Posted by jgreenspan | Filed under Uncategorized
A few weeks back I needed to get in touch with Full Tilt Poker Pro Mark Vos. I do some contract writing for Full Tilt Poker, and I needed Mark to help me out with an assignment. I put out a couple of emails to Full Tilt Poker employees, hoping that he might be in Vegas and easily found in the Bellagio or some nearby room.
I heard back from Jason, who works closely with the pros. His email, in its entirety, read, “I believe he’s in Thailand or Singapore. He’ll be at the Aussie Millions, wanna go?”
Hmm.
I inquired as to what would be involved. Jason told me that they wanted me to blog for Full Tilt Poker’s Trip of a Lifetime. I’d accompany Full Tilt’s pros and satellite winners as they made their way to Melbourne for a 13-day poker holiday. I’d be responsible for covering events such as the Outback Tour (description: “This luxurious excursion includes a winery tour and a visit to an animal sanctuary”), the Boat Cruise in the Bay, and a cocktail party or two.
I told Jason that I’d do it.
And so tomorrow I head out from Brooklyn, NY. I’ll connect with the Full Tilter’s in LA, where we’ll board a Quantas flight to Melbourne.
I’ve done a lot of poker-related travel. I’ve covered two WSOPs for Full Tilt Poker. I wrote a book about a Cross-USA poker journey that I took. But I’ve never been so excited for a poker trip.
Stay tuned.
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In no-limit or pot-limit poker, the bets can become very big and apply a great deal of pressure on anyone having to face those bets. During a hand, there is a single point where the greatest amount of pressure can be applied. It is at those points that money is made or lost in big bet poker. The person applying the pressure is usually at an advantage forcing the other player(s) to make a tough decision under duress. Therefore, knowing how to apply the most pressure at the right time gives you a huge advantage over your opponents.
This post will give you a new way to view the anatomy of a big bet poker hand. In big bet poker, the amount of each bet increases as the hand progresses because there is more money in the pot to be won and bets increase accordingly. If this doesn’t make sense, consider betting $0.50 into a $20 pot, or $2 into a $1000 pot; the bet is inconsequential, and is effectively ignored by opponents (if not outright laughed at). Bets should typically be close to the size of the pot.
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