i.e., JT, 78, are better to have as they can pick up the straight
on the low, and high side. There are no gaps between them.

SUITED CONNECTORS: Same as a connector, only suited also. 87s for
example. These are powerful cards as you have the straight, the flush, and the straight
flush in play, pre-flop. These cards usually give you a lot of “outs”.

OUTS: The number of cards that are theoretically left in the deck to complete
your hand, or give you “the nuts”. Outs coincide with Hand Odds to give you your
percentage chance of drawing the, hopefully, winning card.

THE NUTS: A Poker term for the best hand possible in a given hand. You are
always hoping to get The Nuts. You can’t lose if you have the “Nut Hand”. Unless you
fold. Used as an adjective in terms such as “Nut Flush”, “Nut Straight”, and “Nut Trips”.

HAND ODDS: The odds of getting the card that completes your hand. This is a
theoretical number at best, but it gives you something to go by, to see if the pot is worth it
to try drawing the card you need.

AA: Notation for aces as your starting hand. Also known as Pocket Rockets or
Bullets. The best starting hand in Hold’em.

FULL BOAT or BOAT: A full house.

POT ODDS: The % worth you are getting for your bet. If it only costs you $10
to possibly win $100, you are getting “10-1 Pot Odds”. This term is more used in Limit
Hold ‘em than No-Limit.

SIT ‘N GO (SNG): A 1-table game where everyone gets the same amount of
chips for a set buy-in. The game is played in tournament format with increasing blinds
every 10 hands. 10 to a table at PartyPoker, 9 at PokerStars. Top 3 spots win money.

RING GAME: A table where the same folks play the same poker for the same
blinds all the time. People can get up and leave at any time, and new folks can come in.
You can also re-buy in if you are out of money. This is the kind of game most often
played at card clubs.

MULTI-TABLE: A poker tournament that includes more than one table. As
people are eliminated, everyone moves down to one, final table.

SATELLITE: A tournament, often a qualifier, held online to get into a bigger
tournament that is held LIVE in a casino. For online play, any tournament can be
considered a satellite tournament, as no one is actually playing “together”. Each satellite
is someone playing from the comfort of his/her home.

HOME GAME: A game of poker played between you and your friends. Often
there is a lot of bluffing; everyone stays in to see every card, and lower stakes. Not
exactly “real” poker.

POSITION: The spot on the table where you are sitting in relation to the dealer
“button”. To the left of the button are the small blind and big blind. The first 4 or 5 spots
are said to be in “early position”. The person on the button is in the best position,
because he gets to see how everyone else has bet when it finally comes to his turn. On
the button and two to the right are said to be in “late position”. All other spots, in a 9 or
10 person ring, are said to be “middle position”. Playing “In Position” is the single-most
important poker skill that beginners lack, or understand. Early position is bad, late
position is good.

UNDER THE GUN (UTG): The first position after the big blind. It is the first
position to bet before the flop and the 3rd to bet after the flop. Designated position #3 in
this book.

POT COMMITTED: If you have put a lot of chips into a pot, you are said to be
pot committed. Pot committed is a fallacy, and should not be used as an excuse.

TILT/ TILTED: A player is said to be “on tilt” after they start betting crazy.
Usually after having taken a bad beat. You need to learn to control your emotions and
avoid going on tilt.

BAD BEAT: A bad beat is when you lose a hand you were leading and the other
guy catches a card against all odds. Taking bad beats often leads to elimination, or more
often, playing on tilt.

Introduction to No-Limit Texas Hold'em

   Poker Strategy

 No-Limit Hold'em is game of game of general strategy, basic tactical skills useful in all form of pokers, and a game of intense psychology.When you enter a No-Limit ring game, you need o know two things before you can really expect to roll in it:

1.Who are my opponents?
2.How many hands go to a showdown?

Types of opponents:

 Generally peopler speak of four types of players:tight-passive, tight-aggressive, loose-passive, loose-aggresive.Let's go through each of these types of players.

Tight-passives: These people do fine in a Limit game, but they won't make much in a No-Limit game.The only time these people will win is when they pick off bluffs; otherwise they won't get the value out of their hands that they should.When matched against these players.:

 1. Bluff at the flop a lot.

 2. Fold when they represent a hand.

 3. Take advantage of your control.

Essentially, you can quickly tame these players into being calling stations or folding stations.

Loose-passives: They have to hope that people continually bluff into them because these people will call freaquently with the second best hand.Calling with the second best hand is a recipe for disaster at No-Limit.


Maniac loose-aggressive: These guys will buy a fair share of pots, but then will get themselves trapped by another aggressive player and will lose their stacks in one or two hands.They lack the discipline but they love the action on No-Limit so much that they get themselves trapped too easily.

Strong loose-aggressive: These guys seem like they are horrible maniacs, but in reality, they are a very dangerous form of player.The way these types of players win is mainly by getting a good read on the opponent and then making a well-timed bet.

Tight-aggressive: This is perfect style if you whant to win.The tight-aggressive;s main roblems are that he may chased out of a lot of flops early and that he may be too easily read.

Showdown Percentage

This is a critical concept in No-Limit. Since No-Limit lend itself to bluffing, one can make a lot of money simply by stealing pots if your opponents are very passive.

Types of Hands to Play

The types of hands you play in No-Limit differ than those in Limit. This is because of implied odds. Hands like KQ go down in value because they cannot withstand much pressure.Even if you hit a K with this type of hand, you still may be losing to a set, two paid, AK, or may lose eventually to a draw.
The types of hands that go up in value or ones that you can bet with confidence: poket pairs and suited connectors. Poket pairs, do well beause they are sneaky and can often withhold pressure.Suited connectors go up in value for several reasons.First, if the flop comes weird, you generally will be paid off.

How to Bet

Many novice No-Limit players simply don't know how much to bet. Well, the concept is simple. You whant extract as much money from people who have made hands but are probably losing to you, you want to punish draws, but at the same time you don't want to be trapping yourself.

Bluffing

This relates back to the showdown percentage. More showdowns means bluffing works less.If you are in a game with a lot of showdowns, cut down on bluffing and punish them when you have the boss hand.

Poker As a Career

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The History of poker

  English actor Joseph Cowell reported in his memoirs that the game was played in New Orleans, Louisiana in 1829, with a deck of 20 cards, and four players betting on which player's hand was the most valuable.Jonathan H. Green's book, An Exposure of the Arts and Miseries of Gambling ( G. B. Zieber, Philadelphia, 1843 ), described the pread of the game from there to the rest of the country by  Mississippi riverboats, on which gambling was a common pastime.
As it spread north along the Mississippi River and to the West during the gold rush, it is thought to have become a part of the frontier pioneer ethos.

Soon after this spread, the full 52-card English deck was used and the flush was introduced.
Modern tournament play became popular in American casinos after the World Series of Poker ( WSOP ) began in 1970.In 1990 poker and casino gambling spread across the United States, most notably to  Atlantic City, New Jersey.Poker 's popularity experienced an unprecedente spike at the beginning of the 21st century, largely because of the introduction of online poker and hole-card cameras, which turned the game into a spectator sport.Not only could viewers now follow the action and drama of the game on television,but they could also play the game in the comfort of their own homes.Also in the 2003 World Series of Poker, Chris Moneymaker, who was an accountant and not a professional poker player, won the main event.He won his seat into the 10.000$ tournament via a 40$ multi-table satellite ( smaller buy-in tournaments where a player can play and win a seat in the bigger buy-in tournaments ) and turned his 40$ into 2.5 million $.
This helped popularize the game further, which became known as the " Moneymaker effect ".
Following the surge in popularity, new poker tours soon emerged, notably the World Poker Tour and European Poker Tour, both televised and the latter sponsored by online poker company PokerStars.

In 2009 the International Federation of Poker was founded in Lausanne, Switzerland, becoming the official governing body for poker and promoting the games as a mind sport.In 2011 it announced plans for two new events: The Nations Cup, a duplicate poker team event, to be staged on the London Eye on the banks of the River Thames and " The Table ", the invitation-only IFP World Championship, featuring roughly 130 of the world's best poker players, in an event to find the 2011 official " World Champion "



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