Breakfast Requirements for Poker Players

Breakfast Requirements for Poker Players

Months ago I started working on saving and rejuvenating my liver. I needed to determine not only a healthy breakfast but breakfast requirements for poker players such as myself. With the countless amounts of things I need to do each day, maintaining a good diet can be pretty hard. Having a delicious and nutritious breakfast is one of them and even though my diet is meant to be a very strict one I find myself reverting to take away foods a lot more then a should – which is pretty much never.

Every day I would love to start with something to kick start my system the right way for both brain power and digestive stability. Cereal, toast, fruit, juice are just a few things I would like on my menu! Add some scrambled eggs and I would be happy!

So this morning pretty much as usual I am run off my feet with 4 kids to organize for school and writing and poker to get to and miss breakfast, the kids missed it too, it was a frantic morning, a morning which has become far to duplicated. Due to this I went on search for the breakfast I would not only love for myself but also for my kids. What a waste of time!

I went to every cafe, fast food restaurant and bakery I could locate in this city and none of them had what was needed by humans to live beyond the means of their kitchen cupboards healthily. Now how does a busy mum and poker player survive like this? Here I am thinking of traveling and of course there is going to be a fabulous breakfast at any casino motel I may stay at, but if I don't? Hell I can't even get breakfast in my home city!

Anyway so here are the things that were available to me for breakfast this morning:

Bacon and Egg Rolls

Normal Cafe Food (Burgers, pies etc)

McDonalds Menu

Hungry Jacks Menu (Burger King)

Anything else required for breakfast equates to a huge wait and masses of dollars. I am not paying $25 for a healthy breakfast, I can't afford it; plain and simple! Multiply $25 by 5 or 6 people! Pffft!

So here is my thought; Someone out there PLEASE start a fast food breakfast and lunch chain / franchise. I certainly can't afford to otherwise I would. A fast food outlet where we can get cereal and milk in a plastic takeaway bowl, some toast, a fruit platter, a choice of fresh juice in a cup and some scrambled eggs maybe!

For lunch I would like a range of salads and lean cold meat or a casserole or meat and vegetables pretty much like healthy choice meals with the same options for dinner.

I am sure someone out there can see the fortune to be made with cars piling up through the drive through service at 6am to 9am with a carload of kiddies, business men and women and of course tradesmen and poker players!

Anyone who does this is not only going to line their pockets with bucket loads of cash but also feel good that they have helped the busy people in this world keep their bodies healthy by providing a diet that isn’t available unless they are transiting at a 5 star resort or through their own kitchen.

What did I have for breakfast? An orange juice and a disgusting tasting fatty burger - yuk!

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What's A Poker Teleseminar?

What's A Poker Teleseminar?

Recently pokerteleseminars.com opened their online doors for business. This has left many people wondering what a poker teleseminar is. I thought seeing as though I was the next guest speaker I would put an explanation in my blog about what the benefits of poker teleseminars are as well as the main features of a poker teleseminar.


There are countless; thousands of teleseminars on the internet daily on various subjects and topics covering all walks of life. Seminars can be found on metaphysical subjects, fishing, camping, hunting, technology, internet and computer use, gardening, grief, you name it! You can find a teleseminar on any topic you like and this now includes poker!

A teleseminar is 100% LIVE training in the topic of choice. The seminars have guest speaker (trainers, teachers and educators) that are specialists in their areas of topic. For gardening you may find Don Burke a famous Aussie gardener talking about the art of keeping bugs out of your garden as an example. Pokerteleseminars.com have used the same concept but for poker.

Basically participants (in my words students) of the topic go to the seminar hosting site, enter their details and prepare for the live training which is held at a certain time and a certain day. They can participate as a student via the internet (web) or via telephone by ringing in. The trainer / guest speaker or teacher will be available at the organized time to cover curriculum and educate the participants on the chosen topic. In the case of my up and coming seminar, I will be discussing "The Art of Getting Sponsored" or gaining sponsorship in the many ways and forms it can be achieved by poker players.

Being 100% live training the students in the seminar have the ability to ask questions during question time. If they have participated in the seminar via telephone they simply push a button and it indicates to the host and co-coordinator they have placed their hand in the air to ask a question to the guest speaker / teacher. They then ask the question directly to the educator / trainer / teacher (whatever you would like to call them) and the question is answered for everyone to hear. There is also the option of submitting a question prior to the seminar on the topic via an "ask a question box" or during it; by typing the question in.

Seminars are held in halls and costs sometimes thousands of dollars to be trained in your particular field or topic of interest. Making an online seminar your choice of training gives you all the same benefits with the only difference being you are not face to face. There is no travel involved and no need to organize the pets, kids or motel room. What's more you can attend a seminar every week by various speakers on your subject of choice rather then once a year. This makes a teleseminar perfect for high level and quantity education purposes at a limited cost to you or me the students!

When I first looked at pokerteleseminars; to be honest i thought I could learn nothing from it. After attending seminars on other topics across the net and the pokerteleseminar held last week with guest speaker Tony Hachem on the "The Art of Consistency" I realized it is more then sure to work for everyone involved, particularly the students! My thoughts have indeed changed.

Anyway; this should explain a poker teleseminar I hope! It is something that even some pro's have added into their training schedule, after all - poker takes a life time to master even if it only takes a day to learn. With each and every pro in the world having awesome skills in very different areas; pokerteleseimnars will deliver more then any strategy book or video available anywhere. You have the best of the best teaching the best aspect of their game. From the smallest of Pro's through to our world champions! best of luck with your game and happy learning if you happen to participate in a poker teleseminar.

The official home of pokerteleseminars can be found by clicking this: POKERTELESEMINARS 100% LIVE TRAINING

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Aussie Millons Poker Championship Information

Aussie Millons Poker Championship Information

Many poker players around the globe are packed and ready months in advance to jet-set across the planet to the Land Down Under – Australia. In January they will be sweating it out from both the change of temperature and from the hands of poker they will play in the Aussie Millions Poker Championship.

Until a few years back the championship did not attract many international players. There were few that headed to the wide brown land to take a shot at the world-class action and the millions of dollars in prize money. This all changed with players from the USA, Europe, Asia and Canada taking down championship events and big cash prizes which were marketed largely. Although every winner has a fantastic story which increases the glitz and glamor of their win, no story has increased the participant numbers at the Aussie Millions more then Gus Hansen's when he won the main event and followed up his win with his widely famous book Every Hand Revealed.

It is not just memorable wins and great marketing that has players flocking to Australia to play poker in January each and every year. The fun times enjoyed by players globally can very much be attuned to the fantastic welcoming environment of Crown Casino Melbourne.

Crown Casino spares no expense. The player parties are fabulously catered and the entertainment is fantastic; there is usually an Aussie theme to make everyone feel right at home whilst at the same time giving them a good taste of the Australian culture. It is more than expected that on return to your home turf you have likely learnt the words of The Land Down Under by Men at Work, eaten a Vegemite sandwich and possibly held a snake, crocodile or other Australian fauna icon.

During the championship series it isn’t just poker that is on the agenda for many players. Many take short breaks from poker and make their way to the Australian Open to watch their favorite tennis players take to the court. The Australian Open is just a short stroll from the casino. Other players go to the Melbourne Zoo to have lunch in picnic areas with kangaroos hopping about and koalas in the gum trees. If the mammals are not their cup of tea, they have the Melbourne aquarium to visit, where they can see a spectacular amount of ocean life, including massive stingrays, which sadly led to the death of Aussie icon Steve Irwin, better known as the crocodile hunter!

Those lucky enough to take down an Aussie Millions event receive more than just the money. These players are given an exclusive Aussie Millions ring to proudly wear on their hand for eternity. There is also a beautiful watch and trophy to be won annually.

The caliber of player can get no better and if you are a poker fan, you will see just about every poker celeb. You will come across Phil Ivey, Patrik Antonius, Chris Ferguson and of course local favorite Joe Hachem, the 2005 WSOP main event winner. They are always shown on feature tables for the crowd to enjoy and cheer on, although they are not always victorious of course.

Since June 1997 when the main event was a $1,000 buy in limit hold’em tournament that attracted only 74 entries with a $74,000 prize pool, the Aussie Millions has grown beyond belief. The 2008 championship, as an example, concluded with a record 780 players, which generated a prize pool of $7,800,000 with each entrant paying $10,500AUD each. The top 80 players were in the money and received between $15,000 and $1,650,000. The numbers have not stopped growing with 2009 and 2010 bigger again.

Since 1997 the structure of the tournament has also changed and is no longer a limit hold’em event. While most major hold’em tournaments, including the World Series of Poker, play at nine-handed tables throughout, the Aussie Millions main event begins with eight-handed tables. Play continues eight-handed until the field is reduced to 36 players, at which point all tables are six-handed. Day 1 is usually split into three flights.

All in all the Aussie Millions is not something that a professional poker player usually misses and the casual players around the world have also started joining in. From an Australian point of view, I cannot wait to shuffle up and deal.

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Strategy To Make Your Poker Solid Or Use When You Have Lost Your Game

Strategy To Make Your Poker Solid Or Use When You Have Lost Your Game

Of recent times due to lack of playing I seemed to have lost part of my poker game. I determined that it had a lot to do with my betting patterns, folding, checking and re-raising at the appropriate times. I compiled " Strategy To Make Your Poker Solid Or Use When You Have Lost Your Game" for myself and decided to share it on my blog to help others.

For many this list is a very basic list. To other poker players this list can help you implement new betting techniques or understand the reasoning behind making certain betting, checking or folding moves.

I hope it helps with your game regardless of what level of player you are, even the best can forget basic moves at times.

In the case that no other player has made a raise / bet - you perform the following actions for the following reasons:

CHECK

You Check if:

1) You have nothing
2) You have a marginal hand such as; an open ended straight or a flush draw and will call a raise by another player that is not too large.
3) You have a great hand and when someone bets you will raise. Using the check raise technique to extract chips and trick your opponent.
4) You have a weak hand and you intend to bluff by raising, being sure you can place your opponent on a hand so as not to trap yourself.

RAISE

You Raise if:

1) You have the best hand and want to make pot bigger
2) You have the best hand and want to eliminate competition that may be chasing better hands
3) You wish to bluff with a lousy hand
4) You wish to get respect from players on turn to continuation bet for reasons 2) and 3).

In the case that a player has made a raise / bet before it is your turn to act - you perform the following actions for the following reasons:

FOLD

You Fold If:

1) You do not have a good hand
2) You do not have the right pot odds and have a marginal hand (open ended straight as an example and the raise was too big)
3) If bluff will not work

CALL

You Call If:

1) You have a marginal hand and can make it a better hand if in the case the raise is reasonably small
2) You have a great hand and want the other players to call to build the pot

RE-RAISE

You re-raise if:

1) You have an awesome hand and consider it the nuts or thereabouts
2) You can bluff your opponent out of the hand as they appear weak

Again, this may not be suitable for all players - I do however hope it has somewhat helped you. Test it out!

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