Which Poker Site is the Easiest to Make Money on?
A question I get a lot is, "Which site is the easiest to make money on?".
I've been making a killing on PKR Poker. My ROI is consistently higher on PKR than on PokerStars. There are a few reasons for this:
1. It's a small site, and there are plenty of juicy games that aren't overloaded by good regulars (Their Omaha games are literally a joke. I've never seen such bad Omaha players before).
2. The graphical interface attracts fish. PKR is a 3D poker site with amazing graphics. It looks like a video game, and therefore attracts players who wouldn't otherwise play online poker (AKA bad players).
3. The graphical interface repels sharks. PKR's multitable capabilities are lower than other sites. You can play a few tables, but you can't play 18-50 like on the big sites. Because of this, the profitable multitablers stay away.
I strongly recommend that everybody try PKR. It's an amazing site with amazingly bad players. If you lose, break-even, or don't make as much as you want to on PokerStars, give PKR a try. You might find that you are a better poker player than PokerStars gives you credit for.
Do you Focus Enough on your Position?
I've seen so many articles on position that say the exact same thing. The result? In one ear, and out the other.
After reading the article do most players immediately change from being in position 40% of the time to being in position 60% of the time? No, because these articles don't help to identify the situations where players often fail to capture position.
In this guide to position we teach you techniques to ensure that you have good position as often as possible. We talk about buying the button, avoiding marginal calls that will leave you out of position, and making a conscious commitment to stay in position more often.
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How do I Win at Poker?
I would estimate that 90% of online poker players are trying to figure out the answer to this question. I say 90% because I strongly believe that 9 out of 10 online poker players are not making the money they want to be at online poker.
This article researches the other 10% of online poker players, the winning players, and explains the different things they are doing to consistently win.
This article will show you the tools that other players use to bring their game to the next level. It is a must read for anybody who is interested in working harder on their game, but needs some direction to figure out where to best concentrate their efforts.
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Tip: It takes a stronger hand to call a raise than it does to make a raise.
The Winning Mindset
Have you ever caught yourself doing something at the poker table that you would swear up and down that you don't do? Maybe you call a preflop raise out of position with KT, and then later laugh at a player who makes the same call on TV.
There is a reason why you can laugh at a player for making a player a stupid play on TV, and then later make the same play yourself.
The reason is that there are two ways of thinking about poker: 1) Theoretical 2) Application.
When you learn that you are supposed to try to have good position you have learned something theoretical. When you laydown your suited KJ to a preflop raise from a player who has position you have mastered application of that theory.
Most of us have all the theory in our heads to be winning players. That's why we can laugh at a player for doing something that we do ourselves.
Only a small fraction of us will actually apply everything we know on a regular basis. This article describes what it takes to win consistently at poker.
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Fold Equity 101
After reading this article you will be a fold equity expert. You will know when to put in a continuation bet on the flop, and when to take a free turn card.
This article first introduces you to the concept of fold equity, and why it is important to always figure out how much fold equity you have before you act.
We then discuss the four factors of determining how much fold equity you have. These include: your opponent, the texture of the flop, the number of players in the hand, and the story.
After reading this article you should pick up more pots, and lose less continuation bets that were destined to fail from the beginning.
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Stay Calm
Patience is a quality that all winning players have. It's impossible to go far in this game unless you have patience.
However, most of the time I see books or websites talk about patience they only mention starting hand selection, and fail to talk about the value of being patient after the flop has been dealt, and beyond.
Even worse, most players seem to think that patience is about playing the right hands, so when they get dealt Aces they stop being patient and start shoving chips in the middle.
Wait a second! You can't just raise it up without picking the right number. You don't want 5 callers, and you certainly don't want 0. You have to slow down and pick the right amount to raise.
This article will help you to identify times where you may not be as patient as you should be.
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Tip: Chatting at the poker table reveals information about how you play. If you become upset after you lose a big hand other players will pick up on your frustration - and target you.
Six Max Turbo Sit n Go Strategies
My favorite poker format is Six Max Turbo Sit and Go's.
In this article we explain why Six Max Turbo Sit and GO's are the hands down easiest way to make money playing online poker, and go through a beginning to end strategy to winning consistently at them.
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Common Sit and Go Mistakes
We have identified seven mistakes that people make in Sit and Go's:
1. Giving up the chip lead too easily
2. Trying to use fold equity to early in the game
3. Playing too many hands early
4. Not switching gears in time
5. Not reading their opponents well near the end
6. Not practicing their heads-up game enough
7. Not watching stack sizes as the bubble approaches
When somebody is eliminated from a Sit and Go one of these seven mistakes is almost always the cause.
Even if you get taken from a bad beat you may have been able to have some chips left over had you not played so many hands early on, or if you had saved a few bets by reading your opponents better as the bubble approached.
If you learn these seven mistakes, and stop making them, you will be a Sit and Go player that people hate to sit with, and your bank account will thank you many times over.
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