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As I have mentioned in my Author Biography I am a keen poker player, both online and offline. A few months ago whilst playing a tournament a friend of my emailed me details of something called a Poker Analyzer. In its most simplest form the Poker Analyzer is computer software which can automatically calculate the odds of a poker game instantly, a helpful tool when playing fast paced games, such as Texas Hold ‘em.

The Poker Analyzer Software was developed back in 2005 when a group of students from Massachusetts Institute of Technology clubbed together with a plan with students from University of Alberta, Canada. Between the two teams they devised a plan for the software which made direct links between mathematics and poker games.

What the Poker Analyzer software does is allows is to make the new online poker scene a little less daunting. Initially, poker was played as an offline game, where both social and physchological information would persuade people to play in a certain way. The new ‘block’ that online poker gives players means that many players are not able to ‘read’ a game, making it less skilful.

The group of students who have designed the Poker Analyzer Software have suggested that this means that the only way one can win on online poker is to look at the maths. That is what they have done by creating the software and they claim to have made $25,000 in one month.

As far as I’m concerned, I do actually agree with Adam Brinks (the founder), the online poker scene is definitely a game of luck and probability rather than analysis and skill, so this piece of software is definitely worth a look!”

Going into a poker game with a strategy is definitely a good idea, especially when playing the bigger pots. As a player, you need to analyze others moves so you know exactly when to build the pot up, when to play when someone else builds a big pot and when to fold. This is all part of a successful Poker Strategy.

The first part of your poker strategy needs to be building the pot. There are two reasons you might want to build the pot, make sure you know why your doing it and when you stop.

You could have a good hand, in which case you want to keep as many players in as possible and keep increasing your bet size. Dragging as much money into a pot as possible when you have a good hand is crucial, this extra cash might keep you in the game at a later stage, so is a crucial part of the poker strategy.

On the other hand, you might be building the pot as a bluff that you have a good hand, even though you haven’t. This isn’t always a good way to play as the others players feel the need to carry on if your only betting minimal amounts, so make sure you do bets that are against their normal ones.

Make sure you know what you strategy is from the off, its not good going along if you don’t have the hand that is going to cut it in the long haul, especially if your not betting big enough amounts that are likely to scare other players off!

This section is slightly vague, I haven’t made a definite decision myself, but what seems to work for me is a 100% return on investment, which obviously increases your bankroll by 5%.

Others may beg to differ, I have friends who think that if there winning, they will carry on doing so as it’s their ‘lucky night’ and I don’t blame them, as in general they come out 200/300% on top.

I’m very conservative, if I win 60% of the time, and by a win I mean have a percentage increase on my buy in of 100%, then my bank balance is in the green overall.

The above statement starts to make management look a bit more interesting!

I’ll be honest, it doesn’t really matter.

Personally, im not a tourney person, I have patience, but only to a certain extent, I like sit and goes, winning or loosing as fast as possible, and coming back the next day.

Of course, if I was a tournament player, I’d adapt my money management strategy, probably decrease the risk a little, as the chances of winning become a lot slimmer, but of course the gains are higher in general, especially if your ‘lucky’ enough to win!

A new poker room seems to arrived on the net, Cool Hand Poker. The room was launched around a month ago, powered by the popular Microgaming software, by its owner, Belle Rock Entertainment.

As with most new poker rooms, there’s plenty of offers and deposit bonuses available there, including 100% on all new deposits up to $350, which should get the room off to a good start.

As well as the bonuses, Cool Hand Poker is offering a user incentive scheme, whether you play 1 or 1,000 hands a week, when you make a significant jump in chips, they’ll give up to $25 bonus per player, which is exclusive of their monthly leader board incentive scheme, which consists of a monthly amount totaling over $5,000!