Daily Dose of Poker Tips - Free

Unless your name is Doyle Brunson, you're probably pretty hungry for poker tips that'll improve your poker game and win more pots. Let's face it, with more and more players getting into the game the competition is getting tougher every day. Younger poker players are making a name for themselves at tournaments like the World Series of Poker and a growing number of online poker players are taking larger pots more frequently. It's not as easy to walk away with everyone else's money.

Take heart, dear friend; there's plenty of helpful poker tips to turn your game and luck around.

Bodog's "Poker Tip of the Day" is at your service. With tips on everything from bluffing to observing opponents to poker table position (and everything else in between), this is one RSS feed you're going to want to subscribe to. Here's a sampling:

Poker Table Position: Playing Under the Gun on the Pre-Flop; How to Play Pocket Jacks in Texas Holdem; and Holding the Nuts in Holdem With Cards Still to Come.

Learning to Play Internet Texas Hold'Em

It strikes me that some of the readers of this blog may not be all that well acquainted with Internet Texas Hold'em, so I thought I'd list some online resources that will help new users get acquainted with the game, and/or improve their play.

If you're entirely a newcomer to the game you should check out the Texas Hold'Em Guide over at Bodog. This is a great step-by-step introduction to how to play No-Limit Hold'Em, and is a great complement to the Hold'Em Rules you can also find on Bodog's site.

Once you've mastered the basics (tell me I don't have to post a link to a hand rankings chart here!) then you can take a look at the more complex ins and outs of the game. Until you learn how to calculate odds, there's no much hope for you. So take a look at Tight Poker's odds calculations charts, and their excellent link.

Into reading (you know, books, those strange things resembling a stack of computer screens, but made of paper)? I just read John Vorhaus's Killer Poker Online, and I was pretty impressed by his advice. Perhaps if blog readers have some other recommendations for good online poker books (specifically online poker, please share the titles here!

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Blogger Poker Tournament at Bodog

Bodog Poker has created a new event that will be of interest to poker writers and bloggers everywhere. It's the Bodog Poker Blogger Tournament, and any poker player with an active blog is eligible to play.

The carrot? Aside from the weekly tournament overlay (it only costs eleven bucks to play), the winner of the tournament series will win a seat at the World Series of Poker in Las Vegas! Does it get any sweeter than that?

So get your blog up to date and head over to Bodog to get in on the hot and heavy tournament action!

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Countdown to WSOP Europe

Six days and counting!

If you're planning a European vacation to coincide with the inaugural WSOP Europe, maybe you'll find yourself rubbing elbows with (or sitting next to!) your favorite poker pros...such as Phil Hellmuth, Phil Ivey, Doyle Brunson, Eric Seidel, Eli Elezra, Gus Hanson, Jennifer Harman, Allen Cunningham, Howard Lederer, David Williams or Josh Arieh.

"We're thrilled that so many of the game's biggest names will participate in the World Series of Poker Europe presented by Betfair.com" said commissioner Jeffrey Pollack. "we fully expect World Series of Poker Europe presented by Betfair.com to become Europe's preeminent poker tournament. The early sign ups and limited venue size means that each field will have limited capacity. If players want to play in these inaugural events alongside the best players in the world, I encourage them to pre-register well in advance to solidify their seat."

WSOP Europe kicks off on September 6 with a three-day, £2,500 HORSE event starting on September 6, at The Casino at The Empire.

For more info on WSOP Europe check out their website. And if you're looking for some online texas holdem action, check out the Bodog Poker Room!