What are they? Connectors are those pocket cards you get from time to time that are next to each other in rank.  For example (8,9) or (10,J).  Suited connectors are those that are of the same suit.  For example (8s,9s) or (10h,Jh). When To Play Them Since you are not going to flop your straight… [more]

Article from shinepoker.com It was only a matter of time before online poker went mobile, and it looks like that time is just about upon us, courtesy of Poker Stars. Just the site you’d expect to be making a bold and progressive move forward onto the smartphone scene by enabling its enormous worldwide member base… [more]

What is The Bubble? In a Sit N Go Tournament, only a certain number of entrants will ‘cash’ (make money) in the tournament.  If the tournament is Multi Tabled (MTT), the payouts usually are set for the remaining 10% of the field, at most.  Many times it is less than this number.  For Single Table… [more]

From Pokrnewsguru.com PokerStars recent introduction of ‘Double or Nothing’ Sit N Go tournaments, in which half of the 10-player fields double their buy-in, has proven to be surprisingly popular choice. With games starting several times each minute, and a wide range of buy-in levels to choose from – Double or Nothing SNGs are attracting a… [more]

The term Tilt in poker is used to explain a state of mental  anger, confusion or frustration in which a player uses a poor judgment or strategy.  This usually leads to a player becoming very aggressive (in his/her playing style). So it’s when we play poker  in a manner that is not in sync with… [more]

Original Post from 777.com World Poker Entertainment stated that they prepare a unique tournament of poker in its kind. The event will take place during January 2010 on the lake Minnetonka in Spring Park, Minnesota. As particularity, this event will combine fishing on ice and poker. Let us recall that the lake freeze in this… [more]

I will TELL you A ‘tell’ in poker is related to the manner and physical actions of a player after looking at his hand.  Obviously this term has little meaning in online poker, but CAN be used by a unique change in betting habits of a player that you have observed after playing a few… [more]

11/21/09 – The CNBC television business program “Closing Bell” gave the online gambling legal issue in the US some air Thursday in a four minute insert coinciding with the Global Gaming Expo in Las Vegas. Bodog Casino Analysts Andrew Parmentire of Height Analytics and David Katz from Oppenheimer’s gaming division were interviewed on the program,… [more]

Bookmark and Share by Carl “The Dean” Sampson. Playing tight during the early stages of SNG tournaments is still an effective strategy at the low level games. In the same way that playing good solid poker in full-ring cash games will still make money at the NL25 and NL50 levels. The number of poor and… [more]

From poker.onlinecasinoswiss.com December 6. 2009 Anyone who follows poker would have recognized the thumbnail sketches of the two survivors at last week’s World Series of Poker final table. The heads-up game saw internet poker whiz kit Joe Cada beat the self-described amateur Darvin Moon. This kind of clash is becoming more common with players from… [more]