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Poker As A Profession with Taylor Caby

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Poker As A Profession with Taylor Caby
Taylor Caby talks to PokerNews about what it takes to be a professional UK Poker player.

Moving All-In on a Draw with Jennifer Harman
Jennifer Harman discusses poker strategy by recounting a hand she played on Poker After Dark where she moved in on a draw against Phil Hellmuth.

Buy-In Tips with Steve Zolotow
Ever wonder how much you should sit down with at a poker table? Steve Zolotow gives you some things to consider when making that decision.

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CarbonPoker Exclusive $25,000 Freeroll

admin — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 06:36:07 +0000

CarbonPoker Exclusive $25,000 Freeroll
Home>Latest Promotions>Poker Promotions An exclusive event that will get 2012 off to a great start with a lot of free real cash! Starting this Sunday, January 29th CarbonPoker will run qualifiers to their exclusive $25,000 poker freeroll to be held on Sunday February 26th at 14:00. FREEROLL Qualifiers From January 29th – February 25th inclusive there will be 3 freeroll qualifiers running each and everyday. Every qualifier will be FREE to enter and will award a seat into the 25,000 Bankroll Booster Freeroll to the top 10 finishers.Freeroll Qualifier Schedule: Daily at 13:30, 17:30 and 21:30.Format: Turbo, 5 minute blinds, 1k starting stack, top 10 advance. Please click here to visit Carbon Poker Promotion Date: 30 January 2012

World Poker Tour in Ireland

admin — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 21:54:21 +0000

World Poker Tour in Ireland
At the end of Day 1 in the 2012 World Poker Tour Ireland, the Irishman, Dave Callaghan found himself at the top of the leaderboard. The World Poker Tour in Ireland is currently taking place at the Citywest Hotel that is located in Dublin. Day 2 of the World Poker Tour Ireland started with 195 players remaining out of the original 338 players that started out playing in the poker tournament. Players are working hard to stay in the game in the hopes of winning the top prize of 202,680. While 36 players ended the day still in the running for the prize money, and knowing that they have each ended up in the money, there were other players who have fallen short of ending the 2012 World Poker Tour Ireland in the money. These players included Dave Callaghan, who had ended the first day of the tournament at the top of the leaderboard. Other notable players who have fallen short of the money include Andy Black, Sam El Sayed, Tatjana Pasalic, Toby Lewis, LeoMargets, Sam Holden, Kara Scott, and Jon Kalmer. Two former World Poker Tour champions, Jake Cody, and James Dempsey are also not in the running for ending in the money. Cody was out of the game after Andrew Wayman won a hand, and soon after, Dempsey was eliminated when Jim ONeill won with pocket queens. At this stage the player with the highest chip count going into Day 3 is Dave Shallow. The Englishman will be entering the third day of the World Poker Tournament Ireland with a 951,000 chip count. Shallow is an unknown in live poker tournaments, but has been doing very well for himself in the online poker world. Other players who are at the top of the leaderboard going into Day 3 are Franck Boyer with 873,000 chips, Steve Watts with 628,000 chips and William Dorey with 576,000 chips. Related Posts Online Poker On the Up and Up in 2012 New VIP Awards Method at PokerStars Win Place to Irish Open with William Hill Poker WSOP Has a $1 Million Buy-In Tournament Winter Edition Promo from Titan Poker Share on Facebook, Twitter, MySpace…

Secret Santa

admin — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 04:18:08 +0000

Secret Santa
Americas Cardroom are dropping up to $15,000 in cash and prizes on every poker player from December 2011 untilJanuary 2012. All YOU need to do is collect FPPs (Frequent Player Points) at Americas Cardroom to win. Youll earn one FPP for every cent you generate in rake. Please click here to visit Americas CardRoom Promotion Date: 06 December 2011 Subscribe to this poker promotions feed

Double Challenge Jackpot Is Over $5,000

admin — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 23:36:05 +0000

Double Challenge Jackpot Is Over $5,000
Posted by Bradley, December 29, 2011 More and more players are playing the nightly Double Challenge tournaments, competing not only for their share of the prize money but also for a chance to win the Double Challenge Progressive Jackpot, which a few days ago passed $5,000. At this moment, the jackpot stands at $5,179.50. Three times in the last week the number of players participating in the tournaments set a new record, and this only serves to boost the jackpot even faster. Buy-ins to the Double Challenge tournaments, one staged at 21:35 GMT and the other staged at 21:40, are $1 + $1, with the first dollar going to the tournament prize pool and the second dollar being added to the progressive jackpot. A player who manages to win both Double Challenges on the same night wins not only the regular prize money but also the jackpot as well. The Double Challenge jackpot was last won on September 17th, when “Burbon11″ from Spain captured a $2,170 prize. The jackpot previously passed $5,000 in May when Jcambi from Argentina won the all-time record Double Challenge jackpot prize of $5,356. That record will most likely be broken before the next time a player succeeds in winning both of the nightly tournaments.

Strategy with Kristy: Jared Tendler on the Mental Game of Poker Pt 1

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Strategy with Kristy: Jared Tendler on the Mental Game of Poker Pt 1
December 15 2011, Kristy Arnett Related Articles Strategy with Kristy Podcast: Jared Bleznick Strategy with Kristy: Andrew Seidman Discusses His Book, Easy Game Strategy with Kristy: Andrew Robl Discusses Televised Cash Game Hands Share It Tags Poker Strategy, PokerNews Podcast, Psychology of Poker, South Point, PokerNews Strategy Print Jared Tendler is the author of The Mental Game of Poker and has coached more than 200 players from around the world. Equipped with a masters degree in psychology and years of experience as a performance coach, Tendler has become one of poker’s most respected teachers of the mental side of poker, which includes tilt, emotional control, confidence, motivation, and fear. For this edition of Strategy with Kristy, brought to you by South Point, Tendler comes on the show for the first of a two-part interview. He discusses how to approach improving your mental game, the Adult Learning Model, and more. Here is a snippet from the interview: “There is so much to learn, and sometimes, when you become more aware of how much more there is, that can be overwhelming. It can cause you to do what youre learning not as well. I think its really important to create some order with what [you're working on]. Because there is a step-by-step process to reach unconscious competence, youre goal becomes to not try to learn everything all at once because the mind cant handle it,” Tendler said. He continued, “Instead, try to focus on key elements of your game and things that you know are the biggest priorities right now. Do that and do that consistently, even if you know that there is other stuff to improve on, focus on one thing at a time, especially with big concepts. You can really do much more than that. Once you really master that, then a whole other world opens up, and then you can take on some other smaller things. Then, you can do it far more easily because youve mastered that concept. Lets say its table position. An important component to having good preflop play is understanding the importance of position. So, once you understand that and the complexity of it, then the next concepts open up.” In the book, you talk about how all players have a range for how well they are playing at any given time. A player has an A, B, and C game. Can you talk about those ranges and why it is important for players to understand that a range exists? So many people have this illusion that its possible to be at your absolute best all the time, and they are constantly striving for that. But, in my mind, its really impossible to do that. Its extraordinarily difficult to even try to do that consistently. When youre in the process of learning something, you have to make mistakes. Its impossible to not make mistakes. There’s always going to be this gradation, this range of your ability. And thats assuming youre mentally perfect. Theres always going to be a range for that, as well. If you get a little bit of poor sleep, youre mind is not going to be quite as sharp. Theres going to be things going on at the table, either distracting you or causing some frustration. There are always these subtle nuances that are just part of the game and honestly, part of any game, that make it impossible to constantly be playing at an absolute peak. It is possible to try and prepare yourself to do it more consistently, but that takes a lot of understanding about the things that are going to throw your game off. And also, it takes a real understanding of the things youre learning so that you can be prepared to make the corrections accurately and stay playing at a high level. Podcast Powered By Podbean Tune in every week for new episodes of Strategy with Kristy, brought to you by South Point. Feel free to send in questions, ideas or suggestions for the podcast to kristy@pokernews.com. Also remember to follow PokerNews on Twitter for up-to-the-minute news. Follow Kristy Arnett on Twitter @KristyArnett Comments

PartyPoker Can Make You a Lifer

admin — Sun, 25 Dec 2011 00:54:14 +0000

PartyPoker Can Make You a Lifer
Submitted on Thu, 2010-05-13 11:28 Online poker giant, PartyPoker.com, has announced that it will award a lifetime World Series of Poker Main Event package to two players and that six more will win free entry to the event for 2010. The lifetime package would allow the winners to gain entry into the tournament for 20 years, and this year PartyPoker will also provide transportation and accommodations to the Main Event, which has been held annually for the past four decades. The WSOP, which is held in Las Vegas each year, is the most prestigious poker tournament in the world. Winning the Main Event instantly makes one an international force to be reckoned with when sitting at the green felt. WSOP Lifetime Tournament PartyPoker will hold the tournament to win the lifetime pass to the WSOP Main Event on June 20, 2010. During May and June, PartyPoker will hold daily qualifying tournaments via freerolls and low buy-ins for the WSOP for Life tournament. Players may also simply buy-in to the WSOP for Life tournament. There they will compete for the lifetime prize, which will be won by the person who finishes first. The second through fourth-place finishers will win passes to this year’s tournament. WSOP for Life Leader Board Another player will receive a WSOP for Life package via the PartyPoker leader board. The first-place finisher will be awarded the lifetime package and three others will win admittance to this year’s WSOP Main Event. Go to PartyPoker To find out more and to register for this exciting promotion got to www.partypoker.com. Every poker player should take advantage of this huge opportunity.

Players Qualify for Mega Poker Series

admin — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 08:36:28 +0000

Players Qualify for Mega Poker Series
Posted by Steven, December 13, 2011 Dutch player mingingharder has been having a good year at Titan Poker. In October he played on Titan Pokers behalf at the DeepStack Open Malta 2011 and this past weekend he played at the iPOPS Live Main Event in Prague. Last night, mingingharder was one of two Titan Poker players who qualified to participate in the Mega Poker Series tournament, which will be staged at the Montesino Casino in Vienna, Austria, starting January 19, 2012. Also qualifying for the Vienna tournament was RealSurvivor from Germany. Both players received a 1,500 prize package, which includes the 700 + 70 buy-in to the Mega Poker Series Vienna Main Event; 300 for 5 nights accommodation and breakfast at the Roomz Hotel, January 18th – 23rd, 2012; 30 for handling fees; and 400 for flights and spending money. Players will be invited to a players party on January 19th. Players begin play at the Montesino Casino with a starting stack of 77,000 chips. Blind levels last 77 minutes. The Vienna tournament is part of the Mega Poker Series sponsored by Poker 770. Other events are planned for Nottingham in England and Belgium and there will be a series leaderboard. Players interested in participating in the Mega Poker Series Vienna tournament can win their seat at one of Titan Pokers weekly Super Satellites. The satellite is staged on Monday nights at 20:00 GMT. Entries are 80 + 8, and re-buys and an add-on are available. Low priced qualifiers are running around the clock in the Titan Poker software for as little as 0.22 + 0.02.

Strategy with Kristy Podcast: Kane “Nascar_1949″ Kalas

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Strategy with Kristy Podcast: Kane “Nascar_1949″ Kalas
December 01 2011, Kristy Arnett Related Articles Strategy with Kristy: Andrew Robl Discusses Televised Cash Game Hands Strategy with Kristy: Andrew Seidman Discusses His Book, Easy Game Strategy with Kristy Podcast: Olivier Busquet Discusses Tough Spots Share It Tags PokerNews Podcast, PokerNews Strategy, Cash Poker, Texas Holdem Print Kane “Nascar_1949″ Kalas, 22, is a video instructor on the Poker Phenom training website. In the first two months of playing poker professionally, Kalas went from playing $0.50/$1 to $25/$50 no-limit hold’em. He continues to play high-stakes cash games online and recently moved from Miami, Florida, to Costa Rica. For this edition of Strategy with Kristy, brought to you by South Point, Kalas talks in depth about playing small pocket pairs in six-max no-limit hold’em cash games, demonstrated by hand histories in a $25/$50 game. Here is a snippet from the interview: Let’s talk about the first hand. You open to $128 from under the gun with pocket sixes. An opponent named, “Flufferd” reraises to $400 from the big blind. What are your thoughts on when you can flat a hand like this in position? First of all, “Flufferd’s” raise size was pretty small. He made it $400, and I’d expect most people to make it $450 or in the high $400s. That definitely gave me a little incentive to call. Also, the fact that he three-bet out of the blinds is pertinent in this situation. I probably would very rarely be calling with pocket pairs 100 big blinds deep out of position versus a regular player. I haven’t played too much with “Flufferd,” but I think based on his play, he was competent. When you get 200 or 300 big blinds deep, it becomes much more lucrative when you’re out of position. In this case, though, I was in position and getting a good price to call. I do think that “Flufferd” has a tight range since I opened under the gun, however, if he’s running a HUD [heads-up display], he probably knows I open more than most players under the gun. That could make his three-bet a little bit lighter, but nonetheless, I expect him to have a pretty tight range here. I’m looking to flop a set or a board where I can continue. Of course, there are a lot of boards I’m giving up on, but I’m just getting such a good price in position, especially to play for stacks on a good flop against a relatively tight range. And the flop is . He checks to you. Tell me about why you decided betting is better than slow-playing. I really like a bet here as part of my entire range. I think that checking back a set here may be lucrative in a vacuum, but for my range, I actually want to be betting here quite a lot. This is a board where my opponent is likely to be check-folding a decent amount of hands. It’s very unlikely he’s three-betting pocket sixes, sevens, nines or eight-ten out of the blinds. It’s much more likely that I have those hands defending the three-bet. My range hits this board a whole lot harder than his, so when he checks here, I want to be betting with my pocket sixes or with whatever hands I could have here on a bluff. In this spot, he ended up check-folding. I imagine he had something like ace-king or ace-queen that he was just taking a check-folding line with. I would expect him to check-call with an overpair sometimes. Although, I would expect him to bet that on the flop. Just in terms overall, I think I should be betting this board with my sets and all my air. Podcast Powered By Podbean Tune in every Thursday for new episodes of Strategy with Kristy, brought to you by South Point. Feel free to send in questions, ideas or suggestions for the podcast to kristy@pokernews.com. Also remember to follow PokerNews on Twitter for up-to-the-minute news. *Photo courtesy of Zimbio.com Follow Kristy Arnett on Twitter @KristyArnett Comments

The November Niners

admin — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 07:36:25 +0000

The November Niners
The November Niners Now that the last remaining players to compete on one of the most famous, one of the most prestigious and definitely the one of the richest sporting event in the world, are completed, its time to learn a bit of them and have a taste of what could happen in the poker table come November. Dennis Phillips Dennis is a 53-year old truck driver from St. Louis, Missouri. With 900 grand in his pocket and a shot for couple of millions more, expect this humble but eager tournament amateur to slug it out against the established veteran of the trade. Ivan Demidov Ivan is a professional poker player from Moscow who cashed in on three events and landed on the Main Event finals. Surprised as he was, expect this soft-spoken online poker hotshot to twist the tables around in November. Scott Montgomery Scott is a Canadian resident who has the killer combination in WSOP a big bankroll and lots of experience. For those who tune in other tournaments, youve probably seen Scott in LA Poker Classic in 2008 where he finished fifth with almost 300 grand. Peter Eastgate Peter is a 22-year old poker player who hails from Denmark. But make no hasty remarks about his age because this young player is one of Denmarks recognized online professional players since 2005. He cashed $10,000 dollars in for a chance at the felt table, and what do you know, after much of the 6,800 heads are gone, one of the youngest player this year is sitting on the poker table this November. Ylon Schwartz Ylon is a chess player who has been gambling for 25 of his 38 years. He has made his living out of playing poker for several years, and he has no plans of stopping right now. He was the player who has the most number of cash-in in WSOP event with 12. Should he win, expect him to be out of sight for sometime because this New Yorker plans to escape to where you least expect him to be. Darus Suharto Canadian Darus Suharto is set to follow the footsteps of an unknown accountant who shocked the world how number crunchers play poker. An Indonesian-born residing in Toronto Canada, expect Moneymaker-incarnate try to turn an $80 investment into multi-million dollar prize money. David Rheem Probably the most famous of the nine, David Chino Rheem has made several previous appearances in WSOP final table. This 28-year-old professional poker player has been playing poker since he was 18. With fear set aside and Lady Luck in place, Chino is ready to take on the final table challenge. Craig Marquis This 23-year-old poker player hailing from Arlington, Texas is the one who beat Hamricks AJ out of the tournament with pocket queens. Expect Lady Luck to flutter around this young poker player, especially when you realized he was just playing poker for 18 months. Kelly Kim He maybe a wee bit shorthanded when it comes to bankroll, but dont expect him to back out just yet. A California-based business analyst who traded his portfolio for some chips, he has four months worth of time to think about how to make his narrow way to victory this November.