In a group of experienced poker players it becomes increasingly difficult to read tells and pick up on bluffs and semi-bluffs. The main reason is that the longer you spend with someone the more likely they are to pick up on your vibe and vice versa. Now you might expect that to mean it is easier to read tells but the opposite is usually true. Not only can you read their tells as time rolls on, but they can read your reading and the feedback loop continues on.
But what possible tells can you pick up online where the feedback is limited to an interface device that filters out nearly all of the analogue information available to you? How can you read bluffs and semi bluffs through a computer screen? Continue Reading »
It’s all very well to have the roll to play high stakes poker and prove your star status, but for some just playing the game on a modest budget for some entertainment and perhaps, profit, is equally worthwhile. Down in the depths of the fish tank the waters are a bit muddier and there is a far greater variety of predators and prey, so navigating those waters and managing to come out on top requires some slightly different strategies.
At the micro limits you are likely to encounter some pretty amazing fish. The profits come easier but the beats are often bad enough to make some wonder why they play. Here are six ways for making long term profits if your budget is restricted to the lowest available limits. Continue Reading »
Have a guess what I’ve been doing for the past week in amongst my NFL analysis and market trading? I’ve been playing Madden NFL on my Play Station. No, I haven’t invested in an Xbox 360 because my kids would drive me crazy playing it and I would have to ban them and myself for a month at the insistence of the wife. My superstar quarterback is an absolute joke and can throw a pick into single coverage and clean miss an open target by 20 yards with a good set. I am getting to the point of deciding whether to dump two seasons of trying to build him up and retire him early as a dud. Yesterday I remembered I have a weight bench or two, a car with petrol in it and a spare computer I am supposed to be fixing to use as a spare when my eldest kid wants to google the latest Stick Man Sam game. Continue Reading »
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Posted 27 December 2006
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There has been a massive amount of discussion about the legitimacy of online poker, in particular with regards to the amount of rigging that is purported to have occurred. Now before you all start reaching for your phones to contact your lawyer friend with an axe to grind let me assure you that I am not about to debate whether or not I think there is rigging in online poker. In fact, it occurred to me to write this only after a discussion with one of the owners of an online site who is more than a little plugged in to this topic. You see, before he and his consortium decided to enter the realms of online poker site ownership, he was already a poker professional of some standing and made a significant amount on the “wrong” side of the random number generator. Continue Reading »
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Posted 18 November 2006
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