World Series of Poker
May 1, 2008
The World Series of Poker is less then one month away. If you are not willing to buy into the even you will have to try to win into the tournament online. Various sites are holding free roll events are small buy in events for players that just do not like to put up the $10000 to enter the event. Players from Brazil are trying to qualify as are many others. When playing tournaments for qualification to the World Series of Poker you must know how many seats are being given away. One of the biggest mistakes for many players is that they get close to qualifying with enough chips to qualify and getting knocked because they play the hand that they do not need to play. You must concentrate and calculate the short stacks at all times when getting close to the money. If you see you have ten times big blinds and you see another player only having five times the big blind you must sit and wait for him to play. You can wait him out do not let him wait you out. Make him make a play before you make a play unless you have a very big hand. The antes will cause him to play and you should let it happen. Lets say you have five short stack like this and you only need two to get eliminated before you get into the money. Let them play and probably one or both will be gone before you have to play. One other thing that you have to remember when playing tournaments with thousands of players. You must get the chips whether and a lot of these chips will be made by bluffing. Hardly any tournament is won without stealing some players money. Watch close who is capable of laying down hands and does not play the blind enough and then steal these players chips. Players that defend to much should be avoided unless you have a premium hand. Remember in Hold’em poker there is really no set strategy especially when playing no limit and in a tournament setting. Players will be stealing from early or late and you should do the same and watch for pots that are just up for grabs especially pots that have been checked twice. Pots that are also scary and hard to hit are another opportunity to steal for example when K84 flops this is a missing hand the opponent either hit or missed the flop. Bet at it if you get any resistance give up. If he does not resist you win the pot. He must hit the hand because their are just not many draws. For people the want to know the World Series of Poker will be held on May 29 2008 at: Rio Hotel Casino 3700 West Flamingo Road Las Vegas, NV US 800-752-9746 Full Tilt Poker has currently given 202 seats into the event. With many more being given by the start date of the event. Check out all the different ways you can get into the event by clicking on the logo and going to the Full Tilt Poker home page. 
