The best poker tools money can’t buy.
Today, I would like to present the five best free poker tools on the internet. This list is short, but it’s full of free poker tools that are actually useful. These aren’t cheesy tools that you will never use and these are not free trial tools that expire after a few weeks. Every tool on this page is completely free and will help you become a better poker player. Read More…
One of the best all-around poker tips I can give you is to leave your pride at the door. This piece of advice goes for both complete newbies and experienced vets alike. Pride has always been associated with poker because poker is seen as a game of great minds and stone-faced bluffs. This is due to the competitive nature of poker as well as TV’s portrayal of James Bond-like characters defeating their opponents in high stakes poker games. Read More…
The majority of poker sites offer new customers one of two options to experience poker on their computers. The most popular method is to download the poker software, install it and play through the software. The second option is to play at the website through a browser-based interface similar to free Flash games that you can find online. Read More…
Five Card Draw is the most difficult mainstream poker game to find online. It’s the game most of us first learned as kids but yet it has had a real hard time catching on online. The good news is there are still a few poker sites that offer real money 5 Card Draw games online. Read More…
Out of all the different player types in poker, maniacs always give me the most trouble. These are the players that raise a lot of hands, bet frequently and make huge raises out of nowhere. These players are tough to play against because they are unpredictable and they put us in uncomfortable spots for lots of money. Read More…
A press release distributed by Lock Poker earlier today officially acknowledged that Lock Poker is in the process of buying the Cake Poker Network. Lock Poker announced that it is in the process of purchasing the Cake Poker Network and all its assets. In place of both networks, Lock Poker will create a new poker network called Revolution Gaming on June 1st. Read More…
Poker cash games are where the real action takes place. Tournaments might get a lot of TV coverage, but cash games are where millions and millions of dollars trade hands every day. The biggest winning poker players in the world make the vast majority of their money in cash games.
The continuous nature of cash games makes them a great place to win money. You don’t lose hours of your life if a single hand goes poorly like you do in tournaments. And if you hit a rough patch of luck, you can jump right back in there and keep on grinding. The other side of the coin is that it is just as easy to lose money in cash games. If you’re not careful, you can lose a lot of money very quickly.
So with that in mind, these are the five easiest ways to lose money in poker cash games:
1. Play a lot of starting hands
This piece of advice has been repeated countless times on the internet, but people to this day continue to lose money in cash games by playing too loose. I think that much of the problem is that the blinds look so small compared to the stack sizes that people feel they can sneak in for cheap and have a real shot at winning a big pot.
The problem with loose play in cash games is not the cost of the blinds (although that does have an effect), but it is that loose play puts you into difficult situations after the flop. If you play too many starting hands, you will end up making tough decisions after the flop. This eventually leads to you losing big pots with mediocre hands.
2. Bluff a lot
Bluffing is overrated in online cash games – especially in low stakes cash games. When you bluff against loose players, there is a good chance that you will be called. The definition of “loose player” is someone who calls too much. When you bluff against smart players, there’s a good chance you get called by strong hands. Good players do not get into big pots without strong hands. Read More…
Most poker sites today have a bad beat jackpot of some sort and Bovada Poker is no exception. This bad beat jackpot is a little different than most though because it is significantly easier to hit. The downside to this is that the jackpot is set at a flat amount. Read More…
Well, this is embarrassing. I just finished an awesome post about the upcoming LOCKOPS poker tournament only to find out that the tournament has already been cancelled. Shortly after announcing a big tournament series with an $800,000 guaranteed main event, Lock Poker was forced to cancel the LOCKOPS poker tournament. Read More…
LOCKOPS is a brand new tournament series coming to Lock Poker this year from May 6th to the 20th. The tournament series guarantees more than $2 million in prizes, with $800,000 set aside for the main event alone. This is the first ever tournament exercise run exclusively by Lock Poker and it looks to be a good one. Read More…
Password security is one of the simplest aspects of online poker security. It’s also one of the most neglected. Your online poker password is the first barrier between your poker account and all the scheming thieves of the world. As such, it’s worth investing a little time into fully protecting your online poker password. Read More…
