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May 25, 2006

Johnny Chan recalls how he started making money playing Partypoker ring games and eventually played 8 of them simultaneously.

Addington was heavily favored at the time, having about $275,000 in chips to Baldwin's $145,000. Baldwin bet before the flop and Addington called. The Partypoker flop was Qd 4d 3c. Baldwin bet $30,000. What could he have? A flush draw or straight draw was a possibility. So was a pair of queens. Crandall Addington called without a moment's hesitation, a sure sign he also had a good hand. The Ad fell on the turn, making a straight and a flush distinct possibilities.

1. It has been rudely shoved off its plinth by Texas hold'em. It's the game they play to crown the champion at the World Series of Poker each year. In the conclusion to this four-part series you'll be introduced to this exciting game. We'll concentrate on the limit variety. Wait, perhaps just a little while, before you decide to invest $10,000 in that no-limit game at the World Series!
2. Among these regulars you'll find housewives, students, people with no fixed job hours, dealers who playing lower limits before or after their shift, and almost anyone else you can imagine. For now, all the regulars you encounter will have more playing experience. Even if you are a stronger player, but are just transitioning from home games to casino poker, they will have the best of it for a while. After all, they are in playing shape. You, on the other hand, are in spring training, and need some time to adjust to this entirely new environment.
3. Because people walk around with large sums of money, you'll find more security guards in one Partypoker room than you would in a dozen banks. Parking lots are brightly lit, well patrolled, and crime free. Since most large clubs offer player banks, check cashing and ATM machines, you do not have to walk in or out of these Partypoker clubs with large sums of money in your pocket. Armed robbers do not take on casinos.

Your bet may cause an opponent to lay down the best hand. Even if he calls, the river could bring an ace or king and win the pot for you. But if you bet and are raised, throw your hand away. Sure, someone might be making a move on you, but it doesn't happen frequently enough to worry about it, particularly in low-limit games. Most of the time, you'll be beaten when you're raised in this situation.

Like Armstrong walking on the moon, and the first home run you hit in Little League, these magical moments shape the way that you perceive and value the Party poker.net room around you. Hold'em also has its defining moment, and it's the flop. Unlike seven-card stud, in which cards that follow your initial holding are parceled out one by one with rounds of betting interspersed, when you see the flop in Hold'em, you're looking at five-sevenths of your hand. That's 71 percent of your hand, and the cost is only a single round of betting.

There's an old real estate bromide that says the three most important features of any property are "location, location, and location, stay at Treasure Island in Vegas." In Hold'em, it's position, position, and position. While any two cards can win, they won't win enough to warrant playing them. Like all forms of poker, you need starting standards. Partypoker.net players who lack starting standards take the worst of it far too often.

A quite exciting scenario came out late in the afternoon where you will learn how to bet after the flop. I raised from early position to $1000 with 77. Doyle announced, "I'm all-in". The camera crews and other poker players quickly surrounded the table. I felt like the entire room was watching me as I contemplated my decision. Doyle was short-stacked so I only had to call an additional $2200. I was getting about 2 to 1 pot odds.