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		<title>Why I Prefer Online Poker over Live Poker</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 May 2011 10:21:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As you may have noticed poker has become immensely popular over the last few years. This has gotten a lot more people interested in playing the game. Unfortunately not everybody has easy access to a place to play. This is why online poker has become so popular. We have actually now reached the point where [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>As you may have noticed poker has become immensely popular over the last few years. This has gotten a lot more people interested in playing the game. Unfortunately not everybody has easy access to a place to play. This is why online poker has become so popular. We have actually now reached the point where a lot of people prefer to play online over live games. I am one of those people, for a variety of reasons I would rather play poker online.</p>
<p><img class="alignright size-medium wp-image-75" title="Online Poker Picture" src="http://eightdeucepoker.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/Online-Poker-Picture-300x211.jpg" alt="Online Poker Picture" width="300" height="211" />The biggest reason that I prefer online poker over live poker is the convenience. Like most <a href="http://www.pokerjunkie.com/us-poker-rooms.php" target="_blank">US poker</a> players a trip to the casino can take quite awhile since it is located a fair distance outside of the city. While it is fun to make the trip from time to time to play live it just isn’t something that I can do all that often. Playing online allows me to play whenever I want. This is especially useful when I am short on time. I can log on and play for half an hour if I want to; playing live it would take me longer than that just to get to the casino.</p>
<p>Online poker also offers the significant advantage of always having a game going, there is never a slow night. Conversely even if it is busy I can always get into a game. Whenever I go to play live one of two things seems to happen, either there is nobody there or there are so many people that I have to wait for a seat to open up. Since online games don’t have space limitations they can always add another table if there are people waiting to play.</p>
<p><span id="more-73"></span>One of the things that I have really come to like about online poker is that almost all of the casinos offer a bonus when you sign up. This is almost always money that they deposit into your account. When I decide to play at a new casino I go online and find some <a href="http://www.pokerjunkie.com/poker-bonus.php" target="_blank">poker bonus codes</a> to make sure that I get the maximum bonus possible. This gives me extra money to play with, which of course means that I have the opportunity to win more money than would otherwise be possible.</p>
<p>There are actually a couple of ways that online poker can be more profitable than playing live. Besides bonus codes the other huge advantage is that when you play online you can play at more than one table at a time. Obviously the more tables you play at the more you have a chance to win. Of course you can also lose more money that way as well. Playing multi-table games is clearly not for beginners. However if you are an experienced player it is a great way to speed up the action and allow you to win more money than you could playing just one game at a time.</p>
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		<title>Things you need to close the deal on the final poker table</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Sep 2010 09:16:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jiggy Jay</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Some may have other goals in mind but the best and most common goal when you enter a poker tournament is to WIN. Reaching the final table of the poker tournament is a good start. You will be in a good position to make things happen. When you get to the final table, I am [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://eightdeucepoker.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/p34-poker_chips.jpeg"><img class="alignright size-medium wp-image-56" title="p34 poker_chips" src="http://eightdeucepoker.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/p34-poker_chips-300x200.jpg" alt="" hspace="5" width="300" height="200" /></a>Some may have other goals in mind but the best and most common goal when you enter a poker tournament is to WIN. Reaching the final table of the poker tournament is a good start. You will be in a good position to make things happen.</p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12.96px;">When you get to the final table, I am pretty sure you will need the following to “close that deal”:</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12.96px;"><strong>Experience</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12.96px;">Exposure to the game and to the different types of competitions is a big factor in winning a poker tournament. A lot of poker prepares you for the tough scenarios. Previous deep runs in some poker tournaments bring in a ton of knowledge on how you can dominate the final poker table.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12.96px;"><strong>Confidence</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12.96px;">You need to believe in what you got in you. Confidence in ones poker skills may bring out your best strategies and decisions on the table. Chickening out on the final poker table will do you no good. Feel good and make no second guessing when you read everyone else’s game.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12.96px;"><strong>Killer Instincts</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12.96px;">You need to know when to pull the trigger whenever you are playing poker. When you are on the advantage, you should know when to take the risk so you can knock someone out of their game.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12.96px;"><strong>Abuse in heads up and three handed play</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12.96px;">It is a whole different ball game when you are playing heads up or a three handed poker compared to a whole gang of nine players. Let us say you only have two other opponents and you know you are the best player on the table, be aggressive and abuse the weaknesses of the other two players. Get rid of another player and make sure you have more chips going to the heads up play.</span></p>
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		<title>Looking at the hand as a whole</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Apr 2010 14:44:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A rampant mistake committed by most poker players is that they observe each decision in a hand as a different entity. This has a detrimental effect on the game. This is a precarious situation and most players get trapped in it. When players take decisions as the game shapes without thinking about the repercussion of [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.freepokerphotos.com/archives/bad-starting-hand-hitting-the-muck/"><img class="alignright size-medium wp-image-50" title="Folding a bad hand" src="http://eightdeucepoker.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/Bad-Starting-Hand-Hitting-The-Muck-621x465-300x224.jpg" alt="Folding Poker Hand" width="300" height="224" /></a>A rampant mistake committed by most poker players is that they observe each decision in a hand as a different entity. This has a detrimental effect on the game.</p>
<p>This is a precarious situation and most players get trapped in it. When players take decisions as the game shapes without thinking about the repercussion of each decision they then are in doldrums.  Seasoned poker players know that each and every decision is important during the course of the game. So you should think before you act impulsively.</p>
<p>The concluding outcome of the hand depends on the decisions taken during the early stages of the game. Players should never resort to each decision as it comes because they end up losing large amount of money. Planning the entire move would help you play the hand in a better pattern. As stated earlier poker is a though provoking game. Impeccable planning would always help in playing a worthy hand. If you are planning a big flop you should stick to achieving the opponent’s money.</p>
<p>Your chances of winning are magnified if you carefully plan all your moves. Your planning should include the entire game plan and your present hand. Players end up winning the pot if they stick to detailed planning. Poker is a game of strategies. You should carefully aim your goal and then initiate your plan. Implementing your plan is the most important aspect of the game.</p>
<p><span id="more-48"></span>Most players fail to think of the hand s a whole entity &#8211; something that is incredibly important in games <a href="http://www.potlimitholdem.info/">like Pot Limit Hold&#8217;em</a> or <a href="http://www.nolimitholdembaby.com/">No Limit Texas Hold&#8217;em</a>. Dividing the hand into various segments is one of the greatest mistakes committed by poker players. Players should not take decisions as the game takes a concrete shape as this would put them in a not so happy situation. Players should have a focused strategy which should be implemented throughout the game play.</p>
<p>Players may end up losing money if they do not have a strategy and a great game plan to outwit the other players on the poker table. Players who generally resort to dishing up a strategy every time he is attacked by his opponents lose huge sums and they are mindless poker players.</p>
<p>Smart poker players should visualize the hand as a whole and rectify the course of action. You should be aware of your goal and your strategy should be spun around that idea.</p>
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		<title>Erik Seidel puts yet another beat on Mike Matusow</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Mar 2010 14:32:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I don&#8217;t feel as bad for Mike Matusow as I probably should, basically because at this time in his life that money would have just gone somewhere else. Freaking Tony G. being a d*ck afterwards too. Erik Seidel gets a good flop for his Aces, it&#8217;s a spot where most players that know Mike are [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I don&#8217;t feel as bad <a href="http://www.mikematusowpokerfan.com/">for Mike Matusow</a> as I probably should, basically because at this time in his life that money would have just gone somewhere else. Freaking Tony G. being a d*ck afterwards too. <a href="http://erikseidelfan.com/">Erik Seidel</a> gets a good flop for his Aces, it&#8217;s a spot where most players that know Mike are in a fifty/fifty spot. Mike got unlucky. Mike goes broke yet again.</p>
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		<title>Play &#8220;Bingo&#8221; &#8211; A Game Of Fortune</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Mar 2010 15:26:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Like various other betting games, Bingo too is a game of fortune. In bingo the numbers are selected at random and the players match those numbers on a 5&#215;5 matrix which are either electronically represented or are in printed form called as &#8220;cards&#8221;. The very foremost person who have all the matching digits on their [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Like various other betting games, Bingo too is a game of fortune. In bingo the numbers are selected at random and the players match those numbers on a 5&#215;5 matrix which are either electronically represented or are in printed form called as &#8220;cards&#8221;. The very foremost person who have all the matching digits on their cards to those digits which are randomly drawn or selected calls out the word &#8220;Bingo&#8221; and is declared as the winner of the <a href="http://www.meccabingo.com/bingo/bingo-games.php">bingo games</a>.</p>
<p><span id="more-53"></span>Furthermore, the bingo game has various variations. Those are:</p>
<h4>Christmas Bingo</h4>
<p>In the Christmas bingo the participants brings three gifts and no one knows what gifts the other players have brought. The gifts are packed in brown paper bags and when all the participants reach, they all sits in a circle, and keeps their present in the center of a circle.<br />
Every player receives an unfilled bingo card with 5&#215;5 boxes prior to starting the game and then as the games goes on the players fills the boxes of the cards with digits varying from 1 to 40 without repetition.</p>
<p>Each player who has the correspondent number ticks the number off and picks a present from the circle which ever he likes.</p>
<h4>Bovine Bingo</h4>
<p>Bovine bingo is a form of lottery game rather than the variety of bingo. By marking the lines within the crisscross, rectangles are made on an enclosed area like paddock. Within the enclosed land a farm animal is set loose and where the earliest defecation is excreted concludes the winner.</p>
<p>Apart, another type of bingo games is buzzword bingo, road kill bingo, and lingo.</p>
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		<title>I love to see Tony G. Lose</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Jan 2010 22:28:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[And I love it when my main man, Erick Lindgren, dishes out the pwnage to probably the most obnoxious player in poker: Tony Guoga. Tony G. played so nitty and got so lucky in the rest of this Full Tilt Million Dollar cash game&#8230; I hate him.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>And I love it when my main man, <a href="http://ericklindgrenfan.com/">Erick Lindgren</a>, dishes out the pwnage to probably the most obnoxious player in poker: <a href="http://www.tonygpokerfan.com/">Tony Guoga</a>.</p>
<p>Tony G. played so nitty and got so lucky in the rest of this Full Tilt Million Dollar cash game&#8230; I hate him.</p>
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		<title>The Essential P&#8217;s of Playing Poker: 3</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 20:01:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lyndsie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So, we have patience and we have psychology. Now it is time to talk about perseverance, which sounds like a whole lot of hard work, but do not worry, it is definitely a different kind of perseverance than you have to exercise when you go to the gym or out for a run or something. [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://eightdeucepoker.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/poker-p-3.jpg"><img class="alignright size-medium wp-image-32" title="poker-p-3" src="http://eightdeucepoker.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/poker-p-3-222x300.jpg" alt="poker-p-3" width="154" height="209" /></a>So, we have patience and we have psychology.  Now it is time to talk about perseverance, which sounds like a whole lot of hard work, but do not worry, it is definitely a different kind of perseverance than you have to exercise when you go to the gym or out for a run or something.</p>
<p>We are talking about perseverance of the mind.  In poker, it ranks right up there with patience.  You absolutely cannot give up on your perseverance.  It is enormously, incredibly important that you always, always play the best game that you possibly can, no matter what.  You should not give if you are on a losing streak.  Even if you keep getting bad hands, you cannot give up on the game.  You should not force yourself to play them &#8212; this is where you have to have the patience to wait for some better cards and the opportunity for better moves.</p>
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		<title>The Essential P&#8217;s of Playing Poker: 2</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 19:50:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lyndsie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Patience is unquestionably important, as we saw last week. However, it is not the only essential &#8220;P rule&#8221; you need to follow in order to become a more successful player. Remember, we still have four more to cover before we all through! Which brings us to the second P: psychology. Okay, okay, technically that could [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://eightdeucepoker.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/poker-p-2.jpg"><img class="alignright size-medium wp-image-29" title="poker-p-2" src="http://eightdeucepoker.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/poker-p-2-248x300.jpg" alt="poker-p-2" width="183" height="221" /></a>Patience is unquestionably important, as we saw last week.  However, it is not the only essential &#8220;P rule&#8221; you need to follow in order to become a more successful player.  Remember, we still have four more to cover before we all through!</p>
<p>Which brings us to the second P: psychology.  Okay, okay, technically that could qualify as an S, but unlike our teachers in grade school, we are going by spelling here.  </p>
<p>Now, the psychology aspect of poker can be a whole lot of fun, if you are at all into a bit of mind-freaking &#8212; so to speak; this is a PG blog &#8230; most of the time.</p>
<p>Anyhow.  You probably think that poker is a card game that you play with people.  Not so, my friends &#8212; it is a people game which just happens to include cards.  As such, you have to think constantly and pay close attention to your opponents.  What have they played?  How do they play?  Why are they making the bets they make?  Getting inside your opponents&#8217; heads is a key strategy for winning.</p>
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		<title>The Essential P&#8217;s of Playing Poker: 1</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2009 19:41:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lyndsie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There are lots of strategies you can employ when you are playing poker, some of which are extremely easy to remember. Do you recall how, in grammar school, you were supposed to learn the three Rs? Reading, writing, and arithmetic &#8212; or &#8216;rithmetic, depending on how much your teacher paid attention to true alliteration. Anyway, [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://eightdeucepoker.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/poker-p-1.jpg"><img class="alignright size-medium wp-image-26" title="poker-p-1" src="http://eightdeucepoker.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/poker-p-1-300x225.jpg" alt="poker-p-1" width="217" height="164" /></a>There are lots of strategies you can employ when you are playing poker, some of which are extremely easy to remember.  Do you recall how, in grammar school, you were supposed to learn the three Rs?  Reading, writing, and arithmetic &#8212; or &#8216;rithmetic, depending on how much your teacher paid attention to true alliteration.  Anyway, the point is that, likewise, poker has five essential Ps which you can follow in order to play a much better game.</p>
<p>The first of these is patience, which is unquestionably important.  Patience is required if you want to win; it is mandatory.  You are not automatically going to get a good hand, and not every hand will be a good one.  Realizing that and being willing to fold when you have a hopeless hand is a good way to ensure future victories.  You have to wait for a good hand and always be sure to make the kind of moves and bets that will allow you to win. </p>
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		<title>Why You Should Play Poker</title>
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		<dc:creator>Lyndsie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Why do people play poker? Why, in particular, should you play poker? A lot of players who are new to the game seem to get worried that, if they actually allow themselves to play, they will either go bankrupt or developing a gambling problem. Such worries are understandable &#8212; smart, even &#8212; but they are [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://eightdeucepoker.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/playing.jpg"><img class="alignright size-medium wp-image-22" title="playing" src="http://eightdeucepoker.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/playing-300x199.jpg" alt="playing" width="251" height="166" /></a>Why do people play poker?  Why, in particular, should <em>you</em> play poker?  A lot of players who are new to the game seem to get worried that, if they actually allow themselves to play, they will either go bankrupt or developing a gambling problem.  Such worries are understandable &#8212; smart, even &#8212; but they are not necessarily founded.  If you keep things in perspective, there is nothing you need to worry about while playing.</p>
<p>You see, people play for a variety of reasons, not just for money.  A lot of people play casually, for the social rewards.  That is why so many groups of friends have weekly poker games where they can just hang out and have fun.  The stakes are low but the good times are high.</p>
<p>Poker is an extremely entertaining game as well.  It sure as heck beats watching television.  If you are not too competitive, playing is a great way to entertain yourself and your friends.</p>
<p>Believe it or not, some people play poker to educate themselves.  This may seem unlikely, but think about it for a second.  Poker can help you hone your judgment skills, plus you learn a lot about both logic and strategy.</p>
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