So with the last of my bankroll, I played the same game I played at my local casino. (Limit texas holdem) I know I said I wasn’t going to play in the cash games but I thought to myself. It has to be a lot better than buying in one more sit n go and lose. Well I was right, so for now on whenever I place in cash in freeroll tournaments I will be focusing on limit texas holdem cash games to build my bankroll.

The limit texas holdem players on the cake poker network is pretty weak and easy to build your bankroll as long as you don’t play too many hands, chase after straight/flush draw or over play low pairs. So if you want to build your bankroll with me. You can find me on the following cake poker network poker rooms. Cake Poker (of course), Doyles Room, Yoga Poker, BetUS, and Power Poker.

Since the limit texas holdem players are so weak on the cake poker network. You will not see my poker career stats so bad again. Well as long as I place in a few freeroll tournaments which I totally hate playing. Freeroll tournaments are like shooting yourself in the toe to win a bet. Totally not worth it but you still happy you won.

Anyway, cheers to being a winning profitable poker player and ill see you at the tables.

One of the most important advantages of playing poker with proper bankroll management is that it will ensure you have a good mindset to play optimal poker, which will make you money.

How aggressively you should be with your bankroll will largely depend on how you deal with tilt and your poker ability. If you are confidently beating a limit but constantly needing to withdraw from your bankroll, then it would allow you to play more aggressively with your bankroll. Also, if you begin to play at a level which is less then your A game then there is the potential to drop a few buy ins in a relatively short period of time. Whenever I experience a big downswing in winnings its almost always usually a result of monkey tilt.

It is possible to avoid losing your entire poker bankroll if you follow a few simple rules.

Implement The Stop Loss Technique

This concept is relevant to cash game players and is a great way to minimize losses when you have losing sessions, which every player experiences. If you set a maximum loss amount that you are willing to lose, if you lose that much, then just QUIT. Now when I play if I have dropped 2 buy ins and I feel like I am no longer playing my best game or I am no longer in the mood for poker, then I will just quit the session, before I do something stupid and blow off a significant percentage of the bankroll.

Managing Your Bankroll

A factor which will determine how you manage your online poker bankroll is your reasons for playing poker. If you have no plan to move up in limits and content in grinding a small profit so you can just keep on withdrawing from the poker room, then you wouldn’t need as many buy ins as say a player who is wanting to build a bankroll, and improve their game to eventually move up in limits.

Obviously alot of it depends on your financial situation, because i know some players need to be always withdrawing from the bankroll for cash flow. However, the best way to look at your online poker bankroll is to view it as an investment which you are not allowed to touch. If you are strict with your bankroll, playing solid poker will allow you to build your bankroll and move up in limits, which obviously means the potential for making a lot more money when you are good enough to beat the mid stakes cash games.

How many buy-ins do i need if I have $xxx ?

Generally speaking, I think that having 20-30 buy ins minimum is sufficient enough to be able to ride out the downswings, which can happen in poker due to variance even when you are playing good poker. So if playing 25nl then $750 would be a big enough online poker bankroll. If you are playing sit and goe tournaments, then the amount of the sng entry should not be more then 5% of your bankroll. I think this is being pretty conservative however if you decide to be multi-tabling cash games then its good to have a bigger bankroll when you experience losing sessions.

Winning online poker players know that patience and putting in the volume is necessary if you want to make money. All you should concerned with is making correct decisions at the table and playing your best game. Taking hits to your bankroll is a normal part of playing poker, and even good players can experience break even periods where they make no money. But don’t let the lossing sessions affect your mindset or go on tilt, because losing your entire poker bankroll would be a critical mistake and will prevent you from playing in games when they are softer.

Find online poker strategy articles from winning low-mid stakes players at Poker Aussie. Check it out if you want to improve your game.

For anyone that wants to take poker serious. If you must start with a small bankroll, I highly recommend skipping the micro stakes and focus on low stakes. By playing in low stakes rather than micro stakes. You face less donks and people respect your raises. You clear your deposit bonus when using the Full Tilt Referral Code a lot faster than playing in micro stakes although playing rush poker will allow you to clear the Full Tilt Poker bonus a lot faster than anything.

Since the release of Rush Poker, many players have won and lose a lot of money while clearing their bonus. A little tip for those of you that will try Rush Poker to clear your deposit bonus a lot faster than normal. Pick your hands carefully, don’t chance after gut shot straight or flush draws. You will be wasting your chips that you could be using in a big pot holding the nuts for the win.

Low stakes sit n’ go’s pay a lot better than micro stakes as well as the tournaments. Don’t get me wrong, I am not bashing the micro stakes nor the micro stakes players. I am simply pointing out that micro stakes is only for selected players; freerollers whom won and ready to play with real money, grinders whom found losing players, and people that just want some entertainment or want to feel the rush of playing poker.

So before you decide what you going to play, ask your why are you playing poker.

My Poker Stats

Absolute Poker: $0
BetUS: $0
Bodog: $0
Cake Poker: $0
Carbon Poker: $0.06 (-$1.07)
Doyles Room: $0
Full Tilt Poker: $0 (-$0.29)
Oddsmaker: $0.08 (-$0.29)
Pokerstars: $0.04 (+$0.04)
Power Poker: $0
Reefer Poker: $0
Spin32 Poker: $0
UB: $0
Yoga Poker: $1.12 (-$5.25)

As you can see, I totally blew it this past month. This month, I will do my best to get in more playing hours and hopefully, I will push more in the green than red. Just looking at all that red  and zeros make me want to play more and better my skills. I guess its back to watching more videos on outstandingpoker and playing in freeroll tournaments.

Cheers to becoming a profitable poker player and one day a PRO!

Double Up Tournaments

Throughout the month of February you can double up to your share of $250,000 in SunPoker’s Double Up Tournament Race. If you love tournaments that is. SunPoker Double Up tournaments can be found in the tournament menu. Double Up’s pay 50% of the players an equal share of the total buy-in amount. So, if you can beat half the field you’ll double up! (Ok, side note: Move out of the USA if they don’t completely legalize poker within a year!)

The race will consist of 4 weekly tournament leaderboards, which rate you based on amount of “double up” tournaments played, and your performance in those double up’s. The 4 weekly leaderboards allows you to jump into the action at anytime! The race will include all double up’s, but will not include triple up’s and heads up tournaments.

I don’t know about other US players reading this but for me. I am mad I can’t get into those Double up tournaments! Anyway, those that can get into these tournaments. For more information visit Sun Poker.

$1 Million Guaranteed on Valentine’s Day

SunPoker is pleased to bring back the $1 MILLION GUARANTEED tournament on Valentine’s Day – February 14th at 18:00 GMT. The buy-in into the big event is $500+35, but of course SunPoker will be running hundreds of satellites for you to win your seat to the $1 Million tournament. In fact, you can win a seat to the big game for as little as $0.44 cents!

Man this is going to be one awesome Valentine’s day for whoever cash in this tournament. I really love their promotions even though I can not GET IN THEM! For more information for you to get into the $1 million guaranteed, visit SunPoker.

Aid for Haiti Benefit Tournament

Yes, Sun Poker has a heart and wants to help humans in need. Place this last since I know most of you just look over the article until the end anyways. lol you didn’t think I knew that huh? Well this is your chance to help Haiti just by playing poker.

On January 31st at 18:00 GMT, your registration towards the “Aid for Haiti” tournament is your contribution to saving this nation already in poverty. The prizes in this tournament will be fully sponsored by iPoker and all buy-ins to the January 31st tournament will be fully matched by SunPoker and donated directly to the Red Cross.

Registration is set at $10 with NO FEE’S, tournament starts at 18:00 GMT and your donation will be rewarded with the following payout structure:

• 1st place: $1,000.
• 2nd place: $500.
• 3rd place: $250.
• 4th – 10th places: $100.

For more information on helping Haiti, please go to Sun Poker.

Remember, use Sun Poker bonus code: KUSHMONEY for 100% match up to $500.

Once I got to the casino and went to where the poker tables are at. I decided to play at $2/$4 limit texas hold’em table. The table was almost but it was getting pretty late, since I woke up from my suppose to be 2 hour nap. I woke up 4 hours after I was suppose to wake up. So when I got to the casino it was close to midnight and poker stops at 1am.

So I had less than a hour and half to play poker. I take my sit overjoyed inside and look pretty calm on the outside. No fear, just ready to play poker. I started off playing very solid ABC poker but realize I was getting the hands I wanted to play in selected positions. So after about 15 to 20 minutes. I threw position play out the window and played base on my hand range.

I won my very first hand with a straight! Yes, I was so happy in the inside but on the outside I looked pretty damn calm for my first time playing live poker. In my mind I was already thinking about the next hand. I guess its from all those hours playing online poker. We all know how that can get. Thanks to Rush Poker at Full Tilt Poker my mind is always on the next hand.

Anyway, I already decided I was going to until 1am. Which prove to be my down fall in the end. I bought in with $40 and got it over $60 before the table drop to just 3 of us playing. Everybody else at the table left because it was pretty late. Since there was only 3 of us at the table. The blinds was eating away at my chip stack. The guy to the left of me was raising almost every hand pre-flop.

I know what you thinking, its limit holdem make the call. I am very selective with my hands. Suited connectors I would gladly limp in but will not call a raise unless I was holding the ace. Finally the last hand of the night came around and I opened with a raise. Both players called, the flop came and I forgot what I had. lol I looked at my cards and hit my pair (10’s) on the flop. I bet both players fold. I counted my chips and noticed I only lose $6! Great for my first time.

All in all, I hate to say this but live poker is better than online poker! If you only been playing online poker and stay near a casino. Get off your butt and go play at least once this week in a casino. Don’t be afraid, just pick a limit holdem table to get use to playing poker live then you can hope over to the no limit texas holdem table. Because I know you want to. lol

Often times, I get bord around the 2 hours mark playing in a big poker tournament. Once that happens, I begin to make mistakes. This is because the game is no longer fun at that point for me. So to straighten up and play some solid ABC poker. I bring something new to table.

For example, playing one of your favorite songs may keep you from getting bord. Open up a cash game table while you are playing in your tournament just might help. (If you are not use to playing more than one table, please do not risk your tournament life by doing this.)

Other things you can do to keep yourself entertained is trying to make others go on tilt. Start talking in the chat box about something totally unrelated to poker. Find out what your opponents favorite boxer, MMA fighter, basketball team, etc. Once you know, talk bad about the team or player. Some people just can’t help themselves. They must defend their team. Which will kill their focus to play poker in the tournament.

Also remember, good bankroll management when buying into a poker tournament. Never use more than 2% of your bankroll to buy into a big tournament. I really don’t keep to this guideline which is why my bankroll always starts to fall over time. Don’t make the same mistakes I make.

Pros of playing in a poker tournament. The payout is big compared to playing a sit n go or sitting at a cash game. Once you are good at playing in big tournaments and cashing in them. Your bankroll grows pretty quickly from those cash wins from tournaments. Plus you are one step away from playing in big events.

Cons of playing in a poker tournament. Only the top 10% of the players will win cash. The tournaments are really long. You have to unjust your play more times than playing a sit n go.

As you can see the pros out weight the cons. I recommend playing in poker tournaments at least once or twice a week if you are not a tournament player. You never know what can happen. You just might take first place in your next big tournament.

How entertaining is it? How much knowledge and strategic planning do you need  in order  to play this  game? Are there any hard core calculations needed? To know some of these basic queries, read on.

An Entertaining Game

Online slots are one of the most hilarious games for gamblers who want a nerve-wrenching finish. If you  enjoy a lottery-based game or a game that mostly works on chance, you would love to play online slots.

Regular Online Slots

In no way online slots are any inferior to those available in the brick-n-mortar casinos. The online slots can be regular or a “straight” one. Here, the amount of prize money is fixed and posted right at the display screen.

A regular online slot has more feasible odds and gives you a better chance to win the game, unlike progressive slots. So, if you want to enjoy playing the game, win some money, and stay for a longer time, you can perhaps choose a regular online slot.

Progressive Online Slots

On the other hand, if you want to win huge prize money or don’t really mind losing all investment made into the game, you can try progressive online slots. A progressive online slot offers huge cash in form of Progressive Jackpot – the jackpot money of the single games are multiplied and given to the last winner. The loser wins nothing at all.

However, it is not easy to hit  a progressive jackpot. The odds are higher and you could lose your entire bankroll without gaining any profit. Progressive online slots are for those players who have a  huge bankroll to invest in this kind of casino games.

Basic Rules and Misconceptions of the Game

Online slots, like any slot game, are a matter of chance. They cannot be assessed before hand. Although there are many slot systems displayed in the Internet that would suggest winning tips and strategies, they are useless tools. Slot machines run on Random Number Generator (RNG) and cannot be predicted.

A game where you have probably missed the Jackpot by few points does not mean that you could win in any one of the subsequent games. Similarly, a Jackpot won recently does not signify that you would never win another Jackpot in the next few games.

Some Winning Tips

Although luck is a main factor that can make you win or lose a game, you can still use some tips that can help you win the game in the long run. The first option would be, to stay away from emotions. If you are depressed with a spree of losses or disappointed with a near miss Jackpot, leave the game for sometime. Don’t play online slots if you can’t afford to lose the money you have invested. A well-managed bankroll can work things your way.

Regarding slot machines, don’t look for a “full-coin play” if you are playing “straight multiplier” machine or a game that offers equal distribution. This rule however, changes when you play Progressive online slot games.

Try looking for machines that have higher denominations and high pay-outs as well. These can be assessed when you are about to start the game. Before setting-off with the game, read the ground rules carefully to understand the payouts, house edge, and other winning factors.

Lastly, play to enjoy the game and not as a means to earn your livelihood primarily.

Playing no limit Texas holdem cash games can be really profitable however, rush poker takes the edge away from the players that normally use tools to help them make the right choices against their opponents. Everybody is back on a even playing field at the rush poker cash game tables. I highly recommend learning how to play Rush Poker.

Rush Poker brings a new fun addictive element to the game of Texas holdem. If you don’t have a full tilt poker account. I highly recommend signing up for Full Tilt bonus just to play at the Rush Poker cash game tables. If you been playing at the same tables over and over again. The game is starting to get old to you. Take an hour or 2 playing the Rush Poker game to bring a new breathe until your game.

With tons of new players trying the Rush Poker game all the time, im sure you will not see the same player for at least 20 mins or so. Since the game is focus on playing more hands per hour. There is no waiting for the next hand to start. Once you fold a hand, you are instantly moved to the next table to start a new hand right away.

For those of you that hate waiting on slow players to act or the game is moving too slow for you. Rush Poker is your answer for a fun game of poker, non stop action.

Starting Hands Preflop

Unlike short-handed Sngs and tournaments where you have to wait for premium hands or pocket pairs; heads up play requires you to open up and play a massive range of hands.  Quite frankly every hand is playable in heads up Sngs under the right conditions.  The fact your opponent will only hit the flop with a pair 40% of the time; even playing 72 aggressively will give you value in the long run.

Raising Hands in Dealer Position Preflop

When you’re in the dealer position (SB), you should raise as often with possible regardless of your hand.  This is because you have position on the flop, turn and river; so any continuation bet is likely to make your opponent fold most times.  You should make a pot-sized continuation bet every time you raise preflop regardless of whether you manage to hit anything.  For example, J9 suited preflop isn’t a terrible hand heads up, so you should raise it in dealer position.  When the flop comes A7J, raising here will require your opponent to have an Ace in order to call – he’ll also assume you have a better Ace considering your preflop strength.

Dominate the Game and Don’t Be Predictable

Perhaps the best advice to succeed in heads up Sit n Goes is to be as aggressive as possible.  Because your opponent will miss the flop 60% of the time, playing aggressively will earn you value.  However the problem here is that even a half-witted opponent will pick up on your bluffs, and re-raise you at any moment to steal the pot.  The trick to preventing this from happening is to mix up your hands, and play as unpredictably as possible.  If you’re seen as too loose or too tight you’ll be bluffed off pots quite easily.  The trick is to balance your play, and trap your opponent when you have a monster hand.  Accumulate chips gradually, and wait for that monster hand to trap your opponent all in.