Here is an article I wrote on the subject of going on tilt at the poker table. I hope you read it and enjoy it and maybe it will keep you from going on tilt!!
http://www.wedoitallvegas.com/Articles/articles/1979/1/Going-On-Tilt-At-The-Poker-Table/Page1.html
Enjoy it!!!
Sunday, June 1, 2008
Saturday, May 31, 2008
When Go On Tilt At The Poker Table
Here is an article I wrote on the subject of going on tilt at the poker table. I hope you read it and enjoy it and maybe it will keep you from going on tilt!!
http://www.wedoitallvegas.com/Articles/articles/1979/1/Going-On-Tilt-At-The-Poker-Table/Page1.html
Enjoy it!!!
http://www.wedoitallvegas.com/Articles/articles/1979/1/Going-On-Tilt-At-The-Poker-Table/Page1.html
Enjoy it!!!
Coldplay Coming to The MGM Grand!!
Here check out a little about the band and where to pick up tickets to the show!!
http://www.wedoitallvegas.com/Articles/articles/2353/1/Coldplay-At-The-MGM-Grand-/Page1.html
http://www.wedoitallvegas.com/Articles/articles/2353/1/Coldplay-At-The-MGM-Grand-/Page1.html
Wednesday, May 14, 2008
Brain Urlacker Is A Baby
Brian Urlacher says his arthritic back feels great and his surgically repaired neck is fine. However, don’t expect Urlacher to get his mind right until the star middle linebacker’s contract dispute with the Chicago Bears is resolved.
On Monday Urlacher, who has stayed away from the Bears’ voluntary offseason workouts, told Yahoo! Sports he expected to boycott the team’s mandatory minicamp from May 30 to June 1 because of his dissatisfaction with management’s lax response to his requests for a raise.
"I would bet I wouldn’t be there," Urlacher said from Arizona, where he has spent most of the offseason. "My agents and the team had some good dialogue early on, but nothing’s happened lately. It’s been almost two months since there’s been any action on their end, and it’s a waiting game right now."
On Monday Urlacher, who has stayed away from the Bears’ voluntary offseason workouts, told Yahoo! Sports he expected to boycott the team’s mandatory minicamp from May 30 to June 1 because of his dissatisfaction with management’s lax response to his requests for a raise.
"I would bet I wouldn’t be there," Urlacher said from Arizona, where he has spent most of the offseason. "My agents and the team had some good dialogue early on, but nothing’s happened lately. It’s been almost two months since there’s been any action on their end, and it’s a waiting game right now."
Tuesday, April 1, 2008
Presidental race
When is thing going to be. Barack Obama needs to stop while hes ahead. Every other day something new surfaces to tear down his creditbility more and more
Wednesday, March 26, 2008
Other Blogs
I have a few other blogs you might wanna check out as well! Here are a few!
http://www.soulcast.com/BarackObama2/
http://www.opendiary.com/entryview.asp?authorcode=D742423&entry=10001
http://barackobama2.myeweb.net/cgi-bin/blog
http://www.soulcast.com/BarackObama2/
http://www.opendiary.com/entryview.asp?authorcode=D742423&entry=10001
http://barackobama2.myeweb.net/cgi-bin/blog
Sunday, March 23, 2008
Heads Up Play In Poker
Here is an article I wrote on how to play heads up matches online and in real life.
http://www.wedoitallvegas.com/Articles/articles/1827/1/Heads-Up-Play/Page1.html
http://www.wedoitallvegas.com/Articles/articles/1827/1/Heads-Up-Play/Page1.html
Friday, February 29, 2008
Vegas Magic Shows
While visting the great city of Las Vegas you have many options for site seeing and events to attend here are a few of the Magical performers around the Vegas area that will fit everyones entertainment needs!!
http://www.wedoitallvegas.com/Articl...ows/Page1.html
http://www.wedoitallvegas.com/articles/articles/1620/1/vegas-magic-shows/page1.html
http://www.wedoitallvegas.com/Articl...ows/Page1.html
http://www.wedoitallvegas.com/articles/articles/1620/1/vegas-magic-shows/page1.html
Roulette Odds
If your fancy is more of a game of chance, rather than a mix of skill and luck then Roulette is a great game to play. Here is a begginners guide to the odds on roulette!!
http://www.wedoitallvegas.com/Articl...tte/Page1.html
http://www.wedoitallvegas.com/Articl...tte/Page1.html
Freeroll Tournaments
Here is a article I wrote about Freeroll tournaments and how many different players play them totally different ways. From All-Ins early to the Tight agrressive players!
http://www.wedoitallvegas.com/Articl...nts/Page1.htmlhttp://www.wedoitallvegas.com/Articles/articles/1553/1/Freeroll-tournaments/Page1.html
http://www.wedoitallvegas.com/Articl...nts/Page1.htmlhttp://www.wedoitallvegas.com/Articles/articles/1553/1/Freeroll-tournaments/Page1.html
Common Poker Mistakes
I wrote this next one after a few mistakes I made playing at the tables so I thought I would try to help out anyone who would like to see some of the mistakes I made while playing .
http://www.wedoitallvegas.com/articl...kes/Page1.htmlhttp://www.wedoitallvegas.com/articles/articles/1552/1/Tips-on-common%20mistakes/Page1.html
Wednesday, February 20, 2008
Sit-N-Tournament Strategy
This next article is my opinion on Sit-N-Go Tournament Strategy.
http://www.wedoitallvegas.com/articl...egy/Page1.htmlhttp://www.wedoitallvegas.com/articles/articles/1555/1/Sit-N-Go-Tournament-Strategy/Page1.html
There are many different ways to approach them But this is the guide I try to follow!!
http://www.wedoitallvegas.com/articl...egy/Page1.htmlhttp://www.wedoitallvegas.com/articles/articles/1555/1/Sit-N-Go-Tournament-Strategy/Page1.html
There are many different ways to approach them But this is the guide I try to follow!!
Saturday, February 16, 2008
Poker RakeBack
If your interested in wanting to learn how to calculate rakeback from a poker site check this article out
http://www.wedoitallvegas.com/Articl...tes/Page1.htmlhttp://www.wedoitallvegas.com/Articles/articles/1596/1/How-To-Calculate-Rakeback-On-Poker-Sites/Page1.html
There are many rakeback sites on the internet.
http://www.wedoitallvegas.com/Articl...tes/Page1.html
There are many rakeback sites on the internet.
Wednesday, February 13, 2008
Tipping In Poker??
There is a little known talked about element of NL Texas Hold 'Em that is often never talked about and I know I havent seen an article on WDIAV about it yet so I thought I would put it out there and see the response I get back. I asked myself this question after watching the WSOP on TV. A few times I have seen the winning player throw a few dollars towards the dealer at the table. So I asked myself is Tipping the dealer at the poker table accetable?? I would have to say yes but what do you tip if your only in a ring game a a casino. Well I guess if would depend how much you sit down a the table with and how much you won on that hand. Granted you are not obligated to do it but i think it is in good form if you do. Then that brings up another question. Do you tip per win or wait to you leave the table then throw the dealer a few bucks if you leave a winner? Again this all depends if you think tiping the dealer per win hurts your bankroll enough not to do it. I would say if you ron the lowere stakes tables .50 / $1 is a good tip per hand won if the flop is seen. If you fold and everyone folds around then I think the dealer would understand you not tipping on that. If you happen to win a huge pot you might wanna throw in a few extra to the dealer!! Probably $5 i sthe most I would go on any given hand no matter what the stakes unless you rlike IVEy and them playing in that Big Money game in Vegas then they might throw a few hundred down! If you win money in a tournment im not sure if you should tip there or not unless you win. Im not sure how tournament dealers get paid but im sure every little bit helps!
Sunday, February 3, 2008
CHASING A FLUSH
Sometimes the numbers just don't add up!
There's an age old debate in poker - should you chase a flush? First of all we need to define what we mean here by "chasing a flush online".
Chasing anything in Texas Holdem poker is the practice of betting to stay in a hand in the hope that you will make a better hand, even although you might have absolutely nothing at the time. So chasing a flush means betting that you will get the card or card that you need to complete your flush hand on the turn or river. You can't chase a flush before the flop because at that time you only have two cards so the flush isn't on.
So let's say you're playing one of the big poker sites online, you've been dealt the Ace and 9 of spades and you've paid to see the flop.
The flop is 2s 7s Kd and one of your opponents comes out betting strongly with a fair sized raise, what do you do?
First of all ask yourself what kind of hand you're up against. The possibilities are triples, another flush draw, a pair of Kings or a complete bluff, so as it stands you're only winning against the bluff with your Ace. On the other hand if you hit a spade in the last two cards you have the nut flush and could only lose to a full house or four of a kind.
On the face of it you might assume that statistically you have about a 50-50 chance of hitting your spade, after all there's two cards to come and four suits so there must be about a half chance, right?
Wrong!
You already have two of the spades in your hand and there's another two showing on the table, so you know five cards and four of them are spades. That means you have nine spades left available out of the 47 cards you haven't seen, which is only a 42% chance of catching your flush.
If you do bet on the turn and don’t make your flush, what do you do then? You have probably now become pot-committed, you have put so much into the pot that you might as well bet again on the river unless there’s a big raise or all-in against you, but now your chances of making the flush have dropped dramatically to only 21%.
But what of that other factor, the mysterious internet poker syndrome? What I mean by that is although you statistically have a 42% chance of making a flush, is that what actually happens in reality? If you played the same hand at the same online poker table 100 times would you get a flush 42 times? From my personal experience I doubt it. Flushes seem to come around a lot less often than 42 out of 100 times!
That’s just my own opinion and I’m sure the poker sites would tell you a different story, but the way I see it is 42% is the very BEST you’re ever going to get and you may well have a lot less chance than that of hitting your flush.
Bottom line? Chasing a flush online is a very risky strategy that sucks you in and over commits you, without giving you enough of a chance of pulling out the winning hand.
There's an age old debate in poker - should you chase a flush? First of all we need to define what we mean here by "chasing a flush online".
Chasing anything in Texas Holdem poker is the practice of betting to stay in a hand in the hope that you will make a better hand, even although you might have absolutely nothing at the time. So chasing a flush means betting that you will get the card or card that you need to complete your flush hand on the turn or river. You can't chase a flush before the flop because at that time you only have two cards so the flush isn't on.
So let's say you're playing one of the big poker sites online, you've been dealt the Ace and 9 of spades and you've paid to see the flop.
The flop is 2s 7s Kd and one of your opponents comes out betting strongly with a fair sized raise, what do you do?
First of all ask yourself what kind of hand you're up against. The possibilities are triples, another flush draw, a pair of Kings or a complete bluff, so as it stands you're only winning against the bluff with your Ace. On the other hand if you hit a spade in the last two cards you have the nut flush and could only lose to a full house or four of a kind.
On the face of it you might assume that statistically you have about a 50-50 chance of hitting your spade, after all there's two cards to come and four suits so there must be about a half chance, right?
Wrong!
You already have two of the spades in your hand and there's another two showing on the table, so you know five cards and four of them are spades. That means you have nine spades left available out of the 47 cards you haven't seen, which is only a 42% chance of catching your flush.
If you do bet on the turn and don’t make your flush, what do you do then? You have probably now become pot-committed, you have put so much into the pot that you might as well bet again on the river unless there’s a big raise or all-in against you, but now your chances of making the flush have dropped dramatically to only 21%.
But what of that other factor, the mysterious internet poker syndrome? What I mean by that is although you statistically have a 42% chance of making a flush, is that what actually happens in reality? If you played the same hand at the same online poker table 100 times would you get a flush 42 times? From my personal experience I doubt it. Flushes seem to come around a lot less often than 42 out of 100 times!
That’s just my own opinion and I’m sure the poker sites would tell you a different story, but the way I see it is 42% is the very BEST you’re ever going to get and you may well have a lot less chance than that of hitting your flush.
Bottom line? Chasing a flush online is a very risky strategy that sucks you in and over commits you, without giving you enough of a chance of pulling out the winning hand.
Wednesday, January 30, 2008
Keep It Simple
POKER STRATEGY
When you start to play poker, you will more than likely be playing low-limit games. Beating these games does not require you to become a masterful poker player, it primarily entails that you are able to outplay poor opponents. Beating good players at high limits can be incredibly difficult, entailing many complex moves. However, winning at low limits is pretty straightforward.What do I mean? Basically, other players won't be paying attention to you. They only care about their own cards; they don't care about you or your cards. They will play their hand as they always play their hand, regardless of whether or not you are in the pot. You are basically a ghost to them... but hopefully you will be a ghost that's slowly taking their money! If you want to beat these types of players, you simply need to a play a straightforward game that will win in the long run. For example, play tight, don't do any fancy bluffs, bet aggressively when you probably have the best hand, and utilize pot odds for your drawing decisions.When it comes to deception with these players, slowplaying can work. These players are easily fooled into thinking they have the best hand when they hit a pair on the turn, so giving them a free card when you hold the stone nuts can be to your advantage. However, bluffing is simply an exercise in futility. These guys want to see if they have the best hand. They'll pay to see your cards just so they can see them sometimes! Don't expect to scare any fish at lower limits with an extra $2 bet.Master the art of choosing starting hands, employing pot odds, and aggressively betting your winning hands. However, psychological strategies are generally useless. Your opponents are not thinking too deeply, and attempting any fancy plays will only hurt you.
When you start to play poker, you will more than likely be playing low-limit games. Beating these games does not require you to become a masterful poker player, it primarily entails that you are able to outplay poor opponents. Beating good players at high limits can be incredibly difficult, entailing many complex moves. However, winning at low limits is pretty straightforward.What do I mean? Basically, other players won't be paying attention to you. They only care about their own cards; they don't care about you or your cards. They will play their hand as they always play their hand, regardless of whether or not you are in the pot. You are basically a ghost to them... but hopefully you will be a ghost that's slowly taking their money! If you want to beat these types of players, you simply need to a play a straightforward game that will win in the long run. For example, play tight, don't do any fancy bluffs, bet aggressively when you probably have the best hand, and utilize pot odds for your drawing decisions.When it comes to deception with these players, slowplaying can work. These players are easily fooled into thinking they have the best hand when they hit a pair on the turn, so giving them a free card when you hold the stone nuts can be to your advantage. However, bluffing is simply an exercise in futility. These guys want to see if they have the best hand. They'll pay to see your cards just so they can see them sometimes! Don't expect to scare any fish at lower limits with an extra $2 bet.Master the art of choosing starting hands, employing pot odds, and aggressively betting your winning hands. However, psychological strategies are generally useless. Your opponents are not thinking too deeply, and attempting any fancy plays will only hurt you.
Saturday, January 19, 2008
WHY PLAY POKER???
Several Reasons!!!
Social rewards.
This is a major reason behind the traditional home game. Many friends like to hang out and play cards, and many people become friends over the card table. If this is one of the major reasons you wish to play, stick with low stakes, where the games are more fun and friendly.Entertainment. Poker is a competitive game. To win, one needs the skills and the bit of luck the game necessitates. Many find this enjoyable and compare poker to playing a sport. Make sure you don't get swept up in the 'entertainment' nature of poker, because it is possible to lose a lot of money at the game.
Education.
The skills necessary to become a good poker player apply well to other aspects of life. Poker will help you to improve your judgment skills (reading people) and sharpen your logical and strategic skills (how to play your hand).
To make money.
Most people play poker for fun, but some make considerable money at it. Of course, these people are few and far between. Not everyone can make a lot of money from poker. Nevertheless, the desire to win more is definitely a reason to improve your poker skills.Poker is one of the few forms of wagering where you can actually win. Casino-style betting is rigged against you (it is impossible to win in the long run at craps, roulette, etc., no matter what anyone says. The only exception is blackjack if you count cards, which is extremely difficult). Sports betting is also nearly impossible to beat without insider information. Thus, poker is one of the few forms of gambling where one can actually win money in the long run simply by being good at the game.
Social rewards.
This is a major reason behind the traditional home game. Many friends like to hang out and play cards, and many people become friends over the card table. If this is one of the major reasons you wish to play, stick with low stakes, where the games are more fun and friendly.Entertainment. Poker is a competitive game. To win, one needs the skills and the bit of luck the game necessitates. Many find this enjoyable and compare poker to playing a sport. Make sure you don't get swept up in the 'entertainment' nature of poker, because it is possible to lose a lot of money at the game.
Education.
The skills necessary to become a good poker player apply well to other aspects of life. Poker will help you to improve your judgment skills (reading people) and sharpen your logical and strategic skills (how to play your hand).
To make money.
Most people play poker for fun, but some make considerable money at it. Of course, these people are few and far between. Not everyone can make a lot of money from poker. Nevertheless, the desire to win more is definitely a reason to improve your poker skills.Poker is one of the few forms of wagering where you can actually win. Casino-style betting is rigged against you (it is impossible to win in the long run at craps, roulette, etc., no matter what anyone says. The only exception is blackjack if you count cards, which is extremely difficult). Sports betting is also nearly impossible to beat without insider information. Thus, poker is one of the few forms of gambling where one can actually win money in the long run simply by being good at the game.
Friday, January 11, 2008
Handling A Bad Beat
The Does And Dont's
There are many ways a player can handle a bad beat at the poker table or online. I'll start off by telling you the dont's if your at a poker table and you take a bad beat.
#1 Dont stand up and start cussing
#2 Dont start name calling the player that gave you the bad beat
(DONKEY, DONK, CUSS WORDS)
#3 Dont get mixed up in the next hand right away.
Here are a few DO's
#1 Tell the player nice hand and count out the chips and send them across
#2 Take a deep breathe and realize poker is a game of bad beats and your sure to give someone a bad beat and how you would like them to react.
#3 Sit out the next hand and compose your thoughts. Its ok to steam as long as it doesnt effect the way you play.
OK here are a few Donts for the online game.
#1 Dont start cussing the player in the chat box (Its best to have your chat off) I do, just in case you really want to say something you wont be able to. Cause as in live play on line if you get reported for langauge eyc you can have your chat suspended.
#2 Dont automatically raise the next hand to try to rush to make the money back. Realize the game is full of bad beats but to have bankroll management and conduct yourself in that way.
#3 Don't move up to higher tables and try to win the money back. Stay on the level your confortable with and play solid poker!!
Here are a few Do's
#1 Say either nice hand to the player (NH)
#2 Don't say anything just take the beat and get ready for the next few hands
#3 Take the next hand off unless you have a monster to collect yourself and compose your thoughts.
These are just a few of the tips I try to apply to my poker game in dealing with bad beats. The best tip of all is to remember like I said before, Poker is a game that includes bad beats. You'll definately recieve some and you will definately dish some out. Just try to play solid poker and keep the bad beats to a minimum and use good bankroll management.
There are many ways a player can handle a bad beat at the poker table or online. I'll start off by telling you the dont's if your at a poker table and you take a bad beat.
#1 Dont stand up and start cussing
#2 Dont start name calling the player that gave you the bad beat
(DONKEY, DONK, CUSS WORDS)
#3 Dont get mixed up in the next hand right away.
Here are a few DO's
#1 Tell the player nice hand and count out the chips and send them across
#2 Take a deep breathe and realize poker is a game of bad beats and your sure to give someone a bad beat and how you would like them to react.
#3 Sit out the next hand and compose your thoughts. Its ok to steam as long as it doesnt effect the way you play.
OK here are a few Donts for the online game.
#1 Dont start cussing the player in the chat box (Its best to have your chat off) I do, just in case you really want to say something you wont be able to. Cause as in live play on line if you get reported for langauge eyc you can have your chat suspended.
#2 Dont automatically raise the next hand to try to rush to make the money back. Realize the game is full of bad beats but to have bankroll management and conduct yourself in that way.
#3 Don't move up to higher tables and try to win the money back. Stay on the level your confortable with and play solid poker!!
Here are a few Do's
#1 Say either nice hand to the player (NH)
#2 Don't say anything just take the beat and get ready for the next few hands
#3 Take the next hand off unless you have a monster to collect yourself and compose your thoughts.
These are just a few of the tips I try to apply to my poker game in dealing with bad beats. The best tip of all is to remember like I said before, Poker is a game that includes bad beats. You'll definately recieve some and you will definately dish some out. Just try to play solid poker and keep the bad beats to a minimum and use good bankroll management.
Saturday, January 5, 2008
Controling Your Bankroll
Many poker players first starting out in the world of poker dont really know how to control there bankroll in online poker ring games. 
Most people starting out on the low end of a starting bankroll ($50-$200) usually head straight for the .05 - .10 table online. They feel this is a good place to start out and not lose much money. Its good if your just starting out learning the game but if you know the rules the only true way to be a winning poker player is to step out of your comfort zone a few times and go to higher stake tables. But in doing so never go above what your bank roll can afford. I feel a good rule would be to make sure your bankroll is about 10 times higher than the max buy-in at the table you want to move up to. That way even if you take a bad beat your bankroll isnt that cripled and you can always buy back in without too much hesitation!
Most people starting out on the low end of a starting bankroll ($50-$200) usually head straight for the .05 - .10 table online. They feel this is a good place to start out and not lose much money. Its good if your just starting out learning the game but if you know the rules the only true way to be a winning poker player is to step out of your comfort zone a few times and go to higher stake tables. But in doing so never go above what your bank roll can afford. I feel a good rule would be to make sure your bankroll is about 10 times higher than the max buy-in at the table you want to move up to. That way even if you take a bad beat your bankroll isnt that cripled and you can always buy back in without too much hesitation!
Thursday, January 3, 2008
World Series Of Poker
After many years of improving Poker fields at the World Series, this past year the field finally settled down, but still was an astonishing 6500+ participants in the $10K buy-in Main Event No Limit Holdem' tournament! The poker boom is the best thing to happen to the world of poker in many years! The online poker sites have benefited the most for all the sucess of the poker boom! Full Tilt Poker and Pokerstars, have been the key online poker sites in the online boom! The WSOP is a month event happen in the great city of Las Vegas, Nev. They cover every poker style during the month ranging in buy-ins from $1500 - to the $50K horse championship that could be said to gather the best all around poker player in the world! Coverage of the Event is Covered by ESPN and can be followed live online!!!
Wednesday, January 2, 2008
Best Poker Freeroll on the Net!!!
Every last Tuesday on the month WDIAV sponsers a $1200 freeroll on Full Tilt Poker. Usually it has a prize pool off $900 with the other $300 spread over bounties for player knock outs!! This is by far the best freeroll on the internet poker sites. They usually cap off at $200 with a field of usually over 2500+ paying only the top 1 %. 1st getting about $42 dollars. Comparedthat to WDIAV's 1st place of over $120 and a field of usually around at 600!!!
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