10 Live Poker Tells by Professional Poker Player Mike Caro
In case you play live poker as well, then you will probably benefit from this blog post. It includes a video with 10 Live Poker Tells explained by professional poker player and poker writter Mike Caro.
Before you take a look at the video below, let me explain the importance of poker tells. Every professional or seasoned poker player will probably agree with the following statement:
The more information you have about your poker opponents (for instance: what type of poker players they are, what is their playing hand range, how do they play their top pairs,…) more correct decisions you can make.
The more correct decisions you make, the more money you win in the long run. Same goes for the wrong decisions: The more wrong decisions you make, the more money you will loose. Pretty simple idea, don’t you think? To give you an example of correct decision: You fold when you know you are beat.
Now lets get back to information.
What I wanted to say is that information is very important in poker. You should therefore devote your attention to gather as much information about your opponents as you can!
There are many ways of doing that of course, but the one I am focusing on in this blog post are live Poker Tells. Poker Tell is simply a sign (or a hint perhaps) that we get from other poker player’s reactions or behaviour that tells us something about that player.
This something can be anything from the type of a poker player a certain person, to how strong or weak a player is in a certain hand. Of course, it is very easy for you to exploit that information once you recognize it. To give you an example:
Would you not fold your Ace high flush, when you know your opponent is holding a full house? Of course you would!
That is it from me, now consider these 10 Live Poker Tells by Mike Caro and tell me what you think about them.
One of the best poker advice from this Live poker tells video is by my opinion the following one:
“Do not watch the flop, watch your opponents watch the flop! That flop will still be there later.”
Very powerfull and useful I would say.What do you think about it? Have fun and good luck at the poker tables, either live or online!
Basic types of poker players in NL Texas Holdem
Today I write about the most basic or generic types of poker players that exist out there, especially in the arena of No-limit Texas Holdem Poker games. This information will help you recognize what type of poker player describes you and your opponents the best, when playing either live or online poker games.
As I am sure you already know, NL Texas Holdem is a very interesting card game with a wide variety of different players performing all kinds of different moves. To give you an example:
Some of the poker players tend to check/call all the way to the showdown, some like to check/raise every second pot they are involved in, some want to see the flop with A10 suited no matter how much you bet them pre-flop, and some of them will even call you allin pre-flop with 78 suited.
Therefore, we can say that every poker player has its own unique style of how he play poker. But despite this uniqueness, we are still able to make general conclusions about a certain player’s game in the following terms:
- How passive / agressive certain poker player is,
- How tight / loose certain poker player is.
Are you passive or agressive poker player?
You can find out if you are passive or agressive poker player, if you think about checking, calling, betting, raising and reraising.
For instance, if you tend to just check and call most of the times, then you are more passive poker player. On the other hand, if you tend to bet, raise and reraise most of the times, then you are agressive poker player.
Are you tight or loose poker player?
To find out whether you are tight or loose poker player, think about the number of hands you play in lets say 100 hands.
If you play only premium hands, like AA, KK, QQ, JJ and AK, and fold every thing else, then you are a tight poker player. On the other hand, if you play 80 hands out of 100, then you are a very loose poker player.
You should also know that the tight / loose dimension depends on the type of the Texas Holdem game being played. For instance, playing 20 hands out of 100 in Full Ring NL Holdem game can be marked as loose, whereas playing 20 hands out of 100 is not loose in Short Handed NL Holdem poker.
The most basic types of poker players
Based on the information above, we can now determine the most basic or generic types of poker players:
- tight and agressive poker players,
- tight and passive poker players,
- loose and agressive poker players and
- loose and passive poker players.
Of course, every one of the poker types described above has its strenghts and weaknesses (some even more than others), but since the purpose of this blog post is to introduce to you the most basic poker types of poker players, I will describe that in my next blog posts. Make sure to stay in touch with me, so you will not miss out on it.
Now that you know about the basic types of poker players, what can you say about yourself from this point of view? What kind of player are you? Are you more agressive than passive? Are you tight or loose?
Tell me about it in the comments below and good luck at the poker tables!
World championship of online poker 2009 has ended
Hey poker players! Due to busy times in my life right now, I myself had not had any time to get involved in the World championship of online poker (WCOOP 2009), which took place from 3. to 20. september 2009 on PokerStars, but I was wondering if any of you people played in this big online poker festival?
If that is the case, please leave some feedback in the comments about how you did it, which poker games and events you played in, what was your succes or any other experience you have had with it.
In case you have not heard of WSOOP before, then maybe the below poker video can help you get more information about it. Basically, it is an online poker festival in its third season branded as »WCOOP« or »World championship of online poker«.
There were 45 events and a lot of poker game variants to choose from this year with a total guaranteed prize pool money of $40,000,000 and more than 100 countries represented.
As I said, more in this video below, which also features a telephone interview about the WCOOP 2009 with Barry Greenstein, one of the participants in the WSOOP.
Is the number of online poker players still increasing?
There is one thing about online poker that makes me excited every time I think about it. This one thing is the »fact« that the number of online poker players is keep getting bigger and bigger every day!
Why, you may ask. Well, simply because more players means more action, more mistakes and more dead money, that is waiting out there for you to pick it up!
Read the full post here: Is the number of online poker players still increasing?
Poker bankroll management by Chris Ferguson
This blog post provides you with a poker bankroll management rules, which were used by Chris Ferguson in his from Zero to Hero online poker challenge, when he turned 0 into $10k by playing online poker games on Full Tilt Poker.
This poker bankroll management is tested by one of the best poker players in the world. Read it, use it and stick to it and your poker bankroll will eventually grow up to $10k or more. You will be able to play poker for some pretty high stakes.
Read full post here: Poker bankroll management by Chris Ferguson
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