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		<title>A Look At Poker Apps</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jun 2011 00:05:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[When Full Tilt Poker released its Android app last December, it was among the first of its kind to let users play for real money on the go. And despite a shaky start, players took to it pretty favorably, making it the top-selling poker app on the market in just a few months. But since [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.beautifulhustle.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/iphone-app-carousel2.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-1140" title="iphone-app-carousel2" src="http://www.beautifulhustle.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/iphone-app-carousel2-300x200.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="200" /></a>When Full Tilt Poker released its Android app last December, it was among the first of its kind to let users play for real money on the go. And despite a shaky start, players took to it pretty favorably, making it the top-selling poker app on the market in just a few months. But since then, there have been more and more additions to the market, catering to other mobile systems and each offering tools outside of gameplay, from bankroll management to tournament finders to practice games.</p>
<p>The largest selection of poker apps, interestingly, can be found on the BlackBerry platform. For basic gameplay, there’s Downtown Texas Hold’em, which can be set to different skill levels and played on practice (no stakes) and career modes. If you’re willing to splurge a little, try the $2.99 World Series of Poker Hold’em Legend, which allows single-player and multi-player modes. The World Poker Tour Hold’em app goes for the same price but gets good reviews for its graphics.</p>
<p>Zynga Poker is probably the fastest-growing app of its kind, partly because it caters to the two largest slices of the mobile market (iPhone and Android users) and also because of its wide range of free money games. It’s linked to your Facebook account, so you can use your existing Zynga account if you already have one. Others have complained that it doesn’t work as well on the Android OS, however.</p>
<p>A close competitor is Live Hold’en Poker Pro, which is fast gaining ground because of its smooth play and virtually nonexistent technical flaws. Appeak Poker is also worth a look—OnlinePoker.org says it may well be the best free app for the Android OS, even surpassing the brand-name Full Tilt Poker Rush app. The iPhone offers much fewer options, most likely because Apple is known to have strict policies against online gambling.</p>
<p>Outside of gameplay, other poker apps serve as tools to help improve your game. Avid players can use the PokerZig Tournament Finder to track down tournaments in their area, complete with schedules and details. For beginners and casual players, Poker Challenge is a great way to pit your abilities against virtual players with no real stakes. Poker Life Line offers a more in-depth look at your game, with a tracking feature that keeps tabs on your losses and allows you to spot patterns of weakness and strength.</p>
<p>Poker clearly isn’t falling behind on the “there’s an app for that” bandwagon. The use of apps has yet to be directly addressed in professional play, so it’s best to play safe and not use them when there’s real money on the line. Otherwise, it’s always good to have a little help in improving your game.</p>
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		<title>Heads-Up Poker Profits Review</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Jun 2010 07:54:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Beautiful Hustler</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the first Rules For Poker Games and the first thing you need to know about the Heads-Up Poker Profits is that their informational page is very different from many others you will find about poker. Sure, they still have the hyped up business but what intrigued us most about this product was its [...]]]></description>
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<div>One of the first Rules For Poker Games and the first thing you need to know about the Heads-Up Poker Profits is that their informational page is very different from many others you will find about poker. Sure, they still have the hyped up business but what intrigued us most about this product was its ability to section out everything you will learn on the left hand side of the page. This way before you even get started reading everything over you know what is coming.</p>
<p>However, there are additional and important Poker Rules hidden inside all the material. We took a few moments to read it over and picked out everything else you need to know as a consumer. Probably the most gratifying is the Free Poker testimonials you will find on the left hand side of the page. These Testimonials are not doctored and explain what a great product the Heads-Up Poker Profits is for people serious about How to Play Poker for everyone. It&#8217;s a down to earth personal assessment that one person struggles with while playing poker. Definitely something to take notice of while reading.</p>
<p>Money Back Guarantee</p>
<p>While this is usually the last thing (or at all) you see on a landing page, it is also on the left hand side. If for whatever reason you are not satisfied with your Poker Games after reading this material or it has not helped you in any way, then simply ask for your money back and Peter T. Quinn will send it back your way. This gives you the opportunity to learn everything, try it out, and if you do it all correctly, bring in loads of cash.</p>
<p>The Learning Process</p>
<p>Just like going to back to school in order to start a new career, the Heads-Up Poker Profits system will teach you how to become a successful poker player. Granted, you will have to spend time retaining all the information and trying it out in live action. However, you don&#8217;t have to lose loads of money learning. In fact, according to what we took away from this product it should help you right off the get go.</p>
<p>The Chess Match</p>
<p>Most people who love playing Heads-Up Poker Profits also enjoy the Game of Chess. A simple strategical game that gives you the opportunity to think several moves ahead in order to conquer your competition. The same thing goes for heads-up poker. You not only want to know how you are going to win ahead of time, but also predict how your opponent is going to play. This is just one of the many tips you will receive with this program.</p>
<p>The Ultimate List</p>
<p>While they give you eleven different things you will be learning with this program on the side of the page, there is tons more waiting. We understand that when you are trying to improve your game it is important to know what you are getting ahead of time. The Heads-Up Poker Profits system will teach you money management, how to look for specific things in online poker rooms, why you should only play tournaments online, and more than we can list here.</p>
<p>Our Overall Analysis</p>
<p>In the end, you have to decide who you would rather be at the Poker Room. Do you want to be the Poker Player who jumps in a heads-up game hoping to win money? While this could profitable, wouldn&#8217;t you rather be the person sitting there knowing you are going to win money? Most likely, and according to this system they can help you do it. All you have to do is figure out when you want to get started.</p>
<p><em>By: <strong>Brian Garvin</strong></em></p>
<p><strong>About the Author:</strong></p>
<div style="border: thin solid gray; background-color: #E2E089; padding:1em;">Let Brian Garvin and <strong style="color:#000;background:#ffff66">Poker</strong> Pro Jeff West teach you more about <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.beautifulhustle.com/Articles/Discount_Poker_Chips/151/2" target="_new">Discount <strong style="color:#000;background:#ffff66">Poker</strong> Chips<!--cloak--></a> and <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.beautifulhustle.com/Articles/Military_Poker_Chips/151/3" target="_new">Military <strong style="color:#000;background:#ffff66">Poker</strong> Chips<!--cloak--></a> at <strong style="color:#000;background:#ffff66">Poker</strong> Stars Direct. Use this article freely but please leave the Author Biography and Links intact.</div>
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		<title>Winning Poker System: Using Play Money Games to Practice</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jun 2010 14:21:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Beautiful Hustler</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you heard about this and you are not quite sure what it means, then you have to know first that these kinds of games are the exact opposite of their title. Play money games are games where players actually fake playing for real money. Instead of money they have fake chips that are used [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div>If you heard about this and you are not quite sure what it means, then you have to know first that these kinds of games are the exact opposite of their title. Play money games are games where players actually fake playing for real money. Instead of money they have fake chips that are used to stimulate a real money poker games. The top purpose of these games is entertainment, but there is also an ulterior purpose, and that is initiating beginners in the world of internet poker.</p>
<p>You can find all around the world many more play money poker player than player that use real money. The main reason is the fact that many people like poker but are first trying to get better at it and have fun at the same time. Play money games have two distinct purposes: help a person understand the poker rules and help him accommodate to the poker software used for online games. But the thing they lack is an important one: also they are quite successful in teaching you poker, they fail when it comes to strategy and skills. The lack of real money makes most players play loose and just for fun so strategies are rarely applied.</p>
<p>If you intend to get better poker skills, then playing these games a lot is not the answer. Constantly entering play money games will only make you develop play money skills and you might get very good at them and even win all the time. However, this doesn&#8217;t mean you will do the same in games with real money involved. In fact, it is quite possible that as your play money skills climb, your real money skills might deteriorate. You can gain bad habits for real money poker when playing a lot of play money games.</p>
<p>The fist thing is that you will get accustomed to playing all hands. This happens mostly because you have nothing really to worry about in play money games and you will try anything knowing that. But if you were playing a real money game and you will find someone to call you all-in bet when they have a 2d, 3c hand and the board doesn&#8217;t really help them. In a plat money game, people will do that, just for fun. The virtual money is easily given away by players, they can be quite generous, but this doesn&#8217;t make them generous with their real money too, so don&#8217;t get that impression.</p>
<p><em>By: <strong>John Finney</strong></em></p>
<p><strong>About the Author:</strong></p>
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		<title>Omaha High Point System</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jun 2010 08:18:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Omaha poker has lot of similarities with Texas Holdem poker. In Holdem poker you have two player&#8217;s card and five community card. In Omaha poker you have four player&#8217;s card and five community card. So you have nine cards in total to make your hand in Omaha poker. When you are making your hand of [...]]]></description>
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<div>Omaha poker has lot of similarities with Texas Holdem poker. In Holdem poker you have two player&#8217;s card and five community card. In Omaha poker you have four player&#8217;s card and five community card. So you have nine cards in total to make your hand in Omaha poker. When you are making your hand of five cards the rule is that you have to use two cards from your hand and three cards from the community card to make your best hand. In Texas Holdem poker you can make your hand any way you like. You may not even use any of your two cards while making the best hand.</p>
<p>With five community cards and four player&#8217;s card there are many cards to choose from and many high combination can be made in Omaha high point poker. Here straights and flushes are common occurrence. Many times full houses too get beaten. So starting hand is important in High Omaha poker. You need to wait for the flop if you have a reasonably good hand. You can go ahead and play with a hand with Ace and wait for the flop to open. If your hand is not good you should fold rather than play and lose.</p>
<p>Take your time in deciding when you should raise. If you raise in the beginning of the game you have to be clear that you have a winning hand. If you raise with a medium hand there are more chances that some will have a better hand than you. If you have double suited hands your chances of winning becomes better and single suited cards are better than having unsuited cards. A straight flush is sure to win. So a starting hand is very important. Having suited cards especially aces will have better chance of making winning hands with flop and turn</p>
<p>The point system for high Omaha poker goes like this: Ace high flush in spades and clubs have 4 points. Ace pair-9 points and Kings pair-8 points, Ace- 2 points. When you are playing a split game it is essential to see if the hands have high cards only. To have high your hand must have ten and above and should also have two pairs or two double suits or one pair and two suited cards. If you have AS, TS, AC, QD this is high because all cards are above ten and two cards are from same suit and two are pairs. Thus the hands are qualified according to the cards you get. The points are calculated according to the value of the cards. It is understood that one should play if one has 25 points and above. If you raise you should have at least 30 points. The maximum points are 45 in a hand.</p>
<p><em>By: <strong>Clive Mothlee</strong></em></p>
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<div style="border: thin solid gray; background-color: #E2E089; padding:1em;">The author likes to play games, in his spare time he likes to <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.beautifulhustle.com/Articles/play_supercasino_roulette/139/2" target="_new">play supercasino roulette<!--cloak--></a> games and to play <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.beautifulhustle.com/Articles/poker_free/139/3" target="_new"><strong style="color:#000;background:#ffff66">poker</strong> free<!--cloak--></a> on-line.</div>
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		<title>Poker Stars Bonus Code</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 May 2010 07:17:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Poker Stars is the oldest and the most established poker room on the internet and they have literally thousands of poker players online every single minute of the day. The bonus from Poker Stars isn&#8217;t the biggest that you&#8217;re going to find, but you need to give a little in order to take a little [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div>Poker Stars is the oldest and the most established poker room on the internet and they have literally thousands of poker players online every single minute of the day. The bonus from Poker Stars isn&#8217;t the biggest that you&#8217;re going to find, but you need to give a little in order to take a little and by choosing to play with PS then you&#8217;ll need to settle with a rather small bonus then compared to other poker rooms.</p>
<p>The bonus you will be able to receive when you make your first deposit into the poker room is a 100% bonus up to $50 which is credited to your account once you reach the amount of points you need to earn from playing poker. You will be able to earn points from playing in both cash games and in tournaments so you will be able to earn your bonus money no matter what you play on PS.</p>
<p>When you make your first deposit into the poker room there will be a designated area where you&#8217;re supposed to put in the Poker Stars bonus code. The most important thing you need to keep in mind is that you need to ensure you use a valid code when you make your deposit or else the bonus won&#8217;t work and you won&#8217;t be able to receive the free money. You also need to remember to enter the code before finishing your deposit because once you finish the transaction you won&#8217;t be able to enter the bonus code again and you will need to live without it.</p>
<p><em>By: <strong>Imteaz Ahmed</strong></em></p>
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		<title>Texas Holdem Poker Tournament Strategy &#8211; Starting Hands</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 May 2010 19:42:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Welcome to the fifth in my Texas Holdem Poker Strategy Series, focusing on no limit Texas Holdem poker tournament play and associated strategies. In this article, we’ll examine starting hand decisions. It may seem obvious, but deciding which starting hands to play, and which ones to skip playing, is one of the most important Texas [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div>Welcome to the fifth in my Texas Holdem Poker Strategy Series, focusing on no limit Texas Holdem poker tournament play and associated strategies. In this article, we’ll examine starting hand decisions.</p>
<p>It may seem obvious, but deciding which starting hands to play, and which ones to skip playing, is one of the most important Texas Holdem poker decisions you&#8217;ll make. Deciding which starting hands to play begins by accounting for several factors:</p>
<p>* Starting Hand &#8220;groups&#8221; (Sklansky made some good suggestions in his classic &#8220;Theory of Poker&#8221; book by David Sklansky)</p>
<p>* Your table position</p>
<p>* Number of players at the table</p>
<p>* Chip position</p>
<p>Sklansky originally proposed some Texas Holdem poker starting hand groups, which turned out to be very useful as general guidelines. Below you&#8217;ll find a &#8220;modified&#8221; (enhanced) version of the Sklansky starting hands table. I adapted the original Sklansky tables, which were &#8220;too tight&#8221; and rigid for my liking, into a more playable approach that are used in the Poker Sidekick poker odds calculator. Here&#8217;s the key to these starting hands:</p>
<p>Groups 1 to 8: These are essentially the same scale as Sklansky originally proposed, although some hands have been shifted around to improve playability and there is no group 9.</p>
<p>Group 30: These are now &#8220;questionable&#8221; hands, hands that should be played rarely, but can be reasonably played occasionally in order to mix things up and keep your opponents off balance. Loose players will play these a bit more often, tight players will rarely play them, experienced players will open with them only occasionally and randomly.</p>
<p>The table below is the exact set of starting hands that Poker Sidekick uses when it calculates starting poker hands. If you use Poker Sidekick, it will tell you which group each starting hand is in (if you can&#8217;t remember them), along with estimating the &#8220;relative strength&#8221; of each starting hand. You can just print this article and use it as a starting hand reference.</p>
<p>Group 1: AA, KK, AKs</p>
<p>Group 2: QQ, JJ, AK, AQs, AJs, KQs</p>
<p>Group 3: TT, AQ, ATs, KJs, QJs, JTs</p>
<p>Group 4: 99, 88, AJ, AT, KQ, KTs, QTs, J9s, T9s, 98s</p>
<p>Group 5: 77, 66, A9s, A5s-A2s, K9s, KJ, KT, QJ, QT, Q9s, JT, QJ, T8s, 97s, 87s, 76s, 65s</p>
<p>Group 6: 55, 44, 33, 22, K9, J9, 86s</p>
<p>Group 7: T9, 98, 85s</p>
<p>Group 8: Q9, J8, T8, 87, 76, 65</p>
<p>Group 30: A9s-A6s, A8-A2, K8-K2, K8-K2s, J8s, J7s, T7, 96s, 75s, 74s, 64s, 54s, 53s, 43s, 42s, 32s, 32</p>
<p>All other hands not shown (virtually unplayable).</p>
<p>So, those are the enhanced Sklasky Texas Holdem poker starting hand tables.</p>
<p>The later your position at the table (dealer is latest position, small blind is earliest), the more starting hands you should play. If you&#8217;re on the dealer button, with a full table, play groups 1 thru 6. If you&#8217;re in middle position, reduce play to groups 1 thru 3 (tight) and 4 (loose). In early position, reduce play to groups 1 (tight) or 1 thru 2 (loose). Of course, in the big blind, you get what you get.</p>
<p>As the number of players drops into the 5 to 7 range, I recommend tightening up overall and playing far fewer, premium hands from the better positions (groups 1 &#8211; 2). This is a great time to forget about chasing flush and straight draws, which puts you at risk and wastes chips.</p>
<p>As the number of players drops to 4, it&#8217;s time to open up and play far more hands (groups 1 &#8211; 5), but carefully. At this stage, you&#8217;re close to being in the money in a Texas Holdem poker tournament, so be extra careful. I&#8217;ll often just protect my blinds, steal occasionally, and try to let the smaller stacks get blinded or knocked out (putting me into the money). If I&#8217;m one of the small stacks, well, then I&#8217;m forced to pick the best hand I can get and go all-in and hope to double-up.</p>
<p>When the play is down to 3, it&#8217;s time to avoid engaging with big stacks and hang on to see if we can land 2nd place, heads-up. I tend to tighten up a bit here, playing very similar to when there&#8217;s just 3 players (avoiding confrontation unless I&#8217;m holding a pair or an Ace or a King, if possible).</p>
<p>Once you&#8217;re heads-up, well, that&#8217;s a topic for a completely different article, but in general, it&#8217;s time to become extraordinarily aggressive, raise a lot, and become &#8220;pushy&#8221;.</p>
<p>In tournaments, it&#8217;s always important to keep track of your chips stack size relative to the blinds and everyone else&#8217;s stacks. If you&#8217;re short on chips, then play far fewer hands (tigher), and when you do get a good hand, extract as many chips as you can with it. If you&#8217;re the big stack, well, you should avoid unnecessary confrontation, but use your big stack position to push everyone around and steal blinds occasionally as well &#8211; without risking too many chips in the process (the other players will be trying to use you to double-up, so be careful).</p>
<p>Well, that&#8217;s a quick overview of an improved set of starting hands and some general rules for adjusting starting hand play based upon game conditions throughout the tournament.</p>
<p>Until next time, best of luck to you at the Texas Holdem poker tables!</p>
<p>Rick</p>
<p><em>By: <strong>Rick Braddy</strong></em></p>
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		<title>Poker &#8211; What to Do When the Cards Are Running Bad</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Apr 2010 03:23:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Since luck does play into poker, we should all expect losing sessions and they sometimes seem to string into losing weeks or months. So what are we to do? I certainly wish we didn&#8217;t have to suffer these prolonged periods of losses, but we must face reality. One problem poker players encounter is that swings [...]]]></description>
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<div>Since luck does play into poker, we should all expect losing sessions and they sometimes seem to string into losing weeks or months. So what are we to do?</p>
<p>I certainly wish we didn&#8217;t have to suffer these prolonged periods of losses, but we must face reality. One problem poker players encounter is that swings in luck can alter your perspective. Lucky swings can make you think you&#8217;re better than you are, while unlucky swings can make you start questioning yourself. When we change the way we play it can have disastrous results for our bankroll and a downward spiral begins. We may lose confidence and become too passive or we may become overly aggressive (read that as reckless) and our game suffers.</p>
<p>The true test of a poker player is how they handle themselves when they are losing. Are you playing your very best game even when you&#8217;re losing? If you can honestly answer yes to that question then eventually the odds are going to swing back in your favor and you will resume winning.</p>
<p>Every player has losing streaks. I try to focus on whether I believe I&#8217;m playing my very best game. Sometimes I conclude that I&#8217;m not so I take a break from poker and do a little reading, specifically trying to resolve whatever my current problem is. I personally spend a good amount of time working on my self-discipline. When things go bad the gambler in me comes out and I start taking risks I wouldn&#8217;t otherwise take. Perhaps you know this scenario. You&#8217;ve seen hand after hand where lucky players suck out so you start playing that game, hoping for your break to get you back into the money. That&#8217;s exactly where we shouldn&#8217;t go when things are going bad. Once I&#8217;ve had a break from the game, did a little reading and regrouped then I give it another try.</p>
<p>There are some strategic changes that can be helpful when you&#8217;re experiencing losing poker sessions. Bear in mind that other players are watching you and become bolder when they see you losing. You will probably find it helpful to become tighter than you normally are. Pick solid starting hands, raise a little less often and don&#8217;t take chances bluffing at pots. Avoid fancy plays. When your &#8220;mojo&#8221; is gone it just isn&#8217;t profitable.</p>
<p>Another mind trick for breaking these bad streaks is not to even think of it as a streak. This can be easier said than done, but the reality is that each session is totally independent of the ones that preceded it and the ones that will follow it. Your job as a good poker player is to make the very best decisions you can during each individual session. Each time we begin a new poker session it is a fresh start. We must never allow these losing streaks to influence our future games.</p>
<p>When I&#8217;m on a losing streak I find it&#8217;s sometime helpful to play shorter sessions, focusing on playing the very best I can and then walking away after small wins. It&#8217;s amazing what this little boost of confidence can do to help break up those losing streaks. Belief in yourself goes a long way.</p>
<p>I hope this is helpful in some way. I know how frustrating it can be to suffer these bad runs at the poker table. May the poker goddess smile on you.</p>
<p><em>By: <strong>Loni Barrett</strong></em></p>
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<div style="border: thin solid gray; background-color: #E2E089; padding:1em;">Loni Barrett is an avid <strong style="color:#000;background:#ffff66">poker</strong> player known as &#8220;DrunkBlonde&#8221; in some circles. She plays Texas Hold Em both online and in casinos. She shares actual game videos and rants about her &#8220;school of hard knocks&#8221; lessons on her offbeat and thought-provoking personal blog at <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.beautifulhustle.com/Articles/http_www_drunkblonderpoker_com/183/2" target="_new">http://www.drunkblonderpoker.com<!--cloak--></a>. Come learn more <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.beautifulhustle.com/Articles/Winning_Poker_Strategies/183/3" target="_new">Winning <strong style="color:#000;background:#ffff66">Poker</strong> Strategies<!--cloak--></a>.</div>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Mar 2010 04:22:51 +0000</pubDate>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div>Collusion can occur in both online and offline poker. Back when I was just a newbie starting out (and didn&#8217;t give two hoots about poker), we used to play in free tournaments at local bars. A couple of us would sit next to each other at the one table, and would use a bumping system; not the most subtle system, but effective nonetheless.</p>
<p>One bump = I&#8217;m got a big hand, two bumps = I&#8217;ve got big pockets. The other person would bump back in a similar sense if they had a strong hand as well, and then we&#8217;d still raise to isolate our field and typically one of us would take the pot down. I still occasionally go down to play at the bars and notice groups of other people doing it &#8211; in fact, some are even more audacious to the point that they&#8217;re holding their cards at a high enough angle so their friend next to them can see what hand they&#8217;ve got. Nice.</p>
<p>I must be clear here, though: don&#8217;t do it. You&#8217;re ruining the game for everyone else!</p>
<p>Online poker collusion is a whole lot easier, and I&#8217;m sure it happens a lot. IMs just make it so easy to discuss current hands without any other eyes looking in. It&#8217;s more effective than your typical offline poker collusion, in the sense that you can be sitting at opposite ends of the table, and still know each others cards. In fact, if PlayerA were to min-raise in 2/4NL with AA, PlayerB (on the opposite end of the table) could re-raise to 12$ if a couple of players between them call, and then all of a sudden you&#8217;ve got 2 or 3 players in the pot that are playing mediocre hands.</p>
<p>What can you do about it? Report them if you notice anything suspicious, and that&#8217;s about it. Don&#8217;t become a fish.</p>
<p><em>By: <strong>Boris Bender</strong></em></p>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 21:31:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[You may have noticed that while using your poker calculator it displays your hand odds while also using terminology like “hand rank”, “group”, or “group rank” all of which in some way or another refer to author David Sklansky’s Group Hand ranking for hold’em poker. Originally described in the classic book, &#8220;Hold&#8217;em Poker for Advanced [...]]]></description>
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<div>You may have noticed that while using your poker calculator it displays your hand odds while also using terminology like “hand rank”, “group”, or “group rank” all of which in some way or another refer to author David Sklansky’s Group Hand ranking for hold’em poker. Originally described in the classic book, &#8220;Hold&#8217;em Poker for Advanced Players&#8221;, Sklansky rated all the starting hands and put them in groups according to their similar win rate.</p>
<p>By clustering hands based on win rate and strength, it’s easier to keep track of basic betting strategies associated with each individual hand. For example, in Sklansky Group 3 hands you will find 99, AQ, ATs, and JTs among others. The best cluster though is Sklansky’s Group One which includes AA, AKs, KK, QQ, and JJ. They are going to show very high percentage win rates on your poker calculator as well as “raise, and re-raise” recommendations.</p>
<p>In adopting the Sklansky Group of Hands your poker calculator could in effect make you a “book player”, because many, especially the mathematical poker calculators don’t take other factors into account at the poker table. However, as a guideline, your poker calculator is going to have the exact odds, and correct mathematical indication served up for you, David Sklansky style.</p>
<p>Poker calculators have adopted this because, well they are just software designed by programmers, and not necessarily poker enthusiasts, but Sklansky is a Poker icon, educator, and author. I have had several poker calculators running at the same time for testing, and have found very similar results and percentage recommendations, because they generally use the same statistical backbone as Sklansky Group of Hands.</p>
<p>The difference between them lie in how their other features are factored in, such as how it monitors your position, how many players in the pot, how many tight or aggressive players, stage of a tournament, and if a player’s stake is up or down significantly.</p>
<p>Although published years ago, by using The Sklansky Group of Hands, poker software offers credibility to the ranking system, although it sure didn’t need it. Professional players have known these rankings and what to do with them for years. Seasoned opponents will also know how to use them against you, if you are an obvious book player, so mixing it up is always a good idea.</p>
<p>Some other books published by David Sklansky include The Theory of Poker, Tournament Poker for Advanced Players, and Hold’em Poker.</p>
<p><em>By: <strong>Marty Smith</strong></em></p>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 10:30:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Discipline is one of the key ingredients of poker success. In fact, discipline or more accurately, self-discipline is the cornerstone of success in almost any of life&#8217;s pursuits. Have you ever heard of a successful, but undisciplined individual in any of these fields: stock market investing, professional gambling, or professional athletics? The answer, of course, [...]]]></description>
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<div>Discipline is one of the key ingredients of poker success. In fact, discipline or more accurately, self-discipline is the cornerstone of success in almost any of life&#8217;s pursuits.</p>
<p>Have you ever heard of a successful, but undisciplined individual in any of these fields:</p>
<p>stock market investing, professional gambling, or professional athletics?</p>
<p>The answer, of course, is no. And furthermore, you never will. Almost any form of personal accomplishment requires self-discipline, especially professional accomplishment. The higher you aspire, the higher the level of required discipline.</p>
<p>I often refer to discipline as a virtue. Indeed, it seems that many are blessed with perfect discipline at birth. And there are some, who throughout their lives never seem to have a clue or care. While, the rest of us literally struggle daily to hold everything together. But, despite or perhaps because of the struggle, even we strugglers will eventually succeed.</p>
<p>So, what is poker discipline? First, a general description. Poker discipline, both at the table and away from the table, is about:</p>
<p>self-denial, study, practice, and doing the things that are not fun, and that you would rather not be doing.</p>
<p>Poker discipline is about doing all the things all of the time that you know you should be doing to play your best and to constantly improve.</p>
<p>Here are a few examples of poker discipline in action:</p>
<p>when you would love to bust an opponent by chasing an inside straight draw, but you fold instead, when you read and re-read every word of the latest poker book, even though you will miss going to the movies, when you drop down a level when losing, rather than moving up to try to quickly recover, when you open a bottled water while playing, even though you are really thirsty for an ice cold beer,  when you are tired and go to bed, instead of squeezing in one last Sit n Go tournament, and when you eat light, instead of devouring that huge meal just before a tournament.</p>
<p>These are just some common sense, everyday, well known rules. And, there are many more.</p>
<p>The important question is, did you break any today? Every lapse in discipline undermines mental resolve. That is, the lazier and looser we get, the lazier and looser we get. It is a steep, slippery slope.</p>
<p>Like they say, practice makes perfect. What they also say, is that what you practice is what you will become. So, if you practice bad habits, you will become, most assuredly, perfectly bad. And, vice versa.</p>
<p>With experience you will learn all of the good, as well as all of the bad poker habits. Self-discipline, or the lack of self-discipline will then determine which poker path you follow. It is entirely up to you. Will you become a perfectly good, or a perfectly bad poker player?</p>
<p><em>By: <strong>R. Steve McCollum</strong></em></p>
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