Since CardMafia opened the Chips Shop, membership and participation has exploded! Why? Well, because the CardMafia team has made it possible to spend the chips earned for posting and participating worth something more than a little icon or for freeroll buyins.
Now you can buy real money tickets in the shop! They are offering $1 worth of real money on Pokerstars and Full Tilt Poker for every 1000 chips. Right now there are $5 packages for FTP funds, but it has been announced soon that Pokerstars funds are not far behind.
Talk about a good deal, you can't beat money for almost nothing :)
Monday, January 26, 2009
Thursday, January 15, 2009
Online Poker Freeroll Success
Last nights freeroll was a blast! So many people playing and some real money quality play. Congratulations to everyone that cashed!
Sunday, January 11, 2009
Poker - What is a Bad Beat?
In most cases where a person claims Bad Beat while playing poker, it is more than likely it is due to poor play than to bad luck.
A bad beat is, by definition, where a player puts their money in good and gets called down by a player with an inferior hand for a loss.
A bad beat is not where you call into a raised pot with J6 and the flop comes JK6 and you lose to a set of kings. When evaluating weather you just experienced a bad beat, ask yourself if you should have been in the hand to start with.
In turn, If you are holding KK and you limp into the pot only to lose to someone flopping nuts with J6, then this also is not a bad beat, because you let this happen.
Look at your hand, if the loss can be contributed to poor play on your part, it is not a bad beat.
Additionally, rarely can someone claim a bad beat by losing a hand all-in preflop. Leaving the hand to chance and battling blind is often a very poor means of handling your cards. I know this is inevitable because unless you are on an unbelievable rush and move on for the win, you will at some point in every poker tournament be all-in, but in many cases, short of being the short stack, this can be avoided.
All in all, instead of meditating on a bad beat and proclaiming it to the world. Look at your hand, evaluate how you played it and not the person who beat it. If you can confidently say you played this hand the best possible way it could be played in the situation, then maybe it was a bad beat.
(Hint: we've all had them, so we rarely feel sorry for yours. Try to keep your game positive and you may just see positive results)
A bad beat is, by definition, where a player puts their money in good and gets called down by a player with an inferior hand for a loss.
A bad beat is not where you call into a raised pot with J6 and the flop comes JK6 and you lose to a set of kings. When evaluating weather you just experienced a bad beat, ask yourself if you should have been in the hand to start with.
In turn, If you are holding KK and you limp into the pot only to lose to someone flopping nuts with J6, then this also is not a bad beat, because you let this happen.
Look at your hand, if the loss can be contributed to poor play on your part, it is not a bad beat.
Additionally, rarely can someone claim a bad beat by losing a hand all-in preflop. Leaving the hand to chance and battling blind is often a very poor means of handling your cards. I know this is inevitable because unless you are on an unbelievable rush and move on for the win, you will at some point in every poker tournament be all-in, but in many cases, short of being the short stack, this can be avoided.
All in all, instead of meditating on a bad beat and proclaiming it to the world. Look at your hand, evaluate how you played it and not the person who beat it. If you can confidently say you played this hand the best possible way it could be played in the situation, then maybe it was a bad beat.
(Hint: we've all had them, so we rarely feel sorry for yours. Try to keep your game positive and you may just see positive results)
Thursday, December 25, 2008
Poker Strategy - The Checkdown
The "checkdown" is when someone is all-in with a 3 or more handed pot and all players not all-in check each street down to the river in hopes one of them has the all-in player beat. This should be put in any serious poker player's arsenal. If you find yourself on the bubble or close to a new payout level, this tool can be what see's you through to the bigger money.
The check down can be a powerhouse poker strategy tool that, if everyone in the hand is on board, will help get that pesky short stack out and put more money in your bankroll.
For this to be effective, no one should bet unless they hold the absolute nuts.
There are situations when you may want to be the "idiot who keeps shorties in", in other words bluffing all players out knowing you're going to lose.
If the short stack is sitting out or very short, you are not committed to the pot, AND If the second and/or third player in the hand with you will significantly benefit from the win, you may want to bet these players off even if you know you're beat.
This accomplishes 2 things.... - It keeps the short stack short enough for you to possibly do battle with them in a future hand. - It keeps your opponents from picking up anymore chips to combat you with later.
For this to be successful, you have to have a large chip stack, you have to have a pristine read on your table, and you have to have a decent hand just in case you get called.
I have used this a few times and it has worked flawlessly. Be cautious though, be sure you have the correct stipulations or you could very well be "That Idiot."
The check down can be a powerhouse poker strategy tool that, if everyone in the hand is on board, will help get that pesky short stack out and put more money in your bankroll.
For this to be effective, no one should bet unless they hold the absolute nuts.
There are situations when you may want to be the "idiot who keeps shorties in", in other words bluffing all players out knowing you're going to lose.
If the short stack is sitting out or very short, you are not committed to the pot, AND If the second and/or third player in the hand with you will significantly benefit from the win, you may want to bet these players off even if you know you're beat.
This accomplishes 2 things.... - It keeps the short stack short enough for you to possibly do battle with them in a future hand. - It keeps your opponents from picking up anymore chips to combat you with later.
For this to be successful, you have to have a large chip stack, you have to have a pristine read on your table, and you have to have a decent hand just in case you get called.
I have used this a few times and it has worked flawlessly. Be cautious though, be sure you have the correct stipulations or you could very well be "That Idiot."
Friday, August 8, 2008
Online Poker : Its freeroll time!
Tomorrow night on Full Tilt Poker we're giving away $100 for absolutely nothing. The only catch is, you gotta tune into our Live Online Poker Broadcast for the password. We have a great show planned thats sure to entertain. Its going to be a blast! Good Luck!
Sunday, July 27, 2008
CardMafia is going live!
Thats right ladies and goodfellas, the mob is now streaming live every Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday on BlogTV! The show will feature plays in the monthly league games, interviews with mafia players and even the occasional professional poker player. To check the show out follow this link..... CardMafia at BlogTV
CardMafia is now on Blogger!
This blog will host news and information about events and happenings at CardMafia, as well as many other posts from around the poker world.
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