Sunday 5 April 2009
Poker anti-gravity chip trick
The muscle pass chip trick, also known as the anti-gravity poker chip trick, is the most difficult poker chip trick out there - learn how to perform this trick!
Saturday 4 April 2009
PokerStars April Bonus
Pokerstars gives all of their new customers the opportunity to earn a 100% initial deposit bonus of up to $50.
In order to be eligible for this bonus, you simply need to do two things:
1. Enter POKER-KING during the sign-up process when you are prompted for a "Pokerstars Marketing Code".
2. Enter STARS50 when prompted for a "bonus code" during the deposit process.
That's it!
Keep in mind that this is a matching deposit bonus, meaning that Pokerstars will MATCH the size of your INITIAL deposit on the site, up to a maximum of $50. In short - make that first deposit count.
Pokerstars will give you up to SIX MONTHS to clear your bonus - this should be more than enough time, even for the most casual of players.
Bonuses are cleared by playing in real-money cash games, SNGs and MTTs. The faster that you earn Base FPPs, the faster that you will earn your bonus.
Just don't forget to enter POKER-KING when prompted for a Pokerstars Marketing Code.
So what exactly is happening on Pokerstars this spring?
How about the SCOOP (Spring Championship of Online Poker), which is set to kick off in just a couple of weeks?
How about an unbelievable assortment of low and high buy-in satellites to the World Series of Poker main event?
How about the usual assortment of unbelievably large guaranteed weekly tournaments, such as the Sunday Million?
There is a reason why Pokerstars is the biggest online poker room on the planet - sign up for an account today!
April Pokerstars Marketing Code - POKER-KING
In order to be eligible for this bonus, you simply need to do two things:
1. Enter POKER-KING during the sign-up process when you are prompted for a "Pokerstars Marketing Code".
2. Enter STARS50 when prompted for a "bonus code" during the deposit process.
That's it!
Keep in mind that this is a matching deposit bonus, meaning that Pokerstars will MATCH the size of your INITIAL deposit on the site, up to a maximum of $50. In short - make that first deposit count.
Pokerstars will give you up to SIX MONTHS to clear your bonus - this should be more than enough time, even for the most casual of players.
Bonuses are cleared by playing in real-money cash games, SNGs and MTTs. The faster that you earn Base FPPs, the faster that you will earn your bonus.
Just don't forget to enter POKER-KING when prompted for a Pokerstars Marketing Code.
So what exactly is happening on Pokerstars this spring?
How about the SCOOP (Spring Championship of Online Poker), which is set to kick off in just a couple of weeks?
How about an unbelievable assortment of low and high buy-in satellites to the World Series of Poker main event?
How about the usual assortment of unbelievably large guaranteed weekly tournaments, such as the Sunday Million?
There is a reason why Pokerstars is the biggest online poker room on the planet - sign up for an account today!
April Pokerstars Marketing Code - POKER-KING
I have been losing a lot at poker. Help me win!?
This is a lot of writing below.. I know. You should maybe take a day every section so you absorb it because all these concepts are quite important.
A very important part of poker is your hand selection. When you first start, you should always play a "tight" game which means play only certain quality hands in certain positons. Here is a link to what hands you should play in what positions: http://www.flopturnriver.com/essays_pref...
This link only talks about the first 2 groups of hands, to the right of the article are groups 3-6. When you get these hands you want to raise 3-5 times the bb with an unopened pot. With groups 1-2 you want to reraise. 3 and 4 just call and 5-6 just fold. Remember, these tips ARENT always right. They are just a guide to improve.
Now that we talked about hand selection the next step is pot odds. Have you ever had a draw, but didnt know whether to fold to a raise or to call?? Well heres a link that explains this concept. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pot_odds
On, tv you constantly see people bluffing so that has to be important too right??? Well it is, but if done to often will just spell disaster. So, remember its a good way to steal the pot, but you dont want people catching you. If you are caught bluffing JUST STOP. Instead use your image for the better.
When you have a monster hand just bet it like you are bluffing. Semibluffing is a term that refers to you bluffing with a draw such as a flush draw. You want to take down the pot right away, but you still have outs. Remember if you arent confident in taking down the pot right away with your semibluff dont bother doing it. Heres a link to bluffing. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bluffing
Another important concept is position. There are 3 categories. Early, Middle, and Late. Early position includes the two blinds and UTG (the person that starts the betting preflop). Middle position is the 3 people next to UTG. Late position are the last 3 people which include the button who is the last person to act. The later your positon the better.Heres an example of why position is important: Lets say that you hold KQ UTG. Its a great hand right? Not in early position. Do you raise?? Do you just call the bb?? Lets say you raise. Someone in middle position reraises you. Now what?? They could have KK, AK, QQ, AA. Even A2-A10 beats you. Its gonna be hard to call. Now, lets say you just call the bb. YOU ARE GOING TO GET RAISED 95% OF THE TIME. Then you faced with more hard decisions. Remember, you want your oppenents to face the hard decisions not you. Just fold.
To win in poker you also need to be agressive and know when to bet. You always want to be the one raising or betting, not calling or checking if you have have a made hand. (Well for the most part. Below it tells you why you want to check or call) You also want to be able to stop betting after being agressive in the previous betting round. Heres an example. you hold AJ. The flop comes out A, 8, 3 rainbow (all different suits). You bet the pot and you get 1 person to fold while another person calls. You bet 3/4 again on the turn and get a call. JUST CHECK THE RIVER. Yes you have top pair with a decent kicker, but you have to ask yourself what you can beat. He showed alot of resistance in letting that hand go, so you hvae to give him credit. Basically you can only beat A, 10 and only a fish with taht hand would have called you on the way down. You could be up against a set, an Ace with a higher kicker, or 2 pair. Now lets say you checked it to him on the flop and he bet. You call. On the turn he bets again and you call. On the river he bets again. YOU DONT KNOW WHERE YOU'RE AT. He could be plain bluffing for all you know. You also let him dictate the action and pot size which you want to be doing. Anwyays, you have to fold, because you just dont know what he has. Betting also allows you to beat better hands (when they fold) while calling allows only you to win pots. Betting also does other things. You can probe to see where they're at with a bet. 1/3-2/3 the pot is good. Lets say you have 89. The flop comes out 3,Q, 9 giving you mid pair. Put out a probing bet: if they call you're probaly beat (however they could have J10 or AK so if you think that you can take down the pot fire agian on the turn)). If they reraise you get out. If they fold well way to be agressive. Doing a probing bet is better than just checking because if he fires back at you dont know what to do. Another bet is called the blocker bet. If you are against a maniac and you have a mediocre hand and are first to act use this method. Its when you are certain that if you check he will bet. However, if you bet and put out signns of strength e will just call you. This way you have to pay less to see a showdown.
The last thing ima discuss is being tricky and check raising and checkcalling. A check raise is done when you think your oppenent is going to fold if you bet, but will take a shot at the pot if you check. Then you can reraise him! A good amount to raise is 2/1/2 to 4 times his bet. This gets you one extra bet usually. Slowplaying is betting small or just checking with a monster hand. This is to not scare them away or induce a bluff. You never ever want to use this method IF THERE IS ANY SIGn that there is a hand that can outdraw you. Lets say you have the nuts, AKo. The flop is 10s, Js, Qc. You have the nuts (best hand possible). You should slowplay right?? No!!! there is a flush draw out there. Bet and make their odds incorrect for them to call. As you can see slowplaying is risky, but can also be VERY profitable. Just like bluffing dont use slowplaying and checkraising 2 much. Playing straightforwardly is fine most of the time.
A very important part of poker is your hand selection. When you first start, you should always play a "tight" game which means play only certain quality hands in certain positons. Here is a link to what hands you should play in what positions: http://www.flopturnriver.com/essays_pref...
This link only talks about the first 2 groups of hands, to the right of the article are groups 3-6. When you get these hands you want to raise 3-5 times the bb with an unopened pot. With groups 1-2 you want to reraise. 3 and 4 just call and 5-6 just fold. Remember, these tips ARENT always right. They are just a guide to improve.
Now that we talked about hand selection the next step is pot odds. Have you ever had a draw, but didnt know whether to fold to a raise or to call?? Well heres a link that explains this concept. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pot_odds
On, tv you constantly see people bluffing so that has to be important too right??? Well it is, but if done to often will just spell disaster. So, remember its a good way to steal the pot, but you dont want people catching you. If you are caught bluffing JUST STOP. Instead use your image for the better.
When you have a monster hand just bet it like you are bluffing. Semibluffing is a term that refers to you bluffing with a draw such as a flush draw. You want to take down the pot right away, but you still have outs. Remember if you arent confident in taking down the pot right away with your semibluff dont bother doing it. Heres a link to bluffing. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bluffing
Another important concept is position. There are 3 categories. Early, Middle, and Late. Early position includes the two blinds and UTG (the person that starts the betting preflop). Middle position is the 3 people next to UTG. Late position are the last 3 people which include the button who is the last person to act. The later your positon the better.Heres an example of why position is important: Lets say that you hold KQ UTG. Its a great hand right? Not in early position. Do you raise?? Do you just call the bb?? Lets say you raise. Someone in middle position reraises you. Now what?? They could have KK, AK, QQ, AA. Even A2-A10 beats you. Its gonna be hard to call. Now, lets say you just call the bb. YOU ARE GOING TO GET RAISED 95% OF THE TIME. Then you faced with more hard decisions. Remember, you want your oppenents to face the hard decisions not you. Just fold.
To win in poker you also need to be agressive and know when to bet. You always want to be the one raising or betting, not calling or checking if you have have a made hand. (Well for the most part. Below it tells you why you want to check or call) You also want to be able to stop betting after being agressive in the previous betting round. Heres an example. you hold AJ. The flop comes out A, 8, 3 rainbow (all different suits). You bet the pot and you get 1 person to fold while another person calls. You bet 3/4 again on the turn and get a call. JUST CHECK THE RIVER. Yes you have top pair with a decent kicker, but you have to ask yourself what you can beat. He showed alot of resistance in letting that hand go, so you hvae to give him credit. Basically you can only beat A, 10 and only a fish with taht hand would have called you on the way down. You could be up against a set, an Ace with a higher kicker, or 2 pair. Now lets say you checked it to him on the flop and he bet. You call. On the turn he bets again and you call. On the river he bets again. YOU DONT KNOW WHERE YOU'RE AT. He could be plain bluffing for all you know. You also let him dictate the action and pot size which you want to be doing. Anwyays, you have to fold, because you just dont know what he has. Betting also allows you to beat better hands (when they fold) while calling allows only you to win pots. Betting also does other things. You can probe to see where they're at with a bet. 1/3-2/3 the pot is good. Lets say you have 89. The flop comes out 3,Q, 9 giving you mid pair. Put out a probing bet: if they call you're probaly beat (however they could have J10 or AK so if you think that you can take down the pot fire agian on the turn)). If they reraise you get out. If they fold well way to be agressive. Doing a probing bet is better than just checking because if he fires back at you dont know what to do. Another bet is called the blocker bet. If you are against a maniac and you have a mediocre hand and are first to act use this method. Its when you are certain that if you check he will bet. However, if you bet and put out signns of strength e will just call you. This way you have to pay less to see a showdown.
The last thing ima discuss is being tricky and check raising and checkcalling. A check raise is done when you think your oppenent is going to fold if you bet, but will take a shot at the pot if you check. Then you can reraise him! A good amount to raise is 2/1/2 to 4 times his bet. This gets you one extra bet usually. Slowplaying is betting small or just checking with a monster hand. This is to not scare them away or induce a bluff. You never ever want to use this method IF THERE IS ANY SIGn that there is a hand that can outdraw you. Lets say you have the nuts, AKo. The flop is 10s, Js, Qc. You have the nuts (best hand possible). You should slowplay right?? No!!! there is a flush draw out there. Bet and make their odds incorrect for them to call. As you can see slowplaying is risky, but can also be VERY profitable. Just like bluffing dont use slowplaying and checkraising 2 much. Playing straightforwardly is fine most of the time.
How do I become a professional poker player?
Playing "professionally" is a lot tougher and a hell of a lot less glamorous than most people realize. There are a number of factors to consider.
The biggest, yet possibly least discussed, factor is the rake. All casinos, online or otherwise, rake cash games and require entry fees in tournaments. Some are reasonable and can be overcome by a truly skilled player, others are very excessive and should definitely be avoided. And, oddly, it can be difficult to determine the difference without considerable scrutiny.
Another major pitfall is money management. It's very common for a player to go on a rush, perhaps even an extended rush, and do well only to give back all his winnings in a single session or small handful of sessions. Or possibly to spend those winnings on spoils only to go on a cold streak and lose what little bankroll he left himself to continue playing with.
Others have done well, but lost everything when they have upped their limits a bit too high only to run into competition they can no longer beat, yet refused to drop their limits back down.
And yet others might win a couple tournaments, but get sunk come tax time when they're forced to pay excessive taxes on the winnings they're forced to claim (and can't successfully negate to the satisfaction of an IRS auditor by claiming losses.)
I played casino poker "professionally" for a while a number of years ago - before most players today had ever heard of Hold'em - so perhaps I can help you to an extent. Today, however, I just supplement with play in spare time only. It keeps me sane and more-importantly permits me to blow winnings on entertainment or things I wouldn't otherwise purchase without fear of depreciating my bankroll more than I should.
Begin with limit play. Do your homework first! Read everything you can about low limit. Forget about tournaments and all-in play. Learn (or re-learn) the most basic fundamentals as they will apply to all games you may find yourself in. Commit to memory the importance of position, pot odds, aggressive play, etc. - all the fundamentals.
PLAY TIGHT! Seriously, play so tight it almost makes you puke. Rarely does a good, consistently-profitable player enjoy the game - it should be a grind, perhaps even a bore. Get real used to folding and learn to fold monster hands when you're beat.
DON'T EVER CALL A BET YOU KNOW YOU SHOULDN'T!
Know your competition and learn from them. If you're playing in a casino, this isn't too difficult, but if you're playing online it can be more difficult. If you're playing online, do not surf the web, walk away from your PC during hands you're not in, etc. Watch and learn how others play - specifically what hands they play, from what positions, and how they play them. Use that information to your benefit. Don't waste time trying to read peoples' faces.
Know and learn from yourself. Know your limits and analyze your mistakes. For example, when you get your aces snapped, did you bring it on yourself by not raising pre-flop? Did you call a pre-flop raise with K-9, at some point make a straight, only to lose to a bigger straight by the guy holding A-K (the same guy who's raise you should never have called to start with)?
In "The Art of War," the 4th century B.C. Chinese war strategist Sun Tzu wisely states, "Know your enemy and know yourself and in one hundred battles, you shall never perish." He must have been a poker player. Re-read the previous two paragraphs. See what I mean?
KEEP BOOKS, BUT DON'T "COOK" THEM! By that I mean keep a log of your play. Track how much you win or lose along with how long you play each and every session. Don't "forget" to log a session because you took an astronomical odds-defying beat or two therefore that session was an anomaly and shouldn't count. When you're winning, consistently, more than one big bet per hour, you're doing good.
Eventually you may consider hedging your bets a bit by playing a higher limit cash game. Go for it, but only if you can afford it. I would recommend playing at a limit where the conventional buy-in (usually 20-40 times the big bet) is no more than about 5% of your bankroll. Don't get too greedy by upping your limits too high or too quickly. And if after upping your limits, you find yourself losing, for God's sake, drop them back down and start playing winning poker again!
If you're able to do all of the above, and do it for a profit, start entering some tournaments. Sure the strategy will differ a bit, but you'll already be equipped with the tools to know how and when to vary your play.
In tournaments, find what works for you and run with it. As an ultra-tight and good heads-up no-limit player, I prefer single table tournaments where I almost always finish in the money and rarely lose once heads-up (even if way behind to start). If you're good at bullying right out of the gate, perhaps the multi-table tournaments are more your speed.
Another note on tournaments, if you win big or accrue a certain amount of winnings over the course of a year in an actual casino, you'll be required to claim those winnings. For that reason, you may consider restricting your tournament play to online. If you prefer the casino setting, however, use your ATM card there often and save all the withdrawal slips. You can use those as evidence when you write off gambling losses in the event that you get audited.
Last note on tournaments: Remember you can't up and walk away after a huge score like you can in a cash game!
Sorry this has run rather long, but there's a lot (far, far more that just what I've written) to consider and learn before playing "professionally." Hopefully it's helped, though.
Good luck!
The biggest, yet possibly least discussed, factor is the rake. All casinos, online or otherwise, rake cash games and require entry fees in tournaments. Some are reasonable and can be overcome by a truly skilled player, others are very excessive and should definitely be avoided. And, oddly, it can be difficult to determine the difference without considerable scrutiny.
Another major pitfall is money management. It's very common for a player to go on a rush, perhaps even an extended rush, and do well only to give back all his winnings in a single session or small handful of sessions. Or possibly to spend those winnings on spoils only to go on a cold streak and lose what little bankroll he left himself to continue playing with.
Others have done well, but lost everything when they have upped their limits a bit too high only to run into competition they can no longer beat, yet refused to drop their limits back down.
And yet others might win a couple tournaments, but get sunk come tax time when they're forced to pay excessive taxes on the winnings they're forced to claim (and can't successfully negate to the satisfaction of an IRS auditor by claiming losses.)
I played casino poker "professionally" for a while a number of years ago - before most players today had ever heard of Hold'em - so perhaps I can help you to an extent. Today, however, I just supplement with play in spare time only. It keeps me sane and more-importantly permits me to blow winnings on entertainment or things I wouldn't otherwise purchase without fear of depreciating my bankroll more than I should.
Begin with limit play. Do your homework first! Read everything you can about low limit. Forget about tournaments and all-in play. Learn (or re-learn) the most basic fundamentals as they will apply to all games you may find yourself in. Commit to memory the importance of position, pot odds, aggressive play, etc. - all the fundamentals.
PLAY TIGHT! Seriously, play so tight it almost makes you puke. Rarely does a good, consistently-profitable player enjoy the game - it should be a grind, perhaps even a bore. Get real used to folding and learn to fold monster hands when you're beat.
DON'T EVER CALL A BET YOU KNOW YOU SHOULDN'T!
Know your competition and learn from them. If you're playing in a casino, this isn't too difficult, but if you're playing online it can be more difficult. If you're playing online, do not surf the web, walk away from your PC during hands you're not in, etc. Watch and learn how others play - specifically what hands they play, from what positions, and how they play them. Use that information to your benefit. Don't waste time trying to read peoples' faces.
Know and learn from yourself. Know your limits and analyze your mistakes. For example, when you get your aces snapped, did you bring it on yourself by not raising pre-flop? Did you call a pre-flop raise with K-9, at some point make a straight, only to lose to a bigger straight by the guy holding A-K (the same guy who's raise you should never have called to start with)?
In "The Art of War," the 4th century B.C. Chinese war strategist Sun Tzu wisely states, "Know your enemy and know yourself and in one hundred battles, you shall never perish." He must have been a poker player. Re-read the previous two paragraphs. See what I mean?
KEEP BOOKS, BUT DON'T "COOK" THEM! By that I mean keep a log of your play. Track how much you win or lose along with how long you play each and every session. Don't "forget" to log a session because you took an astronomical odds-defying beat or two therefore that session was an anomaly and shouldn't count. When you're winning, consistently, more than one big bet per hour, you're doing good.
Eventually you may consider hedging your bets a bit by playing a higher limit cash game. Go for it, but only if you can afford it. I would recommend playing at a limit where the conventional buy-in (usually 20-40 times the big bet) is no more than about 5% of your bankroll. Don't get too greedy by upping your limits too high or too quickly. And if after upping your limits, you find yourself losing, for God's sake, drop them back down and start playing winning poker again!
If you're able to do all of the above, and do it for a profit, start entering some tournaments. Sure the strategy will differ a bit, but you'll already be equipped with the tools to know how and when to vary your play.
In tournaments, find what works for you and run with it. As an ultra-tight and good heads-up no-limit player, I prefer single table tournaments where I almost always finish in the money and rarely lose once heads-up (even if way behind to start). If you're good at bullying right out of the gate, perhaps the multi-table tournaments are more your speed.
Another note on tournaments, if you win big or accrue a certain amount of winnings over the course of a year in an actual casino, you'll be required to claim those winnings. For that reason, you may consider restricting your tournament play to online. If you prefer the casino setting, however, use your ATM card there often and save all the withdrawal slips. You can use those as evidence when you write off gambling losses in the event that you get audited.
Last note on tournaments: Remember you can't up and walk away after a huge score like you can in a cash game!
Sorry this has run rather long, but there's a lot (far, far more that just what I've written) to consider and learn before playing "professionally." Hopefully it's helped, though.
Good luck!
What is the best way of starting off poker?
To improve at poker, you need to follow a few simple steps:
1) Decide what kind of poker you want to play. Start with just one game. Also, decide whether you want to play cash games or tournaments.
2) Find somewhere to play regularly. There are great free poker games on sites like FullTiltPoker.net and Pokerstars.net where you can play. Even better, find a group of friends to play with.
3) Get a book. Tom McEvoy has some great books for starting players. Phil Gordon's books are really good for a beginning player as well.
4) Get feedback. Either a poker coach or a group of friends who talk about the game can move your poker playing up in a big way. Even inexperienced friends may see things that can help your game. The more feedback you get, the more you can improve. Make sure you understand the "Why" of the feedback, rather than just what to do differently. You will find that giving feedback helps as well. The more you think about poker situations, the better you can get.
5) Have fun with it. Don't let it consume you or take away from time with family and friends. This is really important because when poker goes bad (and it does for everyone), you don't want to be taking it out on them.
6) Manage your bankroll. Whatever money you use for poker should be just that: poker money. Do not mix that money with other money - especially money you play at games like Blackjack and things like that. I recommend keeping records of wins and losses to help you track how you play and to observe the progress you have made.
7) Understand that losing and bad beats are just part of the game. Be polite when someone gets lucky against you, and be cool when you beat someone else. Remember, act like you have been there before and like it is no big deal.
1) Decide what kind of poker you want to play. Start with just one game. Also, decide whether you want to play cash games or tournaments.
2) Find somewhere to play regularly. There are great free poker games on sites like FullTiltPoker.net and Pokerstars.net where you can play. Even better, find a group of friends to play with.
3) Get a book. Tom McEvoy has some great books for starting players. Phil Gordon's books are really good for a beginning player as well.
4) Get feedback. Either a poker coach or a group of friends who talk about the game can move your poker playing up in a big way. Even inexperienced friends may see things that can help your game. The more feedback you get, the more you can improve. Make sure you understand the "Why" of the feedback, rather than just what to do differently. You will find that giving feedback helps as well. The more you think about poker situations, the better you can get.
5) Have fun with it. Don't let it consume you or take away from time with family and friends. This is really important because when poker goes bad (and it does for everyone), you don't want to be taking it out on them.
6) Manage your bankroll. Whatever money you use for poker should be just that: poker money. Do not mix that money with other money - especially money you play at games like Blackjack and things like that. I recommend keeping records of wins and losses to help you track how you play and to observe the progress you have made.
7) Understand that losing and bad beats are just part of the game. Be polite when someone gets lucky against you, and be cool when you beat someone else. Remember, act like you have been there before and like it is no big deal.
Does positive attitude thinking help you at the poker tournament table?
Does the law of attraction work at the poker tournament table?
If you expect poor cards, bad beats and bad luck, does it happen?
If you expect good cards, hands that stand up, and good luck, do those things happen?
According to the law of attraction, YES, they do.
Let's see if we can apply it to poker tournaments.
The law of attraction takes five steps.
Step 1: Know what you want. Replace negative thoughts with positive thoughts about what you want and you will get those things. Expect good things to happen to you. You will catch good hole cards. You will hit the flop. You will trap the raiser.
Step 2: Think big. Decide what your goal is. Ignore the roadblocks and think about what you want. Concentrate on the goal and the steps to get there. Write your goal on a card, and keep it with you. This will spur your your subconcious to influence you toward your goal. You will make the bubble. You will make the final table. You will win the tournament.
Step 3: Clear all negative or limiting beliefs. Once you find a negative belief, confront it. Clear it from your mind, and replace it with a positive thought, one based on the idea that you are capable and worthy of achieving your goal. Replace "Poker Lotto players get lucky and beat me" with "Poker Lotto players are losers and when I beat them I get their chips". Find other examples of your negative thoughts and then find a positve thought to replace them.
Step 4: Feel what it would be like to win the hand, the table, the tournament. Visualize it. Feel it. Sense it. Visualizing your goals and desires can set the process in motion, and create reactions that can help you get what you want. If you look like a winner, then you must be one. Other players will pick up on this, and may avoid playing against you.
Step 5: Let go as you act on your intuitive impulses and see the positive results. Put it all together at the poker tournament table, and let your subconcious instincts work for you. Play the hands with the confidence of a winner (unless you are trapping, of course)
When you play poker, maintaining a confident positve demeanor will improve your play. Other players will sense this about you and respect your game when they play against you. If you come across as a skilled and savvy player, you will certainly do better than if you are perceived as a weak and inexperienced. Playing scared will not win a tournament. Playing confidently will!
Does the law of attraction work at the poker tournament tables? It just seems like common sense to me that it will. Find out for yourself by trying these steps. And let me know the results.
If you expect poor cards, bad beats and bad luck, does it happen?
If you expect good cards, hands that stand up, and good luck, do those things happen?
According to the law of attraction, YES, they do.
Let's see if we can apply it to poker tournaments.
The law of attraction takes five steps.
Step 1: Know what you want. Replace negative thoughts with positive thoughts about what you want and you will get those things. Expect good things to happen to you. You will catch good hole cards. You will hit the flop. You will trap the raiser.
Step 2: Think big. Decide what your goal is. Ignore the roadblocks and think about what you want. Concentrate on the goal and the steps to get there. Write your goal on a card, and keep it with you. This will spur your your subconcious to influence you toward your goal. You will make the bubble. You will make the final table. You will win the tournament.
Step 3: Clear all negative or limiting beliefs. Once you find a negative belief, confront it. Clear it from your mind, and replace it with a positive thought, one based on the idea that you are capable and worthy of achieving your goal. Replace "Poker Lotto players get lucky and beat me" with "Poker Lotto players are losers and when I beat them I get their chips". Find other examples of your negative thoughts and then find a positve thought to replace them.
Step 4: Feel what it would be like to win the hand, the table, the tournament. Visualize it. Feel it. Sense it. Visualizing your goals and desires can set the process in motion, and create reactions that can help you get what you want. If you look like a winner, then you must be one. Other players will pick up on this, and may avoid playing against you.
Step 5: Let go as you act on your intuitive impulses and see the positive results. Put it all together at the poker tournament table, and let your subconcious instincts work for you. Play the hands with the confidence of a winner (unless you are trapping, of course)
When you play poker, maintaining a confident positve demeanor will improve your play. Other players will sense this about you and respect your game when they play against you. If you come across as a skilled and savvy player, you will certainly do better than if you are perceived as a weak and inexperienced. Playing scared will not win a tournament. Playing confidently will!
Does the law of attraction work at the poker tournament tables? It just seems like common sense to me that it will. Find out for yourself by trying these steps. And let me know the results.
How do I become a more aggressive poker player?
What’s makes a aggressive poker player? And how do I become a more aggressive poker player?
One thing to make clear here is aggression is not all about bluffing.
Successful aggression is really based on 3 things.
1.Insurance: Making people fold when you have the best cards at that point in the hand. Say you have JJ and the flop comes A of hearts J of hearts and 9 of spades. There is a possible flush draw and a possible straight draw. What you have to do is use your aggression to stop the hand at that point or make it prohibitively expensive for someone to play a draw.
The same can be said for high pockets cards like AA KK QQ JJ you need to make a significant raise pre flop (say 6 times the blinds so that you "insure" that people make the wrong decision in calling.
2. Making your good cards count when you have the best hand. There is nothing worse than when a new player has a monster hand checking or calling when they should bet. If you have the best cards make it expensive to see your winning hand. It is a science of how much you should bet, but it should not be cheap (like 1-2 times the blinds).
3.Correctly reading the situation. If you are last to act (say the dealer) and there are two limpers (people who just call) to the flop and you think they haven't hit, place a bet, ensure that your aggression is within limits and usually double blinds to pot size.
Correctly reading the situation comes from reading the board for draws and knowing the player that are still in the hand and what they could have and how they play.
The problem with TV poker is that they don't show the hundreds of hands in which Phil Ivey folded, they only show the interesting hands. What pros do for the most part is highly calculated and if you are only just starting out in poker, only bluff when there is a very high chance that you will win.
Also only try to bluff small numbers of people don't try to bluff 4 people, it just won't won't work as "someone has something".
Aggression has many facets these are only a few.
One thing to make clear here is aggression is not all about bluffing.
Successful aggression is really based on 3 things.
1.Insurance: Making people fold when you have the best cards at that point in the hand. Say you have JJ and the flop comes A of hearts J of hearts and 9 of spades. There is a possible flush draw and a possible straight draw. What you have to do is use your aggression to stop the hand at that point or make it prohibitively expensive for someone to play a draw.
The same can be said for high pockets cards like AA KK QQ JJ you need to make a significant raise pre flop (say 6 times the blinds so that you "insure" that people make the wrong decision in calling.
2. Making your good cards count when you have the best hand. There is nothing worse than when a new player has a monster hand checking or calling when they should bet. If you have the best cards make it expensive to see your winning hand. It is a science of how much you should bet, but it should not be cheap (like 1-2 times the blinds).
3.Correctly reading the situation. If you are last to act (say the dealer) and there are two limpers (people who just call) to the flop and you think they haven't hit, place a bet, ensure that your aggression is within limits and usually double blinds to pot size.
Correctly reading the situation comes from reading the board for draws and knowing the player that are still in the hand and what they could have and how they play.
The problem with TV poker is that they don't show the hundreds of hands in which Phil Ivey folded, they only show the interesting hands. What pros do for the most part is highly calculated and if you are only just starting out in poker, only bluff when there is a very high chance that you will win.
Also only try to bluff small numbers of people don't try to bluff 4 people, it just won't won't work as "someone has something".
Aggression has many facets these are only a few.
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