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If you win, you can use that money to build a bankroll and play in higher stakes games, just as Chris Ferguson did when he turned $0 into a $10,000 bankroll.

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Author: Kristy Gazes

It’s not a sexy subject, but we all know how vital bankroll management is to your poker career. A great way to help out with managing your roll is to keep records of your play. Accurate records not only help you keep track of how you’re doing, they also allow you to analyze your game and keep you honest with yourself. We all like to believe that we’re winning players, but that’s not always the case.

Here are a few key categories/stats to keep track of every time you play:

• Overall bankroll (so you never play over your head in games that are too big)
• How long you played
• What game/limit you played
• How much you made (how many big blinds or big bets won per hour)

Keeping records of these basic elements really helps put your game in perspective. Personally, I like to dive in even deeper, so I keep track of my emotions as I play. How you feel when you play and what frame of mind you’re in are vital to the outcome of your session – don’t ignore these factors.

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Author: Lee Markholt

In tournaments, you should always be looking for ways to pick up chips. You can’t just sit around waiting for Aces or Kings and hope to double up when you do. One of the best and most popular ways for adding chips to your stack is by implementing what’s known as the squeeze play. A typical squeeze play works like this: an active and aggressive player raises in late position, and he’s called by another player on the button. You’re in the blinds and you have to decide what to do.

There’s no real indication yet that anyone has a particularly strong hand. The aggressive player could be raising with a wide range of hands, and the call from the button could mean a lot of things. He may have a medium strength hand, or he may be pretty weak and just looking to play post-flop with favorable position.

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The world’s largest poker site has yet again entered the records books, this time by smashing its own Guinness World Record for the largest online poker tournament. The new world record for largest online tournament ever is now 149,196 players. PokerStars guaranteed a prize pool of $300,000 where the top 30,000 players would get a piece of the cake. It was obvious that an attractive prize pool plus such an appealing goal would result in great success. The tournament itself was structured as a turbo as the levels lasted only 5 minutes so the whole tournament was over in six hours. The full final table placings and payouts were as follows:

1. oskar69 $50,000.00
2. Bommel222 $30,000.00
3. TLWPB $20,000.00
4. willis59 $10,000.00
5. kruglay $8,000.00
6. madmick62 $6,500.00
7. DS1982 $5,250.00
8. denmil53 $4,000.00
9. bigsnapper7 $3,000.00

Congratulations to oskar69 and all of the 30,000 players who cashed this evening.

You can be part of history by helping PokerStars break their own World Record for the largest ever online poker tournament. The current Guinness World Record for the largest online poker tournament was set this July when PokerStars drew 65,000 players.

On December 27 at 14:45 ET, PokerStars will host a tourney with a $300,000 guarantee and a $50,000 first prize! And with a buy-in of just $1, it’s easy for everyone to take part.

How to Register:

1. If you haven’t done so already, download free software and install it on your computer.
2. Create an account.
3. To find the tournament, go to the PokerStars Lobby and select ‘Tourney’ and ‘All’ or ‘Special’

PokerStars has a special online page with more information on this event, located at http://www.pokerstars.com/poker/promotions/world-record/

Author: Steve Zolotow

People always ask, “How much do I need to play in a certain stake game?” The usual answer to all poker questions is, “It depends.” But in this case, it is the wrong question. The question really should be, “Given my temperament and current financial situation, how much can I risk in a game?”

Let’s examine these components. First is your temperament. Years ago, Mike Caro distinguished between two types of players – plodders and adventurers. I like to put poker players into three categories. First are the plodders. They are extremely risk adverse and would rather play for pennies than take a chance of going broke. Next are the normal players. The normal players are willing to take moderate risk if they think they have a reasonable advantage. Lastly there are the plungers. They love to take extreme risk. They are the poker equivalents of mountaineers who want to reach the top of Mount Everest. The risk in question is, of course, losing a large percentage of your bankroll or, in the worst case, going broke.

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PokerStars Depositor Freerolls are back, and with a combined prize pool of $500,000, they’re bigger than ever. The freerolls will take place from November 28 to December 13 and there will be eight per day, each with a prize pool of $2,500. If you reach the money in any of these tourneys, you will qualify for one of the eight huge $25K finals on December 13. Simply deposit now with one of following codes to be a part of the promotion

• Enter ‘500K’ if you are an existing real money player
• Enter ‘FIRST500K’ if you’ve never made a deposit before.

If you’re new to PokerStars, it’s easy to set up an account. Simply download the free software, follow these easy steps and you’ll be playing in no time.

The freerolls will take place from November 28 to December 13 and there will be eight per day, each with a prize pool of $2,500.

David Oppenheim

In the game of Hold ‘em, especially No Limit, aggression is usually rewarded. By being aggressive, you are putting your opponent in an uncomfortable situation and forcing him to either make a hand or make a bluff. You take over control of the pot and put yourself in the driver’s seat. And yet, for as much good as aggression can do, I still see far too many players either being too aggressive or misusing aggression altogether. Aggression is one of the biggest tools a poker player has, but it needs to be used wisely at all times.

For instance, I see a lot of young players getting out of line and being overly aggressive with hands like A-Q and A-J. They put in huge raises with these hands thinking they’re making a smart move, but really they’re just scaring the dead money away.

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