The Asia Pacific Poker Tour is becoming more and more popular. There are more players and prize pool is increasing as the event grows. People enter the event by joining freeroll tournaments in PokerStar, and the people who qualify will join the Asia Pacific Poker Tour event. It is easy to join the tournament. You just have to download PokerStar, and then read the directions to start playing in the freeroll tournamenet. There are no fees to join as it is completely free.

During the Macau Main Event in second year, it had 88 great poker players. In 2010, the Asia Pacific Poker Tour was held in PokerStars Macau poker room that is located in the Grand Lisboa Hotel and Casino. The poker event ended on Sunday, May 23. The buy-in for the 88 poker players were just $5,128 USD each.

There were many former poker stars that were at the poker event, such as, Celina Lin, Bryan Huang, and Raymond Wu. Many of them were in Team PokerStars. Last year, the Asia Pacific Poker Tour Macao had 429 players, and that was a record for the richest Asian poker tournament with a prize pool of $2,067,930 USD. Last year, the grand prize winner was Dermot Blain, and he won $540,000. The prize pool in Hong Kong currency is $16,130,400.

The 88 players in the event ended with just 43 remaining after the first day. Out of the 43 players, Team PokerStar Celina Lin and Raymond Wu were still in the poker tournament.

Many beginners make the mistake of getting too excited when they see pairs on the preflop. They would see a pair of 7’s, and then they get excited so they go aggressive on the bets before the flop. When the flop comes out with no 7’s, but see lots of face cards, that is when this person will start to sweat. What happens next? This person might start calling or checking, and the opponent will start raising on you.

Do not make that same mistake next time! When you see hands like this, you need to be one of the last to bet before the flop. You want to see how your opponents are betting first. If somebody goes crazy with high bets or all-in, then you need to fold it. You should just call it if the bet is quite low.

If you decide to play the hand, and you cannot catch triples on the flop, then you will have to see what the opponents are betting. If they are going aggressive here, then it is time to fold. Do not call on raises at this point.

If you do catch triples on the flop, do not get too excited yet. Simply do a small raise because if you go crazy, people will assume you have a very nice hand and they will just fold. You want everyone on the poker table to add some money in the pot. Poker has a lot to do with psychology so keep things subtle.

I have been following this winning strategy for a long time. This has made me earn over $100 per day on profits easily just by playing a few tournaments a day. Follow along as I explain my strategy of how I win money in poker.

I usually start the day with $220 to play. That is just my own little rule that I follow. You don’t necessarily need to follow that, but if you like then go ahead. Every day, I only play 10 sit n’ go tournaments, and I will not play more than that because I have discipline. Most poker players do not have any discipline so they end up losing a lot of money.

You can’t expect to win in every tournament, but even 2^nd and 3^rd places usually got a bit more than what you have put in. I play in tournaments that are $20 + $2 buy-ins.

When there are 7-10 players in the beginning, always play aggressively with AA, KK, and QQ hands. You can also play wired pairs and suited connectors, but not as aggressive.

When there are 5-7 players left, continue to play aggressively with high pairs. Do not call or check as this shows signs of weakness, and your opponents are reading you!

When 4-5 players left, this is when you knock out the short stack players so do not let them chase cards. Raise big on these people!

Do not start to relax when there is 3 people left. If you end up as 3^rd place, you usually just get back your buy-in money. You need to go all-in with high cards. Pair of AA, KK, QQ, or even AK, etc.

If you get to heads-up, and you are the chip leader, make sure you keep putting pressure on your opponents with raises and all-in.

Never lose focus in poker and always stay calm. Good luck!