Archive for February, 2009

Doylespoker.com – How Far Can Luck Carry you in Poker?

Posted by Poker Nut @ 12:00 AM, Tuesday Feb 24th, 2009

www.doylespoker.com – Whether it is for an hour, an evening, or a week, sometimes we feel unassailable as poker players as we are carried along on the crest of a wave of luck. Anyone who has played poker at any level, will know how it feels to be getting lucky, and this can help us to play better poker and feel more confident in general. For this reason, I feel it is difficult to determine just how far good luck can truly take us in the game. Is it feasible for example, to sit down with a basic knowledge of the game and play your way to the main event WSOP bracelet, given enough luck?

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I know from my own personal experiences that luck can help determine the outcome of a single evening considerably. The very first time I sat down to play a game of poker with only a very basic understanding the rules, I finished £5 ahead at the end of the evening.
It is true to say that no player could win a tournament if they had no luck at all, and some have perhaps had more luck than others whilst playing their way to a famous win.

Overall though, the ebb and flow of luck cannot change the outcome of a skilled player playing against less skilled players over a year for instance, as the fluid nature of luck causes it to change constantly.
With this in mind, we should always try and disregard luck and play our best poker, being satisfied to have got our chips in with the best hand at a given point, no matter how luck chooses to conspire against us on the river. Doylespoker

Poker.ladbrokes.com – Maintaining a Learning Curve

Posted by Poker Nut @ 12:00 AM, Monday Feb 16th, 2009

www.poker.ladbrokes.com – As with most things, learning to play poker with skill takes a lot of time and effort. Learning from mistakes is inevitable, and I really feel that if you want to be successfull you should try and spend more than simply a couple of hours per week, playing the game.
If you have a real enthusiasm for the game, you should find yourself going over previous hands in your mind and strategically examining them. Always be critical of yourself if you want to improve, as with any game partially involving luck, it can be easy to entirely blame this aspect for your own failings.

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I feel that playing different types of game, and listening to more experienced players, can give you a different outlook on things which at first may seem unimportant. Position is one which springs to mind in this regard, as beginners never seem to attach enough importance to it.

Reading books and discussing interesting hands with friends can also cause you to see something you could have done differently which may have shaped a situation differently too. Having said all this, I do not think you should ever completely change everything about your game, simply because you read about someone who plays differently and is successful.

Try to incorporate different plays gradually into your own game, and above all, enjoy playing. The more you enjoy the game, the more you will play it, and the more you play, the more you will learn and develop. Poker.ladbrokes.com