What separates minus player from positive?

Since 2006, there have been 29 Grand Slam men (Australian Open, French Open, Wimbledon and U.S. Open). Roger Federer has won 11 tournaments, Rafael Nadal - 10, Novak Djokovic - 6, and only two - the other tennis players. Since 2006, there have been seven major events of the World Series of Poker. Not only that, every New Year the winner was new, but neither player reached the final table more than once. Even Phil Ivey himself all this time got to finalki only once. This is one of those things that fascinates in poker. After all, here on any given day can beat the best amateur players in the world, such as in tennis just does not happen. In poker, the luck factor is much more important than in any other sport, and that is why it is...

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Rules 8-Games

Once on the WSOP's 2006 tournament was held HORSE buy-in of $ 50,000, which gained huge popularity and became the most expensive in the history of the tournament series, the creators of online rooms PokerStars decided to improve mixed poker game and make it more entertaining and professional. By the usual format H.O.R.S.E. were added three more games, namely 2-7 Lowball, Limit Hold'em and Pot Limit Omaha, which had to add the format of the dynamics and diversity. 8 -games in the usual format can be called THORSEHA as an abbreviation of its constituent types of poker. According to the rules of the room, changed every 10 rounds of hands are involved in the following format types of poker: 1) Limit 2-7 Triple Draw (Lowball) 2)...

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Rules of 2-7 Triple Draw (Lowball)

And although the 2-7 Triple Draw is not a popular form of poker today, including games in the mixed format is 8-games on PokerStars makes new players learn the rules of this very original and interesting species. As you can tell from the name, the goal - to collect the youngest hand, but immediately the question may arise: " Why 2-7?” As in other forms of poker, players collect Lowball combination of five cards, but in our case, the combination 2-3-4-5-6 will be weaker than the corresponding combination of Deuce to Seven. The reason is that in a lowball (or 2-7 Triple Draw) straight and flush play a negative role, that is, if you have collected a flush or straight, you have the weakest hand. Ace, just consider the high card,...

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What kind of Poker you Choose?

Certainly, many of you have already heard about the poker winnings and fabulous people seriously engaged in this game, but in many cases poorly understood what was going on, and treated this hobby with caution. Well, we will try to relieve you of this bias and show that poker - is a game of knowledge and skills involved on mathematics and psychology. It benefits no one who is luckier, and the one who best benefits from their knowledge, skills, as well as observations of the table. Poker teaches patience and concentration. And unlike what audiences are accustomed to seeing in movies or broadcasts with live poker tournaments , it's not an endless succession of collisions strong combinations that come one after another and the rich...

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Skills of Successful Poker Player

To regularly win at poker, you need to have a large range of skills and they are not limited to the technical side of poker. Here are the most important "life” of the quality of any successful poker player. We built them in order of importance, but it is worth remembering that there are exceptions. Some players are quite successfully compensate for the lack of, say, discipline, self-confidence, unsinkable, and therefore continue to win. Money Management: If you cannot “count the money," do not understand what game you can afford, and what better to stay away, you cannot consistently benefit from their poker skills. Main reason that ruined many strong players - this game is too high stakes, which they cannot afford. In poker, what...

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Why are so Important in Poker Effective Workout

Hello everyone. Continue to publish translations of useful tips for beginners and not only from Paul "Verneer" Nazarevich. At this time, it's time to learn how best to organize their training. All the time that you allocate to poker can be divided into several components. And then how to allocate this time to you. Pure grinding itself - when you play your standard number of tables on your limit without any plan, except the time limit. Task pure grinding - when you start a session with a specific purpose (eg, "I have to focus on the three-bet - pots ") and may cut the number of operating tables. Education - watching videos, reading articles, game analysis, posting hands on forums, discussion of the game with friends. Training -...

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Simple things that are forgotten

Correct understanding of bankroll management: The first thing to understand as early as possible: in poker happen good days, when you win, and bad days when you lose. No, it's not your personal curse. Lost pursue all: professionals and beginners. That is why anyone regularly play poker player needs a bankroll that is money that are allocated specifically for the game and will not be spent for other purposes. Even if you lose part of your bankroll - do not despair. It is likely that you are in a losing streak, but that's no reason to throw the game. For failures always come days when you are lucky. Players call these periods “streak." They are constant companions in the game, and the most common culprit probabilities. But this is not...

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