Tuesday, December 23, 2008
Cardrunners Training Site
Cardrunners is one of the premium poker training sites, especially if you want training in cash game NLHE. There are over 1,000 videos to view, of these 795 are in the No Limit Hold'em category, with 513 of these in Cash Game and 197 in MTT. There is also Limit Hold'em with 94 videos,Omaha with 8 videos, and Pot Limit Omaha with 63 videos. Then there a few videos in Razz,Stud, and Triple Draw. The resident trainers are Taylor Caby,Andrew Wiggins,Brian Townsend,Brian Hastings,Mike Schneider, Cole South, and Eric Liu - all of them top ranking young professional poker players. To compliment this team, there are guest trainers as well. There is an abundance of videos where the trainers are playing several tables at once. Apart from Videos, the site offers a Pro-moderated Forum, Live Chat, Online Seminars, Members' and Pro Blogs, A Hand History Tool, as well as a Tournament League. You can try out the site to guage if it suits you by purchasing a one day pass for $17.99. If you decide that you wish to subscibe as a member, this amount will be applied to your membership Fees. Membership Fees are $27.99 monthly. Initially, there is a sign-up fee of $99.99. We strongly recommend you try the one day pass, with unlimited viewing of all their videos, and guage for yourselve how much you can learn to improve your poker playing.
Wednesday, December 10, 2008
PokerSavvyPlus
PokerSavvyplusto date has 296 videos with5-7 added per week. Lessons in Cash Games and Tournaments for beginners right up to advanced poker strategies and tactics . Games include - 6 MAX NL, Full Ring NL, Heads Up NL, Limit Hold'em, Omaha & Mixed Games . Trainers include Mike Matusow, Andrew Brokos, Chris Rhodes,Dani Stern,Evan Roberts,Justin Rollo, and Tony Dunst and numerous well known guest Professionals. Choice of Servers from USA or Stream from Europe. Most Videos are downloadable. A good proportion of the videos do not have lessons on a single table which can distract from the lesson that is being taught.Videos are categorized into four basic headings or by Pro,game-type,number of players. Loads of extras included in your subscription: Articles,Blogs,Forum,Member Tournaments, and Chat. Videos are very easy to view, simple and clear graphic presentation- visually pleasing site. You can try it out for free for 7 days (you have to give your credit card information so be sure to cancel your free trial before the end of the trial period if you do not wish to stay as a member.) Membership costs $24.95 per month and there is no sign-up fee. Try it out, we recommend it.
Sunday, December 7, 2008
SIT N GO WIZARD pros and cons
"The SitNGo Wizard reads your tournament hand history and runs an analysis of each hand. The analysis compares the equity you would have if you fold pre-flop to the equity you would have if you push all-in pre-flop. Equity is your share of the prize pool at any point in the tournament. It is based on number of opponents, the size of each player’s stack, and the tournament prize structure.
The software computes the equity of every possible outcome of the hand. It combines the equity of each outcome with the probability of each outcome to come up with the total equity. It would take you days to do these calculations by hand, but the SitNGo Wizard computes them in a fraction of a second."
This software is for post play analysis. You follow a game you have played, analysing each hand that you may have played incorrectly or correctly by the use of sophisticated graphs, and graphical table views. You can alter the perceived playing style of your opponents to see if the decision would or should have been different given the aggressiveness or passiveness of your opponent. There is a Quiz mode in the software which lets you practice random games and asks you to make the right descisions in a Sit N Go tournaments given your stack size, the blinds, your hole cards, and your position in the betting round as well as the playing style of your opponents. This feature alone used on a regular serious study basis will improve your SitNGo profits and your playing abilities.
This software is not for those who want advice during an actual game situation. It is ideal for the serious player who wants to improve their games by studying the choices they have made and the improvements that are possible in their decision making. For example, you are in a heads-up confrontation, and you have a chip stack that is 2 1/2 times greater than your opponent and you have a 73 offsuit pre-flop, and you are openning up the betting- would you consider pushing all-in? The answer is very interesting:
“….against most opponents this is a pretty standard push. It really depends on what you think the big blind’s calling range is. If you look at the game charts you will see that if BB is calling less than 50% of the time, pushing 73 is profitable. If he is calling with more than 50% of his hands, you should fold. I think most players, especially at the lower buy-ins, will be called less than 50% of the time. To see this for yourself, just click on the green/red rectangle that is next to the BB calling range. On the other hand, if he is a competent sitngo player he will know that you are pushing wide and will know to call wide. So against a good player, you should probably fold. If you set BB’s calling range to something like 60%, which is probably accurate for a good player, the Wizard will suggest folding. The reason you should be pushing wide is because the blinds are so high. BB’s stack is less than 5 big blinds, picking up the blinds when he folds to your push is valuable. If he folds often enough, winning the blinds more than offsets the times he will call you with a better hand. Even when he calls you, you are going to bust him at about 30% of the time. His calling range also depends on your image. If you have been pushing a lot recently, his calling range will be getting pretty wide and you can probably let this hand go. If you have been folding a lot, you can probably push any two cards here because his calling range will be too tight. The key to winning sitngo tournaments is putting your opponents on accurate hand ranges. If you can do that, then you have to learn to trust the math.”
This is an excellent software for those who will take the time and effort to analyse their games but will not be of any use to the poker player who wants easy prompts during the playing of an actual game. Recommended to the novice and the professional poker player if you are interested in SitNGo Tournaments, this software will be a valuable asset to you.
The software computes the equity of every possible outcome of the hand. It combines the equity of each outcome with the probability of each outcome to come up with the total equity. It would take you days to do these calculations by hand, but the SitNGo Wizard computes them in a fraction of a second."
This software is for post play analysis. You follow a game you have played, analysing each hand that you may have played incorrectly or correctly by the use of sophisticated graphs, and graphical table views. You can alter the perceived playing style of your opponents to see if the decision would or should have been different given the aggressiveness or passiveness of your opponent. There is a Quiz mode in the software which lets you practice random games and asks you to make the right descisions in a Sit N Go tournaments given your stack size, the blinds, your hole cards, and your position in the betting round as well as the playing style of your opponents. This feature alone used on a regular serious study basis will improve your SitNGo profits and your playing abilities.
This software is not for those who want advice during an actual game situation. It is ideal for the serious player who wants to improve their games by studying the choices they have made and the improvements that are possible in their decision making. For example, you are in a heads-up confrontation, and you have a chip stack that is 2 1/2 times greater than your opponent and you have a 73 offsuit pre-flop, and you are openning up the betting- would you consider pushing all-in? The answer is very interesting:
“….against most opponents this is a pretty standard push. It really depends on what you think the big blind’s calling range is. If you look at the game charts you will see that if BB is calling less than 50% of the time, pushing 73 is profitable. If he is calling with more than 50% of his hands, you should fold. I think most players, especially at the lower buy-ins, will be called less than 50% of the time. To see this for yourself, just click on the green/red rectangle that is next to the BB calling range. On the other hand, if he is a competent sitngo player he will know that you are pushing wide and will know to call wide. So against a good player, you should probably fold. If you set BB’s calling range to something like 60%, which is probably accurate for a good player, the Wizard will suggest folding. The reason you should be pushing wide is because the blinds are so high. BB’s stack is less than 5 big blinds, picking up the blinds when he folds to your push is valuable. If he folds often enough, winning the blinds more than offsets the times he will call you with a better hand. Even when he calls you, you are going to bust him at about 30% of the time. His calling range also depends on your image. If you have been pushing a lot recently, his calling range will be getting pretty wide and you can probably let this hand go. If you have been folding a lot, you can probably push any two cards here because his calling range will be too tight. The key to winning sitngo tournaments is putting your opponents on accurate hand ranges. If you can do that, then you have to learn to trust the math.”
This is an excellent software for those who will take the time and effort to analyse their games but will not be of any use to the poker player who wants easy prompts during the playing of an actual game. Recommended to the novice and the professional poker player if you are interested in SitNGo Tournaments, this software will be a valuable asset to you.
Wednesday, December 3, 2008
Professional Poker Players' Video Tutorials
Pro Play Live Membership is just a one-time $49.95 setup fee which includes your first month of unlimited video viewing, and then only $19.95 a month thereafter, cancel anytime. Pay five months in advance and the sign-up fee is waived. Watch and listen to the the videos and see how professional players win. Observe their though processes, their analysis of situations, their methods, and you will eventually integrate their techniques and strategies into your own poker game. Extremely well known team of instructors that have won more WSOP bracelets collectively than any other video training- site's trainers . Video Instruction by Greg Raymer - 2004 WSOP Main Event Champion, Annie Duke - WSOP Bracelet in 2004, Tom McEvoy - 1983 WSOP Main Event Champion, Author of over 13 poker books, Erik Seidel - Holder of 8 WSOP Bracelets, Alex Outhred ,Former Associate Producer for World Poker Tour TV Show, Bill Chen - Two WSOP Bracelets, Shawn Rice,and John Lukas - Holder of 2 WSOP Bracelets. Video Topics include the following:Cash Games, SNGs & Tourneys, No Limit and Limit Holdem, Omaha, HORSE, Stud, Razz and much more . Both Educational and Entertaining.
Tuesday, December 2, 2008
A Sharpener for your Poker Game
Poker Sharpener helps online Texas Holdem poker players win more money by providing odds calculations, opponent profiles, and other useful decision making criteria as they play. Use the built in heads up display to get inside the head of your opponents and make solid decisions. Poker Sharpener is much more than an odds calculator, it also automatically saves your hands so that you can identify strengths and weaknesses in your game or better yet, in your opponent’s game. You will find that there is a short learning curve to be very familiar with the features of this tool, however, once you are past that, the information you are provided while in actual play can save you from making mistakes that you may otherwise have made. Taking advantage of mistakes your opponents make is the ultimate key to your success. The less mistakes you make, and the more mistakes your opponents make that you can recognize,the more you will win. We do not recommend this software to the absolute novice, rather it is a tool for those who have a good grasp of the game and wish to really bring it up to a professional level. There is an option for obtaining it free by opening a new account on one of a number of poker sites. We would advice that you first look into the conditions for joining, as you may newer get the free download if the conditions are unattainable for you. Purchase option costs $69 US per year.
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