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John Philips on May 3rd, 2010

You have probably heard players complain that pokerstars is rigged or you may have seen someone chatting about the full tilt rigged debate online; however is there a way around cracking poker to avoid the rigged sites and the bad beats? There is a real poker crack to winning if you follow a well laid out plan to win. In order to win at poker, you must first lay out a plan that will give you a chance to win. One of the most effective poker strategies to build your bankroll, is to play a sit n go poker tournament. The best of these are the double or nothing sit n go’s where you are playing against 9 other players and 5 of those players will get paid double their buy in.

One of the major reasons many people will claim pokerstars or full tilt is rigged, is because of the bad beats they get when playing. Top pair will get rivered by two pair and a straight will lose to a flush more times than it is seemingly possible. However, you can avoid a lot of the suck outs in poker online by following the same pattern and strategy each time you play. One of the best ways to do this is to get a poker guide or book and follow the advice exactly in the book. Although you may have already played hundreds of poker hands in no limit Texas holdem, if you formulate a specific plan and style of play, this will give you an edge against some of the less experienced players in the field.

Once you have found a poker book that you are comfortable with, adapt that style to your play and follow the advice as closely as possible in each scenario. The real way to crack poker is to have a plan, stick to that plan and do not allow your emotions to overcome your good common sense in the game. Face it, you are not going to get dealt pocket aces every hand, and you are rarely going to make the top nuts on the flop, so you need as much information to develop your winning style as possible. In other words, should you bluff at a pot when everyone checks or should you try and trap your opponents when you have a made poker hand.

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Andy Johnson on January 14th, 2010

Tournament poker represents one of the easiest and quickest ways to make money in the game. Even the newest players can enter tournaments for free and cashout for thousands of dollars. Most online poker rooms offer so called multi-table tournaments which have massive cash pools and intense competition. Many players fail to take advantage of these games however, because they are unaware of the appropriate strategy to use.

In the beginning stages of the tournament, what is most important for survival is to only play premium hands. This is because in every hand you will be competing with at least 8 or 9 other players. The increase in numbers makes it much more likely someone will always have a premium hand preflop like AK or AA. The biggest mistake to make at this stage is calling to see the flop with rag ace hands like A5 or A4. Even suited, these hands are very poor to play, simply because you will always be up against one or more players with a better Ace kicker. The best you can hope for is to hit the nut flush or two pair at minimum. However because the probability of this happening is so small, you will not be getting the correct pot odds to call to see the flop. Especially with a small chipstack, you cannot afford to make such loose calls.

Middle Stage Strategy is the stage you need/should accumulate the most chips. Consequently, you should play much more aggressive in these situations and regular steal blinds in later positions or be value shoving with quality draws. You can also open your starting hand range up preflop to hands such as small pocket pairs or suited connectors. Value betting, cbetting and bluffing are common practice during the middle stage, so don’t be afraid to make some risky calls or all in bets. Short stack opponents will regularly be going all in with less than premium hands – usually hands like JQ or A7 suited, so don’t be scared to call these players for value if you hold a solid hand or high pockets preflop.

Final Stage Strategy of a tournament, most the pots are played preflop because there is so much value in the blinds/antes, and most people with top hands are happy taking the pot down before seeing the flop. Make sure you only play top hands, and always value shove with high pockets such as Jacks and above.

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