Archive for December, 2008
Everestpoker.nl – World Cup Trophy
25 December 2008
everest poker – Australia has one hand firmly wrapped around the World Cup trophy after they brushed aside a lackluster Great Britain outfit last night at the Telstra Dome in Melbourne.
In a superlative display, the Kangaroos ran in nine tries to one with superstars Billy Slater and Greg Inglis both bagging hat tricks and Joel Monaghan scoring his second international try since debuting against New Zealand last week.
The Kangaroos had a cloud over them all week with likelihood that Jonathon Thurstons, who was man of the match in the Wolr Cup opener, would miss the game against Great Britain.
As it turns out Thurstons was unable to play and his understudy, Scott prince filled the gap nicely, directing play as well as slotting eight goals from ten attempts.
Prince and Lockyer looked as though they’d been playing together for years and showed all the polish of well drilled a halves combination which is testament to the depth of talent in Australian Rugby League right now.
Great Britain simply just did not turn up. Starved of the ball through relentless Australian attack, the poms were out of the race well before half time and never looked in the match.
Adding insult to injury was a miracle try from a Great Britain restart that handed Anthony Lefranchi his first international try and pushed the Kangaroos over the 50-point mark.
After two clinical performances against teams who were regarded as Australia’s biggest competition, it looks unlikely that any nation will cause an upset and take the cup home with them.
Everestpoker.nl – Drinking at the Poker Table
18 December 2008
everest poker - For players who are serious about their poker, drinking at the poker table is not something which is generally indulged in, however there are exceptions to the rule. Scotty Nguyen for one, who is very often seen drinking beer at the final table of an event, as he was when he won the main event in 1998, and this years ’50k Horse’ event too.
I think the main point with drinking is that it can impair your judgement and so is probably ill advised in most cases. Having said this, I should admit that personally, I do enjoy a couple of drinks at my local game, but I always drink them slowly so they do not affect my play noticeably. Casual games are partly about having an enojoyable evening, and so there is nothing wrong with having a drink whilst you play, as long as you are sensible about it.
Usually, I find that alcohol is not conducive to patient play, and the temptations to get involved in hands and bluff at pots increases. In some ways this can turn out well, as it did for me when I won my first live tournament, always being aggressive and keeping my opponent under pressure when we were heads up. Regardless of the ways that things could feasibly work out better for you, most of the time, you will find yourself playing looser poker after a few drinks, and making more mistakes too. So if you wish to drink while you play, I would certainly advise moderation.
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Betsson.com – Drawing Games
6 December 2008
www.betsson.com - Drawing games are types of game which involve swapping a number of your cards at set points during the hand. This obviously means there are no community cards to speak of, but there are always hints to what your opponent may have, despite the fact that you cannot see any of the cards they are using to make up their hand.
One drawing game would be 2-7 Triple draw, but unfortunately in that game, there is no concrete clues in the number of cards exchanged. You can of course tell that they have 4 low cards if your opponent draws 1 card, but you cannot know just how low their cards are.
Mostly, you have to judge whether you are leading based on the strength of your own cards and the size of your opponents raises, which can end up being a little inaccurate sometimes (from personal experiences).
Five card Draw holds far more accurate information in the number of cards drawn however. With an opponent drawing 1 card, almost always, they have a two pair if they raised preflop, or a big draw, if they flat called or checked.
Two cards drawn, most often means a player who likes to hold a high card with their pair (usually a mid to lower pair wanting to make an aces or kings up two pair). It could also mean a three of a kind however, but preflop raises or lack of raises, should give you an indication of which. Three drawn will almost always mean a pair, with a raise preflop indicating the most likely scenario is kings or aces.
In the lower level games at least, this way of reading hands in Five Card Draw, is surprisingly accurate.
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