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Tips for Fast Poker
For about a year, the fast poker craze died out because Full Tilt went down along with its Rush Poker software. Rush was well known for allowing people to play more hands in less amount of time. But ever since the emergence of Zoom Poker at PokerStars and several other sites rolling out speed poker…
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Poker Bankroll: How Much should you spend on One MTT?
A common question among beginning poker players revolves around how much they should spend on a single multi-table tournament buy-in. The general answer is that it’s a good idea to only spend 1-2% of your bankroll on a lone MTT. After all, you wouldn’t want to put too much money into a single tourney and…
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Finding your Comfort Zone in Poker
One of the biggest debates in regard to poker strategy is whether to adopt a tight or aggressive style. Now successful players always advocate adopting what works best in the situation; for instance, on a table full of maniacs, playing tight and waiting for good hands works well. However, each individual player tends to lean…
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Looking over Blind Structures before playing Poker Tournaments
Beginning poker players often wonder how they should play tournaments in regard to the early, middle and late stages. And the general answer to these questions often revolves around a typical strategy: play tight in the beginning, open up during the middle to combat rising blinds, and be even more aggressive as the tourney gets…
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How do you win Poker Tournaments?
Now the title of this post might sound cheesy because there’s no simple way to win poker tournaments. But even with this being said, many beginning players wonder exactly how one goes about winning a bigger multi-table tournament. Now we can’t give you a step-by-step analysis of how to win a poker tournament, but here…
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Multi-tabling and its Effect on Poker ROI
As we’ve talked about in the past, return on investment (ROI) is a very critical concept for poker tournament players to understand. ROI shows you how much money you’re earning back based on the amount you are investing in buy-ins. If you’d like to learn more about ROI, check this out. Moving along, some people…
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Are Win/Loss Limits applicable in Poker?
Those who play casino games a great deal are probably used to the concept of setting win and loss limits. With these, players set a predetermined amount of money that they’re willing to win or lose before quitting. For example, assuming your win limit was $50, you’d stop playing upon hitting this amount; if your loss…
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Micro Stakes Poker Strategy: Blinds vs. No. of Players
One common piece of advice in micro stakes poker is to play tight and wait for good hands to come around. The reason for this advice is because the average micro stakes player is loose-aggressive, and they’ll overplay mediocre hands past the flop such as top and middle pairs. However, some players begin to question…
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Reducing Variance in MTT’s
Playing in multi-table poker tournaments is always great when you’re on a hot streak and collecting big cashes. However, you might get the urge to quit when things aren’t going so well and you haven’t cashed in a while. This being the case, it’s important to do what you can to reduce variance in MTT’s,…
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Traits of Good Postflop Poker Players
For many beginning poker players, it’s hard enough to get comfortable with the various preflop situations that will arise. But when you add postflop play into the mix, it almost seems like an overload to some players. Of course, this is no excuse to neglect postflop play because it’s extremely important for those who want…