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To all our loyal followers out there:

A very Merry Christmas to you and happy new year.

More good stuff to follow in the new year!

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Today, I want to pick up where we left off on Tuesday, and focus on pride.

How often do we let our pride get in the way. Throughout our lives, pride can often affect our relationships, our judgment, our decision making capability and can generally get in the way of good common sense!

Experienced players know when to walk away, don’t let your pride overtake your good sense and make you stay in the game, when in fact, if you thought about it rationally afterwards you would never have kept throwing money at the pot.

Sometimes its easier said than done. But you have to keep a check on your emotions all the time and ask yourself, “why am I doing this?…..” or “Am I being manipulated and tricked into this one?….”

What do you all think?

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Heh thanks for the comments and feedback, at least I know someone is reading my literary award winning stuff.  All comments and feedback are welcome, debate is healthy!

Let me take-up on Poker Blogger Dan’s last point, “…some folks just can’t be told”.

Need I say, but here goes anyway…. all good poker players will look for patterns of play.   And, although this is harder to do whilst playing online poker, it is still necessary.  Sometimes our greatest strength can also be a weakness.

So, next time a player comes at you really aggressively, look for the chink in their armor and strike back.  Just as self-defense tactics or the martial arts would teach us, use your opponents attack and turn it into your advantage.

But of course, don’t fall into the trap of always doing the same thing and reacting in the same way.  Don’t be afraid to fold at times, if you cant bluff your way out or if you don’t have the cards.  Mix it up and confuse them.

I have made loads of mistakes and lost packets of money in my time, but it was what I learnt from each situation that is what made me today.  I have had to pick myself off the ground, dust myself off, patch my pride together and carry on, from many a situation!

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I can’t believe people choose to play those flash versions of casino games. The graphics are no way near the standards in downloaded software. I play at casinoplex.com, it is a safe site and it doesn’t even offer a no-download version.

I guess People are afraid of downloading viruses on their computer, but c’mon – a casino that spreads viruses wouldn’t last very long. It’s in the casino’s best interest to provide secure downloads.

Or what do you guys think?

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Oh, man! Check this out! I need to kick up my sock size a couple of numbers this year. It’s a dealer button with a built-in timer. It will tell you when it’s time to raise the blinds. That’s just brilliant! And wait, there is more! A WPT-mouse-pad made of genuine felt. Mike Sexton and Vince Van Patten – watch out! I’m writing Santa right away.

Check the site out for more details : www.dbdealer.com

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Here are some of the most frequently encountered mistakes made by beginners in No Limit Texas Hold ‘em and how to avoid them. Avoiding these mistakes will not only buffer your bankroll, but will also prevent you from exposing yourself as a beginner to more experienced poker players.

#1 Marrying Hole Cards

If you get dealt a big pair or high suited connectors pre-flop, don’t assume that winning the subsequent hand is a given. You need to pay attention to what comes up on the board and how other players respond to community cards.

There are any number of hands that can beat high pairs, and many beginners are routinely beaten by these. Thinking you have some sort of divine right to win a hand because you have pocket aces is the surest way to run into a bad beat. Learn to fold.

#2 Failure to Fold

Winning hands is only one half of a winning poker strategy. The other half is minimising losses and leads on from mistake #1.

If you think you’re beaten despite the fact that you’re holding good hole cards you should fold them.

The only thing worse than losing with a strong starting hand is paying someone your entire stack to prove to you that you’ve been soundly beaten.

#3 Missing the Nuts

Many beginners get so excited when they get dealt a strong hand pre-flop that they cease paying adequate attention to what is transpiring on the board. Two hands to always keep an eye out for are flushes and straights, either of which will win a hand 9 times out of 10.

To avoid failing to detect flushes go to your poker provider’s options menu and select a multi-colour deck – you’ll never miss another flush again.

#4 Showing Cards

The primary aim of any good poker strategy is to render your opponents incapable of reading your plays. Showing your cards after winning a hand amounts to giving your opponents free information on your personality and play. Keep your cards close to your chest and force your opponents to work hard to figure out your style of play.

#5 High Stakes

While the idea of raking in the cash in high stakes online tournaments or cash games is attractive, its also totally unrealistic for a beginner. Stakes levels tend to correlate with experience levels, and unless you want to find yourself being eaten alive by experienced players without learning much in the process, you’ll want to confine your play to low stakes tournaments and cash games where you’ll have far more opportunities to develop your poker skills at less expense.

Head over to UK Poker Betting to learn more about playing poker online and how to improve your poker play.

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