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A Beginner’s Guide To Poker Tells
By The Marksman at July 7, 2011 | 1:46 pm | 0 Comment
If you play cards you probably have heard people talk about different tells that you or someone else might have. The dictionary defines a “tell” as to discover by observation; discern which means picking up on non-verbal cues from someone to find out what they are thinking. It is a crucial part of live poker games because you don’t always have the luxury of more...
A Beginner’s Guide To Early Round Play In Texas Hold’Em Poker Tournaments
By The Marksman at March 28, 2011 | 4:58 pm | 0 Comment
Early In a poker tournament exist some of the easiest blind levels to play. You really want to fold most hands in this blind level until the fishy players are weeded out. The key is to stay calm, collected and in the zone until the middle rounds. Some players fell that you should only play AA and KK in the early rounds. This strategy may be a little too tight. If more...
Successful Poker Players Think And Apply Acquired Knowledge.
By The Marksman at January 10, 2011 | 12:37 pm | 0 Comment
There are so many ways to play poker, and so many theories on the best strategy that some people get caught up in a system or a certain style. When people first start playing Poker they tend to try and emulate a particular player, but that doesn't really work because you can't see every hand they play, or know what they are thinking at that time. If you have read more...
Diary of The Marksman: Solid Poker Play doesn’t always equal a win
By The Marksman at December 14, 2010 | 10:23 am | 0 Comment
I went to play at my favorite spot last night the Banea School of Poker, I haven't played over there in a while because of school, work, gym, and all other parts of life. It is a welcome change playing with real people instead of online with the crazies on party poker and ultimate bet. One of the Banea clan qualified for the WSOP main event, and I am more excited more...
Reading Poker Books Does Not Guarantee Success At The Poker Tables.
By The Marksman at September 21, 2010 | 1:45 pm | 2 Comments
Poker books provide players an almost unlimited resource for improving a persons poker game, some of history's greatest players and strategists have put their thoughts and poker secrets inside a dust cover. Players can benefit from years of experience in just a few hours of reading. It's one thing to read a strategy book; it's another to understand it and it's more...
Poker Strategy: A Beginner’s Guide To Continuation Bets
By The Marksman at August 2, 2010 | 7:11 am | 1 Comments
When you start learning to play poker, you may find it difficult to know how to play hands after the flop. Most beginning players will get dealt Ace Jack for example, and then the flop will come and they will not hit a pair. Many beginning players are somewhat lost as to what do do, and that is where a continuation or C-bet comes into play. When you follow up more...
An Introduction to Limit Texas Hold’em Poker
By The Marksman at June 22, 2010 | 11:19 am | 0 Comment
The Poker game you hear most people discuss these days is No-Limit Texas Hold’em, but in a lot of places Limit Hold’em is still very popular. Limit Hold’em also provides a lot of opportunity to make money as well, but it does require a different style of play than no limit. Fixed-Limit Texas Hold'em is a favorite game of casinos, both offline and online, as more...
In Poker Going All-In is not always the Best Strategy!
By The Marksman at March 22, 2010 | 7:30 am | 2 Comments
Like many poker player out there I savor the joy of going all-in, pushing your chips into the pot and watching the outcome is one of the most exciting experiences in this world. But for professionals and competitive Poker players it can be agonizing, cruel, puzzling, and just down right nasty. As I have played Poker online, in local Casinos, and in Major Vegas Poker more...
Poker Itch Scratched at Hard Rock Casino
By The Marksman at July 8, 2005 | 12:51 am | 0 Comment
I was sitting around after I got out of class on Wednesday night, and I had nothing to do. I watched a WPT re-run that was won by Daniel Negreaneu, and I really didn't feel like playing poker online much, but I wanted to play in a live game. Being that the only places around here to play poker Derby Lane and Seminole Hard Rock Casino all have things about them I don't more...
Vegas Poker Tournaments
By The Marksman at July 4, 2005 | 9:29 pm | 1 Comments
Sorry for the delay in updating, but I had to catch up on a lot of school work that is due this week. But as I said in my previous post I would be detailing my poker tournament experience in Las Vegas. I only had the opportunity to play in 2 tournaments while I was there; one at Harrah's and one at The Plaza. (Harrah's Poker more...
