How to make money by playing poker – Part 1
January 6, 2010 by bkkpkerplayer
Filed under Poker Strategy
Some of the best poker strategies are learned in the poker world. Here are a few fundamentals that poker players need to learn before they try playing high-risk games. Poker Strategies have very little to do with the cards on the table. Instead, they involve strategies that play player-against-player, and increase the chances of playing successfully. If you want to be a pro player, or learn how to play in tournaments, then you need to know more than the rules of poker you need to know how to play the table.’
The first thing you need to understand is that entertainment’ poker and money making’ poker are played two different ways. That is why so many people go to a poker tournament expecting to win big, and are dropped in the first few rounds.
Unfortunately, I can tell you everything you need to know to make money. My dad is a good poker player. He has a special card that he carries into casinos which gets him some comps and keeps him out of video-poker and amateur table games. He taught my son, who can win $50 000 in an afternoon playing entertainment’ poker online. My son is always learning how to bet without losing his initial stake. When he can do that, then he is ready to play with real cash. The following are some of the theories that my Father taught my Son.
Have An Exit Plan
One of the best ways to learn how to manage your money is to learn how to invest in the Forex market. There are tons of free FX sites to practice. You’ll learn how to create an exit plan. Learn how to lose your stake with grace, and learn how to lose your stake, without losing your Net Wealth or Net Worth.
Hope is not a Plan
Gambling is taking money and putting it on a high risk Endeavour in the hopes of making money. Hoping to win is not a strategy. Poker players who do not win are usually those who have gone through their stake and are considering putting their watch in the pot. They didn’t come into the game with a good exit strategy.’ They didn’t have a plan.
Write your plan out. If you cannot write out a plan then you do not have enough knowledge to win consistently.
Learn By Doing
They say that the average business owner needs to work for 5 years before making money. The average author invests 10 years before writing a book that makes a little’ money. A doctor goes to school for 10 years before earning an income. However, too many green poker players expect to walk into the poker world and start making money. It just doesn’t happen.
A professional poker player
Online Poker, How to Win Money From Your Living Room
December 30, 2009 by bkkpkerplayer
Filed under Online Gambling
There are many poker websites that can help you make money sitting at home. You need to develop some poker tactics so that you are able to make the most of the opportunity. In recent years, poker has become very popular and the main factor of its increasing accessibility is the World Wide Web. Players don’t need to go out to a casino because with the help of Internet, they can sit in their living room and log in to a good poker site to play. Everyday various Freeroll poker games are also played on the Internet and players don’t need to spend money for becoming members of such sites. The membership of some poker sites is not only free, but they also provide good opportunities for players to enjoy the game without losing anything. A phenomenal amount is involved in online poker and you can win a huge amount from a single game. Even though the prize offered in Freeroll is not very good, playing a general poker game can take you from rags to riches. There is a lot of difference between real life and online poker. If you are not able to do well in a traditional poker setting, then you can certainly try your luck in online poker. Due to the anonymity that Internet offers, it becomes easy to win more.
Make sure that you remember the way this game has to be played if you want to win a good amount in an online casino. On the Internet, there are no distractions like noise, drinking or harsh lights. You can focus on the game when you are at home. The second most essential factor for success in online poker is a good strategy and you should stick to it. It can be great fun to play and win, but never put in an amount that you are not able to afford. Follow as many effective online poker strategies as possible in order to be become a pro of this game. This information can also be found on the Internet. There are hints and tips available to help you succeed.
The number of games being played on the Internet is growing leaps and bounds. Since, millions are invested in this; there will always be a player who is better than you, so keep some room for improvement. You will have to keep brushing your skills to win a good amount sitting at home.
Applying Poker Strategies to Trading The Markets
December 23, 2009 by bkkpkerplayer
Filed under Poker Strategy
As a professional no-limit holdem poker player prior to my trading career, I find that both professions share many similarities. Poker and trading are both a game of probabilities. Individual psychological makeup is also important to control emotions during times of tilt and euphoria.
In poker, a player can choose the stake he is willing to play. In the futures markets the stakes are chosen by the size of the trade. However, one of the biggest differences I found is as follows:
1. In poker, you are automatically offered the option to play a hand that you are dealt. For example, in no-limit holdem this can be a Q10, KK, 10J, 2-7, etc….
Each starting hand begins with a probability. For example, pocket 9’s has a 52.4% favorite against an AK suited. The odds of getting dealt a pocket pair are 5.88%.
2. In trading, you are not automatically dealt starting hands. Starting hands in poker equals setups in trading. In order to hold a pocket pair, you must find a trading setup.
Each setup has its own set of probabilities. A setup that offers a 80% winning probability should be ranked higher than a setup that offers a 50% winning probability. The more setups a trader has the more ammunition or hands he has to play with. If a trader only trades moving average crosses, this is like playing only a KQ in poker. In poker, waiting for pocket AA’s will slowly drain your capital with blinds and is definitely not the way to get rich. However, a poker player who is flexible to play a variety of hands with a variety of styles is the better player.
A trader needs to have different entry/exit and risk parameters for each setup. If one of your setups involves moving average crosses, make sure you apply different entry/exit and risk parameters from a scalping setup.
I like to consider my trading freestyle. I am very flexible with the different setups I have. Trading requires creativity. Novice traders apply too much science into trading and not enough art.
Trading should be compared to a game of limit holdem. No trade is worth all your chips so do not hold a no-limit mentality. When in doubt, stay flat. As long as you play the right hands and control your losses, a trader should come out ahead.
Good luck and best of trading.
Some Poker Strategy Tips
December 5, 2009 by bkkpkerplayer
Filed under Poker Strategy
The term “Strategy” has several meanings. Some of the meanings of strategy are plan, policy, approach, and tactic; so, it would be quite obvious that poker strategy is nothing but that which speaks about a poker plan, a poker policy, a poker approach, or a poker tactic. Ultimately poker strategy is aimed at making a big winning or preventing a loss.
Every player need not necessarily have the same kind of poker strategy for playing. Strategies can be anything that does not break poker rules and the way in which poker should be played. Some of the poker strategy that gets staged would be:-
• Folding weak hands regardless of how much money has been invested in the pot is one kind of poker strategy employed by most beginning players. This kind of approach minimizes the amount of stakes you may loose with playing any further. Such is the approach of many tight players.
• Betting more despite holding weak hands is another kind of poker strategy and that can also be addressed to as bluffing. We would have come across many players that make the player with even best hands to fold in fear by the way they react. They tend to fake a good hand with such superiority like betting very high stakes, laughing aloud, getting up and walking round the table and many mock moves that impersonate a person with a good hand. Phil Helmuth is one such example. As a thumb rule they do not always win with such buffing, but some of their poker strategy brings out terrible results.
• Poker strategy is not really meant for the pro. It is of course meant for the person with just little experience. Similarly, bluffing is not just something that should be practiced by a pro, a beginner or an advanced player can both do it, provided it is played right without being caught.
The best of hands can loose despite many great moves and calculative approaches. This can be in part due to luck. Luck is a short term ideology and poker strategy that is based on luck may win a lot of times, but optimized winning will be only based on that which will be based on the mathematical part of the game that helps you arrive at winning chances and the probabilities of losing Get in to the home work of examining poker strategy puzzles in pieces and finally working out the big picture correctly.
Poker: Strategy – a Way to Win the Game
October 19, 2009 by bkkpkerplayer
Filed under Poker Strategy
Like any realistic card games in the society today, poker is indeed the most multifaceted conglomeration of skill, luck, strategy, scheme, and personality. The theories involved in the playing of the game may not be applicable to everybody. There are instances that things might have worked for a certain group of people but may have undeniably failed with the others. However, most poker experts still contend that feasible poker strategies and tips are still critical elements of winning the game.
Most poker players assert that they face a lot of strenuous choices on many situations. Normally, they have to deal with checking, betting, raising, or folding. Because of these, most players believe that they need to equip themselves with practical poker strategy and tips so as to establish the appropriate expectation for every probable move of the players. By doing so, they will know how to act correctly in return.
Generally, psychological poker strategy is a decisive move basically because playing poker involves more psychological activities. A player should know how to read cards of the other players and must be well adept in reading the actions and reactions of his playmates. The best poker strategy is to know how to interpret body language and talk of the players. Both of these things can divulge a lot of the strengths and weaknesses of the hands.
A good poker strategy also requires a player to vary his poker approach. This means that there should be times that you know how to tactically bluff a game. This, in turn, will make other players have a hard time reading your cards or predict your next moves.
However, bluffing should never be a permanent poker strategy. This should only be used when the need arises. Constant and consistent bluffing may eventually lead to large losses.
A good poker strategy is also about considering the hand strength. A player must not only master the rank of hands but also their relative strength during a poker game. For example, a full house may be a good hand that will be far more likely to be the best hand compared to a 7 high or the lowest possible hand.
Consequently, certain poker strategy may vary depending on the poker variant being played.
Like in a stud poker game, it is advisable to choose a seven-card-stud poker instead of a five-card poker. Here, five-card can give you limited opportunity to use your skill as it is significant if you have a strong first hand.
In a Caribbean Stud Poker, a nice poker strategy deals with when to bet timely and appropriately. A good poker strategy will require you to maintain a pair or better. In the event that the dealer showed 10 or less and matches one of yours and you have and Ace-King or better, don’t hesitate to bet. You can also bet confidently whenever the dealer’s card is less than your fourth highest card and you have an Ace-King or better; or if the dealer’s card is an Ace-King and you have a pair of six or better.
Bear in mind to calculate the odds against you such that if the profit is greater than the odds, make the bet. So to speak, when the odds are in your favor, bet as heavily as you can.
But the most important poker strategy of all is: never form a pattern of play. Being able to disguise your play may be the most valuable poker strategy you could have but then you must remember to apply them as varied as possible. This way, you avoid being known to your opponents thereby lessening the chances of losing big bets.
Online Poker Strategies: All the Way to Victory
May 26, 2009 by bkkpkerplayer
Filed under Poker Strategy
Online poker strategies are crucial in order to succeed at online poker, although succeed means different things to different people. For some, success at online poker means winning the big jackpots all the time and for others, success at online poker simply means winning more than losing and this second objective is far more reasonable and achievable. Online poker strategies will require you to develop an appreciation for and understanding about the odds that concern various games and card hands, as well as the chances of success/failure.
All online poker strategies will require the player to be consistent, all too often a winning streak is jeopardized or a losing streak compounded by the greed and or stubborn nature of the overly emotive poker player. All too often online poker strategies are derailed as a result of the player’s inability to concede defeat, or know their limits. What this means in the long term is that they end up losing more and more money as they continue playing, and this begins the vicious cycle of chasing debts with more money, and as they lose their focus they make more and more errors which in turn equates to losing more money.
Knowing when to quit and cut your losses when you are in the mid of the losing streak is imperative, because you are simply not thinking straight. Online poker strategies differ from ordinary poker strategies in that there is a greater emphasis on the player being able to temper his feelings and control his emotions so he does not make mistakes.
The danger with online poker is that you are in your comfort zone, in your own home, and so the temptation to play for longer periods of time is quite strong. Online poker strategies sometimes actually advocate that you do not eat or drink whilst playing online poker, the rationale behind this is that you do not get too comfortable, and settled in. Whilst by all means enjoy yourself, make sure that you are able to make that crucial disconnection (both literally and mentally) when the time comes.
Online poker strategies require one crucial thing, commitment to the rules. You do not need to be a master card shark in order to become proficient at online poker, you just need to be committed to your strategy, willing to learn and above all else diligent.
Make sure to pace your bank roll, nothing will kill off your online poker strategies as quickly as losing your entire bank roll in your first game. Online poker strategies that pay off well usually involve the players playing at several tables at once, and studies have shown that the best number of tables (and by extension the absolute maximum) number of tables to play at is 4. Also, make sure to rotate around different tables as this will also help improve your odds of a win and different sites will allow you to take advantage of the benefits on offers.



