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Reading Online Poker Players
Playing online poker is not the same as playing in person, as you cannot watch body language, which is a great advantage if you want to win. However, there are ways you can read the action of other poker players if you know what to look for in an online poker game.
The first thing you should pay attention to is how long it takes the person to place a bet. This is known as the stall. However, many experienced players are now using this method to try to fool other players. The best way for the stall method to work is that you must know the players in the room. After you play a room awhile, you will get to know the regulars and learn who is an expert. Once you know this, then the stall method will help you know which players are new. Inexperienced players often stall due to the fact they are not sure how much to bet even if they have a great hand. Just watch your step, remember pros are now using the same method to side track you.
Watch for players that have been playing rather quickly and then all of a sudden stall or vice versa one that has been thinking a bit before betting and then bets quickly after being dealt a hand. Either one of these could mean they have something good in their hand. No matter whether you are playing online or offline, you can learn behavior patterns of other poker players and get the edge.
The pattern of poker players is probably the most important factor with online poker. Since you cannot watch their faces, you can still watch the patterns that are there from betting, to calling, to raising. You should pay attention to the way in which each player bets compared to the size of the pot as well. Online players are normally those that play all the time, they have their own routine and patterns, just as in real life. These are things you must learn if you want to win at any online poker game.
Watch those chat boxes. Yes, it can be fun to chat with your friends; however, you can also be heckled just like in real life. A matter of fact, the chat box might be your worst enemy. They can yell at you with all capitals, use rolling smiley faces, and more to distract you from your main goal. You will hear all kinds of insults such as “newbie”, the ‘game room cheats’, and so on and so forth. Anything to get your mind off the game and watching the other players.
Of course, you cannot watch the other players in your poker room, but you can watch the way they play and learn from experience how to read online poker players.
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Tips to be successful at poker
While Poker is looked at skepticism by many, it is without a doubt a profession or hobby that requires skill. While luck comprises of a good part in a poker game, quite a bit of skill and tricks maybe used to be victorious when you play poker. Poker maybe played with your buddies or professionally offline or you can blend in with today’s trend and play poker online. Here are 4 tips that can help you become successful at poker:
- Be confident
Poker has a lot to do with body language, make sure you don’t hesitate when you make a move. Opponents watch your body language very closely and look to capture visual cues that indicate nervousness and doubt, which indicates that you aren’t doing very well. If you are more of an online poker fan, since body language cannot be seen, the time you take to make a move often indicates your strength in a game.
- Watch your opponents
Going in line with the above point, the above point talks about being in the receiving end of this tip. As much as being confident is important it is also important to observe your opponents closely. After much practice, you will be able to read your opponents and thus know when to bet on a hand. If you are playing online, learn to watch the average time your opponents take to play a hand, any delay in this and you’ll know your opponent is making a crucial decision.
- Have patience
In the real world, whenever money is at stake you need to have patience, and the same applies with playing poker, specifically if you are at a free-roll poker tournament, you will be competing with several others, and it takes a lot of persistence if you want to go all the way and get to the final table.
- Be aware of your position
Depending on your position in the table, your moves will have to slightly differ, if you are first in a table of 10 and you have a reasonable combination like King and 10 for example, using it might be a waste since any of the remaining players might have a better combination which would put in a little bit of trouble, thus it is important to play your cards paying attention to your position at the table.
These are 4 of the most important tips when playing poker, while as you may have noticed in the aforementioned points, there is a little difference in skill required between online and offline poker but the principles that need to be applied are the same. Also, if you play online, the client you use is very important, if you are new to online poker, Party Poker would be a good place to start, when it’s offline of course, there is no such rule. Concerning free online poker games, Party Poker definitely has one of the widest array of choices, so you’ll find a suitable game for sure.
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Daniel Negreanu gives some bluffings tips
If you need some good bluffing tips, Daniel Negreanu shows some of them in this small video on youtube.
Despite the quality of the video is very poor and the sound is quite annoying, it’s well worth watching.
Good luck at the tables!
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Negreanu versus Hansen – sick hand
Wow, this is one sick hand. I saw this one on the High Stakes Poker show. Gus Hansen got so so so lucky in this hand 
I feel really bad for Daniel Negreanu. I know his pain. I don’t think he could get away from this hand.
Oh btw, did you see Antionio Esfandiari throw away his AQ preflop because he was out of position. That’s a nice move. I don’t see a lot players do that. I like his style, he’s one of my favourite players 
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Daniel Negreanu
Daniel Negreanu: Profile
Daniel Negreanu was Born in Canada, in Toronto. Although he dreamt to become a professional snooker player, he learnt how to play poker when he reached the age of 15. When he was 16, he passed time in pool halls, sports betting and playing cards. When he was several credits short of graduation, Daniel dropped out of high school and began his life as a rounder playing at the local charity casinos, looking for illegal games around the city. When he gathered enough money for a decent bankroll, he left Toronto and left for Las Vegas to become a professionel poker player. Later he moved back home to Toronto after some loss.
Nowadays Negreanu is considerd one of Worlds best poker tournament players, winning two World Poker Tour (WPT) events, another three World Series bracelets, and appearing at 12 final tables. Also he has the title of “Best WSOP player of the year of 2004″ Daniel is also a member of Team Pokerstars. Daniel Negreanu is a real poker celebrity, he played poker on a lot TV shows like Poker After Dark, High Stakes Poker and is a commentator on Ultimate Poker Challenge.
Related sites:
Daniel Negreanu Fansite
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Sammy Farha: the cigarette
Wondering why Sam Farha always has an unlit cigarette hanging out of his mouth while playing poker? Well, let Farha explain this himself
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Doyle Brunson
Doyle Brunson: Profile
Doyle Brunson was born in Longworth, Texas in 1933. He played baseball and ran for his school, but at basketball he really starred. He even played for the NBA’s Lakers. But his sporting career would come to an abrupt end before it really began when an accident at work severely damaged his knee.
Brunson had begun playing poker before his injury but started to play more often after his injury and he started to gain some big winnings quite soon. After graduating, he worked as a business machines salesman but, on his first day, he was invited to play in a poker game and earned over a month’s salary . Later heleft the company and became a professional poker player.
Brunson has been playing poker over 50 years and has won a lot of prizes. Brunson is also the first player ever to earn $1 million in poker tournaments and has won ten World Series of Poker bracelets . He won the Main Event at the World Series of Poker multiple times, which he did in 1976 and 1977. Doyle Brunson nickname is “Texas Dolly”. Brunson has the honor of having a Texas hold’em hand named after him. This is the T2 of any suit, as he won the World Series of Poker two years in a row with them (1976 and 1977), both with a full house.
Other than his poker success, his greatest achievement is probably a book he wrote called Super/System, which probably is regarded one of most authoritative books about poker. Originally self-published in 1978, Super/System was the book that transformed poker by giving ordinary players an insight into the way that professionals such as Brunson played and won.
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Sam Farha
Sam Farha: Profile
Sammy Farha was born in Beirut, Lebanon in 1959 as Ihsan Farha. Currently he lives in Houston Texas, and makes his living as a professional poker player.
When Farha was a teenager he moved to the USA, settling in Kansas in 1977. He graduated with a degree in business administration and later moved to Houston. There he discovered the game of poker, and fell in love immediately. In 1990 he quit his job and become a full-time professional poker player.
His greatest achievement in the World Series of Poker was in the WSOP 2003, where he ended runner-up behind Chris Moneymaker. This second place earned him $1.300.000. Sammy Farha possesses two WSOP bracelets, both achieved in the Omaha events (1996 and 2006).
Farha is known to be a real gambler who doesn’t need good cards to play a lot of pots. His style is known as very loose agressive, constantly playing any combination of small cards, trying to hit the flop and outplay his opponents. Sammy definitely got style: he’s cool, always has an unlit cigarette in his mouth and wears stylish costumes of Armani, Gucci and Valentino.
As of 2008, his total winnings are over $2,000,000 in live tournament poker games, although he’s more knows to be a Omaha cash game player. Farha also made a cameo appearance in the 2007 film, Lucky You.
Related sites:
Official website
Please Mr. Farha
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Doyle Brunson about poker
To head off , I’ll post a little fragment about Big Papa’s opinion what poker is all about. Enjoy
We don’t stop playing because we get old, we get old because we stop playing.
hehe lovely :p