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Paradisepoker Sites - November 20, 2008

Paradise Poker is known to be one of the largest and most respected on-line poker sites on the web today. They have built their reputation by offering poker players a no nonsense fast paced game of poker. If you're a player that is looking to see a lot of hands and perhaps play multiple tables at once you should definitely add Paradise Poker to your can't miss list.

I have found him to be very difficult to read in the past but luckily we haven't had any major confrontations. As I was thinking how Erik might change my paradisepoker strategy, I saw Johnny coming towards Erik. I had never actually met him in person but recognized who he was immediately, even with the sunglasses on. Johnny sat down next to Erik and I knew he was not there to chat. I looked at several of the other players and I could tell that some were already intimidated by the two pros sitting at the paradisepoker online table. Most of the others were new faces.

A lot of amateurs "reading this article would hate to be," sitting at this paradisepoker poker table. I initially didn't like it either until I thought of my strategy, given the table composition. I immediately felt that my position was ideal. I would play my normal tight strategy when I was in early position which I usually do early in a tournament anyway. This also was perfect given Johnny's and Erik's positions. I would avoid playing any paradisepoker tournament hands when they were in the blinds as well as when Johnny was on the button. Also having Erik to Johnny's immediate left would keep Johnny in line somewhat especially when Johnny had marginal hands. At least I was hoping that this would be the case.

Johnny's and Erik's presence also would make the players to their right play in a more predictable manner. Most of them were obviously uncomfortable and I felt that they would play tighter than usual and their tells might be more obvious too. I felt that I had an opportunity to share paradisepoker updates and steal more often if Johnny and Erik were out of the hand. Finally, I knew the table would not break up for a while.

Unfortunately, things don't always go the way one wishes. Johnny started out reading paradisepoker news quickly. He limped early in a hand and won a nice pot by value betting his AA the whole way. Then in another hand, he flopped trip10's against the chip leader (who had doubled through on the 2nd hand). He had AK this time on an A-10-x flop. Johnny doubled through and had over 4k. So much for Erik keeping Johnny in check. I was also getting fairly good paradisepoker online hands in early position. I raised with QQ once under the gun and raised it three times the big blind. After everyone Folded, I showed the hand.

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A lot of authors have advocated "not to reveal your hand for free." Read more about this at paradisepoker links to see what happens next. I have had much more success revealing certain hands for several reasons. I wanted Johnny and Erik to respect my early position raises. I hoped that this would stop them from playing weak ace hands. I definitely didn't want Johnny to call behind me in position with his big stack. Later on with the blinds still at 25-50, I had an AK offsuit in the big blind. There were 6 limpers in the pot including Johnny and Erik. I did hesitate for a minute or two as I thought about making a large raise. Given my poor position, I checked. The flop was K-K-10 with 2 clubs.

The small blind checked and I bet $200 after a slight hesitation. Everyone folded in turn except for the small blind who called. The turn was a jack and he checked quickly. I didn't think he had a king so I decided to bet the pot size (t700). I thought he had a draw when he finally called. The river was an offsuit 9. He bet t400 fairly quickly. I thought for a little while and decided that he either hit a straight and would call a raise or he had a flush draw that missed. Also a fullhouse with that board was a possibility. I really hated the river. I decided that I had to call here as a raise was a negative expectation bet. He turned over the J-5 of clubs. This pot really was a boost to my stack with an additional $1550.



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