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After months of hard coaching, writing, playing and working on various personal projects I have decided to make Coaching services free…

Just message me on AIM: MegaPoker36 or MSN: webmaster@mega-poker.net and I’ll answer your poker related questions and coach your game to the next level.

Mega-Poker Guide Price Drop – Now $19.97

Hi guys!

It’s been a while, I’ve been busy as heck promoting the guide and coaching, I haven’t even had time to play recently but things are starting to calm and down and I decided to drop the price of the Mega Guide to make sure it was a better value for my loyal viewers, so take advantage of this offer and pick up your copy I guarantee it will drastically improve your poker game.

-Matty

Tell me what you want!

I’ve been busy as heck lately and haven’t played a lot of poker, but I’ve been teaching a lot of poker since the release of the Mega Hold’Em Strategy Guide (It’s getting very great feedback, thanks to everyone who’s picked it up and just ate up the strategy, to those of you that haven’t gotten it yet pick up your copy at http://www.mega-poker.net).

I’m interested to hear what everyone has to say about the blog, site and anything else Mega-Poker to help improve the site. So gimme your comments and keep them coming because I want to give my viewers what they want in a poker resource site.

 -Matty

Mega Hold’Em Strategy Guide Released!

After months of labor intensive crafting, researching and recording the strategy guide is finally here! Poker has never been easier for beginners to learn as they read, study and then watch all aspects of poker in practice.

Make sure to pick up your copy

Mega Hold’Em Strategy Guide

-Matty

Mega Poker Strategy Guide Update and More…

Haven’t written in a while so wanted to give you guys a quick update. I’ve been working my butt off on the poker strategy guide that will be released pretty soon. It’s going to be awesome for beginners and intermediate players looking for the strategy to take their game over the top. The guide will feature about 10 videos embedded straight into the guide for your convenience and to see the concepts in practice at the table….

 Make sure to sign up for the newsletter on the main page for updates.

‘Mega-Poker.Net: Mega Manifesto of No-Limit Hold’Em’ to be Written and Released in .pdf Format

In the coming months, a compilation of the Mega-Poker.Net strategy sections and our Learn to Play Poker Video Series will be combined into a full-length Poker e-Book/Video Book with over an hour of poker strategy videos to reinforce and make the concepts in print easier to understand.

There will be a variety of options to obtain your own digital copy of the book, like signing up and playing a real money account on one of our recommended poker rooms and you will receive a free copy, as well as a free preview version of the first few chapters for all visitors who sign up for the newsletter.

This is going to be huge, and an essential part of a beginner-to-intermediate poker player’s reference arsenal.

Just sign up for the newsletter on the main site http://www.mega-poker.net for weekly updates on the book’s progress and more.

Mega-Poker.Net Now Has Its Own Toolbar!

I got a few e-mails from some loyal visitors that said that it would be cool if they had access to Mega-Poker news and access to important sections of the site regardless of what page they were visiting. So I got the idea to make a toolbar to install into IE or FireFox so viewers can get the Mega-Poker newsfeed at the top of their browser window as well as access to top bonuses, strategy sections and more… It also has a built in pop-up blocker so check it out.

 Download it here – Mega-Poker.Net Toolbar Download

Slump Over – Two Final Tables and Tournament Domination

So my month or two long slump came to an end this week as I made two final tables and the last one completely dominated the entire tournament. I played a super tight game and waiting for opportunities to strike. I got at a table with a few donks showing down hands like J-6, K-4 etc… so I waited for my moments to trap them. Here’s some notable hands, my hand is the first one listed.

 2-2 vs. A-K & A-K (2 small stack all-ins) – Board: Q-J-4-8-9

Q-Q vs. J-6 (post flop) – Board: 2-4-J-7-8

J-J vs. ??? – Board: A-A-10-J-K (Had a donk trapped but he folded to my min. re-raise on the river)

A-K vs. A-Q – Board: 2-A-10-J-8

J-10s vs. K-Q vs. A-K – Board: 8-5-10-2-3 (final table all-in push)

A-5s vs. Q-J vs. J-J – Board: 10-9-7-A-5

Final hand: J-J vs. K-K - Board: doesn’t matter Kings held up and I went out in 5th…

Most of these wins were in huge pots and I stayed around 50-100x BB the entire tournament starting at the second blind session. It got to the point where I had the whole table dominated and when I got a big hand I just put the whole table all-in to put their tournament lives at risk if they wanted to go against me. Ended up luring people in and crushing them when they thought I was just BSing around.

 Feels awesome to dominate after a horrid slump…

Month long slump leaves me in the dumps

Hey guys,

 Just got back from two long days of poker that had me busting early and busting horribly to some awful bad beats… That’s the name of the game and I can handle it but it sucks to go on one of the slumps, I’ve heard about them but never experienced an all out long-term poker drought so to speak. It seems every time I’m ahead, especially 3-to-1 favorite or better they suck out on the flop or river. Here’s a brief list of the beats I’ve been hit with just in the past 2 days:

JJ (me) vs. 77 (opponent) – Board: A-K-7-4-2

AA (me) vs. 22 (opponent) Board: 2-4-7-J-8

J-10 of spades (me) vs. 88 Board: 8s-3-7s-Qs-Qh

A-J vs. 3-4: Board: A-2-5-7-J

… I think its time for a little break from the tables… I’ll be back at the tables in a few weeks hopefully refreshed and back to my normal form..

 -Matty

Obama Says Screw The UIGEA!

2008 Presidential Candidate Barack Obama was an avid poker player. A common sight in the state of Illinois at low-stakes poker tables sometimes playing stud or draw poker.Obama on poker “It’s a fun way for people to relax and share stories and give each other a hard time over friendly competition.” He became known as a solid, cautious player that was difficult to read. He takes the game very seriously, looking into the odds and playing a tight starting hand requirement style to better his chances when he does play a hand.Another senator said of Obama’s poker playing “When Barack stayed in, you pretty much figured he’s got a good hand.” He was often teased about his cautious, tight playing style. He also caught criticism for his poker playing by other Senators who believed that the state of Illinois would be a lot better off if Barack was as conservative with tax dollars as he was at the poker table.The gambling laws in the United States passed some time ago made it difficult to play for money in many states, especially online which has inhibited not only our own, but even maybe soon-to-be President Barack Obama’s ability to play also. The competitive spirit of Obama was often shown when he would face a bad beat and leave the table with a very serious, angry looking face that is very typical among serious poker players.

Obama hopes that one day, if he’s fortunate enough, he can host a game in the White House. For poker players that think the UIGEA is crap and want to play poker online freely without the hassle or fear of prosecution at the hands of the U.S. Government then Obama may be your guy. It’s very apparent if he gets elected that he may just say “screw the UIGEA.” Then together all of us poker players can finally rejoice and enjoy our online poker with more ease!