Posted by admin @ 5:00 PM, Wednesday Jan 21st, 2009
Category: Poker
www.pacificpoker.com – Whether you are at a home game, a major event, or any tournament type in between, there will always be some rules in place, and these can vary slightly. Some of the more obvious ones that apply almost anywhere are firstly, that once you have pushed your chips into the middle, the bet has been made and cannot be changed. Secondly, almost anywhere you go, verbal bets will be binding. You could not for instance say ‘I’m all in’ then change your mind. Hole cards should be kept on the table at all times, and not held lower than the table, for obvious reasons involving potential cheating.
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Players should also not ever discuss a hand which is in progress, or the cards they may have just folded as this gives the players still involved, information they are not entitled to.
Seat allocations are drawn before tournaments begin and you must be sure to sit in the correct seat. Any decisions made by those that run the game or floormen, must be respected without question, and no abusive language should ever be used either to these people, or your fellow players.
Overall, there are quite a few rules or general points of etiquette that should be followed, but most of these are common sense based laws, and if you are new to the game, you should pick them up with ease.
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Posted by admin @ 5:00 PM, Wednesday Jan 14th, 2009
Category: Poker
www.poker.com – In Holdem, there will always be infrequent situations which require you to simply push the chips no matter what cards you are holding. Most of the time it is fair to say that poker has far more skill involved and choosing hands wisely is important, but if you have so few chips that you are almost out, and find yourself in the small blind, most of the time I will push in with any two cards. It is very helpful if the action has been folded around to you of course, because then you have a chance to be heads up with the big blind.
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The fact is that when you are critically short stacked, you cannot afford to give a small blind away. Also, considering your opponent in the big blind is likely to call you with any two cards as well, you have a fair chance of doubling up. Another instance of being able to push all in with any two cards, would be if you are heads up and have your opponents chip stack down to almost nothing. Needless to say, even if you have (7,2) you should not just give them your blind, as usually at this point the blinds are very high. For the chance to eliminate your opponent and win the tournament, any two cards are good enough to take a chance with. You know that if your opponent is critically low on chips, they will gamble with any two cards as well, so again, you probably aren’t in terrible shape anyway, no matter what you have.
In many ways these are the ugly aspects of the game when the chips are down, and rely entirely upon chance to revive or crush your tournament, but sometimes in poker you are forced to simply gamble, because you have pot odds to do so.