This is an interesting piece by Daniel Negreanu about exploiting poker beginners with bigger preflop raises.

It’s common for beginners to set themselves up for disaster by misplaying hands before the flop. Then, they complain about their bad luck when they lose.

Well, bad luck has nothing to do with it. Rather, they likely committed a critical error by misplaying a pot against limpers who called their too-small pre-flop raise.

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Ben :: Nov.12.2008 :: Questions :: Comments Off

Glory, guile, patience, humungous payouts - yep I’m talking about poker tournaments and Virgin Poker got some exciting news.

You can now play, for the first time on Virgin Poker, any game as a tournament (not just Texas Hold’ em). Tournaments are a great way to practice playing poker. Ideal poker for beginners.

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Ben :: Oct.30.2008 :: Questions :: Comments Off

Last night MrHanky111, 22 of Sortland, Norway, was one of 417 runners to play in event 2 of the 2008 LEOCOP IV, the $50 Re-Buy. He scooped a first prize of $16,887.51 and an exclusive invitation to play in an online tournament that could see him seated in the semi-final of Poker Million VII playing for a million dollars. The tournament began at 20.00 GMT and Ladbrokes who in total are adding $500,000 across all festival events generously added $10,000.

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Ben :: Oct.29.2008 :: Questions :: Comments Off

paddypowerpoker.com announces Irish Open 2009 details and launches €100,000 Sole Survivor promotion

€100k package to be won by the highest finishing paddypowerpoker.com qualifier.  This isn’t for the beginner as the buy in is pretty high.

paddypowerpoker.com has launched its biggest ever Irish Open promotion, the €100,000 Sole Survivor. All paddypowerpoker.com qualifiers to the Irish Open 2009 will be eligible for participation, and the player that becomes the ‘Sole Survivor’ by outlasting all other paddypowerpoker.com qualifiers in the tournament will win a €100,000 package.

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Ben :: Oct.21.2008 :: Questions :: Comments Off