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September 4, 2007

Poker Source Online

Filed under: Poker — Tony @ 7:10 pm

PSO (Poker Source Online) is a necessity for the online poker player. It greatly increases the expected value of your play, especially if you are a marginal winner or a break-even player. PSO offers many options to increase your expected value in which I will go into detail. Read the rest of this entry »


September 14, 2006

Styles of Play

Filed under: Poker — Tony @ 12:53 pm

There are four fundamental styles of play, tight-aggressive (TA), tight-passive (TP), loose-aggressive (LA), and loose-passive (LP). The first word describes starting hand selection and the second word describes betting frequency.

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September 10, 2006

Managing Your Bankroll

Filed under: Poker — Tony @ 2:26 pm

You should determine your initial bankroll now. This should be an amount that you feel comfortable with and can afford to lose. There is a saying in poker, “Never gamble with scared money.”

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Getting Started Online

Filed under: Poker — Tony @ 10:40 am

I have always enjoyed playing card games as a child and so with the recent surge in popularity it was only natural for me to try my hand at online poker. I started playing online poker out of boredom, it was nothing more then something to do during the times that I had nothing to do, but it didn’t take long before I became addicted to the highs and lows of the game.

When I started I knew nothing about the game. I knew a little about hand rankings but I even found myself looking these up from time to time. Now I have over 60,000 hands logged and even more unlogged.

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