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SynKa on Thursday, May 13th, 2010 |
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Winning any type of poker be in high stakes Vegas or free poker comes down to being able to extract profit from marginal situations. The object is not (it’s impossible anyway) to win every hand played, but every hand YOU play – OK also impossible but that has to be your aim. The best way to do this is to out bet your opponents and one way to do this is the slow play.
The Art of the Slow-play
The skill of playing it slow is to intentionally gamble a smaller amount so you can hide the potentially unstoppable hand you hold and trap the opposing player with the weaker hand.
The slow gamble is different to blagging and pays out against both decent and poor opposition. Poor opposition often ... more ...
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SynKa on Saturday, March 27th, 2010 |
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Not giving away your hands is the key to getting the most out of your money or chips in free online poker.
Moving all in on the river or pre-flop is only the right move when it’s really your only option, for example, Short stacked. In poker you need to think to yourself what would I do if I was in the same situation I am putting them in? When do call an all in pre-flop or on the river?
I’m expecting that you would say when you believe you had better cards. If you’re going to get called on an all in on a pre flop or river then your cards should at least be an Ace / Queen pre flop and a good pair with a high kicker on the river.
Consdier your move before acting:
If you had ... more ...
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SynKa on Monday, March 15th, 2010 |
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In this free poker article we discuss how to play with big pairs like AA, KK, QQ and JJ
If you’re lucky enough to have the best cards, a pair of Aces, its paramount you try and find a large raise or re -raise if a player raised before you. With a pair of Aces you must not call a raise as potentially you’re loosing the chance to get more money into the pot and probably more significantly allowing opponents with poorer cards get better cards on the flop.
Your goal is to force others to fold or to think you are bluffing with one big card or two big cards and call your big raise. It is important when playing with AA not to slow play with small raise so you won’t allow your opponents to ... more ...
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SynKa on Tuesday, January 26th, 2010 |
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The first time I experienced a bad beat was when I was playing at free poker games site, NoPayPOKER.com. I was playing in a sponsored tourney and I had two Kings. The other player had a King and a Ten. Then I got a right kick in the teeth as two Ten’s appeared and threw me out of the tourney.
The second was also at NoPayPOKER Real Money, I was 10 10 in my hand and the flop appeared 10 6 2, I did all-in, my opponent call with him as j, the flush was not possible. But a Q and a K followed made me lose my hand.
The third play I remember was the most painful, I had $150 in titan poker, I was playing a real money head up, the flop gave me four of a kind fives, the flop 556 and the turn was an ace my ... more ...
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SynKa on Friday, December 11th, 2009 |
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After many years of playing poker, I wanted to share my top tips on how I play my hands when playing free poker games online.
If you are new to poker and want to understand what the hands mean then hopefully my guide will really help you.
Pocket pairs: Aces the 10s 4 x the big blind. 7s,8s and 9s 2 times the big blind. 6s and lower I just flat call. 4s and under if a big raise is made I fold.
Ace/King to Ace/10 I raise 3x the big blind. Ace/9 and lower I just flat call and depends on the kicker if a raise is made I may just fold. Lower kickers like 2-5 should be folded with a raise made.
I generally like to play mid suited connectors like 7/6 of hearts I’ll play to see a flop no ... more ...
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SynKa on Tuesday, November 17th, 2009 |
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Whether I am playing in a Free Poker Tournament online or a buy in game at a casino, the devastation of crash and burns are still the same.
Recently I played a $1K Winner Take All live poker tournament at a local casino. The buy in was decent at $50.00 and only 20 seats in the tournament. It was full of action and the play was what you would expect, lively.
I was surprised at some of the “donking”, but that soon settled down to some real action. After our first break we were down to 8 players on the final table. I had a decent chip stack and kept with my game plan of holding tight. I prefer to play in poker tournaments rather than ring games as I have the patience for the tournaments. Ring ... more ...
