One WSOP Seat Still Available at The Poker SchoolTicket to $1,500 Event on July 5 to Be Awarded Saturday |
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To celebrate the Poker School’s launch, we will be sending two students to the 2011 World Series of Poker in Las Vegas. So far, one grand-prize winner has been determined — Tom Goyda from Missouri, who, after outlasting a field of 774 players, took down a $2,000 WSOP Seat VIP Championship tournament on June 18.
One spot is still remaining, as the second $2,000 WSOP seat tournament will be held this Saturday, June 25, at 8 p.m. EDT. Online qualifiers are running daily up to the event.
All students who successfully complete a course in the Poker School curriculum will be eligible to play for the remaining $2,000 prize package, which includes $1,500 for entry into a World Series event on July 5, 2011 plus $500 towards travel and accommodations.
While working through the courses in the new Poker School and competing for prizes, you as the student will also have the opportunity to send some of your questions in and have them answered at length in the What’s New section on the school homepage. Below are just a handful of the questions from this past week:
Question from Phillip Buchanan:
Regarding “Your Position is of Vital Importance in Deciding Whether to Open the Pot” — does this still apply if there are limpers?
Answer:
Yes it does. For example, if someone limps in the under-the-gun position, they usually have a hand they will want to see a flop with. Raising behind an early position limp could be a good idea since if and when they call, you will have position on them throughout the hand. In addition, usually when a lot of people limp into the pot, and you have strong position (the button or the cutoff), you can open with a bigger raise, or a wider range, in order to pick up all the dead money in the hand (since your opponents didn’t show that much strength by just limping in).
Question from cambrinn:
What is the best way to counter a “probe bet” when it is made against you?
Answer:
There is a drawback to these kinds of bets, as Barry Shulman points out: Experienced hold’em opponents won’t let you get away with probe bets very long without coming back over of the top of you whenever you make them. They’ll stop respecting your bets and raises and your chip stack will begin to drain. Use probe bets sparingly when it’s up to you to open the betting and you’re looking for more information about your opponents’ hands.
Thus, if you feel like your opponent is throwing out a weak bet, trying to obtain information cheaply, you should generally raise and punish them for making a small bet with this intention in mind. It is important to note that more experienced players will sometimes put out what looks like a probe bet in order to induce a bluff; so be careful in these situations. However, in most cases, if an inexperienced player places a bet of this nature, you should get them off their hand if you have weak holdings.
Question from Alex:
What is set mining?
Answer:
This concept entails playing your small-to-medium pocket pair, when you have a read that your opponent has a big pocket pair, hoping to hit a set on the flop and get all the money into the middle. The safety in this play is that you know when you don’t hit a set you can easily get away from your hand. It is important to remember that you will hit a set on the flop only about 12 percent of the time when your hole cards are paired up.
Card Player Poker, a free and legal online poker site open to U.S. residents, is hosting the qualifying tournaments for this promotion. So once you pass a Poker School course, simply sign up for a FREE Card Player Poker account and you will have registration access to these exclusive qualifiers. Every student that passes a Poker School course will also receive a free Card Player Poker VIP account.
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