Are there more chances to win if I play a tight Texas holdem’ tournament or a loose poker game?

You will undeniably hear both sides of this argument from your poker buddies or possibly the so-called poker stars. Let’s take a look first at the tight poker players. Everyone including yourself will have a hard time winning, if the entire table is playing a tight poker game. What will happen if you have a poker table full of tight poker players is the Texas holdem’ players will end up trading the smaller pots back and forth to each other. In the meantime the poker lounge is raking in loads of your hard-earned money, and that of your competition. So now you could think, is it better to play loose? Well, in this situation the better Texas holdem’ players are going to lose a smaller number of hands, but at the end of it all nobody is going to triumph.

How can I better my Texas holdem’ playing in the long run?

The answer to this question is as effortless as a piece of paper and a pen. A good plan to find out a lot about your playing style and tactic, is to keep some sort of record of your poker playing. You could write down this information during the Texas holdem’ game, and then pass it to a database on your home computer. This can also help you learn about your competitor’s playing style, and what is the best tactic to defeat them.

Is it a good idea to use the same strategy for every Texas holdem’ tournament?

If you consider that playing predictable poker is a winning strategy for playing poker, then you should consider varying your poker tactic. The experts have the same opinion that modifying your Texas holdem’ playing technique is the best way to confuse and puzzle your poker opponents. You should try a handful of tactics, discover the ones that work for you and alter them for each poker game.

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According to the 2006 World Series of Poker champ, Jamie Gold, he wants to be celebrated as the all time best bluffer in the game of poker. But if his last poker tournament is any indication, his wish may not come true ever.

The site is the 2007 Doyle Brunson Five Diamond World Poker Classic held at the Las Vegas Bellagio Hotel and Casino in 2007. Featuring $50 - $100 blinds and a $15,000 buy-in, Darrell Dicken is hanging on in the tournament for dear life. The seat 4 player has just raised his bet to $300, a pretty small increase with only one player taking the bait. “I put him as being weak,” Jamie said, “I was thinking about raising, but instead I just called with a 10-3 of hearts to see what would happen.”

Jamie was thinking that Brad Booth would make a move, which he did. He re-raised to $1600 from the big blind. Gold was thinking that Booth had a passable hand, but he was in a good position to make a move taking into account the quantity of dead money in the pot. Dicken folded, and the unknown in Seat 4 called Booth’s raise.

Now there was over $4000 in the pot, so Jamie went ahead and made it another $4000. His thought was, only if someone else had aces or kings there would be no way they would make that call. Jamie’s plan was to make a huge move on the flop, as long as no ace came up. The second part of his plan was to get Booth to fold, which he did. Booth folded with pocket queens.

On the flop there was an ace of ace-6-5, two clubs. The player in seat 4 checked and Jamie bet $2000. Jamie’s primary thought was to make him think that he had clubs. Seat 4 threw out a $10,000 chip, but didn’t say anything thus converting his raise into a call. Jamie’s thought was that seat 4 definitely had an ace, but you have to defend it in case he hits his set on the upcoming card.

A 2 of hearts was dealt on the turn, and Jamie went ahead and folded to what he was thinking was a top pair kicker. Seat 4 showed a king-jack off suit. Seat 4 outplayed Gold by bluffing with a superb hand, he created a great poker play and took the bluff all the way to the end of the Texas Holdem’ tournament.

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Poker used to be a game accessible only in casino hotels in Las Vegas, Nevada or from video poker, but now it is more widespread than ever in Sin City thanks to the TV and the internet.

The popular Venetian Hotel and Casino, is now banking on this new found popularity with its new audience-participation show called “The Real Deal!” in its Venetian Showroom, beginning in October.

Their new show will merge comedy and game show elements to entertain its live audience. The audience will also be able to take part in the famous Texas-Holdem’ alongside the best poker players in the world. Many prizes are available for the audience including a chance to win 1$ million.

In “The Real Deal!” the audience will play with players like Doyle Brunson, Phil Hellmuth and Daniel Negreanu. Around 10 of the world’s top poker stars have already signed up for the poker game show. The audience will be able to play along with the 90 minute game thanks to handheld, wireless, touch screen devices located on each seat.

“People who visit Sin City want to play different types of poker games,” Negreanu says, “but obviously they can’t play in a top poker tournament with the people like Doyle or Phil Hellmuth. But, in this show, they actually can.” When the show begins, six audience members will be chosen to sit at the poker table on stage with two professional players. Each audience member is then involved in the action by being dealt a unique set of poker cards on their devices. Everyone in the showroom is then involved in the action with big-screen monitors located on stage.

Creators of the show say that you don’t have to be a poker player to join in the game. There are other ways to build your point total, that doesn’t involve playing poker necessarily. Betting on the suit of the next poker card or trying to guess which state a particular audience member is from, are just some of the ways to come out a big winner in this game.

Creators of The Real Deal are also betting on the great personalities of the professional poker players to create some great moments. People like Scotty Nguyen, the flamboyant five-time World Series of Poker bracelet winner, definitely knows how to work the crowd and is a sure bet for some great TV moments in this new idea for poker .

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Shortly after the beginning of last week’s charity poker game to support the Paralyzed Veterans of America, Ben Affleck goes all-in with a flop of Ace-Nine-King and two diamonds. He cringes when two of his opponents call the bet. He yells “Re-buy”, but the turn is a seven of hearts. Affleck is disappointed when a jack of diamonds is dealt on the river. He took the hand seriously even though there was no real cash at stake. This is just the kind of thing that Affleck and several other poker enthusiasts are petitioning for.

Over $100,000 was raised for the paralyzed victims, but this was not the only purpose of the poker game held in Coors Field. Members of the Poker Players Alliance are working very hard to legalize online poker in the United States. As part of their agenda, they are pushing to repeal the 2006 legislation Congress passed which forbids U.S. Banks and credit card companies from processing transactions related to online gaming websites.

John Pappas, executive director of the Poker Players Alliance, is optimistic about the direction that the new congress will lead this decision. Pappas says that the alliance is pushing for a licensed industry, just for internet poker, and not for all online gaming. Pappas is interested in having a safe, regulated industry that all Americans can enjoy. The group is fighting for the rights of people and the privacy they deserve in their own home.

“There are misconceptions about poker and about internet poker,” poker pro Andy Bloch said in between hands during the charity poker event. “Some people think that online poker is gambling like a slot machine, and it’s not.”

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