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		<title>Facing reality</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Apr 2009 23:52:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Poker will certainly get you immersed into the game. You are at the poker table. You have your chips right in front of you. You are ready to take out your opponent with a big slick. There is a flush draw that is about to happen on the river. You go all in and for [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Poker will certainly get you immersed into the game. You are at the poker table. You have your chips right in front of you. You are ready to take out your opponent with a big slick. There is a flush draw that is about to happen on the river. You go all in and for some stroke of luck, the final card is suited like yours. You make the flush and you take home the pot. You are the champion. Poker is so much fun but for every game, for every good time, there has to be an end.</p>
<p>When a poker game ends and you have to go home, you have to part with your friends, and you have to go back to work, there is some feeling of sadness. Poker is so much fun. When it ends, it gets a bit sad. You have to face reality once again after a good game of poker. You have to go back to work. You have to work those long hours and you have to make sacrifices in order to make ends meet. You have to pay for the rent or the amortization of your house. You have to pay for the car or you have to pay for the bus ticket you need to go to work. You have to pay for the food that you will eat. You have to pay for everything that touches you. Yes, that is the reality. You have to work hard. You have to make sure that you can contribute something to this world so that the world can give something back to you at the end of the day. </p>
<p>How do you face reality my dear friend?</p>
<p>The best way to face this reality is to see the light at the end of the tunnel. You have to see that you are going somewhere. You have to see that at the end of the tunnel, there is a poker table with your friends waiting for you. There is a poker table there that has the best food and the best drinks surrounding it. The poker room is full of good vibes. This is the light at the end of the tunnel. If you think of this light then you will be able to endure any kind of hardship. You will be able to endure any kind of work. You will be able to endure any obstacle that comes your way. In truth, this is the power of poker. Poker inspires, poker unites, poker makes lives better. </p>
<p>If you have not tried playing poker then you should certainly start playing right now. You are missing out on one of the greatest games created by the human race. If you want to maximize your life and if you want to get through any hard obstacle in your life then you have to discover the power of poker. Search for it right now and see the light at the end of the tunnel. Good luck and may you have many great poker games ahead of you. </p>
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		<title>The turn card</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2009 23:51:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The turn card is one of the cards in poker that really makes things complicated. For example, you have a two and a five that are off suit. The flop is a four. The turn card comes and it shows a three. You are only one card away from a straight. What should you do? [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The turn card is one of the cards in poker that really makes things complicated. For example, you have a two and a five that are off suit. The flop is a four. The turn card comes and it shows a three. You are only one card away from a straight. What should you do? Should you go all in or should you get out if somebody raises?</p>
<p>The turn card is called the turn card because it turns events around. At one point in the poker game, you may think that your cards are a bunch of crap. When the turn card comes out, your crappy cards may end up looking like a potential five card combination that can take out a pocket ace any time. Yes, this is the power of the turn card. Things change. Events change. Your poker situation will be moved. </p>
<p>How do you address the turn card? There are several ways of analyzing the turn card. First of all, you can use the turn card as the buffer prior to the river. If you have a straight draw or a flush draw after the flop then you have two chances to make it. You have the turn card and you have the river card. If you see it this way, you can be aggressive early on. You can start raising when you sense that you will be able to make the five card combination. If you think that you can hit the five cards then play aggressive early on.</p>
<p>Second, you can use the turn card as the bluffer card. For example, you have a pocket king and then two kings come out on the flop. You definitely do not want to make things obvious, right? You want to reel in the funds as much as possible, right? Wait for the turn card to come up and make your move. If the turn card is a jack then you can bluff that you have a jack. No one will be thinking that you have the pocket kings. The turn card is your bluffer card. You an use the turn card to bluff your opponents on what you have or what you don’t have. Let us say you are doing the reverse. If you have a two and a four off suit and then an ace comes out on the flop. On the turn card, another ace comes up. You can pretend that you have an ace and go all in. Everyone will be scared because everyone thinks that you have the ace. You have triplet ace and no one can seem to beat your hand. If this is the case, you can bluff your way to victory by going all in and scaring everyone off.</p>
<p>The turn card is a very crucial card in poker, anything can happen on the turn card. It will change events, it will change the rhythm, and it will eventually change the winner of the game. You have to use the turn card very well because you can make or break your poker game with this card.</p>
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		<title>Pre flop acting</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Mar 2009 16:45:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It is so nice to receive pocket aces on the pre flop, right? But what are the chances that you will end up getting pocket aces most of the time. If you get pocket aces every night at poker then you are certainly one of the luckiest guys in poker. Pocket aces will rarely show [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It is so nice to receive pocket aces on the pre flop, right? But what are the chances that you will end up getting pocket aces most of the time. If you get pocket aces every night at poker then you are certainly one of the luckiest guys in poker. Pocket aces will rarely show up in your hand and you have to consider yourself lucky if you have them.</p>
<p>Most of the time, you are going to get weird cards. You are going to get a three and a seven. You are going to get an eight and a two. You are going to get a ten and a four. These cards look horrible. In any case, how can you act as if you got pocket aces? Here are some tips that you can use when acting on the pre flop.</p>
<p>First, go all in. Yes, I am not kidding. A lot of people are scared to go all in on the first hand and if you can pull this off, then you are a solid bluffer. From time to time, you can pull this off especially if you are getting desperate. Steal the blinds and make sure that you do not get caught. Sometimes, you can go all in with a jack and a ten but do not keep this rate going because someone will end up calling you if the pocket aces are really with him or her.</p>
<p>Second, try smiling when you get your cards. This is the best way to make everyone think that you have good cards. Make a seriously strange raise on the pre flop and then you will see a lot of people folding their hands. If you can make others think that you have good cards on the pre flop then you are in good hands for the entire poker match.</p>
<p>Third, talk to your seat mate and tell him or her that you have pocket aces. Say this in a normally louder voice than usual. Do not say it too loud because people will think that you are bluffing. When you have them in your act, all you have to do is pull the trigger. You can make your move on the pre flop and then move in to steal the pot.</p>
<p>Finally, if you really want to do some seriously strange pre flop act then you can simply go all in all of the time until someone calls you. Eventually, you might just keep winning. If you go all in all the time, you will never know if someone will accidentally call you when you have good cards. You might even end up winning the game if you are really lucky on that night. But seriously, do not do this unless you feel unusually daring and unusually lucky on that night.</p>
<p>Pre flop acting is just as important as acting at the end of the turn card and at the end of the river card. If you happen to be one of the lucky people on earth then you can actually win the poker match without any of the community cards even showing up.</p>
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		<title>Basketball and poker</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Feb 2009 17:45:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[There are a lot of things that are similar between basketball and poker. If you understand the game of basketball very well, you will be able to use it in your poker games. Here are some tips from basketball players who play poker.
First, in basketball, the three point shot is a lower percentage shot in [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>There are a lot of things that are similar between basketball and poker. If you understand the game of basketball very well, you will be able to use it in your poker games. Here are some tips from basketball players who play poker.</p>
<p>First, in basketball, the three point shot is a lower percentage shot in comparison to a two point shot. Although a three point shot has more points, it has a lower percentage. On average, a three point shot goes in one out of three times while a two point shot goes in one out of two times. So what do we learn from this? If you take twelve three point shots and one third goes in, you will end up with twelve points. If you take twelve two point shots and one half goes in, you will end up with twelve points also. This means that when you take lower percentage shots, you have to be rewarded with more points. If you take higher percentage shots, you are awarded lesser points. In poker, the logic is the same. If you have a high chance of winning the hand then you should be willing to bet as much as you want. If you have a low chance of winning the hand then you should either fold or simply check.</p>
<p>Second, basketball players guard the opponent very well. In basketball, the greater the defender translates into a lower percentage of shots made for the opposing player. Basketball players that defend well like Raja Bell make sure that scorers like Kobe Bryant don’t drop eighty one points in a single game. In the game of poker, the logic is also the same. You have to defend your chips when opposing players attempt to get it. You have to know when to fold when someone knows that you are bluffing. If you are a good defensive poker player then you would know how to ward off these raptors from getting to your chips.</p>
<p>Third, basketball players make it a point to practice a lot. They have an uncanny discipline to go to the court and practice their shots. In poker, you also need to practice your moves. You can practice your moves on a computer program or you can practice your moves online. You might want to read a lot of poker books and poker tips. You will certainly have added knowledge to your game. At the end of the day, what really matters is that you enjoy the game. Basketball players enjoy playing basketball and so should you enjoy playing poker. If you do not enjoy a game so much then you are wasting your time. It is hard to work hard at something that you do not love. It is hard to practice free throws at the gym if you do not love basketball. It is hard to become a good poker player if you do not love the game of poker. At the end of the day, make sure that you love the game. </p>
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		<title>The queen of hearts, the queen of diamonds, which one is yours?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Feb 2009 00:41:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Second, let us describe the queen of diamonds. The queen of diamonds is the woman that is glamorous. She is beautiful. She is pretty. She appears on magazine covers. She loves to be surrounded with riches. She loves diamonds. She loves travelling. She loves shopping. She is the woman who is loaded with riches. Men [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Second, let us describe the queen of diamonds. The queen of diamonds is the woman that is glamorous. She is beautiful. She is pretty. She appears on magazine covers. She loves to be surrounded with riches. She loves diamonds. She loves travelling. She loves shopping. She is the woman who is loaded with riches. Men all around the world offer their hard earned money to her so that they can spend their lives with them. Men all around the world want to be seen with this trophy girl. The queen of diamonds is the woman that turns heads. She is the woman that will make the most powerful men kneel before her.<br />
There are a lot of comparisons and references to the queens of the poker deck, especially the queen of hearts and the queen of diamonds. These red headed queens have a lot to do with men and their women. What kind of women does the queen of hearts refer to? What kind of women does the queen of diamonds refer to?</p>
<p>First, let us start with the queen of hearts. The queen of hearts is the woman that will love you no matter what. She will move heaven and earth to make you happy. She is the type of woman who will cook for you in the morning when you wake up. She is the type of woman that will make you supper when you get home from work. She is the type of woman that will take care of your children and raise them the way you would them to be raised. The queen of hearts captivates many hearts of men out there. She is soft spoken, humble, and maternal. She can melt the hearts of many men out there.</p>
<p>So which of the two queens do you want? Which of the two queens do you have? If you are the type of guy that likes the queen of hearts then good for you. If you are the type of guy that likes the queen of diamonds then good for you too. The bottom line is this, which woman will make you happy? Who is the woman in your life that will make you feel like a champion everyday? Is it the queen of hearts or is it the queen of diamonds? Make your choice.</p>
<p>Some men want both the queen of hearts and the queen of diamonds. Some men want pocket queens. Well, pocket queens have been referred to by poker players as four tits. If you are a guy that can handle four tits at once then you must be a very good manager. You would not want to see two queens fighting. You would not want to be black listed among all the queens out there, right? If you are going to go for a queen then you have to make sure what you are getting into. Do not attempt anything silly or else the last laugh will be about you, the joker, who is automatically removed from the deck.</p>
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		<title>The worst hand ever</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Jan 2009 22:13:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you are wondering what the worst hand in poker is then it is the two and the seven off suit. Why is it the worst hand in poker? There are several reasons why this is the worst hand in poker. First, they are not suited. Your chances of making a flush are really horrible. [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>If you are wondering what the worst hand in poker is then it is the two and the seven off suit. Why is it the worst hand in poker? There are several reasons why this is the worst hand in poker. First, they are not suited. Your chances of making a flush are really horrible. Even if the flop is entirely suited with yours, you are still on a flush draw. If you hit the flush on the turn card or on the river then you are still at a handicap. Why? Because your cards are so freaking low! Someone else out there might have the same suited card with a higher number. There go half of your chips.</p>
<p>Second, your chances of making a straight are also equally horrible. Think about it. If you have three, four, and five on the flop, you still need another card to make a straight. If the turn card shows up as an ace then you have the lowest possible straight in the world. If a six shows up then you may be in luck because of the seven. In any case, someone else may still have a seven and an eight! They will still have the higher straight. There go half of your chips again!</p>
<p>Third, your pairs are going to be horrible. If you get a two pair or a pair seven then you are still unlikely to win a pot with other players there with a pair ten or even two pairs. You are in the worst possible case when it comes to pairing.</p>
<p>If you get a two seven off suit then it is up to you on how you want to play it. Some people play this hand some people simply fold. If you are a risk taker then you should at least wait for the flop to come out. If you are really daring then go for it until the river card comes up. If you are a very conservative player then you can simply fold these cards right at the onset. The bottom line is that when you are dealt with a two seven off suit, it is not the end of the world. You are not in total poverty and you are not totally hopeless. What you have to do when you are dealt with a two seven off suit is to simply find a way to bluff something or find a way to hit at least triplets. Good luck if you are dealt with the deadly two seven off suit. If you find yourself in this rut, remember to keep your poise and pretend to have pocket aces.</p>
<p>Sometimes you know the look of someone who has been dealt with the two seven off suit. Their face looks sad. They look depressed. To some extent, they will look pale for a couple of seconds. If you can notice this in players then you know who to pick on. If someone gets a two seven off suit then you know what to do with that person already.</p>
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		<title>Your trip to the casino and Las Vegas</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Jan 2009 22:13:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the most exciting times of your life is taking a trip to the casino. You can either do it alone or you can do it with a bunch of friends. First, let us take a look at going to the casino alone. When you go to the casino alone, you can pretty much [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>One of the most exciting times of your life is taking a trip to the casino. You can either do it alone or you can do it with a bunch of friends. First, let us take a look at going to the casino alone. When you go to the casino alone, you can pretty much do whatever you want. You can go to the bar and meet people. You can watch some shows. You can go to the slot machines. You can play Texas Hold’em with other people there. Being alone in the casino is never going to be boring because you can do so many things. In fact, when you go to the casino alone, your chances of leaving the casino alone are pretty slim. You will end up making a lot of friends and you will end up making a lot of acquaintances. It is fun to go to the casino. If you are going in the near future then you should not worry about going alone. Casinos are fun places to be in.</p>
<p>Let us know take a look at going to the casino with a bunch of your friends or if you are in a group. Going to the casino in a group is a lot of fun too. In fact, if you are with good friends way back, you are going to have a chance to catch up on each other. If you are with new friends then you will be able to build rapport and enliven a new relationship. Going to the casino is very fun so you should certainly try going there with your friends. There are a lot of things to do in a casino if you are in a group. One of the things that you can do is to try the restaurants together. You will certainly enjoy eating and having conversations over a good meal.</p>
<p>Being alone or being in a group is going to be fun at the casino. If you want to go to the best casinos in the world then you should go to Las Vegas. Las Vegas has a lot of great casinos. You can go to the MGM Grand and play Pai Gow Poker all you want. You can go to the Bellagio and play Hold’em to your heart’s content. You can go to Caesar’s Palace and use the slot machine until you fall asleep. If you are the type of person that loves to go to casinos then you should certainly visit the city of Las Vegas. No matter where you are, all you need to do is buy a ticket to Las Vegas, Nevada and enjoy the great poker over there. Staying at the prime casinos will cost you about two hundred dollars a night but if you want to go to the cheaper casinos then you might get deals of forty dollars a night only. Spend the rest of your money playing poker and enjoy your life to the fullest. Go to Las Vegas and enjoy the best casinos on earth!</p>
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		<title>Nice chips</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Dec 2008 18:26:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Poker is a game that involves a lot of accessories. One of the most important accessories in poker are the poker chips themselves. When do you know that poker chips are nice? One of the ways where you can find out where poker chips are nice is by the weight of the poker chips. When [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Poker is a game that involves a lot of accessories. One of the most important accessories in poker are the poker chips themselves. When do you know that poker chips are nice? One of the ways where you can find out where poker chips are nice is by the weight of the poker chips. When you lift a poker chip and your play with it, it must be heavier than plastic but lighter than pure metal. Do you get the idea? It is just in the middle of those two weight classes. If a poker chip is too heavy then it would be so hard to work with. If a poker chip is too light then it may be flying around all over the place when you stack them up.</p>
<p>Aside from the weight of the poker chip, you should also take note of the design of the poker chip. The design of the poker chip says a lot about itself. It is nice to select poker chips with the standard design. These are the kind of poker chips that you will see in the casinos. If you want to put a little bit more spunk into your poker chips then get the poker chips with a little bit of a design. Some poker players like poker chips with women in bikinis on it. This way, the opponents will be too distracted looking at their chips instead of focusing on the game. Some poker chips are exotically designed. Some of them will have Egyptian style prints like the ones you would see in Las Vegas. Some of them will have New York style prints like the ones you see at the New York casinos in Las Vegas. If you want chips that have style then you should be creative when selecting them. Remember, all the poker stuff that you have with you will reflect the kind of personality that you have. If you have poker chips with pictures and images of strippers on your chips then this says a lot about you. Sometimes these chips can be favourable in your way or they can be unfavourable depending on who looks at them.</p>
<p>Now that you know how to select the style and the weight of the poker chips, it is now time for you to pay for them. The price of poker chips will vary from time to time. One set may cost you fifty dollars while another set may cost you five hundred dollars. What is the difference? If you are buying the poker chips that are used by the tycoons then you have to pay a certain premium for the chips. These chips are certainly branded and they have some history to it. Other poker chips are simple. They will not be so expensive but the design and the weight of the poker chips may not be the most perfect of all. Anyway, at the end of the day, what really matters most is if you have fun playing with your poker chips. It is up to you if you want to get the expensive ones or the cheap ones. The choice is yours.</p>
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		<title>Free Poker Calculator</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Dec 2008 18:32:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[You can get your hand on a free poker calculator today. If you are interested please complete the following steps:
Step 1: Download and install LuckyAcePoker.
Step 2: Deposits funds and start playing as a Real Money Player.
Step 3: Go to www.pokerbility.com/luckyacepoker and fill out the form with your LuckyAcePoker Username and Email Address.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>You can get your hand on a free poker calculator today. If you are interested please complete the following steps:</p>
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		<title>Consider Limit Hold’em</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[You may be used to and accustomed to playing No Limit Texas Hold’em poker. This is the most popular kind of poker and it is the kind of poker that is certainly very exciting. The all in move is something that can surprise an opponent at any time of the game. Aside from No Limit [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>You may be used to and accustomed to playing No Limit Texas Hold’em poker. This is the most popular kind of poker and it is the kind of poker that is certainly very exciting. The all in move is something that can surprise an opponent at any time of the game. Aside from No Limit Texas Hold’em, you should also consider Limit Texas Hold’em. Why should you consider Limit Hold’em anyway?</p>
<p>One of the reasons why you should consider Limit Hold’em is because there are some poker players that are not ready to lose a lot of their chips in certain parts of the game. Limit Hold’em controls the number of players that will end up being out. For instance, if the limit to raise is a dollar for every round then you can raise as much as four dollars. One is for the pre flop, one is after the flop, one is after the turn, and the last one is after the river card. This excludes the antes and the blinds beforehand. This means that if you have twenty dollars of chips, it would be impossible for you to be taken out on the first round. This is the safety bar that you can rely on at a Limit Hold’em match. Since you will not be able to gain a lot, at the same time, you will not be able to lose a lot as well.</p>
<p>Another reason why you should consider Limit Hold’em is during a cash basis game. This is also useful for those who walk in and out of a poker game. If you are playing a cash basis game then the people can only shell out a maximum number of cash only. For example, if you are playing in quarters and the maximum raise per round is a quarter then anyone can join the game if he or she wants to. At anytime, anyone can pull out of the poker table too. If you have guests at your poker invitational that go in and out of the poker table then this is the ideal method of hosting your tournament. Have a cash basis Limit Hold’em match where any number of players can join.</p>
<p>If you have not tried a Limit Hold’em match then you should certainly go out there and try it out. You are going to enjoy the game and you are going to enjoy the ability to go in and out of the table. If you feel like you want to cash out then you can do so. If you feel like you want to play some more then you can do so as well. A cash basis Limit Hold’em game is ideal for those on the go. If you are the type of person that can not sit still at a poker table for two to three hours then maybe you are better off playing Limit Hold’em than No Limit Hold’em. The rule of thumb in this case is that you should try both Limit Hold’em and No Limit Hold’em so that you get a feel for both. Find out which is better for you and then go on and have a lot of poker fun.</p>
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