Poker Promo Blog

This May 19, 2010, it announced it had completed the challenge with nearly two months in advance and made the details of his earnings. The sum of $ 54,000 has been pocketed directly on tables and a nice $46,000 were added through the FPPS: loyalty points PokerStars.

“The secret to being successful it to continually try to play, always work on your game and try to improve. If you do this, and if you put in enough hours, you also have the chance to build up a big bankroll.“

The German player has detailed the progress of his challenge on the Boku87 Challenge Blog. Asked about a possible challenge to the future, the German replied: “Maybe, but certainly not this summer. If I try a new kind of challenge, it will not be until October or November.

PokerStars is celebrating the stars of summer by giving all players in the US & Canada the chance to win a Harley Davidson Sportster and Mustang Convertible. All players who make their first real money deposit of $25 or more, or reload their existing account for the same amount, from May 13-May 30, will be awarded two tournament tickets.

Players making their first real money deposit must use the bonus code ‘Summer’. Those reloading their account should use the code ‘Celebrate’.

Players must use the correct codes listed above when making their first deposit or reload. Players can choose to take the cash alternative if they win ($10,000 for the Harley Davidson, $25,000 for the Mustang). See the Summer Celebration page for more. (available in English & French)

Author: Stephan Kalhamer

If a poker player wants an edge, he must move with the times. Today, a style which was successful only a year ago can already be outdated; tomorrow, he could be the sucker.

However, in the poker world (as in the fashion world), there are timeless classics: the little black dress for a woman; the pinstripe suit on a man; tight/aggressive play at the table. Admittedly, this type of player is less likely to knock somebody’s socks off, but he is also far less likely to be knocked out of the tournament himself.

Dan Harrington described this style in his tremendous book, “ Harrington On Hold ’em” and, as a result, it quickly became the worldwide standard. Today’s truly smart tournament players, however, were soon tearing up the rule book and, as a result, modern poker has no dominant strategy.

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Author: Brandon Adams

The ability to bluff big pots effectively is one of the key skills that separate good players from great players. It is no accident that the games played at the highest stakes feature some of the most daring bluffs: big bluffs are a central part of the game.

Most players mix up their play well for small bets – they’ll bet out or raise with nothing on the flop with about the right frequency – but most players don’t mix up their play well on big bets. Some players never mess around when they put in really big money on the turn or river. Other players can never resist the big bluff when they see a lot of money in the middle. Striking the right balance between value bets and bluffs when you are putting big money in the pot is crucial to playing top-level poker.

When you are playing against world-class competition, bluffing too often is a bigger mistake than not bluffing enough. You will get called very often and you will look to everyone like you are spewing chips. You will wonder why they are calling you so often, but the reason will be somewhat simple: your opponents will be getting 2:1 odds on a call (if you are betting the size of the pot) and they will infer based on your betting frequency that you’re bluffing more often than that.

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His goal is to turn $5 into a staggering $100,000 in just 12 months.

Some time has elapsed since the previous update. Now I have reached 200,000 VPP and received the first milestone bonus to the order of $3,400. Everything also went pretty well at the tables and now I already have $62,200. With a remaining period of more than four months for the remaining $37,800, I am very confident that I will make it. Supernova Elite will now no longer be necessary - I think that I will be ready before I reach 600,000 VPP.

PokerStars.com will bring you regular news about how the challenge is going, and ‘Boku87’ himself will be posting blog reports on this page, charting his progress.

The Big Game is a brand new, high stakes poker show on national TV, and you can be part of it for free by playing in the Big Game qualifier tournaments and winning a seat in the cash game.  All you must do is play in any of the Round 1 tournaments running from March 26 -June 25 to be in with a chance. Check out The Big Game page to find out more. To find The Big Game Round 1 qualifiers, open the PokerStars lobby, click ‘Tourney’ & ‘Regional’, and then look for tournaments listed as ‘Big Game’.

Theres some really great poker between Phil Ivey and Tom Dwan.