We’ll obviously keep you posted on BlackDeuces’ results…

I played a first game on the only blind levels they offer (2/4€) and ended up about €650 up after being called down by obviously weak players on some powerhouses.

One guy at the table did even better dragging a €1.5K pot when the blank ace of spades re-raised his river pot bet while he was holding the king high straight flush. Ballsy play by the German fella, too bad he was drawing dead in the folding department there…

Also at the table: a strange Phil Laak - like figure doing… sit-ups. :s

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It’s a great article and we really feel like everyone with the intention of turning pro should give it a read!

- Poker rules vary with each game in which newcomers should learn No Limit poker rules before joining tournaments or other poker games online. The rules are prepared so that you understand each method or action taking in poker to win the game and to play fair gaming.

-Hand ranks are often considered in many poker games because they are valuable assets. Hand ranks are important in No Limit games, such as Texas Hold’Em, Seven-card stud, Omaha, Omaha HI/Lo and so forth.

- Most poker games have set rules in which the players with the highest-ranking hand win the round. In some instances, the player with the lowest-rank hand wins the game.

-During some of the poker games, such as the Pot-Limits and No Limit, the rules apply. Throughout the game betting is essentially understood by most professional poker players who intend to challenge each hand to win the game; they often consider No Limit Poker rules, but they consider terms, blinds, buttons, all-in, buy-ins, position, check raise, calls, bets, and other essentials in poker as well.

ROFL! Phil Ivey needs to read this one…

Have had two winning sessions since last post. Others were down, some bad ones. Had one session in which I lost 4 times in a row with a flush. Went in ahead 3 times, went in on the river when some guy made a boat against me after making bad calls throughout the hand when I flopped the nuts.

Anyway, I’m keeping my head up. Bankroll is still alive, and I guess that’s all that counts — I’m not Gus Hansen yet.

Anyway, add not making any flushes except for when someone else has me beat and I’m good.

Oh… One more: pocket jacks. Flop TJK rainbow. I bet right out afraid of all sorts of straight draws and hoping for someone to have flopped two pair. I get called. Turn it a blank and I bet out the pot. Get re-raised all-in and call. Had KT. K rolls off on the river.

Good stuff, innit?

I’ll give you the rundown of a hand I almost cried about.

I have AK suited under the gun and I raise 4BB. I flop the nuts with QJT with two of my suit too so I’m on the royal draw on a jellyroll. I bet out knowing one guy behind me is a calling station — bet 70% pot. I get two callers. Turn is a blank and I check. Player behind me bets and I shove all in for about two pots. Player behind me calls with jack and the blank that fell. River pairs the board with another 5 (the blank) to make donkey a full house.

I busted him two hours later.

Ha!

Anyway, this time we ended up discussing something that was clear to me but my friend wouldn’t believe/grasp — the huge difference between AT and A8 as a starting hand. He generally folds AT’s and A8’s in early position due to the difficulty of these hands after the flop, while I usually raise the AT and fold the A8 — why? Not only is the ten a kicker, it also opens straight possibilities. The Ace-Eight looks for an eight-high board or an ace. The Ace-ten looks for an ace, a ten-high board or even an ace with two high cards. It opens chances of sucking out on better aces with more than just your kicker-cards — the 3 out you have with the A8.

It might be a small difference, but to an aggressive player like me that’s enough to go ahead and raise it up.