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Archive for 'Larson'
Making a Profit at SNGs
SNGs are the easiest games to turn a relatively easy profit for the savvy player. That’s exactly the reason why many poker strategy guides recommend them as very straightforward bankroll building ways.
Full Story5 Card Stud
Although it is one of the earliest forms of Stud Poker, 5-Card Stud is not played in casinos or official tournaments these days (the WSOP doesn’t feature it either). It is still fairly popular during social events, amongst friends, and in Finland where a special variant called “Soko” is played. Because it is no longer [...]
Full StoryReading Online Players
Whenever you’re reading about the differences between online and live poker, one of the main factors the author will point out is almost certain to be the abundance of available tells in live poker vs the almost complete lack of them online.
Full StoryLimit Holdem Strategy
If you ever played micro or low limit Holdem I suppose I needn’t tell you that it’s one of the most frustrating games you’ll ever play in an online poker room. Texas Holdem can be an extremely frustrating luck-dependent game in which schooling runs rampant under the right circumstances. Well, in low limit Holdem, the [...]
Full StoryStarting hands in 7 Card Stud
Regardless of what you may hear or read in some poker articles, starting hand selection is a very important part of overall poker strategy. Whether it’s Holdem, Omaha or Stud we’re talking about, you should pay attention to your starting hands in order to avoid the no 1 beginners’ mistake: playing too many hands.
Full StoryBasic Omaha Considerations
I’m not about to get into advanced Omaha strategy concepts in this article, I just want to analyze a few basic aspects of the game, but some of what I’m about to discuss might benefit advanced players as well.
Omaha Hi-Lo is the most popular Omaha version (although it is played Hi only too, and in [...]
Semi-Bluffs
Semi-bluffs are the weapons in a poker player’s arsenal that can dramatically increase his/her win rate. Semi-bluffs are not bluffs in the true sense of the word, they more like wild moves made in the hope that the hand the player is chasing will eventually come together, yet in the same time, by semi-bluffing a [...]
Full StoryOnline Poker Thoughts
I don’t know if you’ve noticed, but winning in online poker is often a tedious and extremely frustrating affair. Yes, I know you’re a poker fanatic, and I know you’ve studied poker for years now (I know I have!) but most of the time, something just doesn’t add up when it comes to online poker.
Is [...]
How to Deal with Maniacs
Have you ever been driven mad by a maniac hogging all the action at your table? I bet you have.
If you’ve played online poker for a while, you probably know what I’m talking about. A guy betting left and right, raising with rags and dominating, while nobody at the table seems to be able to [...]
