Todays link is to a strategy article in the high-quality bluff magazine, it is by sicko pro Jason Mercier... who as many readers will know kills final tables both online and live! These magazine articles have to be reasonably short in length (hardly going to be a 5-page feature now, is it), however I thought that many of the points were made really well in the space provided, especially the stuff about confidence!
No big waffle today, just get on with giving you the link!
Final Table Play By Jason Mercier
Remember, you can suggest links via the comment function!
Saturday 5 June 2010
Wednesday 2 June 2010
Ask Rizen... A Link To An Archive
Quick reminder of what this blog is about for new readers! The Poker Frog is the only blog focused exclusively on other people... yes we link out to stuff, good stories, blogs, articles and just about anything else which is worth a recommendation... you can not bribe me (I have a great job and don't actually need the money, haha!), but you can suggest links - in fact suggestions are great - since there is so much poker on the web that one man (or should that be frog) can not possibly keep up with it all.
Anyway, enough waffle, todays link is retrospetive... a blog which I used to enjoy seems to have ground to a halt, yet is still worth a link since it actually contains some good stuff. Rizen (aka Eric Lynch) is still going strong and is now with Lock Poker (who either have or are about to become a part of the Merge Network). The straight forward replies he gave to his 'Ask Rizen' section appeared to come from a genuine drive to help out less experienced players - for me that is a good enough reason to link, even though the updates have dried up.
Ask Rizen
Anyway, enough waffle, todays link is retrospetive... a blog which I used to enjoy seems to have ground to a halt, yet is still worth a link since it actually contains some good stuff. Rizen (aka Eric Lynch) is still going strong and is now with Lock Poker (who either have or are about to become a part of the Merge Network). The straight forward replies he gave to his 'Ask Rizen' section appeared to come from a genuine drive to help out less experienced players - for me that is a good enough reason to link, even though the updates have dried up.
Ask Rizen
Monday 31 May 2010
Poker Player Twitter Names
Found this link to feature in our ever growing list of outbound-only links today... a detailed list of poker pro names on Twitter.
We do not yet have a twitter feed for this blog, though I do have a personal one and enjoy occasionally dipping my proverbial toes in the stream of spam, nonsense and the occasional great link... funny how many young ladies follow me and spontaneously offer those 'extra' pics of themselves!!
Anyway, todays link is to a blog called aintluck - which is worth having in your bookmarks - this list is divided up into categories depending on where the pros play. We can not guarantee that you'll be followed back - though this could be a great opportunity to get their streams sorted in time for the World Series of Poker - where tweeting is apparently fully allowed at the tables this year!
Poker Pro Twitter List
Maybe you know a bigger and better one? If so then drop us a comment!
We do not yet have a twitter feed for this blog, though I do have a personal one and enjoy occasionally dipping my proverbial toes in the stream of spam, nonsense and the occasional great link... funny how many young ladies follow me and spontaneously offer those 'extra' pics of themselves!!
Anyway, todays link is to a blog called aintluck - which is worth having in your bookmarks - this list is divided up into categories depending on where the pros play. We can not guarantee that you'll be followed back - though this could be a great opportunity to get their streams sorted in time for the World Series of Poker - where tweeting is apparently fully allowed at the tables this year!
Poker Pro Twitter List
Maybe you know a bigger and better one? If so then drop us a comment!
Friday 28 May 2010
Aria To Open "Ivey Room"
Well, you know you have made it in poker when you get a high stakes poker room named after you... not that Phil Ivey needed this accolade to know that he had made it of course. Todays outward looking link is from just before the opening... it seems that the Aria casino are making a play for the type of games usually held in 'Bobbies Room' at the Bellagio.
There are some great prizes (including a $100k bounty) for the opening weekend, the question is whether this room will gain traction amoung the high-stakes crowd... will the legend of the french Businessman dumping millions on the tables re-appear for this years World Series (the time when the huge-stakes games are traditionally at their busiest).... will the relatively unknown Aria gain a name for itself, pushing the Rio, Bellagio and Horseshoe down the poker pecking order?
Well, we will see our course, however one thing is for certain - competition is always a great thing!
Aria to Open Ivey Room
There are some great prizes (including a $100k bounty) for the opening weekend, the question is whether this room will gain traction amoung the high-stakes crowd... will the legend of the french Businessman dumping millions on the tables re-appear for this years World Series (the time when the huge-stakes games are traditionally at their busiest).... will the relatively unknown Aria gain a name for itself, pushing the Rio, Bellagio and Horseshoe down the poker pecking order?
Well, we will see our course, however one thing is for certain - competition is always a great thing!
Aria to Open Ivey Room
Thursday 27 May 2010
Phil Galfond Launches Poker Static
Billed as a 'rival to Poker Road' one Phil Galfond... high stakes pro and teacher of aspiring high-stakes pros, has launched his own website called Poker Static. It has already got off to a flying start based on the buzz around some of the video-interviews... my guess is that there were a couple of real buzz-worthy pieces stored up for the launch, and that the real test of whether this is a good enough website to compete will come a few months down the road.
There is no denying that mulit-media sites and high-stakes action have their audience... what we are wondering his who exactly this demographic are and how the sites plan on making money out of them... could this be that the idea of this site is simply to build the personal brand of Galfond - which he will then cash in with future business ventures? Speculation only of course, we will leave it you to decide for yourselves...
As ever the link is below, remember, Poker Frog is proud to be the web's only completely outward looking poker blog, if you would like to suggest an article or website for a link then just drop me a comment!
Poker Static
There is no denying that mulit-media sites and high-stakes action have their audience... what we are wondering his who exactly this demographic are and how the sites plan on making money out of them... could this be that the idea of this site is simply to build the personal brand of Galfond - which he will then cash in with future business ventures? Speculation only of course, we will leave it you to decide for yourselves...
As ever the link is below, remember, Poker Frog is proud to be the web's only completely outward looking poker blog, if you would like to suggest an article or website for a link then just drop me a comment!
Poker Static
Monday 24 May 2010
Lee Jones On Game Selection
Here is an article that I would categorize as a 'must read', it is by Lee Jones, not only a great poker player (invented the SAGE system you know!)... but an industry leader too, having been the cardroom manager for Pokerstars before joining Cardrunners for a while and now having some kind of Senior position at Cake Poker.
Of course you know - logically speaking - that there are a lot of poker players worse than you, and also a lot who are better than you. Of course you know -logically speaking - that even in the games you play there will be better and worse players... yet many people practice zero game selection, even though this might only take a few minutes before you sit down... and even more importantly, even though you know (logically speaking!) that this could improve your average win rate significantly.
So Lee spells it out for us, game selection is a key area, no need to try convincing yourself that those 7 seconds spent scanning for tables with big pots before sitting down is enough either... we know that you know thats not enough!
Here is the link:
Lee Jones On Game Selection
By the way... you are always welcome to suggest links!
Of course you know - logically speaking - that there are a lot of poker players worse than you, and also a lot who are better than you. Of course you know -logically speaking - that even in the games you play there will be better and worse players... yet many people practice zero game selection, even though this might only take a few minutes before you sit down... and even more importantly, even though you know (logically speaking!) that this could improve your average win rate significantly.
So Lee spells it out for us, game selection is a key area, no need to try convincing yourself that those 7 seconds spent scanning for tables with big pots before sitting down is enough either... we know that you know thats not enough!
Here is the link:
Lee Jones On Game Selection
By the way... you are always welcome to suggest links!
Saturday 22 May 2010
Interesting Debate On Online Poker Legalization - Or Not!
Back, and determined to bring you more interesting poker links and stories... with the 2010 World Series of poker about to start and some hearings in congress this is an interesting time indeed to be the worlds only fully outward looking poker blog!
Going to start with an interesting debate over at 2+2, which was triggered by an even more interesting editorial piece by industry insider Bill Rinni on his blog... unfortunately you have to skim through a few of the unsocialized kids who have no idea how grown-ups interact to get to the real debate... Though for the fact that this is thought provoking it is worth while.
Bill paints a starkly different picture to the 'exactly the same as now, only legal' view that many players seem to hold. Tax is a big issue, and clarified by Bill during this discussion.
Here is the link (you can see the link to the original post in the first entry)
Discussion On Future Poker Legality
Going to start with an interesting debate over at 2+2, which was triggered by an even more interesting editorial piece by industry insider Bill Rinni on his blog... unfortunately you have to skim through a few of the unsocialized kids who have no idea how grown-ups interact to get to the real debate... Though for the fact that this is thought provoking it is worth while.
Bill paints a starkly different picture to the 'exactly the same as now, only legal' view that many players seem to hold. Tax is a big issue, and clarified by Bill during this discussion.
Here is the link (you can see the link to the original post in the first entry)
Discussion On Future Poker Legality
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