We all play poker tournaments to win huge prize pool. Let us estimate how much money is won every year by playing poker. In the year 2001, 45 million Americans played the game poker regularly as per the statistic given by New York Times. So, can you guess the total money won by these players every year? Well, you may not have paid your towards it. It’s staggering $10 billion every year. So, this issue is very sensitive and every one must think about it. People, don’t get me wrong. We all play poker to win. Is there any limit to it? In one word no! Sky is the limit if you are playing poker and winning money. But have you ever thought about others and their living condition. Even today many poor people are homeless with no food. So, its your responsibility to actively participate in charity poker tournaments and contribute at least 1/10th part of the money won every year.
Friday, October 9, 2009
Charity Poker Tournament
We all play poker tournaments to win huge prize pool. Let us estimate how much money is won every year by playing poker. In the year 2001, 45 million Americans played the game poker regularly as per the statistic given by New York Times. So, can you guess the total money won by these players every year? Well, you may not have paid your towards it. It’s staggering $10 billion every year. So, this issue is very sensitive and every one must think about it. People, don’t get me wrong. We all play poker to win. Is there any limit to it? In one word no! Sky is the limit if you are playing poker and winning money. But have you ever thought about others and their living condition. Even today many poor people are homeless with no food. So, its your responsibility to actively participate in charity poker tournaments and contribute at least 1/10th part of the money won every year.
World Series of Poker (WSOP) tournament: Your Next Stop
People come here with bigger dreams and some may fulfill and some others may not. We all know poker is not just the mind game even the luck has to favor. Thanks to its action and excitement without which the game of poker would not have become so popular. Playing WSOP poker tournament gives you the ultimate experience that any other poker tournament could ever give. So, if you are a professional poker player but did not participate in WSOP then you must be playing a blind-freddy.
Thursday, October 8, 2009
Book Review – Poker Tournament Tips from the Pros
Smith has added 20 pages of fresh new content with attractive cover instead of using the regular spiral bound. In his new version smith added a new chapter by name “The anatomy of tournaments” which focuses completely on novice players who never played a poker tournament. Many other interesting tips on how to manage poker chips, your position on the table and also other strategies on poker tells like knowing your opponents game are discussed here. The best part of the book being, the top 21 tips that include reading your opponents and several advices on rebuying etc.
Wednesday, October 7, 2009
Poker tournament – World Series of Poker Europe 2009
The champion of WSOPE 2009 poker tournament was Barry Shulman who won with pocket tens beating the poclet four’s against Daniel Negreanu. Shulman won the prize money of £801,603 and Daniel finished second taking home £ 495,589.
Here is the list of final standings for WSOPE poker tournament 2009.
1st place – Barry Shulman - £801,603
2nd place – Daniel Negreanu - £495,589
3rd place – Praz Bansi - £360,887
4th place – Jason Mercier - £267,267
5th place – Markus Ristola - £200,267
7th place – Antonie Saout - £114,228
8th place – Matt Hawrilenko - £87,074
9th place – James Akenhead - £66,533
Tuesday, October 6, 2009
Strategies for Heads-Up Poker Tournament
1. There are different levels in this format of poker tournaments where in for level you have to evaluate your chip position. This is not required while playing online.
2. Try evaluating you opponents and understand their style of play. This is a fundamental concept but must be given high priority while playing heads p poker tournaments.
3. See if your opponent is aggressive. In case you have a strong hand and your opponents is aggressive then try to increase the amount in pot to the maximum limit and then drop a hammer on their strategies.
4. Choose your tables properly. Choose the tables where the players are hyper aggressive. To play well against these players you must be aware of all the basic tells of poker.
Online Poker Tournament Strategies
Single table poker tournaments strategy
Chris Moneymaker is well known for his strategies while playing Sit N Go poker tournaments. Let us discuss few points that are inspired from Sit N Go strategy by Chris.
1. Don’t gamble in the early stages of the game. Try and analyze the players who are involved in gambling. So, you can understand them better before actually start bluffing.
2. It is always good to be the better or raiser than being a caller. For this to happen you must be having strong hand so you can call all-in.
Sunday, October 4, 2009
Texas Hold em Poker Tournament strategies
This game appears appears a bit harsh to the beginners because of its complexity. So, I suggest beginners to practice by playing free poker tournaments that are held in almost all the poker rooms online. Position means a lot in a game like texas Hold em. Always try to occupy the late position where you will get ample time to think and analyze the moves of your opponent. Left and middle positions are proved not so fruitful in comparison with Late position.
Play Free Poker Tournaments Online
The biggest advantage of playing poker tournaments online is that you can play anytime you want. Also you can play sitting any where you want. The poker rooms have built anti theft software’s that provides you with a secured game play. There are many software tools that offer you to play poker online. These software tools are free to download. So, register in your favorite poker rooms and enjoy the fun playing free poker tournaments.
Sit N Go Poker Tournaments.
Most of the online poker rooms would list of Sit N Go poker events. The players have to choose one among them to participate. This game starts only when enough players occupy the positions on the table. No other poker variant could provide this sought of learning experience. Sit N Go poker tournaments are held in almost all the top poker rooms. Poker stars, Party Poker, Titan poker are among the best poker sites that offer to play Sit N Go poker tournaments.
Friday, October 2, 2009
How poker tournaments are played??
A tournament where the winners are decided by playing poker be it online or offline is called a poker tournament. poker tournaments are played in the same fashion both online and offline. The players start their game with same amount of money so called buy-in. The poker rooms or casinos earnings depends on the number of players participating in the tournament irrespective of the prize pool.
Casinos charge its players in the form of rake. when the pot is filled certain percentage of the pot amount is taken by the room in the form of rake. Also if the buy in amount is 200$ then the casinos charge an extra of $20 as an entry fee. This completely varies from room to room.
There are many online poker rooms which offer to play online poker tournaments. Poker stars, fultilt poker,party poker, ultimate bet etc are among the top online poker rooms.There are many strategies to implement while playing online poker tournaments.
How to win a poker tournament?
Until and unless you survive till the end you cannot win a poker tournament. To survive till the end both luck and skill are equally essential. Skills like implementing the right strategies in time and the act of bluff are very important for the survival. The player should be luck enough to be dealt with good starting hands also all other rounds like the flop,turn and the river must be in his favor most of the times. All these factors contribute in winning a poker game.
There are many games running simultaneously in a poker room. so the player must not loose his concentration and temper while choosing the position in games like no limit texas hold em. position is everything while playing no limit texas hold em. No need to count the number of players left on the table as only position is important. keep an eye on your opponents and try to analyze their strength. This strategy helps a lot to win a poker tournament.