http://www.bigslickpoker.de Poker Strategy, and Player Profiles of German Poker Stars! Wed, 21 Oct 2009 21:44:37 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Interesting in giving pot-limit Omaha (PLO) a try? This is one of the most popular variants of poker, and it seems to only get more popular by the day! PLO is somewhat similar to no-limit hold'em. There are five community cards in the middle. The key difference is that players ... http://www.bigslickpoker.de/surviving-pot-limit-omaha The EPT German Open concluded recently in Dortmund, Germany. A record size field of 667 showed up to participate in this year's event which shattered last year's then-record of 411 players. In that event, 18 year old Canadian Mike McDonald took first place for €933,600. This year, when McDonald climbed ... http://www.bigslickpoker.de/recap-of-ept-germany H.O.R.S.E. (an acronym for Hold'em, Omaha Hi-Lo, Razz, Stud, and Stud Eight or Better) is a game that has rapidly increased in popularity over the past 3-4 years. The game is played by rotating through those five different poker variants in an orderly fashion. The rotation can be done either ... http://www.bigslickpoker.de/horse-crash-course Last year's champion, Mike McDonald The European Poker Tour (EPT) is coming back to Germany. Dortmund will host the €5,300 buy-in event from March 10th through the 14th. Last year, Mike "timex" McDonald triumphed over a field of 411 players to win the €933,000 first place prize. McDonald's win ... http://www.bigslickpoker.de/ept-dortmund-preview Any frustrated student of the game of poker would be wise to avoid listening to the story of Florian Langmann's career. The talented young German took to poker like a fish in the water. After getting a bit of a late start compared to others who have enjoyed his degree ... http://www.bigslickpoker.de/german-poker-superstars-profile-florian-langmann One of the big advantages of online poker over brick-and-mortar poker is the ability to play "small ball", so to speak. Understandably, casinos don't want to deal with spreading penny-ante games and they certainly aren't going to take the time to run small freeroll promotions. However, online poker rooms are ... http://www.bigslickpoker.de/bankroll-building-tips It could be argued that the best German poker player is 25 year-old Sebastian Ruthenberg. According to this poker interview, Ruthenberg began playing in 2004, but didn't start taking the game seriously until 2006 after he finished his education. Fast forward to two years later, and Sebastian finished 11th on the ... http://www.bigslickpoker.de/german-poker-superstars-profile-sebastian-ruthenberg Poker is a game of exploiting your opponents' mistakes. When you slip, they profit, and when they slip, you profit. With that in mind, it's important to pinpoint ways in which your opponents are profiting off of your mistakes. Of course, I can't know what mistakes you are most prone ... http://www.bigslickpoker.de/fou-mistakes-to-avoid Germans have done increasingly well in the game of poker over the past few years. This is due in part to the work of young superstar Johannes Strassmann. Like many successful poker players, Johannes career began as a transition from being a Starcraft player. Starcraft is an online strategy game of ... http://www.bigslickpoker.de/johannes-strassmann