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www.pkr.com – The game itself is something that can be difficult to learn for new players, but often the phrases used during play can be , often have nicknames to start with, and some of the following are commonly used.

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Pocket Aces can be known as ‘pocket rockets’ and ‘bullets’ amongst other things, with (K,K) sometimes referred to as ‘cowboys’. (Q,Q) is often called ‘ladies’ for obvious reasons, and (J,J) is known as ‘princes’ or ‘hooks’. (8,8) is often called ‘snowmen’ and (2,2) is called ‘ducks’ or ‘deuces’ to name but a few hand nicknames.

In our local tournament, (A,2) up to (A,10) is generally known as a ‘rag ace’ too, although I am sure you will find different nicknames for hands in different places.

In terms of new players, you will not have to learn all this language in order to play poker, you only really need to know how to let your opponents know your actions when you are raising, calling, or folding. Although all these names may sound strange, you should pick them up relatively quickly simply by being involved in games of poker.

It is not only the hand types that have nicknames of course, ‘calling the clock’ on a player means to give them a set amount of time to make their decision, and a ‘race’ is a general term used to denote a pocket pair against two overcards. All in all I advise playing the game and not worrying too much about the lingo involved, and if you do need to know what a phrase means, just ask your fellow players.

www.coralpocker.com – When examining this question, we should firstly make it clear that there are many different types of play which could be considered bluffing, and not all are as risky as the others. Take the ‘Semi Bluff’ for example, this involves a player trying to force another player out of the pot, whilst having a big draw which could hit the board and save you, if you happen to be called. If I find myself in this position, I always like to make a semi bluff at the pot, and feel it is a profitable play, albeit a slightly risky one.

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Making outright large bluffs with no safety net if you get called, are plays which should not be used often I feel. You can pick up relatively small pots several times doing this, but you only need to be called once to do serious damage to your chipstack. The most important thing of course, is to use your preliminary bets and those of your opponent, to form an opinion on when it is right to press the issue with a bluff of some sort, and when to back down.

Bets which are made to test the strength of your opponents are not really bluffs in my books, although in some sense you could say they qualify. You are effectively putting a small amount of chips on the line to hopefully push your opponent out of the pot, but if you don’t, their call or reraise will tell you a lot about the hand you are facing.

Some players will invariably choose to bluff more often than others, but in my opinion, the only bluffs you can use regularly, are semi bluffs and tester bets.

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Many of the promotions offered at Coral Poker are in the form of special tournaments running. This means that most of the players onsite who play tournaments of some form or other, will get to benefit from this.

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There are seats to be won in the 2009 Aussie Millions tournament here, which provides a stepping stone to something potentially spectacular for talented online players. Chris Moneymaker as an example, famously won his seat in the main event of the WSOP via an online satellite, then went on to win the tournament. A seat can also be won to the EPT in Prague, which presents another exciting prospect for those who wish to have their chance on a bigger stage.

As well as these tournaments, there is a regular ‘Guest List’ tournament. This is a $10,000 freeroll, but entrance is restricted to specific criteria being fulfilled. Making very big hands in cash games, winning three SnG’s in a row amongst other things, can gain you a seat. Also running are ‘Monkey Madness’ tournaments which offer large prizes for players who finish just inside the money, and decreasing prizes up to 1st place, which pays a good prize.

As you could imagine, this would indeed create a mad tournament the moment the bubble burst. These promotional tournaments are interesting prospects for those who enjoy tournament play (myself included), and with a promotional first time deposit bonus of 100%, you should be able to afford the seat too.

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