You have to pay to use them anyway (only realised while looking around online)... I think I'll stick with my brain.
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You have to pay to use them anyway (only realised while looking around online)... I think I'll stick with my brain.
I thought PKR was pretty good for the first couple of months.... After that the avatars became a real distraction for me. PokerStars is my home!
Rush?
I assume you mean games with short blind intervals. If so, then they do.
Turbo and Hyper-Turbo!
I assume you mean games with short blind intervals. If so, then they do.
Turbo and Hyper-Turbo!
No, Rush on demand, FT's games.
Can see the rules there. It's amazing. I play $4+rake buyin. 36 places paid, top price $350ish dollars. You need to play relatively agressive, and it's all about position, and blind stealing. I ****ed up and lost the $30 i won from it due to stupid decisions but, I want to give it a proper go grinding them.
Can see the rules there. It's amazing. I play $4+rake buyin. 36 places paid, top price $350ish dollars. You need to play relatively agressive, and it's all about position, and blind stealing. I ****ed up and lost the $30 i won from it due to stupid decisions but, I want to give it a proper go grinding them.
Hmmm Not sure.
They have this new setup though Sit and Go.
10 or more people across 2 or more table.
have the field gets paid the same about.... But theres more... You cash a set amout for every 100 chips.
These games can be really TIGHT!
They have this new setup though Sit and Go.
10 or more people across 2 or more table.
have the field gets paid the same about.... But theres more... You cash a set amout for every 100 chips.
These games can be really TIGHT!
They're good fun.
Think I've taken part in 6/7 of them. Only left empty handed a couple times!
Will try to find the official name!
I try my hardest to play as tight as I can.
I often like to try out new game plans... This is one of my best game plans.
When I started off I use to play like a mad man (at times I still do
). Just need to keep calm I guess lol!
50/fifties? Love them - ppl play very loose at start and tight at middle to late. Suits me to a tee.
Personal faves are the $2.20 buyin 180 person turbo mtt's, generally cash one in 5. (have a friend who just plays them and has made nearly $1000 in the past two weeks) or $6.25 turbo heads up games for a bit of fun.
Also the scheduled low stakes GTD tourneys are good fun at pokerstars. Providing it's no rebuys.
Highest cashes (aren't really that high) have been..
$12 NL Hold'em [turbo - 180 players] $11.00+$1.00 4/180 $158.40
A handful of $50 and $23 heads up games $100/44
A couple 4 player heads up games $10 buyins - $40.00
Also the scheduled low stakes GTD tourneys are good fun at pokerstars. Providing it's no rebuys.
Highest cashes (aren't really that high) have been..
$12 NL Hold'em [turbo - 180 players] $11.00+$1.00 4/180 $158.40
A handful of $50 and $23 heads up games $100/44
A couple 4 player heads up games $10 buyins - $40.00
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Hate rebuys!
Do you guys watch the Sunday Millions? Makes for some great viewing!
Do you guys watch the Sunday Millions? Makes for some great viewing!
Did you see the anniversary one sunday just gone?
Biggest online poker cash amount ever I believe? Think it was over $10,000,000.
Winner took something like $600,000 and a Gallardo.
Saw one of the players won a hyper-turbo satellite and won his $215 buy-in. Then went on to take 2nd or 3rd and a few hundred thousand dollars!
All it takes is some good luck, play the best you can, and hopefully the rest will take care of itself.
Biggest online poker cash amount ever I believe? Think it was over $10,000,000.
Winner took something like $600,000 and a Gallardo.
Saw one of the players won a hyper-turbo satellite and won his $215 buy-in. Then went on to take 2nd or 3rd and a few hundred thousand dollars!
All it takes is some good luck, play the best you can, and hopefully the rest will take care of itself.
The best advice I can give is to read: Doyle Brunson's super system: a course in power poker.
Doyle Brunson is the god father of poker and his book is considered the Bible by EVERYONE. I think a few here might be beginners (im no pro YET!! but maybe this can help you if you dont get the book - which you should...)
Always be thinking: Your Position, your cards, player(s) your up against.
And by "your cards" i mean: Think what cards you have, what cards you think your opponent(s) have. What cards your opponent(s) think you have.
This should be plenty enough to keep your brain very busy at the start.
Doyle Brunson is the god father of poker and his book is considered the Bible by EVERYONE. I think a few here might be beginners (im no pro YET!! but maybe this can help you if you dont get the book - which you should...)
Always be thinking: Your Position, your cards, player(s) your up against.
And by "your cards" i mean: Think what cards you have, what cards you think your opponent(s) have. What cards your opponent(s) think you have.
This should be plenty enough to keep your brain very busy at the start.
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I use stats and HUD, i do not use poker calculators as i have basically memorised the odds for every possible situation
Heh, that's why I want to move to live play, to see how well I cope. It's easy online as you can get dealt pocket Aces and let yourself have a smile, it'll be much harder in person to remain calm and play them properly. Should be fun either way
I've played enough hands that to me pocket aces are the same as any other hand (emotionally)
Though at first was like this.
No, calculating odds are not difficult, and does not need to be extremely accurate, 1-5% accuracy is fine.
You need to know the odds about your situation, so if you do not know them already, then use a calculator.
But also, calculators are limited, essentially you got to assume a lot of stuff.
But there are times when you know you are beat 100% and its still mathematically sound to call. Certain cases when i have AK, and you decide to show me KK, i would still call. This is where the calculator would come in handy..
Calculating odds of a situation (using an assumption) is not relating to strategy and will not make you predictable.
As a tip i figure out what my opponent will have over 100 hands.
"In this situation" I believe i am ahead.
Thus even if the opponent shows a better hand IT WAS STILL A GOOD CALL.
If a massively loose opponent for example will push all in at a certain stage with any pocket pair / AK-A10 and you have pocket 10's then it is a easy decision.
If he then flips over AA, it was still a good decision, the majority of the time you will have better cards.
If you want to play poker i would recommend for cash games to have 50x your buyin and make that 100x @ higher stakes
Tournaments = 100-200 buyins (if you play STT you can do 50-100) If you play tournaments with over 300 or so people, then 200 buyins
Thus, if you want to sit down at a $0.5/$1 cash game you should have $5,000 in your account
If you want to play a $5 tournament you should have $1000
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I have that book but I don't think many of the top online pros would consider it the best really. It doesn't divulge into hand reading, and a lot of the book covers other types of poker which doesn't help the 95% that just play hold'em.
If you are going to read any books then Dan Harringtons are the best, both his cash and touney ones. Better yet, sign up to something like leggo poker or poker savvy. Poker training sites with videos are the best way off of the tables to learn.