The poker world will be all eyes on London as it hosts several big time poker events like the WPT, European Poker Tour and the WSOP Europe which will gather the best players of the game. Culminating the poker madness will be the British Poker Festival running through the end of September.

One event which will magnet a ton of poker followers will be the Poker in the Park which will be a 2-day event that will feature the poker greats, latest merchandise, and more poker tournaments. Organizers are expecting a crowd of around 20,000 for this event which will be held September 2 and 3. This will be opened by winner of EPT San Remo, Liv Boeree.

Former heavyweight boxing champ Evander Holyfield will grace the occasion to represent RealDealPoker.com.  There will also be talks by Roland de Wolfe, Jamie Gold, David Ulliot, and Phil Laak about poker, poker tips, and poker strategies.

A poker dome was setup to house the round the clock Sit-n-Go poker tournaments. Another dome was constructed to accommodate more poker lovers and avoid the extremely long lines as experienced last year.

There was also  the Strip Poker Championship last 21 September at Stringfellows. This was not for the voyeur in everyone but for a charitable cause.

Beginners face a plethora of problems while playing poker. They generally have trouble playing poker on the flop and after the bets are raised.

You may ask what is a c-bet?

When players chase the pre-flop raise along with a bet on the flop, you may choose it hit or you may avoid is termed as a c-bet.

An incessant bet helps in taking advantage of the initiative that gains you and acts as the pre-flop attacker and this shapes the game. It helps in forwarding it over to the flop. One of the general rule of the table is that if you decide to raise before the flop the message sent by you is crystal clear. The message is that you have great cards and you are eager to play the game. This unspoken statement is read by most of the matured poker players and they start understanding your game plan and psychology behind the game.

The opponent would generally fold his cards if he does not have premium cards.  The bets which forward the game are very pertinent. They give a concrete form to the game. It is observed that most of the hands overlook the flop all the time.

If you and the opponents miss the flop and you would resort to betting if the opponent is checking which is quite natural. It is an individual way of establishing on the poker table that you have a supreme hand with premium cards.

Players know that there is a lot of dead money in the pot as the weak players have folded their cards. Your opponent should not be aware of your game plan. If you are ready to fire a c-bet on the opponent he should be unaware about it. You should avoid being repetitive in poker.

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