Pokerstars.com has scheduled two VIP Sit and Go tournaments with WSOP Champion Joseph Hachem on Friday morning. These two SNGs are available for all Pokerstars' players willing to spend 15,000 Frequent Player Points (FPPs) on a ticket for each tournament. I will be playing in both of them as I have done in the past against Daniel Negreanu and Chris Moneymaker. You can watch the videos of those tournaments where I finished 4th against Daniel and 5th against Chris.

Now, a couple of words about who Joseph Hachem is.

Today I'll show how we can make use of an excellent article written in 2+2 forums about finding leaks in our game with the aid of Poker Tracker. It is not necessary to read the article, since I'll discuss each point separately here accompanied by my personal statistics. If you do have the application you can check your own stats in the end or you can simply see how a poker player can improve his skills by studying himself. My analysis will be based on the hands I played this year at 6-max No Limit poker tables (233,579 hands).

When we play poker online, we either press buttons or type in numbers. We constantly have our hands on the mouse or the keyboard in order to act in time, while at the same time we are thinking about our game. Maybe you can play perfectly and not getting tired but that is not the case for others. Most players find it difficult to calculate bet sizes compared to the pot, while others multitable over 4 tables and find it difficult to reload their chips over and over again. Fortunately, there is help available.

Although the following programs have been around for quite some time and I myself use them for many months, it seems that many experienced players neglect them while new ones haven't heard of them. Let's take a look at the most useful ones. Remember, they are all free to use.

According to the Greek law, poker is not allowed to be played in Greece neither in homes nor in land-based casinos. Of course, online gambling is also not allowed but that is another story. However there are rumors lately that imply the introduction of this card game to the Greek casinos. Yet, these rumors are heard for quite a few years, so that may mean nothing.

A glimmer of hope arised though when two advertisements made their appearance in Sunday's magazines. Both of them advertize 2 famous casinos (Porto Carras in Sithonia, Chalkidiki and Regency Casino in Athens and Thessaloniki) using poker terms. The first one shows a man holding 4 of a kind (Aces to be precise) while the second one uses the term "I Call". Additionally, there is also a radio advertisement promoting Regency casinos which talks only about poker. Perhaps, the time we Greeks will be able to host a big live poker tournament is closer than ever.