Killer Poker

Play Positon, then your cards!

Published on 2010-07-20 16:36:00

There are many useful resources to improve your poker play. Full Tilt has a Poker Academy for example. The related challenges tie into your live play. By accepting a challenge you have goals to reach, this pretty much forces you to play based on the goals. There are a lot of challenges, so it would be hard for someone to know you are working on one of them, if anyone else you are playing against has even looked at them.Sites like pocketfives.com and cardplayer.com have great content. There are m

The All-In Shuffle

Published on 2010-05-18 18:34:00

In general, be it early in a tournament or playing cash tables, there are a lot of players online that feel shoving all their chips in the pot pre flop is a good strategy. Can even be a post flop shove, though in some cases that makes more sense. The way I see it, these players can't really play poker so they eliminate their need to think a hand out. Their money is all in, now watch the cards fall and see what happens, like the lottery numbers or bingo balls.The math here is that eventually, no

A Bullet or Bullets - firing and dodging them on the tables

Published on 2010-05-04 18:03:00

If you like action, then you have to usually generate it yourself. Next thing you know it is like a magnet, action comes to you. If you can not generate it, or stimulate it, then move on to another table as it is there somewhere.When the action is going strong, never forget your purpose. You are playing poker to win, to win as much as the other players are willing to lose to you. Sometimes you have to loose a little to win a lot. Never lose a lot to win a little. Sometimes you just lay down your

Full Tilt Poker

Published on 2010-04-26 22:17:00

The number of players on Carbonpoker.com, part of the mere network, had been weak lately. This can be a good thing, but not when there are only a couple of NLHE cash tables running in the $10 to $50 buy-ins. This forces one to either move down in stakes with the lottery style players or up in stakes outside of ones bankroll parameters. The SNG tables are filling slowly. The regular tournaments are ok, just not that many so if you miss a time slot you are again forced to play below or above your

Low Chip Stack: Priced In

Published on 2009-09-21 23:40:00

To be successful in tournament play, one has to make certain moves when their chips are running low. Once you are chip dead, even lucking out and doubling up once is not going to do much for you.Think of the number of times you would have trippled up or better if you had taken a risk preflop with any late position ranked hand, regardless of your position. Better to take your shot while you have enough chips to make a difference, than seeing your monsters cracked because your chip dead.I just won

You're in Trouble!

Published on 2009-07-23 23:06:00

As soon as you become comfortable with your game you are in trouble!Think about this. Being uncomfortable is what keeps you alert, paying proper attention, seeking out information. If you catch yourself being comfortable, then equate that to being predictable. Try some changes to spice up the atmosphere and improve your game play. You can play a turbo tournament at lower stakes if you never tried one before. Or try a "bounty" tournament, also at lower stakes. This forces you to be more aggressiv

Playing Bonuses

Published on 2009-04-07 01:29:00

One of the benefits of playing online poker is that most sites offer bonuses of one type or another. These can range from deposit bonuses to various ways to earn (comp) points that can be redeemed. Nothing can replace winning on the tables. These bonuses need to be considered icing on the cake. A deposit bonus is easy to manipulate, if you play often. I have a 3rd party e-wallet that does not charge me anything. All I have to do is transfer money back to the wallet from the poker site. A few day

CarbonPoker.com Bad Beat Jackpot Breaks $1mil Mark to Become Biggest Ever

Published on 2009-01-26 23:27:00

I blog a lot about playing on CarbonPoker.com, the most popular portal to the Merge Network. If you decide to join, please use my link to the right. Carbon started their own Bad Beat Jackpot last year and it has reached a record payout. There are many table formats available, from limit to the most popular and heavily played No Limit. Please read their rules, but I will explain them. On a qualifying table, easy to identify, there must be at least 5 players that are dealt cards preflop. Someone m

Avoid being complacent.

Published on 2008-11-24 22:19:00

It is so easy to be complacent. A good way to avoid this is to find different ways to measure and ultimately stick to your rules and goals. For example, some days you need to just set a goal of placing in the money if you play tournaments, or doubling up if you are playing cash tables. Then adjust that goal to how much you want to win per day or per week. Next forecast what that would mean monthly. What you will discover is that your gut instincts are going to be working for you. Your general ap

Time Management

Published on 2008-10-02 21:35:00

Unless you play poker online full time, or do not have any responsibility, you will often be forced to choose tables based on things going on in your life. For example, you can not start a Multi Table Tournament, which will take several or more hours, if you have a commitment to take care of before the tournament would potentially be over. Maybe you have an hour to play. Do you play some cash games? If so, to make the time worth it, do you find a loose or tight table and what stakes do you play?