Playing poker headsup is a great way to make fast money online.  Headsup poker is a bit different than playing 9 or 10 handed though.

Your range of starting hands is much greater in headsup poker since there is less likelyhood of the other player having a great hand.  Suited connectors are great to put in a bet with or call a raise preflop.

When playing suited connectors it's basically your dream to hit the flop hard.  If your opponent has a small or even a large pair it will be difficult for them to let go of it.  So what do you do when you flop the nuts (straight or even a flush)?

For me it depends somewhat on how the other player has been playing to that point.  It's important to know what kinds of plays he/she is capable of before making any major moves.  Basically you have two options: Slow play your made hand, or put in a big raise.  If my opponent is a pretty tight poker player I typically put in a raise here, sometimes for all my chips.  They could have flopped a set, and it would be devistating if they turned or rivered a full house.  So I like to make them pay to see more cards here.  Against an aggressive poker player I lean towards slow playing.  Their range of hands is much weaker leaving it less likely they are holding a set or an overpair.  Aggressive players may even play back at you with weaker holdings.  Both scenarios workout just the way you want them to.

What are your thoughts on headsup poker play?  Anything you would do differently in this situation?  Leave comments to further discuss this poker strategy.

Online poker room FullTiltPoker.com is offering poker players the chance to take home a share of  Phil Ivey’s winnings from the main event of next month’s World Series of Poker.

The main event  is set to begin on November 7.  Ivey is currently seventh in chips, but is third favorite in odds at most online casinos.  First place in this poker tournament is a staggering $8.5 million!

FullTiltPoker.com’s Piece Of Ivey promotion is offering players seats into two special freeroll competitions with a percentage of Ivey’s winnings up for grabs. Players can earn tickets into a drawing until November 5 by winning hands in cash games on the site or by finishing in the money in poker tournaments. The higher the stakes you play at and the more you play the more tickets you earn.  The ticket earning ends on November 7th when the lucky players will be selected to take a seat in one of the two freeroll tournaments.

The first freeroll competition is a nine-player sit-and-go with five percent of Ivey's winnings up for grabs. Three percent of this prizepool will go to the winner.  One percent will go to 2nd place and one percent to 3rd place as well. The second event is a $50,000 game where the winner will take home one percent of Ivey's Main Event winnings on top of the normal tournament prize.

This could amount to some big money for freeroll contestants.  If Ivey is the WSOP champion this November, poker players could be competing for $355,000 in the 3 percent freeroll.  The entrants in the One percent freeroll would be playing for $85,000.  Not bad for a freeroll huh?!  If phil Ivey were to come in 9th place in the tournament he would still take home more than $1.2 million!  So head over to Full Tilt Poker and earn some tickets!

Many people who play blackjack in land based casinos seem to fear playing blackjack on the internet.  A lot of these players are card counters.  It's true that you cannon count cards in online blackjack.  The random shuffle of the deck occurs after each hand is played.  However this shouldn't deter you from playing at these online casinos!  Some of my biggest wins in games such as blackjack, craps, and roulette have come from playing on the internet. 

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The Durrrr Challenge resumed on October 6th at 23:05 ET and action continued until Oct. 7th at 2:21 ET.  The two poker pros played 1063 hands.  Tom Dwan was the big winner when it was over.  He won a total of $418,440.50! 

I missed an important update on October 1st.  Sorry about that! 

After play on october 6th- 7th here are the overall standings:

*Tom "Durrrr" Dwan has won $697,552.00.  He has won 13,591 hands of poker for an average win of $2,590.45!

*Patrik Antonius has lost $703,132.50.  He has won 11,466 total hands at an average of $3,009.43.

The two high stakes poker players have played 25,145 of 50,000 poker hands.  They played 38 sessions so far!  Subscribe or check back with the Gamble To Win gambling blog for all the latest in this legendary poker match!

After taking a week off at the sportsbook in week 3 Gamble To Win is back with NFL Week 4 underdog picks.  Win big this week with Gamble To Win and Bodog. 

Here goes:
* I like the Baltimore Ravens to defeat the New England Patriots!
* I like the Denver Broncos to defeat the Dallas Cowboys!
* I'm picking the Green Bay Packers to win against Brett Favre and the Minnesotta Vikings.
* I am picking the New York Jets to cover the point spread against the New Orleans Saints in week 4.  I think the Jets will actually win this game, but the moneyline is just too risky.  Go with the spread in this one.  Look for the Jets defense to put up some points and keep it close all game!
* I even like the Detroit Lions to cover the ridiculous 10 1/2 point spread this week against the Chicago Bears!

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