September 24 2011, Josh Bell

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The PokerStars $20,000 Freeroll Series

While you might be busy taking down a victory in the WCOOP Main Event, don’t forget the amazing value on offer in the PokerStars $20,000 Freeroll series, exclusive to PokerNews.

Players who managed to meet the requirements throughout September should have already received their tournament tickets for the three freerolls taking place throughout the coming week.

Freeroll #1: $5,500
September 26, 1330 EDT (1830 BST)
Tourney ID#434772771

Freeroll #2: $6,500
September 28, 1330 EDT (1830 BST)
Tourney ID#434772772

Freeroll #3: $8,000
September 30, 1330 EDT (1830 BST)
Tourney ID#434772773

As you can see, each freeroll features a prizepool bigger than the last and offer tremendous value to our players. While it may be too late to qualify for the September freerolls, make sure you don’t miss out next time PokerNews and PokerStars get together to offer the popular five-figure freerolls.

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PokerStars Women Live at EPT London

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The next PokerStars Woman Live event will be held at the 2011 EPT London from October 2nd at the Victoria Casino and with satellites running every day at a range of times and at multiple buy-in levels, there is no better time than now to download PokerStars.

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Comments

Thu, 09/15/2011 – 07:24 – PokerPages Staff

When playing online poker at PokerStars or any other site, you will come across players who will bluff. In fact, bluffing is a big part of the game of poker. Knowing how to do it effectively is a very useful skill to have and perhaps yet more useful, is the ability to spot when somebody else is bluffing. Players will bluff to try to achieve one of two objectives. They will either try to make you think they have worse cards than they actually hold, or that they have better cards.

Negative Bluffers

When somebody is trying to convince his opponent that his hand is worse than it actually is, he can be said to be bluffing negatively. He may do this by taking an overly long time to place his bets, or checking the bet if he has the opportunity. Players who act quickly and opt to slow the pace can also indicate spots of negative bluffing. A good way to test the water with these players is to raise when you get the opportunity. A player with no hand will back out, whereas a player with a good hand will keep going.

Bluffing Positively

Almost the opposite, is the player who will place a big bet to give the impression that he has a better hand than he actually does. This aggressive tactic is designed to try to put other players off playing, especially if the cards he holds are somewhat weak. Test a positive bluffer’s mettle by raising when it’s your turn, to see what their reaction is.

For more advice on tactics, visit PokerSchoolOnline.