13 September 2011
Slovenia Deep Stack
By Paul Jackson
I was really looking forward to going back to Slovenia for the D4 Events Mediterranean Deep Stack in the lovely Portoroz area of Slovenia. The tournament structure is superb, as is always the case with the D4 Deep Stacks, and this time I had with me a 20-odd player team of Bankrollsupply players, and also a couple of qualifiers who had won seats in the free-to-enter satellites on Poker Encore.
07 September 2011
Brace-aments are too much of a gamble
Brace-ament: n. Bracelet event which is essentially a crapshoot with an edge. The large field $1k and $1.5k WSOP events. Derived from the words “bracelet” and “donkament”.
06 September 2011
Betting for Max Value
If you think there’s a strong chance your opponent will call you, always try to get the absolute maximum out of him. In a tournament, chips are power and you need to keep building. Paul Zimbler takes us to value town.
11 August 2011
Optimising Position to Establish an Opponent’s Range
As almost all poker players know these days, position is key to gaining information from your opponent. The more information you have when the action comes to you, the better your decision making should be, and, in turn, the better your results should be. Paul Zimbler explains.
01 August 2011
Bust Out Babies and other Characters
While in Vegas for this WSOP, I’ve studied the various types of bust-outs there are, from the crazy outbursts to the reserved introspection. Playing in one of the WSOP $1k NLHE tournaments is an education in itself. The phrase “dropping like flies” is an understatement. About once a minute some forlorn looking figure shuffles past your table to the rail, manically typing away on their iPhone.
Amateur to Pro 3-betting
This is the fourth part of a coaching series featuring Bluefirepoker coach Alan Jackson, the purpose of which is to create a roadmap that gives amateur poker players the greatest chance for success when trying to take their games to the next level. In this latest installment we look at the 3-bet.
26 July 2011
Ask the Pro - Floating The Flop
Poker is a game of strategy and counter strategy. Once some bright spark had invented the continuation bet as a license to print money, it became necessary to develop the float to shut the bastard down. Floating is calling the flop in position in with the intention of taking it away on the turn. Sounds pretty fancy, but risky too. What are the ideal conditions to float a flop? As we were hanging around the bar at the WPT Vienna and Bratislava recently, we decided to ask the pros.
21 July 2011
Big bluffs and the importance of perceived image
believe he is beat. Bluff Poker Academy tutor Paul Zimbler assesses the importance of image to getting a big bluff through.
14 July 2011
Beam me up - How to play satellites
For a long time the phrase online qualifier was a synonym for bad player. These days, the very best pros in the business use the satellite system to qualify for the big buy-in events in order to keep their costs down. But how do they do it? What’s the secret? Let’s ask them.
04 July 2011
From Amateur to Pro Article Three – Statistical Review
When Bluefirepoker coach Alan Jackson took on the challenge of turning me into a winning 6-max online cash game player, he needed to know what he was dealing with.