Jeff Vert

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Advanced strategy for poker and blackjack

Advanced Poker Strategy: Crazy Plays Are For Desperate Times
12-Aug-2007

Desperate times call for desperate measures. As you approach the end of a blackjack tournament and find yourself deep in the hole, you will sometimes have to pull some crazy plays to try and catch up. If you're confident with your advanced poker strategy then here are some crazy plays you may have to make late that you should not consider early in a tournament.

Advanced poker strategy - calculating outs

Advanced Poker: Counting & Calculating Outs
10-Aug-2007

Poker class is in session for a lesson on advanced poker strategy. If you'll all find your seats and take out your notebook it's time for today's lesson: counting and calculating outs-- we will be learning some of the math of poker. (collective moan from the classroom). Now, before you all ask for your hall pass and beg for no homework, just pay attention for a few short minutes and give it a chance. After all, this isn't algebra or trigonometry – it is simple math, and it will help you be better equipped for decision making at the card table.

Blackjack Strategy - Position For Advancement
09-Aug-2007

One thing I love about multi-table and multi-round blackjack tournaments, other than the obvious higher payout for finishing first, is that you generally only have to win the final table for the big moolah. In the preceding rounds, you only need to finish in the top two or three to advance through the event to the final table, which has a big impact on your strategy.

The Stop-and-Go
09-Aug-2007

Back before Greg Raymer was the World Series of Poker Main Event Champion, he was a lowly part-time internet player like so many today. Raymer was primarily a sit-and-go player where 9 or 10 players battle it out at a single table. While this advanced strategy can work in live poker, it is especially suited to online poker.

Just Announced: The 4th Annual Caribbean Poker Classic Rake Race
02-Aug-2007

The 4th annual Caribbean Poker Classic (CPC) has just been announced and begins this November. Starting this month through to October 31st., SunPoker.com is giving away over $130K in Caribbean Poker Classic (CPC) Prize Packages. Read on for details.

Online Blackjack Betting Streaks
28-Jul-2007

There are sound mathematical principals at work, when you're playing blackjack online. The cards are shuffled perfectly. The dealer deals perfectly. There's no advantage play, no collusion between casino employees and customers, and nobody handles the cards. And yet, I'm amazed to see how many people try to 'play a streak' online!

Blackjack Advice: When In Doubt, Put It Out
27-Jul-2007

Keeping track of all of the events of a blackjack tournament can be quite confusing at times, and most players could benefit from a few tips and some good advice. Consider that you must keep up with five to seven players, their bankrolls and the hands they are dealt. At least in online blackjack, their stack sizes are always there for you to see, a luxury live tournament blackjack players don't have.

A One-On-One Finale
25-Jul-2007

You've battled through an online blackjack tournament and the other players have dropped out, one by one. There are only a few hands left and you are heads-up with one opponent. You both have $1,500 in chips. How do you play it? It's time to maximize your heads up black jack tournament strategy.

Card Counting Practice Drills
24-Jul-2007

You can improve your basic card counting skills by drilling online, because the pace is quicker than live play, which means more practice. But things might move a little too fast, at first, so you're going to need to start with these basic card counting drills.

Basic Poker Strategy: Minimizing Poker Tells
23-Jul-2007

One of the biggest basic poker strategy weaknesses to new and intermediate poker players tend to have is obvious tells. A tell is some action or indication that you're either strong or weak, and mostly comes out in live poker. It isn't always something obvious like a twitch or humming a tune. Then again, sometimes it is as obvious as shaking or nodding your head a little bit. You might not even know about it.

Poker Gripes, Flawed Thinking, and Overused Phrases
21-Jul-2007

With the proliferation of poker in the past few years so many untruths, superstitions and repetition of just plain frustrating phrases have emerged. As much as we have had the opportunity to learn from the vastness of poker resources, others have chosen to spread their own brand of poker wisdom. In other words, they have no idea what they are talking about.