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Poker Bankroll Management 102

Wednesday, September 9, 2009, Aaron Clark

This was going to be 100 or 101 reasons why you shouldn't play above your bankroll, but ya know - there just aren't that many reasons worth putting in a list so you'll get the ones worth listing.Players watch games and see 'bad' play, often...Read more...

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*Text		<p>This was going to be 100 or 101 reasons why you shouldn't play above your bankroll, but ya know - there just aren't that many reasons worth putting in a list so you'll get the ones worth listing.</p><p>Players watch games and see 'bad' play, often what they don't realize is that the play is actually often correct given the opponents. When you see someone flip over 27o with aggressive betting they may look like a moron, but in fact they just felt that betting was enough to win the pot. Even if you know for a fact that the game is beatable there are 99 other reas...well there are other reasons.</p><p>Playing above your bankroll makes you conscious of the money. You should never think of the game in any form except number of bets. Casinos are nice enough to put the game in chips so you can see it in bet form instead of bills on the table, and there's no reason to worry about the results of an individual night.</p><p>The average player at the table is better. Maybe not that one fish you followed over, but the rest of the table is likely to be better than the average guy at the level you're used to.</p><p>When you have a bad run it kills your bankroll. If you play too high then step down to a level even lower than what you're used to then it will take forever to catch-up.</p><p>The cute girl at the table is a hooker, not your future wife.</p><p>Believe it or not, its addictive. Gambling is addictive by nature. You play poker and reduce the gambling aspects of it by playing tighter or better poker than your opponents. I for one work pretty hard to not be enticed by gambling, but when you have a good night at the 30-60 game instead of your normal 15-30 its hard to not go back. Even though you only played that game because it was prime, you did win $3000 last session, might as well try again. I could go pro if this keeps up, after all.</p><p>There's just no reason to take the risk. You've got a good thing going, why risk it?</p><p>Them folding more really isn't good for you. I hear it all the time that the low limit games are impossible to beat because they never fold. If this is your view then you need to study a lot more. Read, then read more. Get low limit books, not the advanced books. You make all your money from your opponents mistakes, not from their good play.</p><p>You forgot your sunglasses and hat.</p>

The Reputation System

Wednesday, August 5, 2009, Steve

The Pokerspace community is growing quickly and with so many members posting and commenting throughout the site it's difficult for members that aren't on the site every day to distinguish between respected/loyal Pokerspacers and those that ...Read more...

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*Text		<p>The Pokerspace community is growing quickly and with so many members posting and commenting throughout the site it's difficult for members that aren't on the site every day to distinguish between respected/loyal Pokerspacers and those that haven't proven to be reliable resource of information and opinion.<br /><br /><strong>Types of Reputation:</strong><br /><br /> The reputation system helps solve this problem by tagging every member with a reputation that encompasses various qualities of a reputable Pokerspacer. A member's universal reputation is broken down into:<br /><br /><strong>Cool reputation</strong>: Members can rep any post (forum thread/reply, blog post/comment, hand post/comment, etc.) as "cool". The more reps you have the higher your cool rep will be. If you think a member has posted something you find cool or interesting, let him know by rep'in it as cool.<br /><br /><strong>Useful reputation</strong>: Member's can also rep the same posts as "useful". This type of reputation is focused on the poker aspect of Pokerspace and member's should a rep post as useful if they feel it was helpful or valuable in some way. You can also give useful rep for non-poker posts. If someone posts how to delete your cookies so you can get your account linked to Pokerspace for example.<br /><strong><br /> Poker play reputation</strong>: This type of reputation is based on the amount of poker you play on accounts linked to Pokerspace. In our minds an experienced poker player should have a higher reputation that someone that doesn't play poker at all. Unfortunately, we can only track the play of members linked to Pokerspace but it should still be a solid representative of your poker experience.<br /><br /><strong>Referral reputation</strong>: Are you friends or buddies with experienced poker players? If so, we think you should be awarded with reputation. Your referral rep will increase as you refer new members to Pokerspace that earn you referral revenue.<br /><br /><strong>Tournament reputation</strong>: Winning a tournament or even placing in the money isn't easy and therefore Pokerspace members have a tournament rep that increases as they win $ and PS points in Pokerspace tournaments. This includes PS point buy-ins (but not qualifiers), cash buy-ins, and members freerolls. Note that Crew tournaments are NOT included. You will receive your reputation as soon as the tournament is finalized on Pokerspace (typically takes 1-2 business days).<br /><br /><strong>Popularity reputation</strong>: Although reputation is NOT a popularity contest, we do think that the # of profile visitors you have is a good representation of how reputable you are. If you are a well known member or poker player and others are constantly checking out your profile for new posts and info about you, your popularity rep will rise!<br /><br /> So those are the 6 types of reputation that all contribute to your "universal" reputation that will be shown on your profile and in many places where you post.<br /><br /><strong>Calculating reputation type levels:</strong><br /><br /> Every Pokerspace member will also have something we've called "Reputation Power". The higher your reputation power, the more cool, useful, and popular reputation you will give your fellow PS'ers. <br /><br /> Reputation power = 1 + (universal reputation level) + (# years you've been a PS member)<br /><br /> Each reputation type has a level associated with it and you will level up when you earn enough rep. Here is a breakdown of how much rep you need to level up for each type of reputation:<br /><br /><span style="color:rgb(128,0,0);"><strong>* Note that ALL of these numbers will likely change in the future as we perfect the reputation system but we have included them here so you have a basic understanding of how it all works *</strong></span><br /><br /> Cool reputation: 250 reps. You will receive reps equal to the "reputation power" of the PS member rep'ing you. For example, you need to be rep'ed 50 times by members with a reputation power of 5 to level up once. <br /><br /> Useful reputation: 125 reps. Reputation power applies the same way as it does for cool rep.<br /><br /> Poker play reputation: A secret formula that takes the PS Points as you play and rakeback you've earned on accounts linked to Pokerspace.<br /><br /> Referral reputation: Earn $10 in referral revenue. Also, any member that referred someone under the old referral program (receiving 100 PS points for each referral) will receive $2 worth of referral reputation.<br /><br /> Tournament reputation: Finish in the money 15 times in Pokerspace tournaments (this includes any event there are PS points in the prizepool). Winning a tournament will get you 3x the tournament rep as finishing in the money. <em><strong>Note that PSOP and other qualifiers are not included.</strong></em><br /><br /> Popularity reputation: 1000 rep. You will receive reps for every profile view equal to the reputation power of the member viewing your profile. Non-PS members viewing your profile will give you 1 rep.<br /><br /><strong>Calculating Universal Reputation:</strong></p><p>Your universal reputation goes up as your individual reputation levels increase. Here's how it works:<br /><br /> Your universal reputation is depicted by 5 medals and 5 PS balls. As seen here beside your profile picture in the quicklinks section.</p><p><img src="http://www.pokerspace.test/uploaded-images-1/1248888326-36761.jpg" alt="" /></p><p><img alt="" src="http://www.pokerspace.test/uploaded-images-3/1248888282-72410.jpg" /></p><p>You fill up the PS balls as your individual rep type's increase. However, filling up the PS balls becomes increasingly difficult your universal reputation level increases:</p><p>0 medals -> you only need 1 rep type level up to fill in ¼ of the PS ball.<br /> 1 medal -> you need 2 rep type level ups to fill in ¼ of the PS ball.<br /> 2 medals -> you need 4 rep type level ups to fill in ¼ of the PS ball.<br /> 3 medals -> you need 8 rep type level ups to fill in ¼ of the PS ball.<br /> 4 medals -> you need 16 rep type level ups to fill in ¼ of the PS ball.<br /> 5 medals -> you need 32 rep type level ups to fill in ¼ of the PS ball.<br /><br /><strong>Community Statuses</strong>:</p><p>You will also be tagged with a community status in most areas of the site where you post. Your community status is determined by your universal reputation. Here are the community statuses available:</p><ul><li>0 medals and 0 balls - "10 high"</li> <li>0 medals and 1/4 ball (1 leaf) - "J high"</li> <li>0 medals and 2/4 ball (1 leaf) - "Q high"</li> <li>0 medals and 3/4 ball (1 leaf) - "K high"</li> <li>0 medals and 1 ball - "A high"</li> <li>0 medals and 2 balls - "Pair of twos"</li> <li>0 medals and 3 balls - "Pair of sevens"</li> <li>0 medals and 4 balls - "Pair of kings"</li> <li>1 medals and 0 balls - "Fives and fours"</li> <li>1 medals and 1 ball - "Aces and twos"</li> <li>1 medals and 2 balls - "Trip deuces"</li> <li>1 medals and 3 balls - "Trip jacks"</li> <li>1 medals and 4 balls - "Trip aces"</li> <li>2 medals and 0 balls - "10 high straight"</li> <li>2 medals and 1 ball - "K high straight"</li> <li>2 medals and 2 balls - "9 high flush"</li> <li>2 medals and 3 balls - "Q high flush"</li> <li>2 medals and 4 balls - "A high flush"</li> <li>3 medals and 0 balls - "7s full"</li> <li>3 medals and 1 ball - "9s full"</li> <li>3 medals and 2 balls - "Jacks full"</li> <li>3 medals and 3 balls - "Kings full"</li> <li>3 medals and 4 balls - "Aces full"</li> <li>4 medals and 0 balls - "Quad 6s"</li> <li>4 medals and 1 ball - "Quad 8s"</li> <li>4 medals and 2 balls - "Quad jacks"</li> <li>4 medals and 3 balls - "Quad queens"</li> <li>4 medals and 4 balls - "Quad aces"</li> <li>5 medals and 0 balls - "Straight flush - 5 high"</li> <li>5 medals and 1 ball - "Straight flush - 8 high"</li> <li>5 medals and 2 balls - "Straight flush - 9 high"</li> <li>5 medals and 3 balls - "Straight flush - J high"</li> <li>5 medals and 4 balls - "Straight flush - K high"</li> <li>5 medals and 5 balls - "Royal flush"</li> </ul><p><strong>Limitations on Cool, Useful and Popularity Rep</strong></p><p>To ensure the integrity of the reputation system we have set limitations on the amount of reputation you can give another member. After you give a cool or useful rep to a member you cannot give them another cool or useful rep until you rep 5 other members. You can also only rep 10 items over a 24 hour preiod.</p><p>Similarly, you can only give a user popularity rep by visiting his profile once every 24 hours and must visit 10 other profiles before your profile visit will give the member popularity rep again.</p><p><strong>Accolades</strong></p><p>Note that the accolades are seperate from the reputation system.</p><p><strong>Leaderboards and Reputation Benefits</strong><br /><br /> Once we are comfortable with the #s associated with the reputation system we will be adding a reputation leaderboards page that showcases the PS members with the highest reputation in each of the categories. We will also be adding rewards for members that increase their universal reputation and earn the 5 medals. More details about these will be posted down the road.</p>

Inviting friends using Facebook

Tuesday, June 30, 2009, TheDude

Quick Overview: The Facebook tool allows you to invite up to 40 friends a day. If you're looking to get some new sign ups under your referral account this is an extremely quick and effective tool to use. Where to find the Facebook tool: 1.�...Read more...

Navigating the PSOP

Monday, June 22, 2009, Michelle Licata & Steve Black

Hey Pokerspacers! The Pokerspace Series of Poker (or the PSOP, as it is more popularly known) is an exclusive Pokerspace competition where members can test their skills in a variety of poker games for huge PS Point prizes, and to be crow...Read more...

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*Text		<p>Hey Pokerspacers!<br /> <br /> The Pokerspace Series of Poker (or the PSOP, as it is more popularly known) is an exclusive Pokerspace competition where members can test their skills in a variety of poker games for huge PS Point prizes, and to be crowned PSOP Champions! <br /><br /> The PSOP consists of 10 Championship Events, including the NL Holdem Main Event, where players play in a variety of games to win huge PS Point prizes, and the honour of being the Chamionship Winner. Each Championship event is a variation of poker game. <br /><br /> To get into these events there are two methods. The first method is to buy into the events directly. The regular Championship events cost 1000 PS Points to buy into directly, and the Main event costs 5000 PS Points to buy in directly. You must have accounts at the poker rooms where those events are taking place, but you do not need to have your account linked/tracked to Pokerspace to participate or get paid out your PS point winnings.<br /><br /> The second method to get into the Championship events or Main Event is to qualify through one of the weekly event qualifiers, which take place in the months leaing up to the Championship events. These events cost 50-500 PS Points to join, and entries are paid out depending on how many people join the event. Thus, for the qualifier to pay out 1 entry, 11 people (paying 100 PS Points each including the rake) must join the event. For 2 entries to be paid, 22 people must join the event. The remainder of points are paid out to the following player if there are no enough points to make an entry.<br /><br /> The payout structure of the Championship and Main events are structured the same way as the qualifiers. The more people that join the event, the more places will be paid.<br /><br /> At the end of the Pokerspace Series of Poker we will be crowning the PSOP Player of the Year award to the PS'er that finishing at the top of the PSOP POY standings. The scoring is the same as the Indy league scoring system with a few tweaks. For each championship event last place gets 1 point, second last gets 2, and first gets points equal to the # of players. However, any player that finishes in the money will get DOUBLE the points. For example, if there are 100 players in a event and top 20 get paid. First gets 200, 2nd gets 198, 20th gets 160, 21st only gets 79, 22nd gets 78, etc. Therefore, the PSOP POY will likely be the one that cashes in the most championship events. <br /><br /> Prizes will be given out to the Top 10 players in the PSOP POY standings. The PS Player of the Year will receive the PSOP POY accolade (most exclusive accolade on PS), one-on-one interview with a Pokerspace writer AND free buy-ins to EVERY championship event in the following PSOP! Second through tenth in the PSOP POY standings will receive a Top 10 POY accolade, one-on-one interviews with a Pokerspace writer AND a free buy-in to the next PSOP Main Event!<br /><br /> If you ever have any questions post them in the appropriate section of the Pokerspace Forum.<br /><br /> Good luck everyone!</p>

Referral Tools - Emails

Wednesday, June 17, 2009, TheDude

We know your time is valuable so we've created some easy tools that can make you money with a simple click of a mouse. The Email Tool is one of the easiest and most effective tools we created to date.Quick Overview: The Email Tool allows yo...Read more...

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*Text		<p>We know your time is valuable so we've created some easy tools that can make you money with a simple click of a mouse. The Email Tool is one of the easiest and most effective tools we created to date.</p><p><img src="http://www.pokerspace.com/uploaded-images-1/1243550128-64214.jpg" alt="" /></p><p><strong>Quick Overview:</strong><br /> The Email Tool allows you to access all of your contacts on Hotmail, Gmail, MSN or Yahoo and lets you send a tailored email within seconds. The more people you can invite the more money you can earn so we highly recommend using this to get started.</p><p><strong>Where to find the Email Tool:</strong></p><ol><li>Click on the referral link in you're my Quicklinks section (Far right of the page).</li> <li>Click on the 'Referral Tools' section</li> <li>Select Email</li> </ol><p><strong>How to use the Email Tool:</strong></p><ol><li>After selecting the Email Tool you will see a drop down with 4 different Emails you can access.</li> <li>Select any Email account you currently use (for example Hotmail)</li> <li>A window will pop up allowing you to import your contacts</li> <li>Simply input your email and password and click on 'Import'</li> <li>Select a template message by clicking on the drop down under "Please select a promotion to send to your friends <br /> - Once selected you will be able to preview your email below If you'd like to add text to the email simply type in the message box.</li> <li>Click 'Invite'</li> </ol><p>This email contains your referral link in it so anyone who reads this and clicks to the site will automatically be tagged to you. Once they are tagged they are yours for life! You will receive a % of any revenue they ever make.</p><p><strong>TIP: </strong><em>Our Top Referrals use this tool for each email account they own. </em></p><p>If you have any questions or would like to get a hold of me please feel free to email or add me to any chat client listed below.<br /><br /> Cheers,<br /><br /> Email: referrals@pokerspace.com<br /> Yahoo: pkrspace@yahoo.ca<br /> MSN: pkrspace@live.com<br /> Skype: fana22</p>

Quick Overview of our Referral Program

Wednesday, June 17, 2009, TheDude

Pokerspace Refferal programs works in three easy steps. 1. Invite Friends Every member at Pokerspace is given a unique referral link. Send this link to your friends, and anyone who clicks on it and joins the site will automatically be tagge...Read more...

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*Text		<p>Pokerspace Refferal programs works in three easy steps. <br /><br /><img alt="" src="http://www.pokerspace.test/uploaded-images-3/1242938798-05799.jpg" /></p><p><br /><strong>1. Invite Friends</strong><br /> Every member at Pokerspace is given a unique referral link. Send this link to your friends, and anyone who clicks on it and joins the site will automatically be tagged to your account. Once they start earning revenue you earn revenue. That's it! <br /><em><br /> Where can I find my Referral Link?</em><br /><br /> a. Under 'My Quicklinks' (right Hand side of the page) youwillsee: Referrals.<br /> b. Click on that link and you will see a section called My Refferal Links. Here you will find your link. Mine for example is: <a href="http://www.pokerspace.com/?u=TheDude">http://www.pokerspace.com/?u=TheDude</a>. <br /><img alt="" src="http://www.pokerspace.test/uploaded-images-2/1242938816-33887.jpg" /></p><p>This of course is only one of many ways you can invite friends. We have carefully designed 7 tools that can jump start your earnings in seconds. Over the next bit I will be blogging about how to use these each of these tools.</p><p style="text-align:left;"><strong>2. Sit Back</strong><br /><br /> Relax, play poker, watch TV etc. Once you're done inviting your friends there is nothing more to do. The players that you sign up will be tagged to you for their lifetime at Pokerspace. <br /><br /><em>What does this mean? <br /></em><br /> Whenever these players generate any revenue on Pokerspace you get paid. It doesn't matter if its tomorrow, a month from now or even in two years. You will always earn a percentage of any revenue they produce.<br /><strong><br /> 3. Get Paid<br /></strong><br /> Pokerspace earns revenue each time a player signs up to a new poker room and begins playing. Lucky for you due to our industry leading offers, free tournaments and promotions this happens all the time. When one of your players earns revenue you earn revenue.<br /><br /><em>How much can I make?</em></p><p style="text-align:left;">We've simplified how we pay out referrers and made it even more lucrative! You will make money as your players:</p><p style="text-align:left;"><em><strong>1. Earn PS Points</strong></em></p><p style="text-align:left;">You will earn $1 for every 500 PS Points your referrals earn from depositing and playing on poker rooms. As you probably know there are two ways they can earn PS points from poker rooms: PS points as you play and PS Points deposit bonuses. Read <a href="http://www.pokerspace.com/school/articles/poker-rooms-and-deals/getting-to-know-the-brand-deals-pokerspace-offers/">this article</a> for more information about how your referrals earn PS Points these ways.</p><p style="text-align:left;">Here's an example: If you refer "PokerBob" to Pokerspace and he deposits on Absolute Poker on an account linked to the Absolute Poker PS Points deposit bonus deal he will get 4000 PS Points. Now let's say PokerBob also earns 1750 PS points as you play on a room like Rio Poker. You will earn: (4000 + 1750) divided by 500 = $11.50!!!</p><p style="text-align:left;">Note that your earnings will always be rounded to the nearest penny so if one of your players only earns 100 PS Points as you play you will still get $0.20.</p><p style="text-align:left;"><em><strong>2. Earn Rakeback</strong></em></p><p style="text-align:left;">Rakeback is even easier! You get 2% of the total rake your referrals generate on rakeback accounts linked to Pokerspace.</p><p style="text-align:left;">For example, let's say you refer 2 new members (PokerJohn and PokerSue) to Pokerspace who both sign up to a Carbon Poker Rakeback deal linked to Pokerspace. If PokerJohn rakes $300 and PokerSue rakes $850 you will get: ($300 + $850) x 2% = $23!<br /> </p><p>If you have any questions or would like to get a hold of me please feel free to email or add meto any chat client listed below.</p><p><br /> Cheers,<br /><br /> Email: <a href="mailto:referral@pokerspace.com">referrals@pokerspace.com</a></p><p><br /> </p>

Omaha High Low Strategy

Thursday, May 21, 2009, Bricktop (James Field)

Your ultimate goal in Omaha high/low is to win the whole pot (to scoop). This is entirely possible. You have four cards in your hand, and you can use any combination of two for the high hand and low hand. You may use two cards for high and...Read more...

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*Text		<p> <span style="font-size:10pt; line-height: 1.2em;"></span></p><p style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt; line-height: 1.2em;">Your ultimate goal in Omaha high/low is to win the whole pot (to scoop). This is entirely possible. You have four cards in your hand, and you can use any combination of two for the high hand and low hand. You may use two cards for high and two different cards for low, or the same cards for high and for low. You can win the whole pot by having the best high and low hand; however, it is also possible to scoop if you have the best high hand and no low hand is possible.</span></p><p style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt; line-height: 1.2em;"></span></p><p> </p><p style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt; line-height: 1.2em;">For instance, suppose you win just the low end of a three handed pot where each player bet a total of $10 each in the pot. The pot totals $30, and you get back $15, for a $5 profit. Had you won the whole pot, you would have won $30, yielding a profit of $20. As can be seen by this example, it is not twice as good to win the whole pot. It is four times better ($5 vs. $20)!</span></p><p style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt; line-height: 1.2em;"></span></p><p> </p><p> <span style="font-size:10pt; line-height: 1.2em;">Starting Hands</span></p><p style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt; line-height: 1.2em;"></span></p><p> </p><p style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt; line-height: 1.2em;">The four cards in your starting hand should be well coordinated. You want cards that can form a straight, flush or full house. Some players think that any four cards can win and that they should see every flop. This is a sure sign of a losing player. Please see Omaha high for experts about the discussion regarding coordinated starting hands.</span></p><p style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt; line-height: 1.2em;"></span></p><p> </p><p style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt; line-height: 1.2em;">The best hand to start with is AA23 double-suited.</span></p><p style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt; line-height: 1.2em;">However, it is a rare event to get a hand like this.</span></p><p style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt; line-height: 1.2em;"></span></p><p> </p><p style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt; line-height: 1.2em;">Other playable hands that are well-coordinated include: AAxy, KKxy and QQxy. These hands may win the whole pot by hitting a set or a big full house. Other good big hands are AKQJ, KQJT and such. However, beware of hands such as T987, a very good hand in Omaha high. Why is this a bad hand in the hi-lo version of the game? The answer is that this hand does not aim to win the whole pot . Either you draw to straights that are not the nut straights (for example KQJT9) or you draw to straights that will not win the whole pot (if you make a straight like T9876, you have the nut-high, but there are also three baby-cards on the flop making a possible low).</span></p><p style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt; line-height: 1.2em;"></span></p><p> </p><p style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt; line-height: 1.2em;">Any A2-combination is usually playable, but only under the right conditions. See below how to play it. Although A3xy looks almost the same as A2xy, it should usually be folded. An exeption is if you have the suited ace and are in late position. With A2xy, you draw to any three cards in the range of 3 to 8. With A3xy, you draw for any three cards between 4 and 8 plus a deuce. This is much more difficult to do than just drawing with an A2.</span></p><p style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt; line-height: 1.2em;"></span></p><p> </p><p style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt; line-height: 1.2em;">If you have another wheel-card with your A2 like A23x, A25x, you have a good hand. Even better is to have a hand like A246, preferably suited with the ace (or even double-suited). With these hands, start rammin and jammin the pot preflop!</span></p><p style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt; line-height: 1.2em;"></span></p><p> </p><p style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt; line-height: 1.2em;">The Importance of the Ace</span></p><p style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt; line-height: 1.2em;"></span></p><p> </p><p style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt; line-height: 1.2em;">For you to play a high hand without an ace in your hand, you will need a very well-coordinated hand like QJT9. Never play a low hand without an ace in the hand. The reason for this is the dual nature of the ace - it is both the boss high card and the boss low card.</span></p><p style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt; line-height: 1.2em;"></span></p><p> </p><p style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt; line-height: 1.2em;"></span></p><p><span style="font-size:10pt; line-height: 1.2em;">A Hidden Secret - The 6</span></p><p style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt; line-height: 1.2em;"></span></p><p> </p><p style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt; line-height: 1.2em;">Empire Poker is giving away a secret that one seldom can see in print: the best card to go with your A23x, A24x, or A25x is a six. This is because many times you will end up playing a wheel (A2345) for low with these hands, as will your opponent who has an A2xy as well. However, you will often win three quarters of the pot with the six, giving you a 6-high straight for high (whereas your opponent only has a 5-high straight). Against opponents who don't know this play, you will get plenty of action in the pot and will wind up with the lions share of the pot.</span></p><p style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt; line-height: 1.2em;"></span></p><p> </p><p style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt; line-height: 1.2em;"></span></p><p><span style="font-size:10pt; line-height: 1.2em;">Playing Before the Flop:</span></p><p style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt; line-height: 1.2em;"></span></p><p> </p><p style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt; line-height: 1.2em;">The preflop play in Omaha hi-lo is quite straight-forward: with the hands aiming for high, you raise and re-raise. All these hands play better with less players in the pot, so you raise to narrow the field. All the low-only hands tend to play better against a larger field. With these hands, you are only aiming for half the pot; therefore, you want the pot to be big and have many players in it. So just limp in with these hands. An exception to this is when many players have already called, and you are in late position or in the blinds with A2xy. In this case, feel free to raise. Since players have called a bet already, they will surely call one more bet, so you have the large field and pot you want.</span></p><p style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt; line-height: 1.2em;"></span></p><p> </p><p style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt; line-height: 1.2em;">With the premium low-hands (hands that also have some value for high such as A236 double suited), you should play according to your table image. These hands can be played both passivly (calling) or aggressively (raising). If you are in late position with these hands, always raise.</span></p><p style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt; line-height: 1.2em;"></span></p><p> </p><p style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt; line-height: 1.2em;"></span></p><p><span style="font-size:10pt; line-height: 1.2em;">Playing the Flop:</span></p><p style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt; line-height: 1.2em;"></span></p><p> </p><p style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt; line-height: 1.2em;">For playing the flop and later streets only for the high hand, see limit Omaha high for experts.</span></p><p style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt; line-height: 1.2em;"></span></p><p> </p><p style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt; line-height: 1.2em;">When the flop comes with two high cards, and all you have is A2xy, dump it. One often sees bad players, hoping to catch a low card on the turn, call on the flop so they have a draw on the river. This is called catching runner-runner for low and is a playing strategy that really reveals if you understand the game or not. Seldom are the pots big enough to justify such a play.</span></p><p style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt; line-height: 1.2em;"></span></p><p> </p><p style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt; line-height: 1.2em;"></span></p><p><span style="font-size:10pt; line-height: 1.2em;">Being Counterfeited:</span></p><p style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt; line-height: 1.2em;"></span></p><p> </p><p style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt; line-height: 1.2em;">Suppose that you have A29J (which is a bad hand, by the way), and the flop is 864. You have the nut low, but do not start to play this hand aggressively! An ace or deuce on the turn or river will counterfeit your hand. This means that the ace or deuce on the board will kill your nut low. Say that the turn and river cards are K and 2, making the board 864-K-2. For high you play a pair of deuces, and for low, you play 8642A. Your nuts are no longer the nuts. For example any player who flopped a straight with 75 now will have a better low than you have (45678 for high and 76542 for low).</span></p><p style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt; line-height: 1.2em;"></span></p><p> </p><p style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt; line-height: 1.2em;">This example shows the importance of having another low card with your A2 combination. Even a bad kicker such as a 7 would in this example give you a low hand of 7642A, which is a better low than that of your opponent's 76542.</span></p><p style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt; line-height: 1.2em;"></span></p><p> </p><p style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt; line-height: 1.2em;"></span></p><p><span style="font-size:10pt; line-height: 1.2em;">Getting Quartered:</span></p><p style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt; line-height: 1.2em;"></span></p><p> </p><p style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt; line-height: 1.2em;">Suppose all you have is a low-draw with your A2xy. It is not uncommon that there is another player with the same hand as you in the pot and a third player going for high. What is going to happen is that you will put in 33% of the money in the pot, but you will only get back 25%, since you will split half the pot with the other A2-combination. This is clearly an unprofitable play.</span></p><p style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt; line-height: 1.2em;"></span></p><p> </p><p style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt; line-height: 1.2em;">When one reads books about advanced Omaha hi/lo, there are examples of how you can manipulate the betting with check-raises and re-raises to get the other low hand out of the pot. Forget about such fancy plays on the Internet. Empire Poker is the world's largest poker room and has many unskilled players. Unskilled players will draw to their hands no matter how bad their odds are due to your re-raises. Thus, my advice to you is to learn to identify these situations yourself and get out of the pot.</span></p><p style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt; line-height: 1.2em;"></span></p><p> </p><p style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt; line-height: 1.2em;">If the pot is 4-handed (or more), being quartered is not that bad, since you are putting in 25% of the money and getting back 25%.</span></p><p style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt; line-height: 1.2em;"></span></p><p> </p><p style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt; line-height: 1.2em;">So this boils down to very simple advice: if there are two or three other players left on the river, do not raise if all you have is the nut low. If there are four or more other players, please feel free to bet or raise.</span></p><p style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt; line-height: 1.2em;"></span></p><p> </p><p style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt; line-height: 1.2em;"></span></p><p><span style="font-size:10pt; line-height: 1.2em;">Playing For Three Quarters:</span></p><p style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt; line-height: 1.2em;"></span></p><p> </p><p style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt; line-height: 1.2em;">If getting one quarter of the pot is bad, getting three quarters of the pot is great. The key to success in this play is to keep the pots fairly small until fourth street and then raise and re-raise like there is no tomorrow. By betting aggressively on the turn and the river (check-raise if you can), you hope to get all the high hands to fold. Usually this can only be done when there is already a possible low out there on the turn, so the high hands know that they are only playing for half of the pot. Any shaky holding, like two-pair will now hopefully fold. Your goal is to get heads-up against another low hand. You will be surprised how often the high hand in these combats is only a high pair or even just AK! These wins are nice boosts for your self-esteem and bankroll</span></p>

Overview of Tournaments on Pokerspace

Thursday, May 21, 2009, Michelle Licata

Tournaments are one of the most popular features of the Pokerspace community. There are several different types of tournaments held every day of the year on a broad range of poker rooms, which cater to the wide range of player styles and ...Read more...

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*Text		<p>Tournaments are one of the most popular features of the Pokerspace community. There are several different types of tournaments held every day of the year on a broad range of poker rooms, which cater to the wide range of player styles and time zones found within the Pokerspace community. <br /><br /> After reading this article you should be able to identify where you can find Pokerspace tournament information, where to find the actual tournaments on the poker rooms, who is accountable for each stage of tournament set-up and finalization, why it benefits you to play in Pokerspace tournaments, and what kind of measures Pokerspace uses to identify and solve issues of non-members in exclusive tournaments.<br /><br /> Pokerspace tournaments can be found on the Tournament page under the Promotions tab. On that page, there is a list of tournaments called "Weekly Freeroll" tournaments, which are tournaments that do not require you to deposit cash to play in them. However, freeroll tournaments may have a PS Points buy-in. There is also a list of "Buy-In" tournaments, which require a real cash buy-in to register and play. <br /><br /> These two categories are essential in understanding how they are treated at the poker rooms themselves. While PSOP events require a PS Point buy-in, the rooms do not have anything to do with this buy-in and consider them freerolls. The same logic is true for Crew Cup events, PS Point Buy-in tournaments, and Members Only Freerolls. In each of these cases, Pokerspace handles the payouts of all the PS Point and cash prizes. Note that late registration is NOT available for freeroll tournaments.<br /><br /> The cash buy-in tournaments, on the other hand, require you to use your cash on the room to buy into the tournament. Pokerspace does not usually handle any of the cash payouts for these tournaments, but does pay out any added PS Point prize to those who place in the event. <br /><br /> The tournament page lists a week's worth of tournaments, each specifying which rooms they are hosted on. You need to have the correct information (username and email address) for that specific room inputted in your profile in order to play in the tournament. Note: It does not matter if you downloaded the room from Pokerspace; the information required is used for tournament results only. They allow us to match up poker room screennames to Pokerspace accounts. <br /><br /> Once you login to the poker room, find the tournament section, and navigate to the scheduled, private tournament section. Each poker network features its own specific tournament display, so login to the room well before a tournament begins if you are unfamiliar with the room set-up.<br /><br /> Pokerspace is a large poker community, and thus we have a large number of tournament requests constantly being sent to many brands for set-up. Know that as a team, we are diligent in requesting tournaments at least two weeks in advance to the date the tournament actually takes place. While Pokerspace requests the tournaments, we are not responsible for setting them up on the actual poker room. Be aware that sometimes it isn't even the poker room that sets them up -the poker network may be responsible for this step. Therefore, if something goes wrong in this chain of set-up, it is not always the fault of Pokerspace or the poker room. Mistakes and cancellations are usually found out fairly quickly, and dealt with in the best possible manner. If you ever notice an issue with a tournament contact support@pokerspace.com immediately.<br /><br />While many communities offer tournaments, Pokerspace tournaments are quite unique. Many tournaments on Pokerspace offer a PS Point prize, which can increase your PS Point bankroll. Some of these tournaments require a PS Points buy-in to register and some don't. This requirement not only adds PS points to the prizepool, which can reach thousands of PS Points, it also adds protection against non-members overrunning our exclusive tournaments, since you must buy-in with PS points to access the tournament password and the prize is only valuable to Pokerspace members. <br /><br /> As well, our Member's Only Freerolls feature free money and a PS Point prize that are all manually paid out to our members only. These kinds of tournaments are held several times during the week, and protect the prizes so that they are only given out to Pokerspace members that paid the PS points buy-in.<br /><br />While password sharing is against the rules of Pokerspace, it inevitably happens. Pokerspace has specific safeguards, including those discussed above, to protect members against non-PS members participating in exclusive tournaments. <br /><br /> One method is releasing the password only one hour before the tournament begins for all freeroll tournaments. Where this has proven to diminish the mass sharing of passwords, it cannot ensure that people will not receive the password and participate in the tournament. While coupons may solve this issue, we have been denied the ability to create coupons for every brand because of our large membership and the amount of tournaments we hold on a weekly basis. <br /><br /> Another method is manually paying cash and PS Point prizes to winners of Members Only freeroll tournaments. While it may take up to 2 business days to receive your prize money, it will ensure that non-members and those members who do not pay their PS Points to get into the tournament will be eligible for any prizes. <br /><br /> We respect our membership and any suggestions made, outside of coupons and re-scheduling every tournament, will be seriously considered.<br /> </p>

Getting to Know PS Tournament Types!

Thursday, May 21, 2009, Michelle Licata

Pokerspace has a plethora of tournaments each week, so it is imperative that you understand the different types and how they can best benefit you! The first and most popular type of tournament on Pokerspace is the freeroll tournament.�...Read more...

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*Text		<p>Pokerspace has a plethora of tournaments each week, so it is imperative that you understand the different types and how they can best benefit you! <br /><br /> The first and most popular type of tournament on Pokerspace is the <strong>freeroll </strong>tournament. While Pokerspace doesn't offer a lot of these tournaments, freerolls are tournaments that do not cost any PS Points or cash to play. Freeroll tournaments can benefit newer players who don't have a PS Point or cash bankroll. These tournaments usually do not feature a PS Point-added prizepool, and the cash is usually paid out immediately after the tournament ends. Results for these tournaments are not finalized on Pokerspace so no accolades are distributed.<br /><br /><strong>Member's Only Freerolls</strong> are the second type of tournament that Pokerspace offers. These are Pokerspace-specific tournaments, and feature a prizepool that includes both cash on the poker room and a share of the PS Point buy-in. Unlike normal freeroll tournaments, the PS Point Buy-In Freeroll requires our members to use a small amount of their Pokerspace Points to register and play. The great thing about playing in these tournaments is that the prizepool includes a lot of cash, and the more players that join the event on Pokerspace, the more points get added to the prizepool.<br /><br /> Another feature of these tournaments is that the small PS Point buy-in safeguards against password sharing. Pokerspace pays out the points and cash manually for these events, so if you didn't join the event page on Pokerspace, you don't get paid your points or cash prizes (members and non-members alike) and players finishing behind you will move up 1 position.<br /><br /> The third kind of tournament that Pokerspace offers is <strong>PS Point Buy-In tournaments</strong>. These tournaments require members to pay a specific number of PS Points to join the tournament. By clicking the "join" button on the event page, the points are automatically taken from the member's account. The more people who join this event, the more PS Points will be added to the prizepool!<br /><br /> Unlike the Member's Only Freerolls, these tournaments have no cash added, which means they only benefit people who are active on Pokerspace and wish to win PS Points. Like the Member's Only Freeroll tournaments, these tournaments are safeguarded against password sharing. Any player that did not pay the PS points buy-in will not be included in the results and all players finishing behind him/her will move up 1position.<br /><br /> The fourth type of tournament that Pokerspace hosts is called a <strong>Small Buy-In tournament</strong>. These tournaments do not require players to contribute PS Points to play, but do require that they buy into the tournament with actual cash. The cash is taken at the Poker Room themselves, and the payouts are done by the Poker Room as well. These tournaments payout a cash prizepool based on the # of buy-ins AND a small PS Points prizepool for those who place in the money.<br /><br /> Pokerspace also features unique <strong>Crew Competition events</strong>, where crews of 3 or more players compete against other crews for trips, sponsorships, PS Points, and poker gear. These unique tournaments are team-based, featuring altered rules for acceptable play between team-mates. As an example, we currently host the Crew Cup Competition. Click here for more information on rules, the Crew Cup Competition, and how to get involved in these Pokerspace exclusive tournaments!<br /><br /> Another unique tournament type offered exclusively at Pokerspace is the <strong>Pokerspace Series of Poker events (PSOP)</strong>. There are two kinds of tournaments under this event category: PSOP Qualifier Events and PSOP Championship Events.</p><ul><li>The PSOP Qualifier tournaments are PS Point Buy-In tournaments, which give out entries/seats to the corresponding PSOP Championship Events. The number of seats given out during these tournaments is dependent on the number of people who join the event. </li> </ul><ul><li>The PSOP Championship Events are PS Point Buy-In tournaments, but you either have to in a seat into the event via the PSOP Qualifier tournaments, or pay a large sum of PS Points to buy into the event. </li> </ul><p>For more information on the PSOP, the rules, and how to join this series, <a href="http://www.pokerspace.com/promotions/pokerspace-series-of-poker/">click here</a>.<br /> </p>

Introducing Pokerspace's First Ever Referral Manager

Thursday, May 21, 2009, Chris Fanaberia

Every month, members at Pokerspace are earning cash simply by inviting friends through our Referral program. This site is growing rapidly largely due to members like you spreading the word. We would be nowhere without our members, which is ...Read more...

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*Text		<p>Every month, members at Pokerspace are earning cash simply by inviting friends through our Referral program. This site is growing rapidly largely due to members like you spreading the word. We would be nowhere without our members, which is why we want to share the profits with you for anyone you invite.</p><p>I will be taking on the role of your Referral Manager. I will ensure you receive all the attention you deserve, and I will be here to help you every step of the way. My sole objective is to get you earning as much as you possibly can. Poker can be a grind, so why not tap into another revenue stream?</p><p><span style="color:rgb(51,102,255);">For those of you who don't know me yet here's a quick bio: </span></p><p><strong><span style="color:rgb(51,102,255);">Actual Name</span></strong><span style="color:rgb(51,102,255);">: Chris Fanaberia<br /><strong>AKA</strong>: TheDude<br /><strong>Born</strong>: Nov 3rd, 1983<br /><strong>Relation to the Pokerspace</strong>: Co-Founder <br /><strong>Style of Poker Play</strong>: Bad<br /><strong>Enemies</strong>: Tight players with nothing but time on their hands<br /><strong>Friends</strong>: Casino and Sportsbook players that are trying out poker for the first time <br /><strong>Phobia</strong>: 2 7 off suit, and actual sharks (not poker sharks) that chill in the ocean waiting for me. <br /><strong>This Year's Goals</strong>: Aside from making you a bucket load of cash........Visit the Playboy Mansion, play in the WSOP, School Pot Limit Omaha, Ensure every breathing poker players knows about this site, Skydive again, land a 1080 on skies and learn Spanish. Ola!</span></p><p>In my next Blogs I will be giving you an overview of our Referral Program and will discuss strategies and tips to maximize your profits.</p><p>If you are interested in learning more I have attached all my details below so please feel free to add me to any chat client or send me an email. If you would like to get a hold of me during the weekend your best bet is to email.</p><p>Email: <a href="mailto:referrals@pokerspace.com">referrals@pokerspace.com</a><br /><br /> Yahoo: <a href="/rooms/pkr/">pkr</a>space@yahoo.com<br /> MSN: <a href="/rooms/pkr/">pkr</a>space@live.com<br /> AOL: <a href="/rooms/pkr/">pkr</a>space@aol.com</p><p>Looking forward to working with you!</p><p>Cheers!</p>

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