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Whether you’re new to online poker or not, chances are that you know the game involves plenty of skill. And the more measures you take to learn poker strategy before visiting the cyber felt, the better the chances that you’ll be successful in online poker from the start. Keeping this in mind, here are some things you should do in terms of beginners poker strategy to make sure your early poker days go smoothly. 1) Be Selective in the Hands you play – The most important beginners poker tip is to be selective in the hands you play preflop. Sure …

The World Poker Tour is constantly coming up with new and interesting locations to hold their poker tournaments. And one of the newest stops in 2012 will be the WPT National Series Denmark, which is going to be held in the beautiful seaside town of Vejle, Denmark. You could soon be on a plane to Vejle by playing in the WPT National Series Denmark satellites and qualifiers that are running at Party Poker. What’s at stake in these satellites is the chance to win a $3,500 prize package for the National Series Denmark, and this will include the $2,200 Main …

Those of you who’ve been interested in playing at Americas Cardroom should note that they’re currently gearing up for one of the biggest poker tournaments they’ve ever held. On January 29th at 6pm ET, they’ll be holding a $75,000 Guaranteed, which should make for some big prize money for top finishers. The direct buy-in for the $75k Guaranteed is $100 + $9, and satellites are currently running for this poker tournament too. Considering the fact that some of the satellites are as cheap as $2 + $0.20, pretty much everybody has a chance to play their way into this tourney. …

Most poker players don’t bother with seeking out professional coaching or training right away because this costs money. Instead, beginning online poker players like to gauge how successful they can be on their own, then they consider poker training afterward. Of course, none of these players realize that you can actually get free poker tips from the pros just by becoming a RakeTheRake member. Going further, getting training immediately shortens the amount of time it takes for you to become a successful poker player. Opening a RakeTheRake account is completely free, and when you do so, you’ll have the opportunity …

Short stack poker tournaments are certainly fun to play because they provide fast action and a level playing field for recreational players. However, many skilled poker players prefer to compete in deep stack events because the bigger starting chip stacks give them more time to wait for advantageous situations. Assuming you like deep stack tournaments, you should definitely take a look at the large list of deep stack events that PKR offers. The tourneys offered by PKR include a wide variety of both low buy-in and high buy-in events, and starting stacks range from 4,000–20,000 chips. Here is a look …

Fortune Poker is kicking Christmas off a little early this year since they’re running several Xmas promotions throughout December. And these promos go along nicely with the 30% rakeback deal that the site already offers to players who sign up at Fortune Poker through RakeTheRake. As for the December promotions, the first one worth mentioning is the €1,000 XMAS Freeroll that will take place on December 26th. Now the prize pool may not be the biggest ever for a free poker tournament, but the requirements for getting in aren’t very tough. All you need to do is play 100 raked …

It’s safe to say that British casino poker pro James Bord is financially secure since he won the 2010 WSOPE Main Event ($1,281,048), and has been a successful $400/$800 mixed cash game specialist for a number of years now. However, Bord might be hurting a little in the poker money department after making a guarantee that backfired on him recently. In trying to pump up the sportsbook that he is part owner of, MatchBook.com, Bord exclaimed to the poker world, “I don’t think an American can win the bracelet, Europeans are now far superior.” He also boasted, “I’m prepared to …

Apologies to all the players who have visited the forum and tried to post their worst hand brags to enter this draw – we’ve realised that you weren’t able to post. Our bad. The forum thread is now open so give it another go. You’ve got until the end of November so plenty of time! All you RakeTheRake rakeback players out there have the chance to win a fabulous Kindle, or one of 5 RakeTheRake hoodies when you share your worst hand brag with us! We’ve unearthed a hilarious clip of Phil Ivey making an …

Improving at online poker is often looked at as a collective subject, when in fact, there are lots of different ways to get better at the game. That said, here are the top 10 ways to learn online poker and become a better player. Poker Training Videos – As with anything, it always pays to learn poker from a professional when you have the opportunity. And poker training videos certainly give you this opportunity because training sites employ top professional players to create strategy videos. Assuming you’re interested in learning poker strategy through poker training, you can get free poker …

InterPoker is definitely the poker site to be playing at in October since they are running some excellent promotions. For starters, there’s a big €25,000 InterPoker rake race that’s running from October 10th to October 23rd. To participate in the rake race and compete for a share of the €25k prize pool, you need to play cash game poker hands only. To monitor how you’re doing in the race, you can look at the leaderboard that InterPoker will have for the promotion. If you’re really competitive, you can also play in the two October cash races that InterPoker is running …