What is a Satellite Poker Tournament?

2011 Mar 21

In this mini Poker Article I will try to explain what is a Satellite Poker Tournament!!!

A satellite poker tournament is a low buy-in poker tournament that awards the winner(s) an entry to a higher buy-in poker tournament.
A satellite tournament may consist of one poker table or many.

So we can say that a a Satellite Poker Tournament is a multi-tiered approach to winning major poker tournaments.

For example, in Odds Poker you can have 100 players might enter a $2 Satellite, with the total prize pool of $200.

Based on this prize pool, winners will be paid out with Satellite coupons to a higher buy-in poker tournament.

These coupons could be $10, $50 or even one $200 coupon, which would in turn be used to enter a higher level of Online Poker Satellites, one step closer to the poker grand final.

So as you can see there isn’t much secrets in what satellites poker tournaments are, what you must retain is that normally this is could be your ticket to big poker prizes, with little investment….

Cheers and happy poker online!

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APT Philippines? Why Not Give It a Shot?

2011 Feb 15

Take your shot at winning a cool $5,000 package!

The APT Philippines is back and you could be there! Every other Monday starting 17 January we’re giving away at least one fantastic $5,000 package (which includes a $2,700 Main Event buy-in and $2,300 spending money) to this glitzy event that takes place at the end of March.

You can buy-in direct to a Final Stage for $215 or take your shot at satelliting in through our great value daily tourneys starting from just $2.28 or by trying your luck in lotteries from $0.56.

I will try my luck in it! You never know… See ya at the poker table… Good Luck!

The sad part is that this promotion is only valid for non-usa poker players

For all the others you can take your shoot at PKR…

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How To Do Poker Table Selection

2010 Sep 15

Pick Your Pleasure

The game of poker has changed in many ways over the last few years.

In the past table selection was a simple skill for anyone to learn.

But in online poker, especially Texas Holdem, the game has become increasingly difficult to beat.

This makes table selection even more important than it’s ever been if you want to gain an edge on the competition.

Years ago, good table selection came down to finding action players who were willing to dump chips, and then playing tight style against them until they were cleaned out.

The modern game has so many aggressive players that this strategy no longer works, and a new approach to table selection is required to maximize your changes of winning.

What you are looking for in today’s games are the loose-passive players, otherwise known as calling machines.

These players have little skill and depend on the cards they are dealt to play the game.

They like to play as many hands as they can limp into and rarely display any moves or bluff at pots.

The best way to find these players is to watch for tables that have a high viewed-flop percentage.

More players in the pot means more calling machines playing any two cards in hopes of hitting a flop.

Multi-way hands also give you better pot odds when you have a big draw, and timely position bets will often take down small pots when your limping opponents miss.

Another Good way to find weak players is to have a time-zone sheet with you.

Lots of players like to come home from the bar and get on their computer to play poker in the wee hours of the morning after a night of partying.

You can track what time it is for any opponent by looking at where an opponent is from, and if the hours match up to 2 am or later, and that player is dumping chips, you will know it is likely because he or she has over-indulged prior to the session.

There are no bigger fish than drunken fish, and trying to find these players will almost always be profitable.

Another type of player that will often be easy to beat is a player with a short stack.

If a new player sits at your table and doesn’t buy-in for the maximum, or they have a stack with change, you know they are likely at the end if their bankroll and have everything with them at that table.

A player at the end of their roll is very likely to take unnecessary changes with their remaining chips to either try to double up, or they will just tilt it off because they have been loosing.

Choosing the right tables to play on will always be one of the most important decisions you will make.

Take the extra time to find a good game to play in, otherwise you give away any edge you could have had on the game.

And remember, just because it’s a juicy game it doesn’t mean you will win every time, but it should increase your overall take in the long run.

Hope you enjoyed reading this article…
Just wanted to say one more thing, actually if more of offering one more thing…
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Cheers once again and happy poker adventures!!

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Odds Poker – Tour de Poker Weekly

2010 Jul 13

The race is on this month at OddsMaker, with our first ever Tour de Poker!

Pedal for points and earn your place in the weekly $5000 freeroll, and the Pedal for points leaderboard paying out over $35,000 in cash!.

You can even track your progress on your very own custom race-map as you make your way towards the Paris finish line!

Here’s the lowdown on how to get your share of the prizes:

Weekly $5000 freerolls

Earn 1000 points in the week leading up to the start of the freeroll and you get free entry. Look for the Tour de Poker tournament in the tournament listings, and click the Register button once you have achieved eligibility.

Weekly $5000 Freeroll 1: Sunday 11 July, 13:00 poker lobby time.
To Enter: Earn 1000 VIP points between Saturday 3rd July 00:00 and Saturday 10th July 00:00

Weekly $5000 Freeroll 2: Sunday 18 July, 13:00 poker lobby time.
To Enter: Earn 1000 VIP points between Saturday 10th July 00:00 and Saturday 17th July 00:00

Weekly $5000 Freeroll 3: Sunday 25 July, 13:00 poker lobby time.
To Enter: Earn 1000 VIP points between Saturday 17th July 00:00 and Saturday 24th July 00:00

Best of luck on the poker table… see you inside Odds Poker…

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PKR Poker World Series Experience

2010 Mar 9

Experience the planet’s biggest poker event in true PKR style.

In March they are running ‘World Series experience’ satellites where you’ll spend 5-days at the WSOP including hotel, parties, nights out, your buy-in to a bracelet event and a whole lot more.

If you are interested in this, maybe we will see our selfs at a poker table in PKR.

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Poker Rookie – Dealing With Maniacs

2009 Jul 16

I came across this great poker article, writen by David Harrison.

I’m posting this here because it explains, in a clear way how to deal with all those rookies that enter the poker rooms…

So read a long… enjoy…

One of the hardest things to deal with at the poker table is the play of a “maniac”.
A poker maniac will play any hand, and dump raise after raise on the table even when the cards call for a fold.
Going up against a maniac can be frustrating becayse they’re so dificult to read, and it can be impossible to know if they’re holding pocket Aces or 7-2.

Poker maniacs usually fall into one of two categories.
They’re either a brilliant tactician who actually knows exactly what they’re doing and plays ultra-aggressive, but still very smart.
Then there’s the idiot maniac who flies by the seat of his pants and might as well be flipping a coin to make his decisions.
If you’re playing at low liimits, most of the maniacs you’ll come across will more likely fall into the idiot category.

Many inexperienced poker players end up getting beat up by a maniac because they don’t know how to deal with them.

The wrong approach to take is to go after the maniac with their own game.
Unless you can be even more aggressive than the maniac, or get lucky over and over, butting heads with a maniac head-on isn’t smart poker because you’re not always playing with the odds in your favor.

If your opponent is going into a hand with junk and you’re going after him with more junk, you’re not giving yourself any kind of advantage to stick it to him like you really want.
Don’t even bother attempting a bluff with a maniac.
If they’re willing to make or call a raise with a hand you don’t even feel comfortable checking with, then why would you expect them to run from whatever large bet you make?

Toppling a maniac takes patience to wait for hands that you can bet with confidence, and we mean bet big.

To successfully battle a maniac you need to be very aggressive when you’ve got good cards.
You need to bleed out as many chips as you can when you make a hand, so throw in large bets and hope that the maniac continues to play crazy, either he calls you, or if you’re real lucky he will throw in a raise.
Even if you do somehow force the psycho into folding, at least the chips are going your way.

The most important thing to remember when confronting a poker maniac is to avoid going on tilt at all costs.
Putting other players on tilt, and causing them to make bad plays and bad bets, is how the maniac makes money at the poker tables.
Maniacs are going to get lucky sometimes, and a lot of the time it seems like they get cards more than everyone else at the table, even though they probably aren’t.

Even if a poker maniac flops a 7 and turns over a 2 when he’s holding 7-2 versus your pocket Aces (yes this actually happens!), you still have to keep your cool or you’d be better off handling over your entire stack without playing another hand.
Don’t chase down improbable draws just because you have a chance to bust a maniac if you hit it.

Remember keep you cool, keep your head on straight, and use the poker maniac’s outlandish play again them.

Good Luck! © by David Harrison

Hope this information was of good value to you, and that you learn something about this type of poker player… the poker maniac type…
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