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This weeks games are at Titan Poker

This weeks private tournaments will be at Titan Poker

Titan Poker $50 freeroll
Thursday 13th December at 8.00pm GMT

Titan Poker $1 buy-in with $50 added
Sunday 16th December at 8.00pm GMT

Titan Poker is one of the leading rooms on the iPoker Network, easy to use software and a great exclusive bonus offer with 4kingpoker - Check out our Titan Poker Review - Download using our links and use BONUS CODE: 4kingpoker for $20 FREE + 100% up to $600 bonus + Free GameCalc poker odds calculator + entry to additional weekly $250 Sunday Freeroll - Titan Poker is NOT open to US players.

Our Weekly Thursday $50 freerolls & Sunday $1 buy-in with $50 added leagues will each run over 30 weeks at a variety of our recommended poker rooms and will include tournaments open to US players. Hosts will include Full Tilt, Titan Poker, Bodog, PKR, Poker.com / Carbon Poker and others.

Good Luck and hope to see you at the tables.

Check out the 4kingpoker Private Tournaments page and passwords are in the forum and will also be sent out via PM (around 24hrs before each tournament) to members with 5+ posts in the forum.

Cheers Scrawnybob

Poker Addiction or Responsible Gambling

Or as I would prefer to title this ramble …

“Are You Addicted to Poker or Just Passionate about Your Hobby”

An interesting thread started up in the forum last week from a new member, a student writing an article about “people who are or have been addicted to poker”.

more … Addiction to Poker ? Thread

I jumped in and posted on the thread straight away because I wanted online poker players to be fairly represented and to non poker players we always seem to be cast as addicted problem gamblers lumped in with the slot machine addicts and lottery card dreamers.

In reality most online poker players are NOT addicted gamblers but the media generally only likes to pick up on the big winners and the big losers - Both big winners and big losers are in a minority.

Obviously there are is minority of gamblers who develop an unhealthy addiction to gambling or financial problems but the vast majority of them develop a problem from playing slot machines, buying scratch cards, gambling on horses or playing casino games against the house

Only a small fraction of that minority are purely online poker players.

Generally problem gamblers will gamble on anything & that is the point.

I get so hacked off that poker - a game of skill gets lumped in with other forms of gambling which have no element of skill only luck.

Poker is about skill with an element of luck, like investing in stocks and shares is about calculated risk.

In the same way that playing the market, poker offers no guarantees but time and time again … Increased skill, experience, knowledge and practice consistently proves to be a winning formula.

OK so to the addiction thing - I don’t for one minute think that there aren’t people who are addicted to gambling and some of them also play poker. I would always urge people who think they have a problem to get help and we always encourage all players to play within their limits, bankroll and never to play with money they cannot afford to lose.

more … Always play poker within your limits

But how do you define addiction or spot a problem gambler ?

IMHO there seems to be two main issues attached to addiction …

a) Spending too much money in turn causing financial problems.

b) Spending too much time playing at the detriment of other responsibilities.

To be honest these could be applied to just about any hobby or recreational activity from fishing, playing in the local football team, clothes shopping to renovating classic cars.

How many times do you read about the broken homes caused by fishermen leaving families for hours to sit by a river to catch fish ?

How many people seek to lecture all clothes shoppers because many are irresponsible with their credit cards and a few file for bankruptcy ?

Poker and specifically online poker has exploded in popularity yet is still percieved by the non playing population as reckless gambling - They ignore the fact that most poker players enjoy playing within sensible limits. Their loses or “spending” working out vastly cheaper than say the cost of playing golf as a hobby.

The bottom line is that over the long game poker is a game of skill not luck … 10% are net winning players and 90% are net losers … But of that 90% of net losing players the vast vast majority are very close to break even players or making only small managable loses … That does NOT make them problem gamblers.

Only a very small percentage of losers are problem gamblers and the vast majority of them are addicted to gambling generally and not specifically or exclusively problem poker players.

more … Think you might need help - contact GameCare.org.uk

And remember … Don’t Get Bitter - Get Better

cheers Scrawnybob

Sean Green on Gambling Addiction

This is a very short clip from comedian Sean Green on his new found “gambling addiction”. Although gambling addiction is a serious subject - For the majority of responsible and recreational poker players this will make you chuckle and his logic does at least make some sense.

Poker Strategy for Beating Freeroll Maniacs

This is a brief article about playing freerolls, with poker strategies for beating the mainaics in freerolls and other suggestions on how to play the early stages and make it into the money.
Written by Brad aka cooopb2005 one of our 4kingpoker poker forum members.

more … Poker Strategy for Beating Freeroll Maniacs

Sunday’s $50 added is at Bodog

This weeks Sunday $50 added $1 buy-in is at Bodog Poker

The 4kingpoker weekly Thursday $50 freeroll league.

Bodog Poker $1 buy-in with $50 added
Sunday 9th December at 3pm EST

Bodog Poker some of the easiest to win poker games online with a solid design - Download Bodog through 4kingpoker.com Bodog Poker Review for an instant 10% bonus on any deposit.

Our Weekly Sunday $1 buy-in with $50 added league will run over 30 weeks at a variety of our recommended poker rooms and will include tournaments open to US players. Hosts will include Full Tilt, Titan Poker, Bodog, PKR, Poker.com / Carbon Poker and others.

Good Luck and hope to see you at the tables.

Check out the 4kingpoker Private Tournaments page and passwords are in the forum.

Cheers Scrawnybob

Results - Game 14 - PKR Poker Buy-in

1. bluehaze … 10pts
2. chris6158 … 9pts
3. scrawnybob / 4kingpoker … 8pts
4. bouba70 … 7pts
5. hitman212 … 6pts
6. YANTOS13 … 5pts
7. miguel76 … 4pts
8. vale82 … 3pts
9. Mailz … 2pts
10. RollWithIt656 … 1pt

12 Steps to Poker Heaven - Episode 3 Part 1

This is a great series of poker video tutorials from the Poker Heaven TV Channel, co presented by confirmed man’s man and recreational poker player Grub Smith.

This episode covering amongst other things …

Common mistakes playing poker like playing too many hands and playing above your bankroll.

The art of bluffing, types of bluff, the positional bluff & patterns of bluffing

Poker Heaven is a great site on the Boss Network popular with European poker players. Check out our Poker Heaven Review and get a new 100% up to 500 Euros.

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