Beginner’s Guide to Basic Bankroll Management

Being a good poker player does not mean that you only need poker skills to make it to the top.  In fact, you will need more than just poker skills to become famous and become just as rich as the popular poker pros.

What you need to have is something very basic, but it will be the foundation of your poker fame and money, and this is bankroll management.

Choosing the Buy-In Fee

If you want to earn money in poker, you have to have discipline.  You should know how to make use of your bankroll successfully, without it disappearing into thin air. [Read][more][...]

Vladimir Beyne Geshkenbein Talks about the London PKR Heads-Up Grand Slam

Among the many poker pros that participated in London's PKR Heads-Up Grand Slam, it was Vladimir «Beyne» Geshkenbein who walked away with the grand prize that amounted to $120,000.  But before he bagged the title and the grand prize of the said event, he also won the APPT Macau High Roller Event, which took place last September.

In an interview, Geshkenbein talks about the tournament as well as some tips on how to play poker and win the game. [Read][more][...]

Keeping Your Mouth Shut Can Help Your Poker Strategy

It cannot be helped that there will always be a loud poker player at a table who will try the patience of his opponents.  Sometimes, this is a part of their strategy to confuse his opponents, and oftentimes, it is their way of hiding their poker tells.

Now, if you are thinking that being the loud player at your table is a good enough strategy, then here are some valid reasons why keeping your mouth shut is a better one.

Less Talk, Less Mistake

Yes, you are confusing them with all your loud talks, but what if you inadvertently said something that others can use against you?  What if you accidentally gave away some relevant information about the hand that you are holding or about the move that you are going to make? [Read][more][...]

Know When to Change Gears in Poker

You always hear the words «be unpredictable» in poker, and you know how much this can prove to be true when it comes to your games.  But you should know though that you only have to change gears at appropriate times, lest your opponents see right through you.

So, when is the right time to change gears in poker?

When you notice an opponent observing you.

In a game of poker, you have to be aware of a lot of things.  This most certainly includes the cards you hold, your poker tells, and your opponents' poker tells.  But you also have to be aware of the fact that your opponents are also observing your every move and studying how you play the game, so you have to change gears and become less predictable since what you show could cost you a lot. [Read][more][...]

Simple Strategies to Win at Texas Hold’Em Sit and Go Tournaments

For an avid poker player, sit and go tournaments are very important since this is a great way to build your bankroll and earn some extra cash.  Aside from this, sit and go tournaments are also the best way to get a seat into one of the major poker tournaments, especially if you are strapped for cash and cannot afford to pay for the huge buy-in fees.  Although playing your best at sit and go tournaments is a must, it cannot be denied that you will need some simple strategies to stay in the game and ultimately achieve what you are aiming for.

Play Premium Hands

Once you have a good hand, you should never let it go because it could spell success or disaster for you during the sit and go tournament.  [Read][more][...]

Haralobos Voulgaris Talks about Continued Aggressiveness as a Poker Strategy

Today's poker players are so much more aggressive, especially the younger players.  Because of this, you really should have a good strategy to win your poker games.

Professional poker player Haralobos Voulgaris proves that selective continued aggressiveness is a good strategy, as he has shown in the 2008 WSOP's Main Event.

The 2008 WSOP

The blinds were set at $100 for the small blind and $200 for the big blind, and the player situated in the middle position raised his bet to $600.  Voulgaris were given AK of hearts during the small blind, so he raised his bet to $1,600.  His opponent then called his bet. [Read][more][...]

Online Poker and Your Bankroll

We all know that playing online poker can be a losing endeavor, especially if you have a small bankroll to start with and most especially if you do not know how to manage it.  And then again, you have to add to this the fact the house edge is always greater than that of the players' because this is how they earn their profits.

Now, how can a player with a minimal bankroll strategize to win some money without losing what little they have of their bankroll?

Enjoy the Game

One of the main strategies that many poker players will tell you is to enjoy the game.  [Read][more][...]

Satellite Tournaments Poker Strategy

Now that the 2009 Aruba Poker Classic is fast approaching and UltimateBet hosting numerous satellite tournaments where you could win a seat in APC, it is time to brush up on your satellite poker skills and strategies to make sure that you do get into the major event.  Not only will it save you some money, but you also get the chance to take home a big share of the guaranteed prize pools.

Here are some strategies worth bringing into your satellite tourneys if a seat in the APC is at stake. [Read][more][...]

Managing Your Bankroll — The First Strategy in Poker

Many poker pros could have had bigger bankroll and bigger earnings if they only understand proper bankroll management, but because they do not understand the concept of bankroll management, they lose huge amounts of money.  Money that should have been theirs now goes into the pockets of their backers, the people who manage their bankroll for them because they simply cannot.

Compiled here are some guidelines on understanding and managing bankroll. [Read][more][...]

Chris Ferguson on His Poker Strategies

Chris Ferguson, a professional poker player known in the poker world, divulges his poker strategies.  Although he does not claim that his strategies always work, it has been proven to work for him, and look where his poker strategies took him.

A Background on Chris Ferguson

He tells his story of how he started from scratch and how, from zero bankroll to millions of dollars, he turned his fate around.  Ferguson started taking advantage of freerolls to start his poker bankroll, and although he would win a dollar or two from his poker games, it would always send him back to zero.  With patience though, he was able to put up a reasonable bankroll to actually play in games that call for paying a buy-in fee.

With this method, you can now see the first poker strategy that he employed — bankroll management.

Poker Strategies to Learn from Chris Ferguson

His first poker strategy was to learn how to properly manage his bankroll.  [Read][more][...]

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