Short-handed poker requires some adjustment. You have to become more aggressive in many of the situations you’ll find yourself in. Fewer players at the table means fewer cards in play. That makes the hands that you do have more valuable than they would normally be.

You want to make raises when you’re in late positions, and don’t get pushed off your big blind every time the button player raises you. Hands like A-rag or K-Q become very strong at a table with three players or less. Don’t be afraid to make sizable raises with these types of hands. Also, betting at flops that have an ace in it, when no one raised pre-flop, is another high percentage play at a short table.

With so much aggression around a short-handed table it’s a good strategy to slow play big hands until an opponent commits some chips to the pot.

Apple has stepped into the mobile poker market by adding its new Texas Hold’em game feature to the iPhone. For the price of $5 you can play a game of Texas hold’em poker against a collection of players that will give off tells and make bluffs at you. You start at an easy table and work your way up into bigger games, with more skilled opponents, winning cash rewards along the way.

You can change your view of the game by turning your iPhone either vertical or horizontal. The vertical view is of your opponents the way you see them in a real game. Your opponents are filmed actors who will repeat behaviours. The horizontal view is of the entire table from above, allowing you to see everything at once. You can even use the wi-fi connection and play with as many as eight other friends at the same table.

Online satellite tournaments are an opportunity to get into a big event without investing the big buy-in that’s usually required. These events require that you make it to a certain point to qualify for a seat, so the strategy can change a bit in the later stages of the tournament.

Be aware of the number of remaining players, and adjust your aggression to where you are situated among the chip leaders. If you’re sitting in the top 10% of chip leaders your aggression can be cut back and you can wait for premium cards in good positions - or even sit out of the action altogether if you think you have enough chips to get you there.

If you’re on a bigger stack you can press the action on smaller stacks, especially close to the bubble. No one wants to risk their tournament at this stage of the game.

Becoming a professional online poker player is no easy task. No advice can guarantee that you’ll be good enough to make a living online, but there are some things that most successful online players practice. The first thing is bankroll management. You have to have a bankroll of playing cash that is at least 300 times bigger than the game you’re playing in. The bigger you build your bankroll, the bigger the game you can play. Over time, and with some skill and luck, you’ll have a bankroll big enough to play and live off of.

You need to read and learn everything about poker that you can. And you usually have to play tens of thousands of hands before you start to see profit. But if you’re dedicated, and practice good bankroll management, you can become an online professional. Most don’t stay the course long enough to get there.

Most of the big weekly tournaments are played on the weekends. The biggest one remains the PokerStars Sunday Million. It is regularly guaranteed at a million and a half now, and the first place winner takes home between $170K and $200K. They also have the $200K Sunday Warm Up before the Million.

Full Tilt Poker has a $90K, $75K, $65K, and a $60K guaranteed tournament every Saturday. Their Sunday event is the $750,000 guaranteed event, which will soon be the Full Tilt Million. They also run $250K, $150K, $65K, and $50K guaranteed events on Sundays.

PokerRoom, Party Poker, Hollywood Poker, and Mansion Poker have $150K events on Sunday. Absolute Poker has their $150K tournament on Saturday. Bodog Poker has a $100,000 guaranteed event on Sundays, and they follow it up with a few $25K last-chance events if you bust out of the big ones early.

The United States has postponed meetings with the European Union which were scheduled for this week concerning online gambling. The EU wants to talk about the UIGEA, and how they feel it discriminates against European operators. The issue is that the law excludes offshore businesses, while local gambling like horse racing is permitted to operate.

This isn’t the first time this law has caused problems. A World Trade decision ruled in favor of Antigua and Barbuda, but the US opted to compensate the two countries and withdraw online gaming from its commitments to the WTO.

Remote Gambling Association made the original complaints, and the EU issued a formal questionnaire into the matter. U.S. Trade Representative Susan Schwab denied any form of discrimination against European operators, and charges were not based on nationality.

There has been no reason offered for the delays, and no other dates have been set for future meetings.

Pocket aces are a big hand when you’re playing Texas hold’em, but when you’re playing Omaha hi/low they don’t necessarily have the same value. You’re in ok shape for the high hand, but unless you have some small cards with them, preferably suited to the aces, the aces are not worth a whole lot pre-flop. Not enough to risk as many chips as you would in a game of hold’em.

If your aces don’t have good cards with them you probably shouldn’t play them. It will usually lead to a losing situation because there are so many hand combinations that can be made in the game of Omaha. Your aces should have at least one deuce with them if you want to try your luck. And don’t waste any bets when you see situations where you could be easily beat. In Omaha hi/low someone almost always has the nut hand.

The Asian Poker Tour is about to start its second season of action, and you could be there. Bodog poker room is offering satellite tournaments that will put you in Macau for the first event of the season. They have two ways to win your seat - you can play in their regular qualifier tournaments (from July 7 – August 3) to win one of three seats, or play their Seat Giveaway series (the finale is on August 2) to win one seat.

If you win a seat worth $5,300, you’ll be joining Team Bodog in the APT Main Event. You’ll also be staying at the beautiful Galaxy Starworld Hotel and Casino in downtown Macau. The prize includes flight expenses, six nights of accommodations, buy-in to the event, and $500 spending cash. Not to mention the chance to visit a part of the world most people will never get the chance to see.

The WPT has found a way to host more poker tournaments. They have joined forces with Classic Gaming Cruises to host a number of trips with WPT tournaments on board. Trips are scheduled from Alaska, New England, Mexico, and the Caribbean. They run from mid-July until late November and range in price from $429 to as much as $979 for the Alaskan trips, not bad for a week of luxury. Sounds like a great way to soak up some sun and play lots of poker for a week.

The tournaments on the cruises will be satellites into a $10,000 WPT main event. You’ll also be able to enjoy other tournament action as well as cash games. You’ll be able to play poker whenever you want to, especially if your wife likes to play as well. Hurry if you want to play on one of these cruises; cabins are filling up fast.