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PokerInside - Sponsorships, Poker Nibs & Poker Babes!

noreply@blogger.com (David Bergeron) — Tue, 08 May 2012 04:16:00 +0000

PokerInside is a pokersite that offers sponsorships to poker players as well as a rakeback program, freerolls even they have their own poker babes!

Free Stuff at PokerInside

Free Poker Money (Through sponsorship)
Free T-Shirt when you reach 1000 Nibs, just email support and they'll send you a T-Shirt, rememeber to tell them what colour you want! I was sent a yellow T-Shirt lol.
Free Membership to StackGuru.com, StackGuru is a poker site with videos uploaded by poker pros.

Here are some frequently asked questions about poker sponsorships:

What is a Poker Sponsorship?
A poker sponsorship is basically when a company/person gives money to a poker player and then the poker player has to do do something in return (for example play 500 hands of poker).

Why does PokerInside offer sponsorships?
Because the Pokerrooms pay PokerInside to bring them customers.

Why would you be interested in a poker sponsorship?

Because there is no risk, you get free money and if you lose it there is no consequence
Also, you may not have enough money to play poker

PokerInside has a point system where you are awarded Nibs for doing various things. Here are some basics about Nibs

What are Nibs and what are they used for?
Nibs are equivalent to Pokerstar's VPPs but the difference is Nibs do not expire. The more Nibs you have, the higher VIP status you have at PokerInside. Also, PokerInside also states that "you can also use your Nibs in our PI Store (coming soon) to buy cool gear or freeroll tokens for real cash prizes!"

How do you earn Nibs?

Here are some of the ways I earned Nibs, there are more ways you can find out by going to PokerInside and hovering over "My PI" tab, then click "VIP progress"

Complete profile, earn 100 Nibs
Post in forum, earn 2 Nibs for each post you make (max of 10 nibs per day)
Join a Team - join any team and earn 100 Nibs (Post below if you want to join my team)
Poker Nibs - You earn these while playing at a pokerroom with your free sponsorship!
Enter MoneyBookers email - Earn 50 Nibs when you enter your MoneyBooker.com email address in My Payment Accounts

What are you waiting for, signup to PokerInside now and get your free poker sponsorship and start earning your Nibs! Also check out more details about how to register for Betmost Poker sponsorship.

P.S. Don't forget to check out the Poker Babes at PokerInside! I'll post some images below.

Pokerstars - Platnium Star Challenge

noreply@blogger.com (David Bergeron) — Fri, 04 May 2012 21:41:00 +0000

Hey guys, it's been a while since I played online poker. I guess busy with life and gf but gf no longer so back to poker lol. Pokerstars had a reload bonus so I deposited $500 to take advantage of the full bonus. So I have a $250 pending bonus and I worked off $20 of it but lost $130 so far which sucks.. I think lately I am just running bad because I usually get all in with the best of it. Like today I had aces cracked by kings then not too long after by jacks.

Anyway, I stared playing the Zoom tables on Pokerstars. The ones where you fold and you get sent to another table with a new hand to play. I really like the zoom games, I didn't think I would but the game goes by so much faster and if you fold then you don't have to wait for the next hand. I play 2 zoom table at once, I'm pretty sure I can play 3 or even 4 but for now I'll play 2 until decisions become more routine.

By the way, Pokerstars has 8 billionth hand coming up soon, there's prizes being given away right now just by playing at cash game table unfortunately no prizes for Zoom players. Also, if you are dealt billionth hand, you get at least $20k. Right now, it's at around 79,900,000,000 hand.

There will be 300 regular milestone hands, and a final Mega Milestone in each Road to 100 Billion celebration. For the 80 Billion celebration, it’s hand #79,700,000,000 to #80,000,000,000. Next up after that will be 85,000,000,000, so keep checking back to find out more.
Please Note: Hands dealt on Zoom tables are not eligible for milestone hand prizes. To win a prize, you must be playing on one of our regular cash game tables.

So, I have 560 VPP points so far for this month, my goal was at least to reach Gold star of 3000 VPP but I think I can hit the Platnium Star at 7500 VPP points.

Anyway, here a couple big hands I won. I couldn't believe I got action on quad 4s :) One actually had 7s Full and the other had a straight. The second hand, I pushed all in on the turn just to make sure she would call if she had a flush draw.. I still ended up -$25 today, crazy.

Anyway, if you want to play on Pokerstars, you can get $600 deposit bonus here: Pokerstars $600 Deposit Bonus

Gus Hansen's Websites ThePlayr.com & GusHansen.TV, What Happened to Them?

noreply@blogger.com (David Bergeron) — Wed, 02 May 2012 05:58:00 +0000

Back in 2007, Gus Hansen operated 2 successful poker websites; ThePlayr.com & GusHansen.TV. There were 4,500 members and a database with close to 100,000 subscribers to the weekly newsletters. So what went wrong? Why Did Gus decide to sell his websites? Well, according to Gus:

"I have been very happy to get close to my fans during our ThePlayr.com adventure, but it has to work behind the scenes, and under the current circumstances, we have agreed to call it quits" says Gus Hansen

Gus Hansen is known for his ridiculously loose wild poker style, and many believe he sold the websites because he was not doing well in big cash games. The site sold for $37,500 in late 2009. The buyer has since sold the site for just $3050 in July 2011.

So, why do you think Gus sell his sites? I think he sold them because he can make $1 million in a day playing poker and the website was too time consuming. But Gus has made a new blog so I'm not sure. Check out his blog: http://gushansen.me/

Screen of ThePlayr.com auction selling for $37,500 at Sitepoint/Flippa

Auction description:

ThePlayr.com is an online poker community currently featuring the international poker superstar Gus Hansen. ThePlayr.com was launched in September 2007 on the Danish market and in April 08 the site was firmly established as the biggest poker news site and second largest poker community site in Denmark (according to the Alexa ranking). An international version in English was launched in January 2008, and in April 2008 an Italian site was added. ThePlayr.com has been an exclusive partner of Full Tilt Poker enabling the unlimited use of the Gus Hansen brand. This partnership, however, is concluded, and Gus Hansen will no longer be part of the concept following a sale. This means that any content currently on ThePlayr.com authored by Gus Hansen will be stripped from the site prior to a sale. For reference this includes and is limited to the sections Gus Hansen’s Poker Academy, Gus’ Blog, Ask Gus, Gus TV and Gus Tracker. Marketing investments of $160,000 include direct and co-reg leads, CPM at large Danish media and international poker sites, CPA, SEO etc. Former partnerships with CardPlayer, EB and Expressen (Denmark’s and Sweden’s largest tabloid papers respectively) and URBAN (second-largest Danish newspaper in circulation) have increased brand awareness but are no longer in effect. The site has 4,500 members and a database with close to 100,000 subscribers of our weekly newsletters. We have used Zoomio campaigner for this multi-channel marketing. ThePlayr.com features a strong background catalogue with world-class content produced by our own journalists. This includes a massive beginners’ guide, a vast section containing statistics and probabilities plus very likely the most extensive poker dictionary ever made available online. Also ThePlayr.com offers an extensive results database from the poker circuit. Due to lack of success with the international versions the site has not been regularly updated since June 08. Note that the Italian site is in reality inactive.

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Where Can You Play Online Poker In The US?

noreply@blogger.com (David Bergeron) — Wed, 02 May 2012 04:36:00 +0000

Ever since Black Friday, US citizens have had a hard time to find where to play poker. On April 15, 2011 the US Government shut down the 3 biggest pokerrooms, Pokerstars, Full Tilt Poker and Ultimate Bet/Absolute Poker. This sent a shockwave threw the poker community and many players have not received their money from the pokerrooms, most noticeably Full Tilt Poker. The Government seized Millions of dollars and the .com domains. Pokerstars paid the fine and removed their client from the US market, Full Tilt on the other hand did not have enough money to pay back all he players and Full Tilt is currently in negotiations to selling to Pokerstars for an undisclosed fund rumored at $750 million ($330 million will go toward the repayment of players, while the rest will settle the outstanding charges against PokerStars).

Now, you may be wondering where can you play poker in the US? And there's 3 main options;

-Play live Poker
-Move to Canada, Mexico, europe, etc
-Play at one of the pokerrooms that still allow US players to play.

There are 3 main pokerrooms that still allow US players and they are:

1) Bovada - This is a new pokerroom that just launched in Dec 2011 but is on the Bodog network so technically it is not new. It is for US players only but you will play against players all across the world because Bovada is just one company on a large network. Bovada has about half the amount of traffic of Carbon Poker(Merge Gaming Network), Signup For Bovada Poker Here

2) Cake Poker - Is on the CakePoker Network and was established in 2004. Their sofware has 3D avatars which gives it a unique playing experience. There is less selection but you shouldn't have a problem finding medimum and low stakese games here. There are many promotions and freerolls, Sign Up For Cake Poker Here

3) Carbon Poker - This is the largest pokerroom that still accepts US players. Carbon Poker is on the Merge Gaming Network. Good game selection and the competition is not too tough. The software is stable and cashouts seem to be the fastest here. There are also Monthly MTT and SNG leaderboards to earn extra cash on top of vip system and bonuses. Signup For Carbon Poker Here

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Pokerstars Free Ticket for Sunday Million and Skrill €10,000 Grand Freeroll

noreply@blogger.com (David Bergeron) — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 06:21:00 +0000

Pokerstars has two good deposit bonuses right now!

Deposit using 'STORM' and get free entry into Sunday Million ($11 free ticket).

Deposit using 'SKRILLEPT' and get free entry into €500 Skrill Grand Freeroll. Winner gets will earn a seat in the €10,000 live final, taking place as part of the PokerStars andMonte-Carlo®Casino EPT Grand Final. Players finishing 2nd and 3rd will also receive 300,000 & 100,000 Skrill VIP Loyalty Club points respectively.

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Three Free Full Length PokerSavvy Videos From Poker Pros Tony Dunst, Andrew Brokos and Al McClenahan

noreply@blogger.com (David Bergeron) — Sat, 31 Mar 2012 19:39:00 +0000

Hey guys/girls, it's been a long time since I have posted an update on poker006.com but the to make up for it, here are 3 full length videos from PokerSavvy! Make sure you also check out the other free poker videos here: Poker006 Videos. I also have a poker video site: PokerIntake.com which I will update soon!

Check out Tony Dunst's Bio Chipping Up Through Weak Competition - Tony Dunst (Pokersavvy Plus Video)
Check out Andrew Brokos's Bio: Video Article: Andrew Brokos - Flexible Thinking (PREVIEW)
Check out more videos from Al McClenahan: Meet Our Core Poker Pro Al McClenahan

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- Free $150 Bankroll at Titan Poker

$163 Coin Flip and Pokerstar's Online Poker Show Freeroll

noreply@blogger.com (David Bergeron) — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 10:22:00 +0000

Today, I decided to take a chance at $.50/$1 table. I bought in for $60. Lost a few hands, won a few hands. Kind of getting unlucky. Then I pick up AK in the small blind. 1 guy limps in and button raises to $5. I make it $50 to go cause the guy on the button's range is kind of wide like he could have a suited connector or a low pair. But he has 10s and I lose the coin flip. Kind of sucks cause I hit an ace on the flop and he hit 10 on the river.

Anyway, I have $16 left in my Betmost account. Not sure what I'll do with it, maybe play a few sit and gos.

Online Poker Show Freeroll

I was watching Pokerstar's Sunday Million replay and they gave a password for a freeroll. First place is only a $215 ticket for Sunday Million which kind of sucks unless there are only a few hundred people who join. Pokerstars also invited me to a $10,000 freeroll on July 11th which is cool..

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Betmost Sponsorship and Busto to Robusto

noreply@blogger.com (David Bergeron) — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 14:26:00 +0000

It's been awhile since I have posted. A little busy working I guess. Anyway, I felt like playing a little bit of poker. Betmost game me $55 for free too which was really nice of them. I joined Betmost with a sponsorship deal from Poker Inside. Poker Inside gave sent me a free T-Shirt too which was cool but it's yellow lol..

So anyway, I decided to play on Betmost just for fun at a cash table. I bought in for $25 and got dealt kings after a few hands. I was on the button and made a standard raise, I was happy someone called. Flop comes K86, 2 clubs and I make continuation bet. I get check raised and I just decide to call because I don't want to scare him away. 10 of clubs comes, pretty much worst card. He bets $5 and I call. River he pushes and I'm pretty sure he made a flush but I call because there was a lot of money in there and my set of kings could be good. Turns out he just had KQ and I take down the pot.

A few hands later I made a bad bluff and lost $10. Then next hand, a small stack reraises me all in and I'm on tilt now. So next hand I have 53 of clubs in small blind and decide to call a big raise. I flop a flush draw and check. Button continuation bets $6 and there's $14 in the pot so I call. Turn, I decide to check raise all in but the other guy checks behind. I hit a 5 on the river and I check. Button checks and I end up winning with 5s.

Busto to Robusto

Anyway, I watched a couple documentaries about some online poker pros including one with Andrew "goodtocu" Robl. Here's the first episode:

Download first episode of From Busto to Robusto with Captain Zeebo (right click and save target as to save it)
Check out episode 2 with Andrew Robl Update: robustothemovie.com is down

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What's Your Favorite Poker TV Show? [Poll Arhive]

noreply@blogger.com (David Bergeron) — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 14:20:00 +0000

World Series of Poker 14 (41%)
High Stakes Poker 9 (26%)
Poker After Dark 6 (17%)
World Poker Tour 3 (8%)
Other 2 (5%)

Celeb Poker - $199 Free No Deposit Bonus

noreply@blogger.com (David Bergeron) — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 18:17:00 +0000

Celeb Poker now has a no deposit bonus! The Celeb Poker $199 No Deposit Bonus. Celeb poker has never offered a no deposit poker bonus before. To be eligible you have to be 18, never played at Celeb Poker before and not be from one of the ineligible countries listed below. Note, if you are from one of the banned countries, you are still eligble to receive $180 in bonus money and 100 CPPs to buy in for a total of $2000 in free tournaments.

Once signed up, you will get $19 free money to start with. After having reached 2500 CelebPoker Points, you will get another $30, after 5000 points you will receive another $40, after 7500 points another $50 and at 10000 points you will receive an amazing $60. That makes $199 free money in total!

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Players from these banned countries will receive $180 in bonus money and 100 CPPs to buy in for a total of $2000 in free tournaments. Players from these countries can not complete step 4 and 5 of the registration process. For players from these countries, rewards will be issued into the poker account automatically within 72 hours.

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Step 1: If you have ever visited the Celeb Poker website, delete your cookies and uninstall all Celeb Poker software before continuing! Make sure your browser accepts all cookies! If your Security or Privacy level in your browser is set too high, it may block the (perfectly harmless) cookies that need to be set to track you properly!
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Free No Deposit Poker Bankrolls

noreply@blogger.com (David Bergeron) — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 14:16:00 +0000

Full Tilt Poker		$100 no deposit bonus
	Get $100 free in total at Full Tilt Poker.

Pokerstars		$100 no deposit bonus
	Get $100 free in total at Pokerstars.

Titan Poker		$150 no deposit bonus
	Get $150 free for Titan Poker. $50 up front, $50 after you accumulated 5,000 Titan points, another 50 with another 5000 points. Cashout restriction of 4500 Titan Points. This offer is not available to United States Residents. You DON'T have to pass any poker quiz and there is no ID verification.Watch Poker Pro Tony G Destroy his opponents at Titan Poker.

Celeb Poker		$199 Free No Deposit Bonus
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BetMost Poker		$10 Free No Deposit Bonus
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	To be eligible you have to live in the US or Canada and be at least 21 years old. Excluded: Nevada, Oregon, Michigan, Illinois, New York, New Jersey, Louisiana, Wisconsin, Indiana, South Dakota, Washington. Cashout restriction: 1,000 points.

Red Kings		$100 no deposit bonus
	$50 free upfront, additonal $50 after collecting 1000 points. $12.50 given every 250 points collected. Cashout restriction: 1,100 points, 30 days to complete bonus. This offer is only valid in Canada, United Kingdom, Germany, France and Denmark.

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	$7.70 free in Cash, $22 in pending bonus and $20.90 in Circus Tournament Tickets. After signup, email promotions@poker770.com with your username and code: 50DOL. If they say don't accept the code than send them code: bonpok.

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Pokerstar's Sunday Football Tournament

noreply@blogger.com (David Bergeron) — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 06:26:00 +0000

I just played in one of the Pokerstar's Sunday Football Tournaments. Free entry with a reload deposit. It was A $11 buy-in and 5118 entrants and $51,180 prize pool. On top of that the winner receives 2 foot ball tickets to the biggest game on earth and $1000 for travel expenses.

I picked up some huge hands early on and was 2nd place in chips for most of the tournament. I bullied a lot of the table with my big stack and by the time they called I could take a hit to my stack or I had a good hand! Like in this hand, this guy finally took a stand with J9 suited but I had pocket rockets!

Then I have problems with my wireless internet connection, it kept cutting out every 2minutes for 40 seconds. I think the card was overheating so I'm trying to cool it down by blowing on it. That didn't help much. On 2nd break, I unplug the computer and take directly to internet router and try to plug it in but it doesn't work, break is over and continue to use wireless. It's working a little better..

With about 200 players remaining, I lose a coin flip, AK vs QQ. Then I win a big pot when I double up with 99 vs. AK. On third break, I clicked reset "repair internet conection" or something like that and now my wireless doesn't work either! I have something like 120k chips, in a good spot, blinds at 4k/8k. I turn off router and internet, it takes 15 minutes to get it working again..At this point I'm so mad because I had a good chance at a few thousand, if not 9k and 2 football tickets. When I log back in I have just over 16,000 chips. I triple up to 50k and next hand I pick up AJ. I go all in and instantly get called by QQ and I don't hit. If I win that hand, I'd have $125k and be in a good spot to win it.

So, I'm not really happy with 56th place for $84.44 when 7th place broke the $1k mark..But it was nice to play because I haven't played in a while. Maybe next time.

Anyway, here are 3 interesting hands:

First hand, two guys are always limping in so I go for the squeeze play with Ace 6 suited. I raise pretty big too, to 900 when they limped in for 200. They both call and I hit a nice flop! I go for a small continuation bet of 1200 hoping they reraise. I get 1 caller. Great turn card and I bet 2500 he goes all in with just a gut shot.

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, 11 Tournament, 100/200 Blinds (9 handed)

saw flop | saw showdown

UTG (t1225)
UTG+1 (t5275)
MP1 (t1757)
MP2 (t4630)
MP3 (t2910)
CO (t8390)
Button (t3500)
SB (t1800)
David (BB) (t12760)

David's M: 42.53

Preflop: David is BB with A, 6
1 fold, UTG+1 calls t200, 3 folds, CO calls t200, 2 folds, David bets t900, UTG+1 calls t700, CO calls t700

Flop: (t2800) J, A, A (3 players)
David bets t1200, 1 fold, CO calls t1200

Turn: (t5200) 9 (2 players)
David bets t2500, CO raises to t6200, David raises to t9900, CO calls t90 (All-In)

River: (t17780) 7 (2 players, 1 all-in)

Total pot: t17780
Main pot: t17780 between CO and David, won by David

Results:
David had A, 6 (three of a kind, Aces).
CO had K, Q (one pair, Aces).
Outcome: David won t17780

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I just won the last two pots by raising 1800 and I do it again with KQ suited. I get called this time and he bets out into me on the flop. I hit top pair of queens, great flop. I call because I have position, it's possible he has a better hand than me and I want to see what he does on the turn. On the turn he checks so I check to for pot control, I don't really want to bet and get check raised all in. And if I check the turn he may think I think I'm a lot weaker than I am. On the river he bets out 3000 and there is no reason for me to go all in because he's usually only calling with a better hand.

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, 11 Tournament, 300/600 Blinds 50 Ante (9 handed)

saw flop | saw showdown

MP1 (t7995)
MP2 (t4476)
MP3 (t15723)
CO (t1280)
Button (t6985)
SB (t14866)
BB (t6160)
UTG (t19464)
David (UTG+1) (t34450)

David's M: 25.52

Preflop: David is UTG+1 with K, Q
1 fold, David bets t1800, 5 folds, SB calls t1500, 1 fold

Flop: (t4650) 6, Q, 9 (2 players)
SB bets t2400, David calls t2400

Turn: (t9450) 8 (2 players)
SB checks, David checks

River: (t9450) 5 (2 players)
SB bets t3000, David calls t3000

Total pot: t15450
Main pot: t15450 between SB and David, won by David

Results:
SB had A, J (high card, Ace).
David had K, Q (one pair, Queens).
Outcome: David won t15450

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Here's another interesting hand. I should have check raised all in on the flop..Maybe he would have folded.

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, 11 Tournament, 1000/2000 Blinds 200 Ante (8 handed)

saw flop | saw showdown

UTG (t19647)
UTG+1 (t21310)
MP1 (t27677)
MP2 (t51148)
CO (t25920)
Button (t28734)
SB (t35128)
David (BB) (t77265)

David's M: 16.80

Preflop: David is BB with 5, 4
2 folds, MP1 bets t5000, 4 folds, David calls t3000

Flop: (t12600) 7, Q, 4 (2 players)
David checks, MP1 bets t6000, David raises to t14000, MP1 raises to t22477 (All-In), David calls t8477

Turn: (t57554) A (2 players, 1 all-in)

River: (t57554) 3 (2 players, 1 all-in)

Total pot: t57554
Main pot: t57554 between MP1 and David, shared by MP1 and David (t28777)

Results:
David had 5, 4 (one pair, fours).
MP1 had 5, 4 (one pair, fours).
Outcome: David won t28777, MP1 won t28777

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Cake Poker Buys T.J. Cloutier’s WSOP Bracelet On Ebay

noreply@blogger.com (David Bergeron) — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 22:30:00 +0000

One of the team members at Cake Poker bought T.J. Cloutier 2005 World Series of Poker $5K No Limit Bracelet for $4006 on ebay. There were 8 bids on the bracelet, starting at $2999 and finishing at $4006. The Cake Poker member put an auto-bid on the item so it looks like they were willing to pay a lot more than $4000 for it. There is a post on Cake Poker Blog about Cake Poker buying the bracelet: Cake Poker Discovers the Joys of eBay. They do not directly say they bought the item but there are enough clues including the Tags on the post "Tags: ebay, wsop, tj cloutier".

T.J. Cloutier confirms the bracelet is indeed from his 2005 WSOP win. He told this to Hardcore Poker Show

“I don’t want to talk about it… Yeah its mine… I was short… I pawned it…. I tried to get it back with my ticket but i was too late”

I feel kind of sorry for Cloutier but he shouldn't be pawning his WSOP bracelet(s)..I just noticed this is on the auction page:

"Please see our other auctions for another one of Mr. Cloutier's Championship Bracelets!"

I wasn't able to find the other auction. Here is a link to the original 2005 World Series of Poker $5K No Limit Bracelet auction on Ebay. Note: The auction is private so you need an ebay account to view it. I took a screenshot of the auction(Image to the left)

Bonuses:
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- Free $150 Bankroll at Titan Poker

Funniest Poker Quotes

noreply@blogger.com (David Bergeron) — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 07:19:00 +0000

Here are some of my favourite poker quotes from some of my favourite poker pros!

Sam Grizzle:

"You can spend your money the way you want to and ill spend somebody else's money the way I want to"

Gus Hansen:

Clonie: "I have an above average hand"
Gus: "I have an above average something too"

Gus: "Do you know that good old saying?"
Daniel Negreanu: "Which one?"
Gus: "F*** you"

Mike Matusow:

"Only a donkey would make that call"

"poker 101 - never bluff to an idiot"

"Just call me Bossman"

What are your favourite poker quotes?

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Seventh Street Decisions in Seven-Stud - Keith Sexton

noreply@blogger.com (David Bergeron) — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 05:44:00 +0000

A few weeks ago, I offered some pointers for playing fourth steet in Limit Seven-Card Stud. For this tip, I'm going and show how you might improve your play on seventh street.

My first suggestion for playing on seventh street is that you need to look at your pot odds when facing a final bet. When playing $5-$10 Stud, for example, you'll often need to call a $10 river bet while looking at a pot of $70. In this spot, where you're getting 7:1, if you have any suspicion that your hand is good, you really ought to call. The odds are so favorable that throwing away a lot of marginal hands would be a mistake. This is very different from no-limit poker, where you'll need to make some big laydowns late in a hand. If you're making the transition from No-Limit Hold 'em to Limit Stud, keep this very important point in mind.

Some of the tougher decisions on seventh street arise when you're holding one pair. Let's say you start with a pair of 6s and your opponent open-raises with a King as his door card. He bet all the way, representing a pair of Kings, and you called. Neither of you seemed to improve on fourth, fifth or sixth streets, and he bet out on the river.

At this point, you can be fairly certain that he doesn't have a pair of Kings. Most people don't have the heart to bet one pair on the river. So, in this case, you're likely up against something like Kings up, some sort of hidden hand, or a total bluff. Given this range of hands - and knowing that a bluff is a possibility - you should make the final call. You'll pick off a bluff enough of the time to make the call profitable.

I want to point out here that, since it's proper to call with a lot of marginal hands, betting with one solid pair on the river is often a good idea. If you start with something like a pair of Kings and your opponent doesn't seem to catch anything, don't be timid on the river. Oftentimes, you should bet, knowing that a lesser hand is likely to call.

Now, let's look at another river situation. Let's say that after the river has been dealt, you have Q 10 9 8 with three clubs showing. You made a straight on the river after your opponent has been aggressively betting his hand the entire way, showing Ad Kd 9s 6h.

After betting into your hand on sixth street, he again bets into your hand on seveth street. In this situation, you have to think about what your opponent is betting into. Most players will not bet into such a scary board with one pair or even two pair.

We have to assume that our opponent is either bluffing with a weak hand and is unconcerned with our hand, or has a huge hidden hand and is hoping to get three bets on the river. This could be a situation where you might just call, especially if there is a third hand behind you who might over-call with a marginal hand that he would fold if you had raised.

When playing Limit Stud, be sure that you're making enough value bets and crying calls on the river. Keep the pot odds in mind and you're likely to make the right play.

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Major Flaw at Lucky Ace Poker/ Pacific Poker Network

noreply@blogger.com (David Bergeron) — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 04:24:00 +0000

A while I posted about how Lucky Ace Poker/ Pacific Poker Network takes money from inactive accounts, which they call "administration" fees. To make things worse, they also take your bonus dollars (Money which you have to wager before withdrawing) and they make you work off the pending bonus before you can withdraw even though they took the bonus dollars.

For example:

I had $25 bonus dollars in my Lucky Ace Poker account. $20 of it was taken for "administration" fees while I was inactive. Now, before I withdraw, I have to wager enough to clear the $20 but when I complete the requirements, I do not get to keep the $20..

No pokerroom should be able to do this, it's just plain wrong. I suggest everyone stay away from Pacific Poker Network... you can see what network pokerrooms are on at http://www.pokerscout.com/PokerSites.aspx

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UFC Poker After Dark and UFC 106

noreply@blogger.com (David Bergeron) — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 14:06:00 +0000

UFC Poker After Dark

A new episode of Poker After Dark is coming out. It's a special episode with UFC fighters Randy "The Natural" Couture, Dan "Hollywood" Henderson and UFC announcer Bruce Buffer. Along for the match are Full Tilt Pros Patrik Antonius, "The Professor" Howard Lederer and Erick "E-Dog" Lindgren.

I've watched Bruce Buffer play and he's a great player! I watched him play at 2007 WSOP and he outplayed Chris MoneyMaker but got unlucky. Buffer talked about the show on his blog: BufferZone. He said Henderson impressed him and Couture was a cerebral player. It should be a great match!

There are a bunch of other Poker After Dark episodes coming up soon including $150,000 Buy-in Cash Game with Tom "Durrrr" Dwan which should be good!

UFC 106

I watched the UFC 106 preliminary fights on Spike TV on the weekend, I haven't seen the main card yet. My favourite fight was the Kendall Grove Vs. Jake Rosholt‎ fight. Rosholt‎ slammed Kendall 3 times, he's a strong dude! Rosholt was overpowering Kendall but lost after getting caught in a triangle submission. I heard the Tito Ortiz vs. Forrest Griffin was a close fight.

Randy Couture fought at UFC 105 and clearly lost the match 29-28 but the judges gave Couture the win. I understand the reasonsing for the judges decision. The match meant everything to Couture, if he loses this match then it may very well be his last fight. Couture mentioned he was going to take his last run at the light heavy weight title before retiring. I think it's amazing that he is still fighting at this high level at age 46!

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Big Blind Play in Limit Hold'em - Jennifer Harman

noreply@blogger.com (David Bergeron) — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 14:04:00 +0000

In Limit Hold 'em, the big blind is one of the toughest position to play. You're out of position, and that's never a good thing, but usually, you'll be getting excellent odds to continue with the hand. Against a single opponent who has raised, you'll be getting better than 3 to 1 and, in most hands, you're no more than a 2 to 1 dog. The problem is, you'll often find yourself going into the flop with shaky cards and, at that point, you're sure to face some tough decisions.

Before I talk about some tricky situations that develop in the big blind, I want to note that you can make your life a little easier by folding some hands pre-flop. If you're holding a medium Ace and you're facing an early position raise from a player who you know plays only good cards up front, then fold. It may seem like you're getting a nice price to continue, but in this spot, you're only going to get into trouble. When you miss the flop completely, it's going to be tough to continue and, if you hit an Ace, you may lose a lot to a hand that has you dominated. I'd rather play 6-7 against an early position raise from a tight player than A-7.

There are some hole cards that are just hopeless. If I'm facing a raise from any position and I find something like J-2, T-3, or 9-4. I'm going to surrender the hand.

The really difficult situations arise when you hold a mediocre hand, something like A-8 or pocket 6s, and you face a raise from late position. Many players will raise with just about anything in the cutoff or on the button, so it's tough to know where you stand with these medium strength hands.

What should you do?

Unfortunately, there are no easy answers. My best advice is to vary your play so as to take advantage of a particular opponent's tendencies. For example, if you hold A-8 in the big blind and face a late-position raise from a player who tends to be a little weak after the flop, you should probably re-raise pre-flop and then follow up with a bet on the flop most of the time. Against this type of player, this kind of action will force a lot of folds.

If the opponent who raises in late position is tricky and very aggressive post flop, I'll often call the pre-flop raise and then check-raise on most flops, whether or not I got a piece of the board. Even if the check-raise doesn't win the pot, this move helps keep a tough, aggressive player off balance.

Of course, you'll need to consider the flop as you move forward in the hand. If you call a pre-flop raise with pocket 6s and see a flop of T-Q-K, there's little point in going to war. Give your opponent credit for some hand that beats yours and look for a better spot. But this doesn't mean that you should be willing to give up on anything less than top pair.

Against a single opponent, I'll play second pair pretty aggressively. Sometimes, I'll lead at the pot with this hand, and sometimes, I'll check-raise with it. Taking this aggressive approach with a shaky hand allows me to play my big hands in the same manner. When my opponents see me check-raise, they won't know if I'm making this play with as little as second pair or as much as a set.

As I said earlier, playing from the big blind in limit poker is tricky. In my opinion, it's one of the toughest spots in all of poker. My best advice is that you should stay alert to your opponent's tendencies and look to mix up your play. If you're on your game, it will be tough for other players to put you on a hand while you'll have a pretty good idea of what they're doing.

Good luck.

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noreply@blogger.com (David Bergeron) — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 14:00:00 +0000

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Firing the Second Bullet - Greg Mueller

noreply@blogger.com (David Bergeron) — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 22:58:00 +0000

In No-Limit Hold 'em, one of the trickiest and, sometimes, scariest situations occurs when you bluff at a pot on the flop and get called. The turn brings a blank and you're left with a big decision: Do I fire a second bullet and continue with the bluff?

Recently, while playing in the World Poker Tour event at The Mirage, an opponent launched a double-barrel bluff against me, and he got me to lay down the best hand. It was early in the tournament and I was in late position. My opponent, a pro whose play I respect, raised from early position, and I called with Ac-4c. The flop came A-J-7, rainbow with one club. My opponent bet out and I called. The turn brought a blank, and my opponent put out a very large bet.

I was in a tough spot. It was early in the tournament, and I didn't want to call off most of my chips with this hand. I was pretty certain the bettor wouldn't have fired a bet of that size with something like A-K or A-Q. With a hand like that, he'd have to worry that he was beat, and he'd probably try to get to the showdown as cheaply as possible. I figured he either had a very big hand - maybe a set of Jacks - or not much at all.

In the end, I decided to lay down my pair of Aces. My opponent then showed pocket Kings.

I give my opponent a lot of credit for playing the hand well. He had a good sense for how much heat I was willing to take. His play illustrates the most important consideration when deciding if you should continue with a bluff: Your opponent's mindset.

If you're up against an opponent who is unwilling to play without a very big hand, firing the second bullet can force them to make some bad lay downs. To make this work, however, you need to estimate the price a particular player is willing to pay, and then bet more than he seems capable of handling. In the hand I discussed above, my opponent zeroed in on a price I couldn't stomach.

Sometimes, a meek player will get stubborn and try to get through a hand by calling you down with something like second pair. You need to have a sense that he's trying to get through the hand in this way, then price your bets so that he won't be able to call.

If, however, you're against a guy who has shown a willingness to call any bet of any size with just about any hand, then you need back off and wait till you flop a monster.

In the end, the most important thing is to know your opponent. If you're attentive at the table and pick up on the tendencies of those around you, you'll find some nice opportunities for double-barrel bluffs.

That said, I should note that I'm far more willing to bluff on multiple streets in cash games than I am in tournaments. If I get caught running a big bluff in a cash game, I'll re-buy with the knowledge that my actions will force some bad calls later in the session. In tournaments, if I bluff off my chips, I'm on the rail.

As your no-limit game develops, study your opponents and identify those who are vulnerable to bluffs on multiple streets. As you develop this skill, you'll pick up some key pots and become a more profitable player.

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noreply@blogger.com (David Bergeron) — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 22:38:00 +0000

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Sexy Poker Halloween Costumes

noreply@blogger.com (David Bergeron) — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 14:40:00 +0000

Halloween is fast approaching and I thought what better way to celebrate then with some hot poker babes! Some of the outfits are from Alice in Wonderland, I haven't seen any of the movies or read the book. I heard there's a new Alice in Wonderland coming out in 2010 with Johnny Depp

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An Ace High Risk - Tommy Miller (CardPlayer Video Articles)

noreply@blogger.com (David Bergeron) — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 14:30:00 +0000

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Fourth Street Decisions in Seven Stud - Keith Sexton

noreply@blogger.com (David Bergeron) — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 13:36:00 +0000

In an earlier article, Perry Friedman gave some guidelines as to what you should be looking for at the start of a Seven-Card Stud hand. Perry concentrated on third street, when you make your initial decision to proceed with the hand or not. For this tip, I'd like to go further down the road and talk about fourth street.

When playing Stud, fourth street is the last of the smaller betting rounds. On fifth street, the bets double, so if you decide to play beyond fourth street, your investment in the hand is going to be hefty.

On fourth street, I look to see if an opponent has picked up a card that has a relation to the door card (the first up card). If fourth street builds straight or flush possibilities for my opponent, I'm likely to muck a lot of hands; if it appears to be a complete blank, I'll usually continue.

For example, say one player open-raised with the Qd as a door card, and I called with split 8s and a suited 6. If he catches a total blank (something like the 2c) on fourth street and bets, I'm likely to continue and see if fifth street brings either of us any help. On the other hand, I will probably dump the hand if my opponent catches anything between a Ten and an Ace, and I don't improve.

I won't know for sure if a Ten, Jack, King or Ace helps my opponent's hand, but at that point, his board presents too many warning signs for me to continue. Many players will enter pots when they start with three big cards, so any high card on fourth street has the potential to make my opponent a big pair or get him closer to a straight. Either way, my eights are pretty flimsy.

Another sort of situation develops when I catch two-pair on the turn. Say that I started with a split pair of 8s and a 6. My opponent open-raised with the Qd and I called. The turn brings me another 6, giving me two pair. My opponent catches a blank and bets.

In a spot like this, I think raising is a big mistake because the two-pair is well hidden. If I raise on fourth street and happen to catch a boat on fifth or sixth street, it will be almost impossible for my opponent to continue with the hand after my show of strength. He'll have to assume that I've hit and he'll fold to a bet. If, however, I just call on the turn and then hit a 6 later in that hand, my opponent may continue with his pair of Queens.

Moving on to a third example, say I have Kings in the hole with the 6d as my door card. Again, assume my opponent open-raised while showing Qd on third street. In this spot I'm likely to just call my opponent's raise on third street. If I were to re-raise with a 6 as my door card, I'd be announcing that I held a big pocket pair. My opponent would probably fold and I wouldn't get any value out of a nice hand.

After I call the third-street raise, I'm hoping that the turn brings a card like the 8d. If my opponent then leads at the pot, I'll raise, hoping to give the impression that I'm on a draw. Once my opponent has that impression, he'll probably call my raise on fourth street. If fifth street appears to be a blank, he'll probably call a bet there as well. I'll be building a nice pot while holding a strong hand.

These are just a few situations you might run into on fourth street. If you play your hand correctly at this point, you stand to pick up some big bets on later streets when things go well, and save some bets when things go south.

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noreply@blogger.com (David Bergeron) — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 06:16:00 +0000

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