How to beat Micro Stakes Online Sit & Go Poker Tournaments
Learn how to beat Micro Stakes 180-Seats Online Sit & Go Poker Tournaments by watching the Video below!
The video below will help those of you who want to learn how to beat Micro Stakes Online Sit and Go Poker Tournaments. Basically it is an analysis of the hands played by the poker player nicknamed as Androgyny from the 180-Seats Sit & Go NL Texas Holdem Tournament that took place on Full Tilt Poker.
These $2 buyin micro stakes Multi-Table Tournaments are pretty much standard on FTP and fill with players very quicky. I would definitely suggest you to try them out from time to time, if you are not playing them already ofcourse.
With that said, lets say something about this 46 minutes long video. The speaker doing the analysis is Fitzy. He goes through several hands that were played in this micro stakes tournament, giving some valuable insights into what the best decision in certain position is.
Perhaps you will not agree with all the moves he suggests (I would probably act differently in some spots), but in general I think his analysis is useful, especially if you are just beginning with Sit & Go Poker Tournaments.
It covers big pairs, flush draws, top pairs, playing from the blinds and some other quite common NL Texas Holdem situations. It also lets you see how other players are playing their hands, so it definitely will not hurt if you watch it.
Enough from me, here is the video:
That is it for now. Hope you enjoyed the video and learn something new on how to beat Micro Stakes 180-Seats Online Sit & Go Poker Tournaments. Ofcourse, you can always leave your feedback in the comments below!
In case you want to go on and try these Multi Table Sit and Go Tournaments, I suggest you play them on Full Tilt Poker. Click here to make an account with FTP if you do not have one yet.
Good luck at the poker tables and make sure to keep in touch!
Tom »Durr« Dwan joins the Team Full Tilt
Tom »Durr« Dwan just joined the Team Full Tilt! Pretty amazing I would say, especially because the Full Tilt Poker is not accepting new members every day. The last member that joined this team was Patrick Antonius, which happened in June 2008.
I have been watching Tom Dwan’s poker game on various TV shows (High Stakes Poker, Million Dollar Cash Game,…) for some time now, and I must say I am impressed with his poker skills!
In case you missed it out, I highly advice you watch those TV shows as you will learn a lot about NL Texas Holdem and poker in general!
What do I like the most in his game? Well, one thing I like the most about Durr is his aggressive style of poker. You will see him raising, reraising, bluffing and otherwise putting a pressure on his opponents on regular basis. He simply does not let them breathe while they are in the pot with him.
The other thing I like about Durr (this is also connected with the first one) is his ability to play any two cards at any time. He is mixing up his poker game so much that even the best poker pros hardly put him on a hand!
Therefore he will oftentimes get called when holding the nuts, but will also make his opponents fold the best hand, when bluffing.
An example of how Tom “Durr” Dwan plays poker
To give you an example of how Tom Dwan plays poker watch this hand he played against Howard Lederer:
Considering the fact that Howard Lederer is a tight poker player, that kind of play against him is especially interesting. I guess it is true about what they say: There is a thin line between Genius and Madness.
Another interesting thing about Dwan is the fact that he started his poker career and become famous by playing poker online! His nickname is “Durr”.
Only after establishing his reputation online, he began to play live poker game with the best players as well. Anyways, I think that Tom »Durr« Dwan is a nice addition to the Team Full Tilt.
What do you think about Durr? Do you like his style of poker or not? Have you seen him playing on Full Tilt Poker already? Tell us about it in comments please!
Online Poker Tells
Online poker tells with the advice from WSOP Academy Instructor Mark Kroon
Since I was writting about Live Poker Tells in my previous post (You can check it out here: 10 Live Poker Tells by Mike Caro), it is time to say something about Online Poker Tells as well! To begin with, there are some fundamental differences between live poker and online poker, which further on implies the differences in getting and reading other player’s poker tells as well.
The most obvious difference between live poker and online poker regarding the tells is perhaps the fact, that online poker is not physically being played in the same room or place. Since you are not able to see other players faces and reactions, gaining additional information about your opponents based on various live poker tells (that I was talking about in my previous post) is therefore not possible.
Despite this »problem«, you can still read other player’s strengths and weaknesses by figuring out their online poker tells. The principle of online poker tells is pretty much the same as in live poker tells: In order to get information about how other players play poker, you have to pay attention to what they do and how they do it.
But instead focusing on physical signs that can help you figure out whether you are dealing with a very strong hand, you focus on other things, for instance:
- How fast or slow does your opponent acts with strong hands, weak hands, draws, missed draws,…?
- How much does a certain player bets with strong hands, weak hands, bluffs,…?
- Is your opponent using auto check/folding button, when he misses the flop?
Just as in live poker, every online poker player is different somehow, which means that his / her tells are different as well. Be careful when making up and following general or commonly know online poker tells, such as »checking and calling in a fast manner means that our online poker opponent is on a flush draw«.
Follow the general online poker tells only when you are sure that they really hold true for a certain poker player. You do this the best by playing a couple of thousands of hands with him and observing his actions and reactions.
Only then are you able to exploit that tell and benefit from it. Until then, focus all your attention to what your opponents do. Observe them constantly and you will get all the information you need!
To conclude this blog on online poker tells, take a look at the following video, where one of the WSOP Academy instructors, Mark “pokerH0″ Kroon, tells you about one possible online poker tell.
WSOP Academy Instructor Mark Kroon gives advice on online poker tells
Good luck at the poker tables and most of all: have fun! : )
Round up of WCOOP 2009
I was talking about WCOOP 2009 in my previous blog post The world series of online poker 2009 has ended, but I forgot to mention what actually was happening at this poker festival this year. Here is a short brief for all those who have not had an opportunity yet to get familiar with it.
Well, there were some records broken in comparison to previous two WCOOP events, among others, the total guaranteed prize pool money was higher than ever before. There were a lot of winners obviously due to 45 events total, so I will just mention the winner of the WCOOP 2009 main event, Yevgeniy »Jovial Gent« Timoshenko from United States of America, who took away $1,715,200.
The interview with Yevgeniy Timoshenko is also available in the video below, so is the revision of some of the key hands from final table of the WCOOP main event, mostly involving the winner, who is also commenting some of the hands, he got involved in.
Anways, watch the WCOOP 2009: Round up show 4 for more information on this years WCOOP played on PokerStars.
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?
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