Jim Makos Blog

Stag-night revellers flying out of Heathrow often head to obscure towns in Eastern Europe that are as notable for their fondness of consonants as they are notorious for their acceptance of debauchery and drunken revelry, at least according to conventional British thinking. Though plenty of good times can be enjoyed on a shoestring in the old Soviet Bloc countries, there is [...]

Set mining is all about playing pocket pairs while knowingly dominated. Doesn’t make sense? Don’t worry; it makes more sense than it sounds. To set mine well, those over at www.888.com note how you will need a deep stack (200 BB if possible) as you will be dealing with high implied odds. Therefore most of [...]

A good home poker game with your mates can be a great way of spending an evening. Here are a few tips on making sure the night goes as smoothly as possible. First things first, everyone sitting at the table must know the basic rules of play. Make sure that everyone is comfortable with the [...]

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I received my Holdem Manager 2 beta codethis week in my mailbox and I’m happy to report that Holdem Manager 2 installation took less than 2 minutes even after setting up the PostgreSQL database. HEM 2 setup allows you to import either your Holdem Manager 1 or Poker Tracker 3 database as soon as the [...]