Play Better Poker
In order to compete in the world of online poker you need to have every trick at your disposal.
More and more players are making a living playing online poker, and in order to hold your own against this new breed of professional online player you need to use every edge that you can get.
We can help you to get that edge.
From poker strategy advice, to help finding the better poker bonuses that can boost your bankroll with little effort. Anything and (almost) everything that can give you an edge will be reviewed here.
If you don't know the tricks and tips that can take your game to a profitable level, you can rest assured that many of your opponents do know. And that they use them. Against you.
To get ahead, and to stay ahead, you need to be informed.
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The Donkament tournaments at Absolute Poker are a great little 'extra' that AP players get. You cannot buy in to these tournaments with cash - no, you can only use your player points to enter. AND - there are satellite tourneys available too, also for points.
This is a much better use of your player points. You can only wear so many tee-shirts or AP hats. Use your points for the Donkament tourney and have a shot at a nice $50K prizepool.
Poker Strategy Tips
Ok, so you have got to the end of the middle part of a long tournament, and built your stack a bit by stealing some blinds.
So what strategy do you need to take to make sure that you get past the bubble and into the money? To the final table even?
If you have been playing [...]
It is a common enough strategy to try to double your chip stack early on.
This is especially true in tourneys that have very large fields. It is a reasonable strategy, but it has one glaring flaw.
Many players will be familiar with the marginal hands that they are happy to go all-in on. Say that you [...]
After the early stages of any big poker tournament, when the play, and the players, have settled down somewhat, begins the long, tedious and drawn out process of crawling your way to the money.
The bigger the field the longer this middle period will be.
By this stage many of the lesser skilled players will have been [...]
Continuation betting has lost a lot of it’s power in the online game. No longer getting any respect, it is now not so much a sign of strength, as it’s absense is a sign of weakness.
That is to say, you are expected to follow a pre-flop raise with a continuation bet after the flop. Failure [...]
Latest Poker News
In a continuing trend that began last year, the two small networks Everleaf Gaming and the Universal Poker Network announced that they would merge this month (January 2010).
The new larger network is still called Everleaf so I guess you could say that the UPN was taken over by Everleaf. The details don’t matter too much. [...]
Free Poker Cash
One great option available to online players, and especially useful to newer players starting out, is the No Deposit Poker Bonus.
Players can choose from a big selection of free poker cash bonuses at some of the leading online poker rooms.
Poker Time Bonus
The Poker Time Free Bonus is a fairly straight-forward free money promotion.
It is available to all new real money players at Poker Time and you do not need to make a deposit in order to get the free ten dollars.
Simply got to Poker Time here and open an account to claim the free bonus.
Poker Advice
A lot of players look for a free poker site when they first start to play poker online.
It is probably a combination of things that have them looking for free poker sites. The natural caution when it comes to putting your money online is probably the major reason for wanting to play free poker first.
And [...]