Friday, October 9, 2009

Mike Caro's - Professional Poker Player

"Americas Mad Genius of Poker" is what they call him. Mike Caro is one among the most experienced professional poker players. His experience and observation throughout his career made him learn many strategies and skill in the game of poker. To share his experience and provide guidelines to the beginner poker players he started Mike Caro University of poker which has become world famous now.

Mike Caro was born in the year 1944 and started playing poker at a very young age. Mike Caro’s is famous for his tells of poker. There are many books that are published under his name. And the best among them being, Caro’s book on tells. Mike has implemented a new way of approach to explain the term poker tells. He said “if you are repeatedly getting bad beats then you are playing a proper poker game. This may sound staggering but you will understand the right meaning of it if you think backwards. Like wise there are many books that help beginners to learn poker.

Thursday, October 8, 2009

Jennifer Harman - Professional Poker Player

Jennifer Harman, the only professional poker player who won two WSOP bracelets among the woman poker players. Who said poker is a gentleman’s game. To prove that this statement is absolutely wrong, Jennifer Harman is the best living example. Like many other professional poker players Jennifer has a reputation being called a cash game player.

Jennifer has won her first WSOP title in the year 2000 with a deuce to “seven No-Limit “event. She won the 2nd WSOP bracelet in the year 2002 at the $5k “Limit Hold’em “event.Harman is a very close friend of Daniel Negreanu who helped her a lot in getting stronger at playing poker. In fact Daniel says that it’s pretty unfair to call Jenifer the best female poker player of the world as she is the best among the top poker players all over the world. Harman has been playing professional poker from the past 10 years and impressed many other professional poker players as well.

Barry Shulman - Professional Poker Player

Barry Shulman, the living legend and CEO of the card player Magazine is one among the top professional poker players who recently defeated Daniel Negreanu and won the WSOPE title. Many other professional poker players say that Shulman’s magazine is “the bible in the poker Industry”. He has won millions of dollars being a professional poker player.

Barry Sulman has succeeded in managing both his publication and also his career in poker. He said that now he is concentrating more on his publications business as he retired from playing poker. In fact he is working more than ever to give his best to card player magazine. The magazine is famous for its articles and columns that are inspired from the professional poker players. Barry holds the authority on most of the poker related businesses. In a recent interview with business week he said that online poker has made a revolution and also added that televised broadcast of World Poker Tour (WPT) has also increased the popularity.

Wednesday, October 7, 2009

Daniel Negreanu - Professional Poker Player


Daniel Negreanu is an outstanding professional poker player. He gave a new definition to the world of poker with his illustrious career of poker. Daniel was declared the player of the year 2004 by Card Player Magazine, WPT and ESPN. He started playing poker at a very young age and stood as an inspiration for many other poker players.

People used to call him “Kid Poker” for his ability and skills at young age. Daniel’s favorite poker event was Pot limit hold’em. He was declared of the year for his earnings in the 2004. His total earnings for the year 2004 were over $4 million. Being a professional poker player Daniel Negreanu took the responsibility of providing guidelines to poker beginners. He maintains many sites that help newbie’s to learn the strategies and tricks relating to poker. He says online poker has made life easy to teach and share the strategies of poker.

Poker professionals - How they avoid bad beats

Professional poker players are not immune from getting bad beats. Every player has to face bad beats one time or the other. Bad beats is the one that makes the game of poker to seize the attention of most of the players. Let us first define the word Bad beat. Bad beats are nothing but losing the game being the most favorite till the end. In other words a player having the nuts in hand loses to the opponent in the “river” round. For instance pocket aces losing to pocket aces for a third king on the river.

Mike Caro’s book on poker tells has explained the way to tackle bad beats. He just said that if you are repeatedly getting bad beats. This sounds weird but once you think backwards you will get the real meaning of it. Bad beat indirectly means that you were the favorite till the end. If you have become the favorite then you are playing a proper poker game. Many good strategies and tips like these are provided in Caro’s book of poker tells. So, I suggest all the players especially the newbies to read this book and improve their playing skills.

Tuesday, October 6, 2009

Professional Poker Players: Daniel Wins The Race

Daniel Negreanu aka “Kid Poker” leads the all time money list leaving behind Jamie Gold who won $12,198,040 till date. Daniel who recently played the fifth WSOP event, finished with disappointing 2nd position after losing the heads-up to Barry Shulman and managed to win $817,035. This win made Daniel the first in the list of all time money makers. Daniel was also declared the most successful tournament poker player officially. Many professional poker players admire his strategies and tricks of playing poker.

Till the 2nd of October it was Jamie Gold’s name that appeared first in the list. But, after finishing 2nd in WSOP event Daniel’s figure has topped. Daniel favorite game is NL-Omaha where he won most of the games. His favorite place to play poker is Las Vegas. The total cashes of 172 are under his belt. The most staggering part is 133 out of 172 are for reaching the final table. He managed to win 35 out of these tournaments.

Beginners – How To Become Professional Poker Players


To become a professional poker player you don’t just have to understand the basic rules of poker. Also you have to understand the game play of poker professional and analyze their strategies. Thanks to players like Daniel who shares their experience and ideas online. This way we can understand how to survive the bad beats. Daniel not only have become a professional poker player but also brought many big names into spotlight.
Here are few basic tips and strategies to become a professional poker player.
1. Understanding the poker tells is a fundamental tip to become a professional poker player. Poker tells like hands analysis, wait and watch, facial expressions etc are very useful to know your opponents game.
2. Choosing your position while playing games like texas hold’em is also important to become a successful poker player.
3. Money management is the secret of success for many poker pros.

Chri's Moneymaker - Professional Poker Player


Chris Moneymaker, people may get startled to hear that Moneymaker is Chri’s real surname. His friends call him “Money” and the crowd applauds him by saying “go money” while he is playing poker. People who don’t have any idea of poker but still want to become professional poker players then Chris is the best example to enter the world of poker. Chris has literally become a professional poker player overnight.

Chri’s moneymaker was an underdog accountant who tested his luck with $40 in an online poker tournament that was conducted by poker stars. Chris has won more than $2.5 million in that particular poker tournament. People say that Chris mostly depends on luck but he is slowly proving them wrong with this illustrious performance. The victory in an online poker tournament gave him an entry into World Series of poker (WSOP). WSOP 2003 was the first title won by Chri’s. He is among the top poker professionals for the year 2003.

Friday, October 2, 2009

Phil Ivey - a professional poker player

To know the terms and rules of a poker game is simple and appears as a piece of cake.But to master and become a professional poker player it takes a life time. Phil Ivey, if you are a poker player and not heard of this name then you must be a "Blind Freddy".

Phil Ivey is a world famous professional poker players with a huge list of wins under his belt. Phil Ivey started playing penny-ante five card stud so called the gambling game with his grand father at the age of eight.Phil Ivey lived in New Jersey. He started playing real poker at the age of eighteen with some fake ID. Early on he failed to succeed but didn't lose hope. He continued his game and improved a lot in terms of performance and strategies. He then moved to Atlantic city at the age of twenty and continued his learning experience.

Today, Phil Ivey is ranked 33 in the Bluff-ESPN power ranking with total WSOP and circuit earnings of $3843018.

Professional Poker Player-Do's and Dont's

Professional poker players feel that life with poker is extremely irritating to the nerves. The reason behind it being the stress and the tough roller coaster ride of their life. Though they are among the richest in the world they absolutely suggest nobody to enter the gambling world.

But, if you have decide to become a professional poker player and choose gambling as a career, then here are few Do's and Dont's for you. The first thing to do is, to build your bank roll. Make sure you have enough money and then put some amount aside to invest into gambling. Make sure that your not exceeding this.

Money management is a key factor to become a professional poker player. Make sure you have fall back job to pay your bills in bad times. one should always have back up to prevent themselves from bankruptcy. One who understands better the importance of money management will definitely become a professional poker player some day or the other.

Jamie Gold - professional poker player

Jamie Gold is one among the top poker players of the year 2009. Any one who listens to this name will remember the 2006 WSOP. Jamie Gold was the man both on and Off the screen who won the WSOP 2006 championship. Winning $12 million made him the biggest winner in the history of poker.

Jamie Gold is completely loaded with talent and strategies. He not only became a poker professional but also managed to get the spotlight on many big names like Kristin Davis and Jimmy Fallon. Jamie Gold started playing poker at a very young age. At the age of twenty one he came into lime light with his outstanding performances. since then begins his success story.

Jamie Gold with his illustrious performance has won many games. He lives at Malibu CA, United States. His total earnings are $12287054 and has got two first place finishes under his belt. Texas Hold em is said to be his favorite game of poker.

Secrets of professional poker - book review

Secrets of professional poker by Rolf slotboom is one among the hot cakes of the poker books. Rolf slotboom is one among the most respected poker players. He became a professional poker player in the year 1998. Rolf favourite poker games are pot limit omaha and limit hold em. His books are world famous and one among them is the present " Secret of professional poker".

The book concentrates mainly on the strategies to win the games like No limit hold em, limit hold em and Omaha. There are many poker tips provided in this book for beginners as well as for poker pros.

The book is categorized into three main sections. The first section covers over 100 pages on the strategies and tips to win limit hold em. Topics like how to play against maniacs, how to defend blinds etc are discussed.

The second section covers over 47 pages on the contrast between limit and no limit hold em and some tips to manage the tough situations is discussed.

The final part is completely on pot limit omaha. The different strategies and importance of seating positions is discussed.

In all the book is sold like a hot cake across the world.There are only limited editions so better buy at the earliest.

Wanna be a professional poker?

Every field has one way or the other to become professional.But to become a professional poker player there is no school to graduate from or there is no private training available. The only way to become a professional poker player is to practice.

Famous poker professionals are coming up with good strategies and putting these into spotlight via publishing books and one among them is the famous "Pot Limit Omaha 8 revealed" by Dan Deppen.

PLO 8 is a much different game than the regular No limit hold em game. There are only few poker players familiar with this format of game. "PLO8 revealed" helps the beginners as well as the poker professional to understand the terms and rules of the game.

This book has all the latest strategies and tips to win PLO8 if you are familiar with the game.So, even for the professionals this book is worth buying. The market price of the book is $23.95.