http://www.mypokerthoughts.com Mon, 01 Mar 2010 18:54:23 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Playing more poker isn’t the only way to win more money at the tables. Education is just as important as every second you spend playing hands. Education will help you to make all the right decisions in nearly every situation. Just as you dedicate a certain amount of time a ... http://www.mypokerthoughts.com/2010/03/my-poker-education-tips/ It came to light recently that a player was awarded a pot with the worst hand, over at Cake Poker. The revelation was revealed on the 2+2 forums - where a player with a king high flush beat an ace high flush. While it was amusing that the first few ... http://www.mypokerthoughts.com/2010/02/a-lesson-in-damage-control/ In my previous post I was critical of one particular online room (network) for their announcement of "updates" - which put them just a few light years behind other online poker rooms, rather than many light years. But today I'll be talking about an online poker room, Full Tilt Poker, who ... http://www.mypokerthoughts.com/2010/01/rush-poker/ I play on quite a few different online poker sites. I'm lucky because I don't live in the USA, so I have a wider choice of rooms to play at. Although I tend to spend most of my time with my American cousins playing at Full Tilt and Poker Stars, ... http://www.mypokerthoughts.com/2010/01/poker-heaven-or-poker-hell/ I was having a conversation with a player from my home game the other day. We were talking about online poker, and after saying how he struggles to win online, he said "I think Poker Stars is rigged". He's been playing poker long enough to know it's unlikely that Poker Stars ... http://www.mypokerthoughts.com/2010/01/why-do-losers-say-online-poker-is-rigged/ It's that time of year when millions of people decide to stop smoking, start an exercise regime, or change one of endless other things in their life. For the 90% of the population who decide to do something different for the new year, it usually lasts until the 2nd week of January. Yes that's very ... http://www.mypokerthoughts.com/2009/12/new-year-poker-resolutions/ A couple of months ago I took my cousin to play in his first ever live game. He's 21 years old and I promised him a few years ago that's once he reached 21 I'd take him to a casino/cardroom to play poker. So, I took him to a local ... http://www.mypokerthoughts.com/2009/12/playing-poker-live-for-the-first-time/ If you haven't heard, Phil Ivey finished 7th in the WSOP final. This was a huge disappointment to the vast majority of poker fans, including me. I wanted him to win it - yet it was always going to be a big ask. Firstly, he was short stacked. Does it ... http://www.mypokerthoughts.com/2009/11/it-wasnt-meant-to-be-for-ivey/ Yes, poker is a game of skill. Of course, it's not a 100% skill game and involves a fair amount of luck. Poker players know that the long game is what counts, and the more skilled you are at poker, the more you'll win in the long run. Anyone can ... http://www.mypokerthoughts.com/2009/10/poker-is-a-game-of-skill/ Remember the Durrrr Challenge? Yes, the challenge that was hyped up and talked about endlessly on poker blogs, poker websites, forums and communities. Yes you may have forgotten about it too, I know I did. But guess what? They've reached the half way stage. At the time of writing they've ... http://www.mypokerthoughts.com/2009/10/durrrr-challenge-half-way-stage/