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Andrew Wiggins on How to Play Rush Poker
Recently, the USA-friendly Full Tilt Poker introduced Rush Poker, which allows players to move tables quickly after their action in a hand has ended. Poker News Daily sat down with CardRunners instructor and Full Tilt Poker pro Andrew “muddywater” Wiggins to discuss the brand new addition.
Andy Bloch Discusses Rush Poker Strategy
Recently, Rush Poker made its debut on Full Tilt Poker. The fast-paced style of cash game allows players to move from one table to another as soon as their action in a hand is finished. As such, players have been able to see upwards of 300 hands per hour. Poker News Daily sat down with Full Tilt Poker pro Andy Bloch to get his take on the new addition to the site’s already impressive lineup, his goals for 2010, and his thoughts on the online poker phenomenon known as Isildur1.
Betting structures and strategy of badugi poker
In casino play, it is common to use a fixed limit and two blinds. The limit for the first two rounds of betting is called a small bet, while the limit for the third and fourth betting rounds is called a big bet and is generally double the small bet. The small blind is usually equal to half of a small bet, and the big blind is equal to a full small bet.
‘Miami’ John Cernuto on Omaha Eight-or-Better
Poker pro ‘Miami’ John Cernuto discusses his criteria for three-betting preflop in limit Omaha eight-or-better
Mike Watson on Blocker Bets
Poker pro Mike Watson discusses blocker bets. What they are, how to use them, and why he generally recommends making this type of bet on the river and not on the turn.
Poker Hand Discussion: Heads Up at the Final Table – Is He Bluffing?
n this weekly series, CardPlayer.com and the Card Player Pro poker video training site (powered by PokerSavvy Plus) are giving you a free, full-length training video. In each article, we will highlight a particularly interesting hand from that video that features unconventional play, and we will ask for your opinions on the hand.
Stud: Analysis, by Adam Roberts
As promised, in this, and upcoming blogs, I am going to delve into the analysis of specific hands.
Today’s blog will cover a “classic” Stud hand, specifically when to play the split underpair, with an unrelated kicker, against a raising or re-raising higher door card on 3rd street. Whenever I analyze these types of hands, I am assuming that your cards (your pair and your kicker) are completely “live,” i.e., where no others of those ranks can be seen at that point in the hand.
Three Ps Approach to Playing a Maniac
You’ve settled into your chair at your favorite poker room or online and are ready to play some world-class, A-game poker. After a short time, however, a player comes to the table who starts to get, for lack of a better term, “crazy.” Pumping up pots with straddle bets, raises from out of position, and other action-garnering devices, the maniac asserts his table presence. To make matters worse, he is winning from players you were taking the chips from with your A-game.
Jonathan Little Talks About Check-Calling
Jonathan Little is known for his huge tournament success, having accumulated more than $4.3 million in winnings, including two World Poker Tour titles. But when he’s not competing in live or online tournaments, he’s working on his deep-stack play by grinding in cash games.
Playing the Bubble Correctly in Online Poker Tournaments
Playing correctly on the bubble of a multi-table tournament, especially those with large fields, is imperative to achieving a high win rate. It’s a boring first sentence isn’t it? I already broke the cardinal rule of a short essay writer and gave you a boring first sentence and now I expect you to keep reading this whole article? Yes, I absolutely expect you to keep reading, because questions about how to play on the bubble are very common, and the answers are important.
