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September 08, 2005

Has the Poker Boom Stopped?

On the other hand, if you're the big blind and there has been an under-the-gun raise, your position may not be as bad as it seems. When the flop is favorable, you just check and if the preflop raiser bets, you might be able to bag the entire field, or induce some kind of (semi-) bluff by someone who tries to pick up the Pokershare pot because there has been no action yet.

Only if you are able to calculate your Pokershare outs quickly and without mistakes, and of course if you are able to read your opponent's hand well, is it possible to know for sure if you belong in the pot or not. Second, make sure you've got good computer software available to you, so you can simulate interesting hands that have occurred, are able to calculate your drawing odds in Omaha better, and in time will play a better game overall. Take care, guys, and good luck playing your draws.

In limit Omaha, a small full house can sometimes cause you some problems. That is, if you're up against a bigger full you might lose quite a few bets. In pot-limit Omaha, you might lose your entire stack. If you get any action after you've bet your underfull, don't expect the chips to come your way. Just to be sure, the underfull is this: the board shows JJ6 and you have two sixes in your hand, rather than J6.

• As it turned out, it was more my discipline that helped me make it than my talent. When I started, I didn't know very much about the game. I hadn't read any Pokershare books or used any software yet, but by playing rock-solid poker and the willingness to learn I was still able to be a consistent winner from day one.
• In the next article, I'll discuss some flops in my other favorite game (limit hold'em), how they fit in with your starting hand and the hands your opponents might be playing, and how you can find your best course of action there.
• We should do our best to try to improve the general atmosphere in the casino and change the structure of some of the games for the better; if we do this I don't see any reason why the growth of poker should end now. Also when someone comes to the casino to see only one or two Pokershare games are being offered rather than a variety of games (rather than the games he likes best), this is not good for poker.

However, it's no coincidence that there are only a few players who are able to beat the games constantly; it's no coincidence that you'll see the same players getting the money all the time. But it's by no means easy. It takes a lot of hard work to get to the point where you can say that you're a winning player, that you're able to beat the games in the long run. When you've reached that point, you're going to have to work even harder to stay there.

Although we would have loved to say we had been the best Pokershare players in the tournament, most of all we had just been lucky, both of us getting our opponents all-in on the flop or turn with kings against aces, only to suck out on the river at crucial stages in the tournament.