This article is aimed mostly at live poker players but some of its principles definitely apply to online poker so it should be of some benefit to all readers. Having a solid fundamental poker game is only half of the battle hwen it comes to being a highly successful poker players. It is all well [...]
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Adopting a Winning Attitude
Monday, August 17th, 200924 Hour Poker Marathon Part 4
Wednesday, August 12th, 2009Welcome to the next installment of my 24 hour poker marathon. In the last excerpt, we were twelve hours through the task and a tify $720 up on our original investment.
7am
I’m beginning to feel quite sore from sitting in the same position for too long at a time and I can’t seem to stop yawning. [...]
The Top Ten Players of All Time #4: Phil Hellmuth
Wednesday, August 12th, 2009If finding the best ever poker player of all time was a simple process of finding the world’s most successful No Limit Hold’em tournament player, Phil Hellmuth Jr., known universally as the “Poker Brat” for his temparamental behaviour at the table, would be an easy winner.
A Poker Hall of Fame inductee, Hellmuth still holds the [...]
Poker Myths Busted
Monday, August 10th, 2009One of my favourite shows on TV in recent years has been Mythbusters. In the show they take popular myths, misconceptions and urban legends and put them to the test seeking to “bust” those that are wrong. There are more than a few misconceptions that some players, particularly beginners, and outsiders have about the game [...]
24 Hour Poker Marathon Part 3
Monday, August 10th, 2009In the last installment you will have seen that I was making some progress on our proposition bet. I was up a total of $450 after 6 hours of game time as the clock stuck midnight. The next few hours are documented below:
1am
After a couple of shots of double strength espresso, I’m back in the [...]
24 Hour Poker Marathon Part 2
Thursday, August 6th, 2009In the last article, I explained a proposition bet I took part in last year with my roommate. With a month’s rent on the line, we both hand to play twenty four hours of uninterrupted internet poker. Whoever made the most money within some rules was the winner.
My roommate Tom was a pretty good player, [...]
24 Hour Poker Marathon: Part One
Tuesday, August 4th, 2009About a year ago, while I was still a student at Oxford, a housemate of mine with an even bigger propensity for proposition bets than me challenged me to one heck of a proposition bet. He bet me a month’s rent (about £600 or so) that he could make more money than me in 24 [...]
Back to Basics #12: How to Improve at Poker
Wednesday, July 22nd, 2009No, I’m sorry this is not a miracle cure for all those struggling poker players. No instant fix to suddenly get good at the game. Improvement comes with experience and to develop experience you need patience. Here are a few nuggets of advice on how to get better at the game.
1. Play, Play, Play
There really [...]
Celebrity Poker Players
Monday, July 13th, 2009Poker players around the world will be familiar with celebrity poker players like Phil Ivey and Daniel Negreanu but there are plenty of stars who have come to poker after achieving fame elsewhere. Such is the popularity of online poker in these modern times, it seems that anyone who is anyone plays poker. Indeed, it [...]
Female Poker Players
Wednesday, July 8th, 2009Commonly seen by outsiders as a bastion of male domination, the fabulous world of poker is also home to many fine female players, many of whom rank amongst the world’s best poker players. Television viewers are as accustomed these days to seeing Jennifer Harman, Annie Duke and Clonie Gowen on their screens as Gus Hansen [...]