Poker Articles

April 2005 - Posts

• Gank Owns

  
  

  (this is an excerpt from a piece i am working on which details my experience backing the crew) ..."so it's a cold a snowy day in linkoping, and i am playing a small tournament online, and doing pretty well. Out of nowhere comes an emergency call from... Read More... Posted Apr 29 2005, 04:43 PM by sheets with No Comments

• Going to the WSOP

  
  

  Whats up everyone? Been a long time again I know. Between playing a lot of poker and trying to finish up school, so it's been kind of hard to keep up. I've been doing pretty well lately in cash games and sit and go's, but not so much in tournaments. I... Read More... Posted Apr 29 2005, 05:54 AM by Jsup with No Comments

• Poker 101 - Lesson A

  
  

  When I first started playing poker it frustrated me that I couldn’t find a place that answered the simple questions I had about the game. The pros would make references to concepts that they probably considered common sense and too remedial to explain... Read More... Posted Apr 26 2005, 01:40 AM by Texas Troll with No Comments

• Party Reload Bonus this week.

  
  

  PartyPoker has a reload bonus this week, so I’ll give you the quick rundown on how I collect bonus money. The code is BONUSAPR and it’s 20% up to $100 so you’ll need $500 if you want to collect the maximum. You can deposit using that reload code any time... Read More... Posted Apr 22 2005, 12:20 PM by Fox with No Comments

• Is Being Right Enough?

  
  

  The $50 buy-in multi-table online tournament was heading towards the money. Of the original 689 entrants, 63 would get paid. Now, 80 were left and I was one of them. My 19000 chip stack put me square in the middle of the pack and, as I am patiently waiting... Read More... Posted Apr 22 2005, 09:39 AM by seal with No Comments

• How to Outplay a Bot

  
  

  Bots exist. We'd like to ignore it, but we can't. They exist, and they're smarter than us. They can calculate pot odds and winning percentages faster and more accurately than we can count to ten, and they can tell us more about how we play than we can... Read More... Posted Apr 20 2005, 09:28 AM by Riley with No Comments

• Beanie OWNS, PROdige...Sleeps?

  
  

  Alright no one wants to say it, but let's face it, Beanie OWNS. Heads up was gator93 and Beanie, couldn't they both just have lost? I mean they both have won the damn thing 4 times, it's getting kind of old. Clearly they know the UB algorythym (joke)... Read More... Posted Apr 20 2005, 03:45 AM by Denny Lemieux with No Comments

• Guest Article: The Rush

  
  

  I want to talk a little about why I play this game and how my reasons have changed over the years; but in order to do that I need to tell you all a little bit about myself. I began playing poker about three years ago, when my husband was very ill and... Read More... Posted Apr 19 2005, 04:22 AM by SusieQue with 1 Comments

• Laying Low Playing Low

  
  

  I haven't been posting but I've been on a pretty depressing run. I'm trying to become a better person through it, and poker can definitely be a character builder. I feel that I'm pretty tough on myself, and I think to be a great player, you need to be... Read More... Posted Apr 16 2005, 08:43 PM by the_schmenx with No Comments

• I learned something today

  
  

  Last night I played a 50+5 MTT on Party with around 300 players and when I got knocked out I learned a little something. I’ll give you the whole story in hope that you can learn the same lesson without it costing you any money. I got no cards but for... Read More... Posted Apr 16 2005, 05:39 PM by Fox with No Comments