One Million-Dollar Texas Holdem Poker Tournament - How a Brit
Beat the Yanks at their Own Game!
Lee Biddulph a chef from Thornton Cleveleys near Blackpool, a
resort town on the north west coast of England, returned to
Manchester Airport from an amateur poker tournament in Costa
Rica almost $1m (£567,420) richer after beating nearly 4,000
other players in an amateur poker tournament.
Lee’s biggest win was only £28 before the tournament!
This is a striking example of how lucrative poker tournaments
can be for the huge number of players that have been created by
the online gaming revolution.
Poker Tournaments First 1 Million Win
Lee Biddulph has been playing Texas Holdem for three years, and
was one of 3,900 to enter an online contest.
Players were reduced during heats until nine remained who took a
seat at the $1m final.
Brit Lee Biddulph faced eight American players in the final.
He won the tournament when he beat Mike Darweesh, a software
engineer from Arizona for the main prize and won convincingly.
His success was even sweeter because he started the final with
fewer chips - $1.58m to Mike’s $2.72m.
Both players had a flush i.e five cards of the same suit, on
their final hand, but Lee took the pot with a higher card among
his five.
So, What do you need to Win Big Prize Money at Poker Tournaments?
As the above example has shown, anyone can win a poker
tournament so long as they have the right knowledge and attitude
and here are some tips to win big:
Tip 1. Get the Right Mindset:
Players who win at poker think they are going to win before they
start playing. They are prepared to put in whatever work is
necessary to achieve their goal, their attitude is - if you
think you can win, you will win, and you need the same attitude.
Tip 2. You Never Stop Learning:
Professional poker players know that they need to know the
basics of the game, but they also take the attitude that they
never stop learning and are constantly trying to sharpen their
playing skills.
You need to do the same, read a book a month and you will find
you pick up tips on playing you had never thought of before.
Tip 3. Poker Is a Game Of Psychology:
You need to understand that you are competing with other players
and need to have the right psychology to beat them. This
includes being cool, calm, and playing non-emotionally.
You need to play with courage when you have a good hand and you
should only play hands against opponents you think you can beat.
Never play hands for the sake of it, or because you’re chasing
losses.
Sometimes the cards just wont deal for you and you need to be
able to take short-term losses, to make long-term profits.
Tip 4. Practice Makes Perfect:
You won’t become a great poker player overnight.
You need to gain experience and this involves practice.
Most of the top poker players have been working on their skills
for years and their success is down to hard work and practice.
Start out playing at tables where you feel comfortable and
gradually take on harder opponents, as your skills increase.
Poker Tournaments - Getting Started
Not everyone can of course win a million, but the opportunity is
there for all, and even if you don’t win a million at poker
tournaments, there are still plenty of poker players out their
who make a living from the game and you can too!
10 RED FLAGS IN DATING RELATIONSHIPS
When starting a new relationship, many women (and men as well)
tend to overlook some behaviors in their new partner that do not
bode well for the future. Then, down the road, comes the
exclamation ‘If I had only known…’. As a Psychotherapist who
has worked with mostly women and a few men in the field of
Domestic Violence, during counseling sessions we can always
trace back unpleasant and also dangerous character traits to the
very start of the relationship.
Here are some ‘Red Flags’ to watch out for in a new partner.
1)He makes decisions about where to go with little or no input
from you.
2)He belittles your opinion when the two of you are alone and
may call you names.
3)He makes disparaging remarks about you in front of others and
may talk about you as if you were not there.
4)He may be rough during love-making and make you engage in acts
you do not like.
5)He does not want to spend time with your friends or family and
insists you socialize with his people.
6)He will not acknowledge your areas of expertise and may put
down what you do in the workplace - ignore any of your
accomplishments.
7)He may openly flirt with other women and then accuse you of
being jealous when you object.
8)He gets angry and loses his temper over trivialities. Stays
angry for a long time and attempts to blame all arguments on you.
9)May hit walls when angry.
10)One of the main factors is that he comes on very strong in
the beginning of your relationship - sweeps you off your feet -
and wants an exclusive relationship too quickly. Many women feel
flattered at the intensity of the man’s seeming need for an
immediate connection and consequently overlook the
inappropriateness of it.
*This should not be confused with ‘love at first sight’ where
one or both parties feel an instant connection - without any of
the aforementioned behaviors.*
There are many other factors that could be listed - but if the
man in your life begins displaying the above qualities - realize
it will not get better, only worse. He will likely be unwilling
to discuss his emotions openly and feel that women are the
inferior sex.
If this describes your man, run - do not walk - out of his life.
The next step will likely be physical abuse.
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