Tips from professionals vol. 2

Finally, I've received an email from the "Poker Brat" Phil Hellmuth! He was short and gave 5 main tips for begginers. Here they are:


1. Don’t Play Every Hand
2. Be Patient
3. Be Aggressive at the Right Time
4. Betting
5. Pay Attention to Everything
6. Think Like Your Opponent



Good luck!

Starting freeroll challenge "From $0 to $10.000"

Yes, you heard me right, I'm one of those maniacs, who will try to won $10.000 whitout putting any money :)

I think You all probably already know the famous Chris Ferguson freeroll challenge experiment "from $0 to hero". The man in 2006 won $10.000 from $0. He started playing freerolls, won some cash and then participated in SnG tournaments, then in cash games and so on.

Last week was pretty successfful for me. I won my first freerolls at Pitbull Poker (1st and 2nd places = $12.5 total) They run freerolls every hour, so it's pretty easy to win.

Current results:



Now I'm moving to SnG tournaments.

If You've started something similar, post your results in the comments box!
Stay tuned for updates.

2009 WSOP Main Event Final Table

And there they are...

D.Moon


E.Buchman


S.Begleiter


J.Shulman


J.Cada


K.Schaffel


P.Ivey


A.Saout


J.Akenhead

These nine lucky poker players will battle for their share of over $27 million. Battle begins on November 7th.

Payouts:
1. $8.5 million
2. $5.2 million
3. $3.5 million
4. $2.5 million
5. $2.0 million
6. $1.6 million
7. $1.4 million
8. $1.3 million
9. $1.25 million

Who will win ? We'll find out on November 7th!

2009 WSOP Main Event Photos

Some moments from World Championship No Limit Texas Hold 'Em:



WSOP


Phil Hellmuth


Shannon Elizabeth


Jennifer Harman


Liz Liu


Mike Matusow


Chris Ferguson

10 Mistakes That Sink Beginning Poker Players

While I'm trying to reach Phil Hellmuth (we know, that he's @ WSOP Main event right now) for my weekly tips for begginers. Here is a great article titled 10 Mistakes That Sink Beginning Poker Players. If you're planning to start playing poker, I highly recommend to read before you start. Have a nice reading!

Rounders 2?

There are more and more rumors flying around the net about one of the most succesful poker movie "Rounders" sequel "Rounders 2".
Matt Damon, which plays poker in a real life was caught by PokerListings.com at the red carpet for "Ante Up For Africa at the 2009 World Series of Poker" for a little chat.

"I think everybody would probably come back. I mean, the actors all had a good time working together. I know Edward would wanna do it..." "...the only reason to do a movie like that would be if we had a great idea" - said Matt Damon.

We hope you'll have a great idea, Matt :) Let's hope we'll get some more info soon!

Full interview:

World Championship No Limit Texas Hold 'Em started!

2009 WSOP Event 57 World Championship No Limit Texas Hold ‘Em aka. WSOP Main Event started today. The winner will be titled as world champion and will get the gold bracelet! Event scheduled to be held over 13 days! This is without any doubt the biggest poker event this year!

It's already big, because over 10,000 players will meet at the table. This is the largest tournament in the entire series until now and it was announced, that it will take no less than 14 days (much more than we expected)!.

All the big names are ready to rock'n'roll. Hellmuth, Hansen, Brunson, Negreanu, Laak, Chan... All are in place.

One of my friends is also there and I hope he'll spread some news for us. Stay tuned!

Sheiky broke Mikes Matusow glasses

Well, everything happen when you're steamy in poker :) I've just rewatched 3rd season of TV show "High Stakes Poker" and had noticed interesting thing.
The story starts when Mike Matusow raises kamikazi style with K/J offsuit against Sheikys two 8s. Sheiky folds and Mike shows his cards. Sheiky is steamy. And we all know, that Mike like to talk and laugh at his jokes. I think that wasn't a time for that. At 13:48s Sheiky quickly takes Mikes glasses and broke them. Watch the whole action bellow.


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Play online poker for free now!

So, you think you are ready to start playing some real poker (Texas Hold'em)? I've found a great place to get you started. Games.com have an awesome free multiplayer poker, where you can play Texas Hold'em totally for free and with the real people online. This is the place , where I've started practicing until I've started to play poker for money at Pokerstars.

Here is the link. All you need to do is just click "Play As Guest" and you're on the roll. Good luck!