PokerStars profound changes in his VIP program

While celebrated all over the world, the beginning of the new decade, which has the world’s largest poker room, PokerStars profound changes in his VIP program announced.

The most important change you will immediately notice is the way his Pokerstars VIP points calculated. Until now, a player has a VPP when the rake was reached at the table a certain amount. Now it gets counted at least a portion of the rake as long as anything has been paid. At tables with at least eight seats, whether occupied or not they are awarded, PokerStars now six VPP for every dollar of the entire table. The total number of VPP for each hand are evenly distributed among all players have taken part in de hand. So for example if the pot with three U.S. dollars is geraked be awarded 18 points. If nine players who participated in the hand gets each player has two VPP. Even partial points will be deducted.

At shorthanded tables with fewer than eight seats it works basically the same, except that the VPP multiplier is five and a half, and not six.

In tournaments, players will receive five and a half VPP for every dollar in tournament fees for every dollar in tournament fees. The VPPs needed to reach the VIP level and keep, have also changed. The monthly requirements for Silver Star have been almost halved, from 1200 to 750 And remain a Supernova player if you abt the status once achieved, requires PokerStars VPPs now only 7500 per month instead of 10,000.

The cash-Milestones for supernovae have also been adjusted. The new values are as follows:

$ 1,000 at 100.000 VPPs
$ 3400 at 200,000 VPPs
$ 3600 at 300,000 VPPs
$ 3800 at 400,000 VPPs
$ 4000 500,000 VPPs
$ 4400 approximately 600.000 VPPs
$ 4600 for 700,000 VPPs
5000 at $ 800,000 VPPs

Are down from 300,000, the Cash Rewards increased, while the reduction has been lying about it. The $ 4600 reward for 700,000 is new and therefore there is at the milestone payouts now $ 1,000 more than before.

For Supernova players will be interesting to see that they can participate from now on, no more of the $ 75,000 in weekly freerolls. Instead, quarterly $ 1,000,000 VIP Freerolls are organized. The access methods are the same as always: supernovas have their place in vain, while PlatinumStar and GoldStar VIP FPP can win a place via Satellite. And finally, PokerStars has added a brand new promotion for the VIP program, which bears the name of Stellar Rewards. It works very similarly to the milestones in the supernovae, except that the Stellar Milestones have lower thresholds. There are 19 Stellar Rewards for every player available in the year and they already start at $ 10 to the VPP will be allocated at 750. All in all, there are a total of $ 1000 for this program with the highest reward, $ 100, will be paid at 90,000 VPP. Interestingly PokerStars requires that each of the Rewards will be earned in the VIP FPP store for 1 each.

Concepts for the turn and river

On the flop can still play for a simple recipe, when we were before the flop, the aggressor, and have increased. We make a continuation bet or check if we have missed the flop and the situation of (dis) appear cheap, or we make a value bet to get money into the middle. As you can imagine, turn and river is difficult and not for a particular pattern to play. I would like to introduce some concepts and illustrate them with examples.

If we erstmal our previous line continues. Since we always play tight-aggressive, we tend to raise before the flop and keep this aggressive line on it. Let us now suppose that we have missed the flop, but to make a continuation bet, get called by an opponent on the turn and again no help. This happens very frequently, and many players just tend to check and give up the hand. Most can, however, the enemy until the turn off with a second increase!

Since we are not the only ones to have a continuation bet in our repertoire, our enemies know that the flop is the use of more or less compulsory, and expect that, regardless of whether we helped the flop or not. Our (e) opponents, therefore, make calls on the flop often loose on the grounds that this is just a continuation bet, and we have nothing anyway. With a check on the turn we give up the hand and can make an application either to turn if we are out of position, or on the river if we do not call position. A check on the turn after a C-Bet is an aggressive opponent to steal an invitation to the pot. Nevertheless, it is sometimes just better to give up the pot. This is the case when the turn card may have helped the enemy has brought us nothing and we have little chance of winning.

The whole is too complex and extensive to give simple tips. It belongs to a lot of experience and hands-Reading is very important here. It takes betting patterns to estimate the enemy’s good for him, and can decide whether a further application has prospects of success. A good example is the notorious check-raiser, who is out of position and a C-bet by waiting Preflopaggressor. He checks in principle, to be able to raise immediately if the flop helped him. Elects to call it an enemy of our continuation bet it is quite possible that he sits on a draw, or has a monster hand.
After a C-bet on the turn, one should ask themselves the following questions:

1. If these players hit the flop, or he elects to call for the reason “because we have nothing”?
If the latter is likely the case, and the results from Floptextur, player type, Tell, recent game then makes a bet on the turn meaning.
The former is probably the case, it should continue with question 3.

2. Helped turn the card to the opponent?
This is probably the case, then a bet makes sense only if Question 3 is applicable.

3. Can I use my opponent to get the better hand fold?
Flops, our opponents an average couple who elects to call our C-Bet, check on the turn, then won a further deployment of course, also depends on the player type, a good chance the pot.
On the river, everything is still a complicated piece, so that we simplify the two little questions:

1. Are there better hands, we bring an application to the fold?

2. There is weaker hands that can call our own efforts?

When it comes to a bet on the river’s calling, you should ask yourself the following two questions:

1. Is there enough hands with which he makes this application and against which we win?

2. Can we meet with an increase in the above-mentioned objectives (Callen weaker, fold a stronger hand?)

In the game before the flop, there are simple mathematical and game theoretic aspects, and therefore easy to explain good or bad decisions. After the flop, but everything is much more complicated and the best game depends on many factors. To estimate this to be able to play and even after the flop well, it is necessary to read many books and play the course themselves. It is also important to share with other players and discuss respective hands. With these concepts presented here you have a good guideline, but what you shall guide your decisions.

Floptextur

Under the texture of the flop is meant the totality and appearance. Sogut flop as everyone is different, but there are groups in which one can divide similar flops. Of course, there are overlaps, such as a paired flop with flush and straight draw.

1. Flop without texture

That is a flop, which can be classified not because he is so upset. There is no straight or flush possibilities, and this is paired not.
Examples are (c = cross, d = diamonds, s = spades, h) = heart;
2s8cKd
Qh7d2c
Ah9c3s

2. Flop with a certain connectivity

That is a flop, the cards are somehow connected to each other and allow Straightdraws:
7s4cAh
JsTd2c
9h8dKc

3. Flop with strong connectivity

A somewhat more pronounced form of flop number 2 All three cards are so interconnected that even a straight is possible:
2s3cAd
6h9sTc
AsJcTs

4. Flop of the same color

At least two cards must be of one color there. As long as there are only two, is just about one flush draw possible. When possible, the same three colors, a suited flop, is already a made flush:
3d8dAd
6h9cTh
4s7sJs

5. Paired flop

A flop, can boast of a couple who are paired as described (paired board). Even a triple on the flop – which is more than rare – one of the paired flops:
5s5dTh
AsAd9c
8c8s8d

6. Hybrids

The flop presented here are unlikely. Most of the different groups occur together with other groups. Thus, the flop is often a degree of connectivity and the same colors (2 + 4). Or is paired with two similar colors (4 + 5).

Before you play be sure to know the Hold’em Poker rules well.

The life cycle of a poker player

a friend of mine who is one of the best No Limit player in the world, told me that in two years would be the group of top no-limit players and much more frightening than the one now at the headed. I agree with him. Maybe these players are already out there, but have not yet bankroll (a deplorable condition to) be recognized as a top player to play in big games. Or maybe they need to be 21st

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My friend was of the opinion that he should maximize its profit, as long as he is one of the best, and step aside if the new group takes over top players at the top. This is wise, foresighted bankroll management. Many former top players did not realize when their time had expired.

In recent years I’ve noticed a lot of High Stakes Poker. My observation is, poker has never seen a complete talent. There are no Roger Federer at Poker & Casino. The top players usually stick to one or two aspects of the game show, and are in the other aspects merely very good. We see analytical brilliance with Brian Townsend and Phil Galfond, incredible instincts Phil Ivey or Kenny Tran and incomparable poker knowledge at the speed of thought and Barry Greenstein. But you can find all this not with the same person. It is inevitable that someone who has all these talents will rise to the top. Right now a lot of money and status in the game. Potential climbers are attracted, and the pool of talent is international.

Let me striking out and compare the level of playing strength of two very different games, poker and chess. It seems to me in poker yet no one has ever reached the championship, having the best chess player. The playing strength, which demonstrated Garry Kasparov at the height of his career, was reached on the green felt so far by anyone. It is debatable, but I think it is obviously true, and I think there is a deeper reason. Poker worn down. Let’s forget for a moment the surrounding environment, the poker. In the poker world of alcohol, drugs, depression and sleep deprivation are widespread, but we ignore for the moment, the long-term effect of these things to the human abilities. I think that poker itself has an intrinsic property to further develop it to a complicated, ever his abilities. Specifically, I think, an essential appeal of the game – the ability to adrenaline and other stress chemicals to flow – damages the brain of poker players, and makes it difficult to study the game and improve further. There are lots of evidence that even relatively low stress can damage the frontal lobes of the brain and reduce the learning and remembering.

It is well known that the brain activity (in particular the ability to acquire new skills) decreases from about 19.Lebensjahr with age. I guess poker is accelerating this process, but even if this is not the case, we should expect life-cycle trends. In academia, specialists from different disciplines to experience its peak in different ages, depending on how important it is mere computing power (IQ) compared with accumulated knowledge in their work area. In areas in which computing power is very important (for example) mathematics, researchers have its peak at a very young age (around 25). In areas such as history, which counts the accumulated knowledge very much, is the culmination of 50 or later.

I think online poker is much more computationally expensive than live poker, and less dependent on accumulated knowledge) from (eg on patterns of behavior. It is not surprising that the top online players generally much younger than the top players are live. I guess a serious online players reached its peak with 24 or so, and a live player at around 33rd I also expect to fall off the capabilities of the live player is slower than that of the online player.

I think it is not too difficult to imagine the perfect poker player. First, he must have been (or she) was born with a flair for the game. There are some players who have the game just in the blood. Each time developed the ability to read hands and people, but only people with great talent will be able to raise those skills to a world class level. Second, he must be very clever, with an excellent memory and great analytical skills. Third, he must keep his talent and his skills with a healthy lifestyle. I agree with the view of Patrik Antonius, the top players of the future must also be very fit.

The fourth and fifth property of a perfect poker player does not match the properties of an all around balanced person. The perfect poker player, the years in which he has his intellectual peak () to be 19.Lebensjahr around, use it to study the game as deeply as possible. This includes the study of game theory and probability, which can be applied to poker. The last one must concentrate in their twenties to gather as much poker experience as possible. And as long as we examine the anti-social component: a possible sixth property of a perfect poker player is to be unmarried.

Poker is not yet sick enough that people tread the way of life described above. This path of restriction is certainly one reason why the caliber of talent will be created Kasparov or Federer. It’s just a matter of time until the poker training reached this intensity.

In the online poker world, there is a further difficulty as to the existence of software for hand analysis. People who do not have the latest and best tools are going to lose against those who are in possession of it. The failure to keep pace with the technological advances that can lead to the decline.

On the practical side, a poker player should always try to keep his ego in check and to assess its relative skill level reasonable. In addition, should the concept of bankroll management are taken into account, how will the own relative skill level develop over time.

Pot Limit, No Limit, All-In and Sidepot

Anyone who has already collected more practice and experience, will deal with sooner or later versions Pot Limit and No Limit. However, this also includes the concepts of all-in and side pot. Because if you with his whole bankroll is sitting at the table, it may well be that this is also the risk.

Pot Limit

In pot limit is set by the amount of the operation by the amount of the pot. That is, are $ 50 in the pot, a player has the possibility of an amount (between the big blind (the minimum bet) and the pot the maximum bet) is, to offer.

An example to explain:

They play $ 1 / $ 2 PL Hold’em. The small blind is $ 1, the large $ 2 The first player has the opportunity to raise at least $ 2 to (so he must total $ 4) in the pot to play the amount of the pot, or an amount between these two. The amount of the pot in this case, $ 7 – the small blind is $ 1, the big blind is $ 2, the call $ 2 – together and you get $ 5 for the pot. So the call ($ 2) and Raise ($ 5), so the player must pay $ 7 to raise the pot. If he decides the next player may also raise the pot to play, so he can raise by $ 24 – small blind $ 1, big blind $ 2, raise $ 7, call $ 7 – a total of $ 17 The re-raise also makes $ 24 off – $ 17 for the pot and $ 7 for the call. Be the re-raise in Pot-Limit must be at least twice as high as the last raise. If the player does not have enough money for a re-raise, he can go all-in. The bet must be at least as high as the big blind, also applies here – the player has not enough money for a bet, he can go all-in.

No Limit

In no limit the player has the ability, all the money he has put before him, no matter how high the pot. However, there are minimum amounts – the small bet before and after the flop, the big bet from the turn. Be the re-raise in no limit must be at least twice as high as the last raise. If the player does not have enough money for a re-raise, he can go all-in. As in pot-limit bet must be at least as high as the big blind. If a player is not enough money for a bet, he can go all-in.

All-in and side pot

It is not possible that a player is eliminated from a hand because he has too little money. Through the so-called all-in he stays with his work and commitment, yet in the pot, he can also win as much as he has used. If more than 2 players involved in this pot, a side pot is formed.

Example:

Player A goes all-in with $ 50, player B pays the $ 50, Player C goes all-in with $ 200, Player B goes with his remaining $ 50 all-in. In this case a side pot is formed. The Mainpot includes that money, which player A can win (his $ 50 and $ 50 from each player B and C). In the side pot of money that comes when a player does not share more. ($ 50 from $ 150 from player B and player C). Of player C is $ 100 too much in the side pot, they can win either Player A or Player B. Holds after the showdown, the player A winning hand, so he can win the Mainpot in the amount of $ 150 The side pot ($ 100) goes to player B, or C, whichever is the next best hand. $ 100 will be reduced in each case to Player C, as they too were in the side pot. Player C wins with the best hand, he gets the side pot $ 150, the Mainpot with $ 100 and the remainder of his $ 100

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