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Stone Cold Blog Stone Cold Blog Poker Tips Tricks and Strategy For The Intermediate Poker Player. This is the official blog of stonecoldbluff.co.uk Articles
Hand Analysis
2007-03-24 09:46:00 Ok, so Duff sends me these two hand histories from his Virgin Poker account and asks the following questions: Was it a good play of the player and the board in #1 and good laydown in #2? #1 and #2 are below. You decide. 0.25/0.50 Texas Hold’em (FL) Table TH 192 (Real/Cash Game) Seat 1: luisfr (79.74) Seat 2: revuelta25 ... More About: Analysis , Hand , Anal
We (Will Soon) Have A Forum
2007-03-23 15:04:00 In the pipeline at the minute is a forum that is kindly being put together by the gorgeous people at http://www.cardclubs.net/ As soon as it is up and running, we will be posting the information here so you can take a look. More About: Forum , Will , Have
Posting Out Of Position
2007-03-23 10:32:00 This is an easy to spot tell that is fairly accurate. If you are sat at a cash game either online or offline and a new player joins the table, they have the option to either post a BB to be dealt in, or to wait for the BB to come round to their seating position ... More About: Post , Sting , Posi , Posti , Position
Chances Of Flopping a Set
2007-03-21 12:59:00 It’s always a bit of a marginal play to be seeing a flop with a small pocket pair, say 3’s or 5’s. Are you a player that always plays them? Whenever you play a hand such as small pocket pairs, usually the only way to improve is to hit your set. But what are the ... More About: Chance , Ping , Chances , Chan
The 80 20 Rule
2007-03-20 15:45:00 Find yourself all in pre flop with your pocket tens vs pocket nines? When two pocket pairs are heads up, the higher pair will win 80% of the time, the lower pair will win 20% of the time. V More About: Rule
Best Hand Vs Low Pocket Pair
2007-03-19 15:58:00 Here’s the deal. You are heads up with your opponent playing no limit hold em. He pushes all in and shows you his pocket 4’s. He tells you that you can choose any two cards from the remainder of the deck to have as a starting hand but they can not be a pocket pair. What ... More About: Best , Hand , Pair , Pocket
Raising Your Edge
2007-03-19 11:46:00 Tells are an amazing element to the game of poker, and they can help as a signpost to put your opponent on a hand. One way to extract information from your opponent is to watch their reactions when you announce raise. As a rule in any live game, if you are going to raise the bet ... More About: Raisin , Your , Sing , Edge
Tourney Manager
2007-03-18 12:17:00 If tournaments are your thing and you play on either Party Poker, Poker Stars, Full Tilt, Absolute Poker there is a great piece of free software out there to keep track of your online tourney wins/losses. tourneymanager.net will show you stats on your tournament progress and how well you are doing in your poker career. You ... More About: Manager , Tour , Mana , Manage , Ager
Getting Aggressive
2007-03-16 14:28:00 You are in late position with two limpers in front of you. You look down and see a beautiful AKs. What do you do? That’s right, you raise. When raising a pot you should always consider how much money you will have left after you put the raise in. Lets say the blinds at the table ...
DrinkStuff Discount Codes!
2007-03-15 13:55:00 I have just got this email in from a HOT source who has shared with me a secret bonus code for buying anything from drinkstuff.com. If you don’t already know, drinkstuff.com sell a great range of poker chips, cards, tables and a load of gambling related merchandise. Ok, heres the discount code: 1. Visit drinkstuff.com 2. When you checkout ... More About: Drink , Drinks , Stuff , Code , Count
Tip of the Dealer
2007-03-15 13:09:00 Always be nice to your dealer. Often they are not paid for being there and have to watch you have fun while they work. On a cash table it is polite to donate them one or two bigblinds every time you win a pot. In a tournament, it is polite to donate up to 10% ... More About: Deal , Dealer , The D
Inside Poker
2007-03-14 16:35:00 Inside Poke r magazine is currently running a HOT deal at the moment that you can get your sweaty sticky poker hands on. By clicking the yellow banner above you can get hold of the next three copies of Inside Poker Magazine for just £1. “That’s crazy!” I know! I have no idea how long this offer ... More About: Inside , Side
The Waiting Game
2007-03-14 13:34:00 Beware of people that take a long time to act. Consider this. You are playing in a pot against one other player. You hold 88 and the board is 3 J 8 T Q. First to act, you bet out 3/4 of the pot and you opponent takes his time to think, then minimum raises you ... More About: Game , Waiting , Wait
Playing Your Position
2007-03-13 14:53:00 If you are in late position, either on the button, or just before it, and if the table has folded round to you, consider lowering your starting hand requirements and raise up with any marginal hand. One of three things will happen. 1 - The SB and BB fold, you scoop up the blinds. YOINK! 2 - You ... More About: Play , Your , Posi , Position
Don?t Look At Your Cards
2007-03-12 17:17:00 It really does still suprise me how many people look at their cards as soon as they have been dealt to them. When you are sitting at a full table and you are in late position, or indeed any position, as the cards are bing dealt, do not look at them. Instead, use the time to ... More About: Card , Your , Cards , Look
Folding Your Hand
2007-03-09 18:07:00 I shall leave you this weekend with a very obvious, but useful tip. When it comes to folding your hand, make sure you do it properly. If you toss your cards away and they touch another player’s cards who is still in the hand, then their cards will become void and will be mucked as well. ... More About: Folding , Your , Hand , Fold
Your Ticket To The $25K Main Event
2007-03-09 14:30:00 An amazing $85,000 in prizes. A seat in the World Series of Poker main event. Ten big money guaranteed tournaments. That?s right, it?s Springfest on PKR. Starting Saturday, 31 March and rolling for eight action packed days Springfest is PKR?s biggest poker festival ever! You can get into the action right now by qualifying for ... More About: Event , Main , Your , Ticket , Vent
Black Belt Phil
More articles from this author:2007-03-08 15:59:00 Phil Hellmuth steps up to show us how it?s done in true ninja-like fashion with his new course ?Phil Hellmuth?s Ultimate White to Black Belt Video Poker Course?. This video poker course is available to download and is divided into different sections depending on your level of experience. Phil has poker tutorials for beginners at the White ... More About: Phil , Lack 1, 2, 3 |
