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December 01, 2005

But - and this is the downside to playing against an online porker maniac - sometimes you'll go up against him with the best of it and lose, and this might happen four or five times in a row. By that time you'll have burned through a number of chips. But you can't allow this to influence your play. You have to continue to invest chips in the pot when you have the best of it, or when you're getting the right price from the pot to continue with a drawing hand.

After all, a maniac's worst enemy is himself. They are essentially one-trick ponies. They sing one tune, and one tune only - though they do so incessantly and wield it over their opponents like a whip. But their lone strength is also their greatest weakness, and when you learn to deflect their one-note strategy and use it to your advantage, the sound of their whipsong will destroy them.

But even though you realize that Partyporker maniacs play incorrectly - and are thereby playing into your hands as a consequence - when someone constantly raises, or makes it three-bets by reraising every chance he gets, it can be disconcerting as well as intimidating. When a maniac raises, you'll seldom know what he has. Is it legitimate, or is he bluffing? Since a maniac is capable of raising with absolutely anything - or even nothing - conclusions are hard to draw with any certainty.

Perhaps you arrive Thursday night after a day at work. The hour is late and you know you shouldn't gamble at Party porker.net when you're tired, so unpack, relax, and get something to eat. Tomorrow you can begin your assault on the casinos, refreshed, relaxed, bright-eyed, and rarin' to go. Friday morning you awaken with $1,000 in gambling money and two-and-a-half days to play. So what do you do?

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They take what's needed for the games they plan to play and that becomes their bankroll for the day, weekend, or week -- however long their sojourn into gaming is scheduled to last. Every bankroll needs to be managed. It's just a better way to go. As long as it's discretionary money, creating a spur-of-the-moment bankroll out of excess cash is fine. Most folks with regular jobs can pinpoint their expenses rather closely and budget accordingly.

If you're lucky and skillful enough to win, you can buy an Armani suit with your party porker winnings, play baccarat, or get some new pin striping for your pickup: It doesn't matter. Excess money isn't needed for life's necessities; so go out and enjoy it. Bankroll management involves dozens of small decisions that require the exercise of discipline time and time again.

If your cards are unsuited, you can raise when holding an Ace with a King or Queen, or a King with a Queen. If you are in late position, and no one else has entered the pot, you can raise with any pair at all, as well as with an Ace and any kicker, and a King with a Queen, Jack, ten, or nine. You're hoping the blinds will fold, but even if they play, your Ace or King is likely to be the best hand if no one improves.

In fact, if no one has a pair, a party porker.com hand like 5-4-A will probably be the best playable high hand on the first betting round, since hands like K-A-4 are generally not going to enter the fray. After all, someone holding that kind of hand is faced with playing six cards against seven of his opponent's - a prescription for failure. A hand like 5-4-A is the equivalent of three low cards and a high one, and the holder does not have to play as cautiously as he would if he had a low draw only. He can raise.