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Visiting a Pot Limit Omaha Hand

You are in a $2/$4 Pot Limit Omaha ring game on UltimateBet. You are under the gun and are dealt 10 of hearts, king of hearts, jack of clubs and 9 of clubs.
So pre-flop, the button has raised pot to $18 and the big blind as well as yourself calls.
The flop comes jack of hearts, [...]

Seven Stud Preflop Strategy

You are sitting at an eight player seven stud cash table.
You are dealt the Ace of spades and King of spades down, with the Ten of hearts on top.
Your opponent’s door cards are Five of hearts, Ace of clubs, Jack of diamonds, Queen of spades, Eight of diamonds, Nine of clubs, and Two of hearts.
There [...]

Raising Blind Pre-Flop in a Poker Tournament

In a live home tournament last night, Zonetrap was in a hand early on that caused a bit of controversy. Here is the history before we dive into the hand.

Six players started the tournament. But only five were in this specific hand.
Blinds were at 2/4.
Starting chips were set around 150.
The hand was around [...]

Bluffing at the Inaugural Twitter Poker Tour Event

At The Honeydipper Invitational on Thursday evening, a hand was dealt that has now evolved into a perfect interactive article. With five players left in the event, Zonetrap was fifth in the standings, with around 2,000 chips. The blinds were 250/500, with a 25 ante. The big stack, MNFulltilt, was sitting to the [...]

Playing the Bubble in a Poker Tournament

Another interactive article coming your way! This is a situational piece rather than a “how to play a specific hand” article. So here we go…
Let’s say you entered a nine player sit n’ go tournament. It is no limit holdem (turbo’d up) and the top three spots pay. You are still playing, [...]

What Should You Do When You Can’t Win?

The following quote was a post by MNFulltilt, a regular contributor to the PokerPlasm forum and owner of Full Tilt Mag, a poker magazine that is in transition at this moment.
He was going through a tough time at the tables and wanted to know what other players thought. So I ask you, read the [...]

All Suited Up!

Not having played poker in a week or two, you sit down at the computer and enter a 9 player no limit holdem sit n’ go on Full Tilt Poker. Everyone is about even (~1500 chips) when the 3rd hand is dealt. The dealer is just to the left of you and the blinds are [...]

A Seven Card Stud Tournament in Monaco

After a successful run online in 2007, you have won a seat at the 2008 European Poker Tour Seven Card Stud Event in Monaco. Winning this event will net you $500,000!
Fast forward…there are 125 participants who started this EPT event and it has been dwindled down to 24, all in the money.
You are sitting 16th [...]

Unsuited Connectors

You are playing in a 6 player sit n’ go. The tournament has just begun, only a couple hands have been dealt. All the players are still seated and the chip stacks are almost even (~1,500 chips) among all the players.
You are in the big blind and are dealt 6 of hearts and 5 [...]

A Pocket Pair in First Position

You are playing $25-$50 hold’em in your favorite local club. You are in first position and have been dealt 9-9. Being first to act, you have raised before the flop. A mixture of four loose and aggressive opponents have called your raise, but not the blinds, who have folded.
The flop is 9-5-2 rainbow, giving [...]