Archive for July, 2008

Daniel Negreanu’s Poker VT Site Review

Immediately, when you enter the site a quick sales pitch from Daniel begins, whether you want it or not. Now I’m sure the training on this site is topnotch but is it me or does this seem a little like selling out? I mean, it’s like those guys who tell you how to make millions on the internet. Why don’t they just use their own method and make all those millions. I guess the difference is we know Daniel’s done it already, when those guys on TV, we don’t know if they are real.

Most of the professionals make there money from the bad players and the more good players there are, the harder it will be to make a living. So, isn’t Daniel and the others selling there knowledge basically saying, “Making a living is going to get hard for all of us, so I’m going to make my money now before it becomes impossible.”

The appearance of his site is wonderful. you can take a tour. This isn’t really a tour but more another sales pitch. A tour would be some examples of what you will find, many a demo ot two, or a sample lesson. This tour is a Daniel video in which he tells you know what you will find on the site. When, however, you get to the Feature section, there are a few samples.

The pro’s on the site include Paul Wasicka, JC Alvarado, Justin “Boosted J” Smith, Adam “Alunglen7” Junglen, Annette “Annette_15” Obrestad, and Prof. Charley Swayne (a math expert).

The site feature Daniel’s Custom Course on Hold’em and him Hand Analysis Lessons, Online Poker Training from Winning Pros and Know the Math.

You can test you knowledge for free and I got the first 6 right and the last 4 wrong. Maybe I could use this course, but that’s why this test is there.

I have read that the dig difference in this site over other on line training sites is the live play action in which Daniel and other pros play with amateurs. During the game, they will stop, discuss action, look at hands, and make it a learning opportunity.

Right now they site is only for Hold’em players but I hear more games are planned.

Membership Cost Are: $149.99 to sign up and $29.99 a month after that. I worry when there is both a sign up free and a monthly fee. It’s sort of like they are saying, “Hey if you don’t like this site, go ahead and cancel, we still got your $150! Ha ha!”

No Penalty for Phil Hellmuth

Phil Hellmuth on the WPT

I’ve made no secret of my dislike of Phil Hellmuth. I know he’s a great poker player. That doesn’t excuse himself from being a horrible human being. I believe it is the times of stress or bad times are where the real person comes out. Anybody can be a great person when everything’s going well but can they maintain their composure when things go bad? Most of us find it hard to act like the person we know we should be when things go wrong, but we try.

I don’t care how nice of a guy people say he is away from the table, after all he’s unbelievably rich, has pretty wife and kids and is very suscessful.

Last night on the WPT, Phil paired up his jack after the flop. Nam Le had paired up his low card, I believe it was a three but his other card was a King. Nam acted first and put in a raise. Phil just called with top pair. He said after words, he new Nam had a low pair and was slowplaying his pair of jacks! Nam draws a king on the turn and ends up going all in. Phil calls. Phil jumps up when he see’s Nam’s two pair! He screams and hollers, talks to the crowd, yell at the dealer for giving Nam the king. What a damn loser.

One of the early lessons I learned while playing poker is if you slow play and get busted, it’s your own fault. You can do it but islow playing is always a gamble. Phil took a chance and got burned. Hey baby, deal with it like a man!

Another Government Failure – Poker Prohibition

The country is fighting a war in which over 4000 American kids have died. Gas prices have doubled in the last year. The polar ice is melting at a alarming rate. Yet we have elected politicians who think restricting the rights of Americans to do what they want, when they want, in their own homes is a worth while pursuit. The time and money spent of this endeavor can never be totally known.

Of course the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act, which was cowardly added to the Port Security Bill in the middle of the night. This was a total violation of the spirit of American in which a forefather’s fought for. While this, and for some reason I can find no rational, in legal, it is truly not in the idea of a “Government for the people and by the people.”

The surprising success of this card game scares a lot of do-gooders, so much so that they must report to sneaky, underhanded ways. And for all that is good, these efforts are failing.

More and more on-line poker sites are finding ways to get around this worthless law. and now the World Series of Poker has had their best year ever. Poker is still growing! You can read about it at Poker Pages.

Do Poker Bots Work?

By Matthew Blake

Online Poker And Software

Playing online poker has become not just more and more popular over the last years, it has also been a profitable area for professional players and part-time players who understand that with the right software they have an edge over other players. Such software includes poker indicators which help you to understand your chances of winning better or database software that helps you to profile other poker players to analyze and beat their playing style. This article talks about poker robots also known as poker bots.

What Is A Poker Bot

A poker bot is a program that is able to play poker hands on its own. It is a software solution that enables someone to fire up their poker software, sit down at a poker table and let the bot play the game on its own.

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