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The differences between cash game poker and tournament poker

Cash game poker and tournament poker are quite different. Not only does cash game poker allow you to walk away with your winnings at any time, you may play with any skill level player that you want to. In tournament poker, games and tables are much more regulated. Cash game poker is what many poker [...]


On The Lookout for Added Value

When you’re an online poker player you want to look for every edge you can get. Since everyone on average gets the same amount of good cards and bad cards, it’s those players who can find and take advantage of ways to shift the odds in their favor who come out winners. If you’re smart, [...]


Queen of Diamonds justifies lucky river

This is so funny. Some girl, “Queen of Diamonds“, that thinks she’s a poker genius starts a poker blog, SUCKS OUT ON ME IN A LOW STAKES GAME, and then writes about her goofy gambling on her blog, justifying her ridiculous turn-shove… Here’s the screenshots: Here’s her side of the story. What a donk.


Liz Lieu talking to pokernews in Macau

Pokernews always picks the right players to interview. This talk they’ve had with Liz Lieu, “The Poker Diva”, on a break of the APPT. She makes sense, talking about tightening up as a relative shortstack close to the bubble… I know theory says to play aggressive when people tighten up close to the money, but [...]


Online MTT Poker Frustrations

I played 3 Multi-table-tournaments yesterday, simultaneously. I’ve been playing at Full Tilt Poker for a couple weeks now, mostly in the hopes of being able to do some games against the likes of Phil Ivey or Mike The Mouth Matusow — but enjoying the level of play there in general too… Until yesterday. I don’t [...]


Bad call, good money.

Well, not really a bad call, but I did go in with the worst of it. I just sucked out badly and ended up winning the tournament because of it — and endured quite the rant afterwards too…. Let’s run over the hand…. 4-handed, I’m on the button with about 30% of the chips at [...]


Titan Poker – Review

Titan Poker is the leading poker room in the iPoker network, developed by leading software firm PlayTech. Titan often sends players to the biggest live events around the world and have now even reached the heights of running their own online poker series – the new $2.5 million European Championship of Online Poker. Titan Poker [...]