Wednesday, April 23, 2008
Skalie in the last 40 of the WPT
Skalie wont leave with less than $65,595 now that he has made it to the last 40 players of the WPT World championship.
WPT World Championship
Las Vegas,Nevada
Tournament Dates Apr 19 - Apr 26, 2008
Final Table Date Apr 26, 2008
Preliminary Event Dates Apr 1 - Apr 21, 2008
Buy-In $ 25,000
Entry Fee $ 500
Number of Entrants 545
Prize Pool $ 13,216,250
Deadeye55 & Skalie, In thier Band "Nameless"
WPT World Championship
Las Vegas,Nevada
Tournament Dates Apr 19 - Apr 26, 2008
Final Table Date Apr 26, 2008
Preliminary Event Dates Apr 1 - Apr 21, 2008
Buy-In $ 25,000
Entry Fee $ 500
Number of Entrants 545
Prize Pool $ 13,216,250
Deadeye55 & Skalie, In thier Band "Nameless"
Thursday, April 17, 2008
Wednesday, April 16, 2008
Bad run? or Bad Play?
I found this artical at www.pokermagazine.com/
All players, including winning players, run bad from time to time. Sometimes you have great pot odds to make your call but your cards just don’t hit. Sometimes you correctly raise to knock out your opponents and then someone (mistakenly) calls but manages to hit his miracle draw."Running bad” is just poker parlance for having a run of bad luck. It’s the land of bad beats and bad cards. There’s nothing you can do but ride it out while minimizing your losses. And don’t fret too much. It happens to all poker players from time to time -- even the professionals.Recognizing the difference between running bad and playing bad is as difficult as it is important. If you think that you’re just running bad, you’ll be unlikely to change your game. In fact, for the most part, you shouldn’t. You should make only the adjustments necessary to compensate for the change in your image that your long string of losses has produced. But aside from that you should continue to do what you’ve been doing. The cards are at fault, not you.But if you’re playing bad -- there's something wrong in your game you're overlooking -- you must change what you are doing or you will surely go broke.Think of it as a leak in your game. If you don’t fix it, no matter how cleverly you maneuver at the table, you will eventually sink. Since you are causing your losses by playing badly, it is you who must fix them.
Ashley Adams: www.pokermagazine.com/
All players, including winning players, run bad from time to time. Sometimes you have great pot odds to make your call but your cards just don’t hit. Sometimes you correctly raise to knock out your opponents and then someone (mistakenly) calls but manages to hit his miracle draw."Running bad” is just poker parlance for having a run of bad luck. It’s the land of bad beats and bad cards. There’s nothing you can do but ride it out while minimizing your losses. And don’t fret too much. It happens to all poker players from time to time -- even the professionals.Recognizing the difference between running bad and playing bad is as difficult as it is important. If you think that you’re just running bad, you’ll be unlikely to change your game. In fact, for the most part, you shouldn’t. You should make only the adjustments necessary to compensate for the change in your image that your long string of losses has produced. But aside from that you should continue to do what you’ve been doing. The cards are at fault, not you.But if you’re playing bad -- there's something wrong in your game you're overlooking -- you must change what you are doing or you will surely go broke.Think of it as a leak in your game. If you don’t fix it, no matter how cleverly you maneuver at the table, you will eventually sink. Since you are causing your losses by playing badly, it is you who must fix them.
Ashley Adams: www.pokermagazine.com/
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Starting hand probabilities
Hold'em Starting Hands - Probability of being dealt:
HIT CHANCE
Pocket Aces
0.45%
Any Pocket Pair
5.9%
Ace - King suited
0.3%
Ace - King offsuit
0.9%
Ace - King suited OR unsuited
1.2%
Any two suited cards
24.0%
Pocket Aces OR Pocket Kings
0.9%
Pocket Aces, Pocket Kings OR Ace-King
2.1%
Any Pocket Pair OR two cards ten or higher
18.0%
Any Pocket Pair of Sevens OR higher
16.0%
Taking a pocket pair to the river, to make a set or better
19.0%
HIT CHANCE
Pocket Aces
0.45%
Any Pocket Pair
5.9%
Ace - King suited
0.3%
Ace - King offsuit
0.9%
Ace - King suited OR unsuited
1.2%
Any two suited cards
24.0%
Pocket Aces OR Pocket Kings
0.9%
Pocket Aces, Pocket Kings OR Ace-King
2.1%
Any Pocket Pair OR two cards ten or higher
18.0%
Any Pocket Pair of Sevens OR higher
16.0%
Taking a pocket pair to the river, to make a set or better
19.0%