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Tips for Tight Play

admin — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 20:01:13 +0000

Tips for Tight Play Poker experts typically espouse a tight aggressive style of play to win at the game. To play a tight aggressive poker game, you must be selective about what hands to play and then raise more often then just calling a bet. Of course, if you only play tight Everest Poker Francais , then you become easy to read and will get no action when you do bet. So do enter some pots with speculative hands and occasionally get caught making a cheap bluff. There are times though when you should just automatically tighten up your play. Be aware of these reasons to play tight: * The table tone is generally loose with lots of players calling and raising pre-flop. Stick to premium hands in these situations. * If you have been loosing a lot of online poker hands, your play is too loose. Tighten up your starting hand standards and avoid playing from early position unless you’re holding a monster hand. * If the pot is raised before the action gets to you, then fold unless you’re holding a made hand of at least a medium pair or very strong cards, like A-K suited. * An unpredictable player who is very aggressive is a dangerous adversary. Avoid engaging with this player until you get a big hand, then let this opponent do the betting for you. * In a tournament with only a medium stack, you should tighten up to survive as the field dwindles down to a final table.

Halloween Party Food, Drinks, Anad Decorations for Your Celebration Wicked Treats: Halloween Party Food Ideas Spooktacular Halloween Party Food Recipes

admin — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 01:41:56 +0000

Confused when it comes to halloween party food , cake ideas or frightening sweet treats? Fear not! These amazingly frightful halloween recipes come complete with some delicious halloween desserts to end on inspired by witches, ghosts, ghouls and vampires, and are sure to cause a fright. Whip up a 3-D Eyeball Cake, Ghoulish Cakes and desserts and more to send sweet chills up the spines of your Halloween Party invitees.

A candy corn theme is a marvelous way to go for little children parties. This classic treat is a perfect centerpiece to taylor a party around. Halloween can be absolutely terrifying for toddlers and a fete where this beloved candy is featured will allow the kids to be carefree and have a good time, and enjoy some sweet treats too! Dress your guests in brown, white and orange for effect, or create DIY flags, and banners to hang around in candycorn colors as festive decor.

To end off your Halloween celebration, try making your very own “boo cake”.The design is simple and sophisticated. Plus it is perfect for both an adult and a childrens Halloween party. To make your own variation of this dessert, drape black-colored fondant over a frosted cake. Cut out a modern ghost shape using white fondant and apply it on to the black fondant. Use letter cookie cutters to cut out yellow-colored fondant letters that spell “Booooo” and put them on the cake! Boo!

Birthday Ideas, and Tips for the Big 3-Zero

admin — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 12:44:54 +0000

Turning 30 is a big deal, so the sweetest way to help a friend or loved one celebrate is by giving a surprise party inspired by the guest of honor’s childhood. Think back on fun childhood games like Twister, Manhunt and Girl Talk to center your celebration theme around. Just because we’re getting another year older does not mean we cannot think about about the past! These 30th birthday ideas
will make you and your friends feel like a kid once again.

30th birthday ideas

Afraid to kiss your twenties goodbye? It might help to create a list (be as silly or as serious as you wish to be) of all the things you wanted to achieve prior to your 30th birthday. Immediately take that list and circle your top 3 choices that can potentially be reached in one night. Gather your wildest friends and check off each point on your 30th Birthday Bucket List. You’ll be so proud of yourself, you will never look back! Plus you will have tons of fun and recent memories from accomplishing activities on your list!

The best part about a birthday is having your best pals there to commemorate it with you. For a festive getaway adventure trip, ask 3 to 6 other pals, for a total of 5-8 people including you and a significant other.This will give you plenty of people to make it seem like a true celebration, without making the process of planning too discouraging. Once the group number climbs past ten, the prospects of locating a weekend that coordinates with everyone’s schedule is nearly impossible, which is why we recommend keeping it simple and staying to eight or less total campers.

The Best Time to Play Online Poker

admin — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 19:27:44 +0000

The Best Time to Play Online Poker When online poker first really hit the scene, a lot of players where hitting the digital online poker tables late at night after they finished their day jobs. As a result, the online casinos were absolutely buzzing with activity as soon as the sun went down. Many people still think that nighttime is the best time to play online poker. I must respectfully disagree. When it comes to online poker, I think that the absolute worst time to play poker is actually late at night. The best time is early morning. We all know the dangers of playing poker when we are angry, hungry, or tired. These three qualities are the triad on which all lecture on the dangers of tilt are built. Perhaps, people fail to notice the last quality. It seems to me like there is a real possibility of tiredness late at night after a long day at work. This means that the players will not be in optimum form. They will not be thinking straight. They will not be making wise poker decisions. Given that poor decision making is a natural consequence of late nights, it is pure folly to put off your high stakes poker to the time when you will play the worst.

Played JJ Too Passively

admin — Mon, 03 May 2010 16:06:12 +0000

In a cash game, I again was in the BB with a difficult poker hand, JJ. Like AK from the BB, I’m a bit unsure what I want to do in a cash online poker game. Unlike a tournament, I can’t really price out an opponent when we’re both 80-100 BBs deep. Facing a raise, I’d rather smooth call and see a flop than place a lot more money at risk preflop. Also unlike a tournament, my re-raising won’t help me define his hand that well. Cash game hand ranges are wider and less distinguishable. I was also out of position. The flop came K-10-8 with two spades. Out of position, I checked. The preflop aggressor bet .75 and I called. The turn brought a 9d. Now I have every pair beat except for the King, and I have an open-ended straight draw. Sometimes hitting draws slows you down. It gives you false confidence. So I check-called one more street with what I thought could have been the best online poker hand. The river was very ugly, the Ks. There was now a pair on the board and a completed flush draw, as well as a possible straight. I checked one more time in hopes that my opponent would check down an uncertain hand, but he did not. He shoved and I was forced to fold my JJ.

Improve Your Online Play

admin — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 17:01:31 +0000

Improve Your Online Play poker online is essentially the same game as live table poker, but there are a few factors to keep in mind if you want to win consistently at the casino , especially at small stakes games. First of all, don’t get caught up in loose aggressive poker play, which tends to be prevalent at these tables. When the stakes are small, players bet a lot and almost always go to the river. The thing to keep in mind is not how many pots you win, but how much money is in those pots. Don’t waste chips chasing after small pots just to be in the game. You must fold a lot at online tables just as a smart player does at live tables. You also need to adjust your play to the speed of the game, which is much quicker online than at live casino tables. At live tables, a good dealer can pitch 30-35 hands per hour. Online tables typically have 50+ hands per hour. The action is so much faster, and players expect quick responses. If you are facing a tough decision, then activate the time-out function as a courtesy to others. Keep records of your play. Online rooms often make this easy to do. You can flag opponents you have encountered before so you can gain insights into their playing styles. Taking notes will also give you insight into your own play so you can identify any weaknesses and leaks.

Bankroll Management for SnGs

admin — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 09:49:38 +0000

When playing ring online poker games, the general rule of thumb is to keep a bankroll of about 30 maximum buy ins. So if you’re playing 10NL, then you’d be safe to keep about 300 dollars in your account to deal with the up and down swings that are inherent in the game. However, the SnG poker tournament, whether single table or multi table is an entirely different animal. Like apples and oranges. And if you compare the two and try to use the same strategies, you’re bound to find yourself broke faster than you can click the all in button with aces preflop to a four bet heads up. So let’s dissect some of the guidelines with examples. If you’re into playing heads up SnG online poker, the key to keeping money in your account is to multiply the buy-in (with rake included) by 40. So for a 1.10 STT SnG, you’d want to have a bankroll of about 45 dollars. You can do this for double or nothing SnGs as well as long as they pay out half of the field. For single table tournaments with a standard payout structure (either 6 or 9 man) you’ll want to multiply the buy in by 65. So for a 1.10 game that’s STT in category, you’d want a bakroll of about 72 dollars to maximize your profit. Next is the 18-20 man tourmanents. Since these tournaments have higher variance (but also higher payouts) you’ll want to multiply the buy-in by 90 here to keep a proper bankroll. So if you’re going to play say a .75+.20 18 man MTT, you’d multiply .90 (the buy in plus the entry fee/rake) by 90. So for tournaments like this, you’d want an 81 dollar bankroll. And the list goes on as the number of players increases. For 27 man tourneys, you’ll use a multiplier of 108. 128 for a 45 man tournament. 150 for a 90 man, and 200 for a 180 man SnG. But let’s take it one step further, what if you’re playing in a MTT where a percentage of the field gets paid. To figure out proper bankroll for this is slightly more complicated but can be done easily enough. In percenage based payout structures, you simply take the player field and divide it by the percentage of the field that gets paid. Let’s say you have 1000 players, and 20% gets paid. 1000/20 is 50, so you should have at least 50 buy-ins if you’re looking to play in these percentage based games. If you do this, you’ll notice that as the player field goes up, so does the number of buy-ins you need to have to make a profit off of it. In the same example above, let’s say 20% are paid but the field is 5000. Here you would need 250 buy-ins to make this game worth your bankroll’s while. Hope that helped, and happy scouting for your games.

Breaking it down on Taking a Break

admin — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 15:53:06 +0000

Play a lot of online poker? Yeah, so do I. But sometimes I get this feeling that I’m just going through the motions. Well, I decided to do a little personal investigation, and here’s what I found. During those times, I noticed that my bankroll either was in decline or my profit margin was very, very small.

I compared this to the times when I was excited to play and when I had a lot of focus going in my game. During these instances, my bankroll increased exponentially and I was an overall winning player.

While this is anecdotal evidence, perhaps many of you can benefit from this advice. I found that in order to combat this negative effect, I could just simply take a break. I would end up reigniting one of my other hobbies, taking a brief hiatus from online poker, and then I would come back with the gusto I had when I first began playing.

Essentially, what we experience is a burn-out factor. It’s not just poker players that go through it, just about anyone who does something day in and day out will eventually get burnt out on doing it. The luxury we have as poker players is that we can simply walk away. Unlike a 9-5 job, where you have to be there to get your pay check, a poker player is allowed to simply put up the computer, put down the cards, and find something else to do for a while.

Winning Tips for Poker and Life

admin — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 15:19:42 +0000

The attitude you bring to the poker table influences the outcome of your game. Some of the precepts that apply to the best mind set in online poker carry over to daily life too and the success you might achieve.

First of all, take the long-term view. You can’t expect to win every time, and you must recognize that you will make some mistakes. These are learning opportunities that can bring you more wisdom along your path. Think about how a decision backfired on you, and gain insight into avoiding that situation again. That’s a lesson that applies in poker and everyday living. Look at your poker game as an ongoing endeavor and plan to improve over the long term.

Another good precept to live by at the poker table and everyday is to trust those around you, but always cut the cards. Poker is just like a business deal, and though you may have complete faith in integrity of those you are dealing with, always be on alert and take steps to thwart a sleight of hand that might skewer the deal.

To succeed in poker and in life, you must work hard and apply yourself to the task at hand. The more prepared you are to seize opportunity at the casino, the more luck you will have. Sometimes luck just happens – you flop a monster hand at the poker table, or you meet someone circumstantially who becomes important in your life. Savvy poker players prepare to be lucky by always looking to improve their game and through practice. It allows them to spot the lucky opportunities that are not obvious to everyone else.

Disguising Your Hand

admin — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 15:04:31 +0000

In online poker, you’ve got to keep your opponents guessing. Getting yourself caught in a predictable mode where you do the same thing every time is essentially like letting your opponent see your handif he can tell what you are doing by your action, he doesn’t need to know your cards.

Beyond bluffing or playing cards outside the range you would normally employ, varying your style of action on a certain given type of hand to disguise is good for mixing up your levels of expectation. In a different mindset than slowplaying, you are instead changing your usual opening position with big hands, and raising with hands you would normally not, in order to trick your poker online opponent into not being able to assign a range of what you might hold.

Limping in from early position with big pairs is a fairly common way of enacting this, but I more prefer limping with them in middle position even, as there it is even harder to anticipate.

Another common way to disguise a big hand post flop is to bet out when you have it, rather than the default of check raising, as it is more likely then to look like a bluff. Keep this in mind when you’re at the casino.