PokerStats Go Russian With New Poker Tour

Bit more of a news item than a standard strategy outbound link today... this really shows (as if it needed showing) that online poker is no longer something American like it was a few years ago - but a truly global phenomenon.

Two tournaments are scheduled in Russia this winter under the heading 'RPT' or Russian Poker Tour... these take place in St Petersburg at the end of Jan ($5k buy-in) and in Moscow at the end of Feb ($10k buy-in). You can win your seat at PokerStars by entering one of a number of sub-qualifiers or a supersatellite - had a quick look and not too many available at the moment, however we expect these to come in once the Aussie Millions and PCA are underway in just a few days time.

PokerStars RPT Info Page

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Poker Probability - All You Need To Know!

Math, so dull... except when it can help you win bucketloads of money of course! All of a sudden the numbers seem more significant, right??

Anyway, if you are looking for a good grounding in the basic poker probability then look no further than the wikipedia. The great thing about this site is that you will not be bombarded with pop-ups / banners etc (though the outbound links at the bottom of each article do sometimes look a little suspect!)

So, todays outbound link is for those who want to know the exact chances of hitting that straight-flush with 2 cards to come!

Poker Probability

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How To Build A Big Pot - By Rizen

Today's link goes to CardPlayer magazine... home of more strategy and news articles than it is possible to shake a stick at... it is from a now-defunct column of Rizen, also known as Eric Lynch.

Building a pot, or managing the size of a pot in general, is a key poker skill - after all assuming we all get the same cards over time then winning more when ahead and losing less when behind is a key factor. This article looks at how to build a big pot depending on several factors, the key ones being your stack size and position at the table. Rizen uses some examples to show what he means in this excellent poker article. While you are there why not check out some of his other pieces.

How To Build A Big Pot

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Oldy But Goody From Fox Sports

Funny how 2006 seems like decades ago - metaphorically speaking of course. Todays link does go back that far though (well, december at least). It concerns Sit N Go tournaments, the advice is pretty standard by todays reconning... stay tight early and push a lot later on. The reason for making this a link is that Fox is the mainstream as far as sports media is concerned... this shows that something which was once as obscure as SNG strategy has been considered a legitimate subject for mainstream sports media since 2006... as we head into 2009 this is a good time to relect on how much the game has changed and indeed matured over that time period.

Fox Sports SNG Strategy Article

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Bankrolls - Update!

Just a quicky today... an update on that last post about the bankrolls for SNG and MTT players in fact. This is another link - with a link inside... back over to pocket 5's where some enterprising people have taken the bankroll information provided by Jennifear - and made it into a spreadsheet.

What you should note is that there are several versions which did not work towards the top of the first page... the excel one that works is about half way down. Should go without saying really, but if you are downloading any documents from an unknown source then make sure that you run an anti-virus check before using it!

Speadsheet For Jenifears BR Management Plan

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Bankrolls For SNG and Tourney Players

Think this might be the second link for Jennifear... ah well, this is some useful information so worth linking to (after all, it is the whole purpose of this blog to link outwards instead of giving you bad beat stories like so many others ;o) ... )

What you will find in this link is bankroll management guidelines in numerical format. The idea being that this will give you aspiring SNGers / MTTers (do these terms exist?) a clear idea of the amount of money you need to avoid variance... and also guidelines on when to cash out your profits - wait - you are making profits right??!

Jennifears BR Management Guide

Daniel Negreanu's Blog - Always An Entertaining Read

Today we link to the blog of world-renouned poker pro, businessman and multi-millionaire - Daniel Negreanu. The blog is hosted over at CardPlayer and is one of the most honest, down to earth and entertaining reads you will find from this prolific writer.

Coming from Canada with Romanian parents, Negreanu is definitely a colorful character - the fact that he has fought so hard to gain his pro status - including going broke on his first jaunt to Vegas - is a credit to the man... you can also catch all the latest updates on his dog 'Mishu' right there on the blog (though we are unsure how good the latter is at poker!)

Daniel Negreanu's Blog

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