Mastering The Art Of Slow Play In Poker

Hey Guys!

Sorry it's been a while since i've blogged :) Lots of stuff going on.
How was everyone in the merry month of March? The UK was a little wet and miserable but I soldiered through, came out with a cold though :( I hate them.

Got another article prepared, I have a few tbh so the next week or so will see more frequent updates. This one is about a special poker technique known as slow play. Hope you find it useful and remember if you need more help visit wassonline to learn to play poker

If you happen to acquire the expertise to slow play in poker, you will prove to be a formidable foe to your fellow players and will be able to cripple them adding their chip stacks to your own. The term slow playing denotes a style of poker playing, in which there is a display of weakness when in fact your hand after the flop is exceptionally strong. If the flop is an off suit 8-6-K and you hold pocket sixes, it gives you an excellent opportunity of slow play as the flop eliminates a flush draw and also makes straight draws highly unlikely.

With such a hand and flop, you let your opponents do the betting as you put on an act of silence, simply calling when they bet. Aggressive players are very much in the habit of betting when no one else does and the slow playing strategy will work best against such players. As you remain disciplined continuing your play acting, you can rest easy that no scare card will pop up on the turn and you can check-call again. Your time to raise or check raise comes when your opponent bets on the river. This presents an opportunity to extract some more chips from his pile.

However, this is not the proper strategy to pursue at every favorable flop or each time you happen to ‘flop’ a set. Your opponents are also intelligent players and would be doing their own analysis and betting as per their own strategies. When you raise pre-flop, they may become suspicious if you check later, although at a weak table you might just be able to get away with it. With strong players at the table you need to analyze the flop carefully and determine what sort of draws are possible on the existing board and what cards can your opponents hold that could result in those draws. You first need to watch out for flush draws which may be a possibility if there are two or three suited cards on the board. Then examine the possibilities of straight draws. Either of these draws makes slow playing undesirable. However, you can try it on a flop, and if a scare card comes upon the turn, you can examine if your set is still good and increase your speed.

When slow playing, you need not be scared because you only slow play when you have a monster hand! Therefore, just play cautiously keeping close watch for draws and let your opponents chase them. Slow playing may not be suitable against conservative players, but if there are super aggressive ones on the table, it may be the ideal style of poker for you.

Poker Freerolls

Welcome back everyone,

Hope you are all OK. I have had an interesting first few weeks of 2008 with working extensively on my house, a big pain and a lot of hard work as I have to work in the fay then go home and work on the house at night. I'm pretty tired atm and I will be just be happy to move in and get it over with.

Not managed to play any poker on account of being swamped with work to do but when the house is done I will be in a much better position for poker playing and will likely have my mates around again for a few poker tournaments.

I have another mini-article for you today, the series is actually drawing ti a close now so I will be going back to writing full length articles for you all. Todays subject is poker free rolls, they are a special kind of tournament hosted by online casinos and poker rooms where there is a cash prize but no entry fee.

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Poker freerolls can be the best method of experiencing online poker without losing money. It is like a tournament where no entry fee is required. It is a free Texas Hold’em poker tournament that offers cash prizes. For participation some freerolls have a requirement of “player points”, while some require the player to make a deposit with that specific poker room. As far as winning free money is concerned, freeroll poker tournament has become very popular among the online poker players.

It is not necessary to invest money to play this tournament. The best thing about such tournaments is that the moment a player signs up in order to become a member; he or she can start playing the game even before any deposit is made. Players can choose from plenty of poker freerolls. Daily poker freerolls are provided by most of the major poker sites on the Internet, so that the players can enjoy several poker games on a daily basis.

There is a lot of variation in the standard of competition that is found among the freerolls. Good players can be found in some of the big freerolls and such games are not easy to win. Mostly the top players do not get attracted by the online poker freerolls because the money as prize is not enough to make them sit for three hours and play.

Freerolls are hosted by most of the poker sites and players can easily win cash prizes without making any sort of investment. Prize is put up for the top finishers and anyone can join these tournaments. The range of such cash prizes can be from 50 dollars to 5000 dollars. Freeroll is the solution for all the players who are not comfortable playing for real money and do not have the financial backing to cover any sort of loss.

Poker Freerolls

Hello Everyone,

Hope you are well. I am still in the in between stage of having a cold and being healthy and getting pretty fed up of it all. Far too many headaches and sleepless nights recently and i'm struggling to catchup up. Never mind though you have to walk through these things. Some good news out of the gambling field to start with, it seems that Germanies aggressive move against online gambling is being largely ignored by the EU and it's fellow members. This means the countrys citizens may only need to hang on a few weeks longer before they can so what they want again.

I am crossing my fingers for you guys!

Today's article is one of the last parts of the mini-article series and is about poker freerolls, it discusses what they are and why they are useful as well as some tips for winning.

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Poker freerolls can be the best method of experiencing online poker without losing money. It is like a tournament where no entry fee is required. It is a free Texas Hold’em poker tournament that offers cash prizes. For participation some freerolls have a requirement of “player points”, while some require the player to make a deposit with that specific poker room.

As far as winning free money is concerned, freeroll poker tournament has become very popular among the online poker players. It is not necessary to invest money to play this tournament. The best thing about such tournaments is that the moment a player signs up in order to become a member; he or she can start playing the game even before any deposit is made. Players can choose from plenty of poker freerolls. Daily poker freerolls are provided by most of the major poker sites on the Internet, so that the players can enjoy several poker games on a daily basis.

There is a lot of variation in the standard of competition that is found among the freerolls. Good players can be found in some of the big freerolls and such games are not easy to win. Mostly the top players do not get attracted by the online poker freerolls because the money as prize is not enough to make them sit for three hours and play.

Freerolls are hosted by most of the poker sites and players can easily win cash prizes without making any sort of investment. Prize is put up for the top finishers and anyone can join these tournaments. The range of such cash prizes can be from 50 dollars to 5000 dollars. Freeroll is the solution for all the players who are not comfortable playing for real money and do not have the financial backing to cover any sort of loss.

A History of Poker

Hello All,

Everything seems to be going OK here at the moment, tired as hell from squash last night but hey that's how it goes. Weather seems to have taken a turn for the worst, not the ebst news when the weekend is on the way but maybe it will get better. I have another house viewing Saturday to look forward to, a bigger semi than I am in now.

Got a nice article for you all regarding the history of poker that I did for some people I know. I rewrote it and thought I would place it on here for you all to see :)

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Poker is considered to be most popular among the different card games played in the world. This game is not only fast- paced but also fun- filled and it can be enjoyed by many players together. How the game of poker is still a mystery. However, people say that this game began more than 10 centuries ago. Since then, there have been a lot of changes in this game.

It is believed that the Chinese were the first to play the game of poker that goes back to the 10^th century. In the 12^th and 13^th century an early form of the poker game was played by the Egyptians. In the 16^th century the Persians used to play ‘Ganfija’ which was a version of poker. In the 18^th century ‘Poque’ was played by the French which was considered its national game. The game played by the German was called ‘Pochen’. Both ‘Pochen’ and ‘Poque’ are said to be early versions of the game of poker. From the year 1526 the Spanish started playing the ‘Primero’ which is considered to be the ‘poker mother’. This is said to be the first version of poker as it has direct similarities with the modern poker. The Spanish knew that in spite of having poor cards the opponents could be deceived by using the concept of bluffing and calling high stakes.

The writings of Jonathan H. Green in 1834 provide the earliest written references of the game of poker. This game was referred by him as the ‘cheating game’. But on realizing that his writing was the only written evidence of this game, he decided to name it ‘poker’. However, the origin of the word ‘poker’ is contradictory. The word poker is derived either from French ‘poque’ or the German ‘pochen’. It is often believed that it may be derived from the Indian word ‘pukka’. It is also believed that the word poker is derived from the slang word ‘poke’ which is generally a term used for pickpockets. Even though the origin of poker is uncertain this one of the most poplar card game in this world.

The present poker scene is dominated by three games which are the 5 card draw, the 7 card stud and the Texas Hold ‘Em. The most prestigious event of the game of poker that attracts players from different parts of the world is the World Series of Poker. Poker is a simple game that has and will continue to attract players. By playing poker people have and will continue to win money.

If you want to learn to play poker visit WassOnline, a fantastic poker community that I mentioned before.