Antes

If a game has an ante, every player contributes a certain, predetermined amount to the pot before each hand. It’s usually a small bet. For instance, in a nickel-dime-quarter game, it might be a nickel. The important thing about antes to remember is that a player’s ante doesn’t count as a bet. It’s just a way of getting a pot started.

Blinds

The other way to start the action rolling is by making players put in a forced bet, called a “blind” before the deal. It’s called a blind because you haven’t seen a card when you put in this bet — you’re going in without seeing, or blind.

The most common practice is to have the two players to the left of the dealer pay the blinds. The player immediately to the dealer’s left places a smaller bet called the “little blind,” whiles the player two places to the left puts in the “big blind.”

The amounts of the blinds are fixed and determined before the game begins. Usually the “big blind” is equal to the smallest bet possible, while the little blind is 1/2 or 1/3 of that amount. So, if the minimum bet was $3, the big blind would place a forced bet of $3 and the little blind might put out $1.

The difference between blinds and antes is that blinds do count as a player’s first bet. This means in the first round of betting, no one can “check,” that is, everyone has to bet.

Stay tune! I’ll be giving up more info and maybe a tip or two 
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Cheers!
GB

Every day should be Thanksgiving Day. I’m a great believer of being thankful for what you have, being thankful of your family and friends and if you, like me, love your job, then being thankful for it. 

You know you don’t have to be American to have Thanksgiving Day. OK they have the actual holiday but the message of the day is something that can be shared by all. Everyone in the world no matter what nationality or religion should celebrate. We should all be thankful for whatever it is we have.

Just a little food for thought.

Alex

Case in point, conservative slow playing. This is one of the consistently winning strategies in brick and mortar games. Holding onto your chips is how you win the game, because truly risky gambles are almost always too risky. Now there are exceptions to this, but in general you want to be conservative.

Not so online, especially in fun money games. First of all, the online player base is much more timid than the brick and mortar player base, and thus, they will be more easily aggressed, and aggression will net you more winnings. Realizing the timid nature of many online players will help you win more chips and make more money, whether it’s real or fake.

In fun money games, aggression is always the way to play. There’s no real risk in losing, and thus, there’s no reason not to be aggressive. Fun money games are where you practice your chops, and learn new ways to steal chips. In this environment it always pays off the be aggressive, if only to test whether or not it will be successful.

Chipleader’s Affiliate Appreciation trip was absolutely ridiculous… so much fun! As you all may know we offer a promo for all affiliates once a year, usually the top 10-15 qualify for an amazing trip that we put together. 2007 we did it up in Bahamas, 2008 was the sunny Costa Rica adventure and 2009’s venue was ARGENTINA… WOW!

This year 10 affiliates that won the promotion (highest percentage increase of MGR over a 3 month period) were whisked away to Buenos Aires Argentina… we gallivanted off to one of the most beautiful spots on earth the Iguazu falls, we viewed an amazing tango show, visited a ranch to hang out with some local Gauchos, drink wine, eat LOTS O’ MEAT, and much more! This trip is all about you guys (AFFILIATES), Chipleader’s team really does appreciate the collaboration and camaraderie that we experience from all you…it’s just one way of how we show how much we enjoy working with all of you.

I cannot even imagine what is in store for our 2010 trip, I’m sure the group that goes and the destination will be second to none. Besides our Affiliate Appreciation promotion that is run annually Chipleader is constantly offering ways to motivate and entice you to grow with us and have fun. You can always visit our brands promotions here: http://www.absolutepoker.com/promotions/  http://www.ultimatebet.com/poker-promotion and http://www.chipleader.com/promotions.asp

As always email me at Danielle@chipleader.com or Alex@chipleader.com for any inquiries, concerns, questions or if you just want to chat, we’d love to hear from you.

Enjoy the weekend!

D

YOUR PLAYERS CAN WIN $3,000,000!!
Affiliates, it is time once again for the famous and super popular UBOC poker event.  Your poker players will be coming in droves and you’ll cash in. In case you forgot, this is “UltimateBet’s Online Championship” with an amazing Two $1 Million events. Your players are going to love the two UBOC schedules with over $3 Million in guarantees. UBOC, UltimateBet’s Online Championship series, gets underway on January 9th, 2009 with an unprecedented mix of massive guarantees spread out over 10 days. Affiliates, if you’re serious about making a lot of money and having your players win one of the largest online poker events in the industry, then you need to be a part of UBOC and make some serious dinero promoting these tournaments to your players.
That’s not all! This year, UB has thrown TWO incredible $1 Million tournaments into the mix so your players have TWO chances to win a million. And that’s just the tip of the chip stack.
Also new this year is UB’s Mini UBOC series, which runs parallel to this year’s supersized UBOC. The buy-ins are tiny (so all levels players can get in) but the excitement is just as big for all  your players.
The UBOC banners are now up on the Chipleader backend, so log in to your account and go to the HTML link factory and get those banners up on the best location you can find on your sites.  Then watch your players convert like crazy and win huge cash!

Affiliates, the countdown to Aruba has started.  Just 10 days left until the Aruba Poker Classic 2008. Make sure to keep your eyes on the the right of the blog for the count down clock. And, check out the Scott Ian video, he will tell you how great the poker classic is. The Chipleaderblog will be providing frequent updates on the event so make sure you keep coming back to see what’s going on at the classic. The beautiful Caribbean, it’s going to be great in Aruba!!!

UPDATED: September 18th, 2008

According to the Aruba Countdown clock there is only 8 sleeps left before the Aruba Classic.  You can almost smell that Caribbean ocean air.  Everyone at Chipleader and UB are getting prepared for what we think is going to be the best Classic yet.  Lots of poker, sun and sand…not to forget the great parties.  All the top poker pros will be there, Phil, Annie, Scott Ian, the list goes on and on.  We will keep you posted on all the activities leading up to the great event.  Stay tuned!

The Costa Rica Affiliate Appreciation contest is now over!! Congratulations to all the affiliates who won and we’ll see you all in Costa Rica for a really great time. Great Work. Also, make sure you keep promoting Absolute Poker and UltimateBet to win more in 2008. Remember WSOP and The Aruba Classic 2008 are just around the corner, so you may want to get ready and win your seats to that as well. Chipleader has lots of banners for you to get up on your site, so now is the time to start promoting both brands and go to the WSOP/Aruba.