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Understanding Omaha:
Low Limit Preflop Strategy
How do you actually make money at low-limit Omaha poker? Turns out there are lots
of opportunities for a player who's patient and a bit tight to take advantage of his
opponents.
Get To Know: Freeroll
Poker Tournaments
Every online poker player understands the idea behind a freeroll poker
tournament, but there's more to these free poker tournaments than just throwing your chips
into the ring and praying.
Casino Strategy: Basic
Video Poker Strategy
Good video poker strategy can improve your expectations from the game and it's
even possible for a smart player to achieve a positive overall expectation from a game.
Understanding Omaha:
The Game Itself
So you've heard about Omaha poker and you want to try it out but the rules seem a
bit dense. I'm going to break things down for you so you understand exactly how Omaha is
different from Texas Hold 'Em poker.
Get To Know: The Six
Types of Poker Hands
Poker is not as simple as having "the winning hand," even if the
winning hand, well, always wins. You need to instantly be able to understand the type of
hand you're holding and the type of hands that you have the potential to make.
Get To Know: Position
In Poker
New poker players tend to focus on hands, and it's really easy to understand why:
those are things you can control immediately. However, it's important that you take the
time to understand position as well.
Poker Basics: What Do
You Need To Bring To The Table?
Before you even sit down to play online poker, much less a game at a casino, you
need to understand that you understand three basic things: math, discipline, and
psychology.
Using Your Online Poker
Bonus Wisely
How do you make sure you get the most out of your bankroll and the additional
money you earn while playing? Through proper bankroll management.
Playing in Longhanded
Texas Hold 'Em Games
"Longhanded," for those of you who aren't familiar with the term,
refers to table where there are seven or more involved in play at any given time.
Close Shaves in Omaha
Poker
There are many close decisions in Pot Limit Omaha because players can rarely put
our hand in such a category.
Basic Poker Strategy:
Determining Your Win Rate
Your poker "win rate" is the amount of money you win over a set period
of time or number of hands.
Limit Hold 'Em Basics:
Pocket Cards Against Eight or More Players
Find out how to make the most out of lower-limit games with a lot of players
involved.
Pot Limit Omaha: Close
Calls
Close calls are much more common in Pot Limit Omaha. Discover the reasons for
this and how you can mitigate their effects.
The Best Starting Hand
In Pot Limit Omaha
Find out why and how you should play double-suited AAKK in Pot Limit Omaha.
Tuning In To Video
Poker Basic Strategy
To play video poker, players must have some background on the game of poker or at
least be familiar with winning poker hands.
Omaha Poker: Two Pair
Don't Make A Win
Find out why you shouldn’t get so excited when you hit two pair when playing
in Omaha poker.
Basic Hold 'Em
Strategy: Playing Ace-King
Ace-King is a strong pair of pocket cards, but you'll want to make sure you
maximize it! Find out how to approach the board.
Strategy: Player Levels
in Poker
It's common knowledge that poker is a game where you're constantly trying to
outsmart your opponents and you need to be able to figure out exactly why your opponent is
making the decisions they're making.
Texas Hold 'Em: Playing
From The Small Blind
A friend of mine once summed up how to play from the small blind with just one
word: "don't," and it's easy to understand why.
Pot Limit Omaha
Strategy: Heads-Up!
If you want to become the best pot limit Omaha poker player you can be, I've got
four words for you: play heads-up games.
Basic Poker Strategy:
Let's Talk About Stacks
When you're playing no limit Texas hold 'em poker, there's a very distinct
possibility that you may be putting all of your chips on the line at any given time.
Selecting The Right
Table In Online Poker
If you want to make the most money from other players at the online poker tables,
you need to make sure that you work to pick the right tables at which to play.
Omaha: Beware Variance
Variance is much, much higher in pot limit Omaha poker. This means that you can
make a lot more money in a shorter amount of time, but it also means that if the cards
aren't going your way, you can easily drop 10-20 buy-ins in a single day.
Texas Hold 'Em: Micro
Moneymaking
Microstakes games are perfect for the beginning player who wants to experience
some of the thrill of real money play but doesn't want to invest a lot in their initial
bankroll.
Texas Hold Em: Why We
Bet
Knowing why you bet is just as important as knowing how and when to bet. Let's
take a look at the two main reasons people put money on the line.
Pot Limit Omaha Poker:
More Tips For Play
Aggression can pay off in Pot Limit Omaha Poker and we're going to look at two
ways in which you can play hard and get rewarded by taking advantage of the best possible
hands.
Texas Hold 'Em: Be
Aggressive
Like the cheerleaders said: "If you want to win the poker game, you have to
be aggressive. B-e aggressive."
Omaha: Flushes To Watch
Out For
One of the easiest ways to lose money in Pot Limit Omaha is to place too much
value on your non-nut flushes.
Texas Hold 'Em: Value
Betting
Value betting is how many good poker players make their real money. A value bet
takes place when you extract as much money as possible from your opponent in a hand when
you know that you are holding better cards.
Omaha Strategy: Pot
Limit Betting
Limit poker is based on math; No-Limit is based on psychology with a knowledge of
implied odds. So, where does pot limit poker fall? Somewhere in the middle.
Texas Hold 'Em: You're
Only Human, Again
There's a real connection between taking care of mental fatigue and improvement
in things such as poker and other intellectually-oriented games.
Omaha Poker: When Good
Boards Go Bad in Low-Limit Omaha Hi/Lo
Omaha is a game of the nuts and even if you've got a playable hand in front of
you, the flop can completely rewrite your plans.
Texas Hold 'Em: You're
Only Human
You are, after all, only human and you need to make sure that you keep your mind
and body sharp at the tables, even if you're just clicking a mouse. We're going to review
a few basics that can make it significantly better to spend long hours at your computer.
Omaha Hi-Lo: Hands To
Avoid
It's really common for players that are new to Omaha Hi/Lo to fall for the lie
that every hand is playable.
Texas Hold 'Em: Mind
The Gap
David Slansky coined the term "the gap" to describe the distance
between the hand you need and the minimum opening hand.
Learning Omaha Hi/Lo
This game is not for the faint of heart. New players frequently find themselves
confused when it comes to reading their hands.
Texas Hold 'Em:
Understanding Pot Odds
In poker (both online and in real-world games,) pot odds represent the ratio of
the current size of the pot to the cost of a call you'll have to make.
Omaha: Two More Tips To
Improve Your Play - By Folding!
It's not always easy to know when to fold in Pot Limit Omaha, even for
experienced Hold 'Em players making the transition.
Texas Hold 'Em: Block
Betting And You
Find out how to employ one of the best basic pieces of intermediate poker
strategy: the block bet!
Omaha: Four Tips To
Improve Your Play
Four easy ways to help get started when playing Omaha poker.
Texas Hold 'Em: Preflop
Betting
Before you put everything on the line because you're holding pocket tens, you
need to take a look at all the table factors that come into play before the flop.
Omaha Poker:
Understanding Betting
While Omaha can be played with a variety of betting structures, the two most
common are also the only ones used with any kind of regularity: pot-limit and fixed-limit.
Texas Hold 'Em: The
Showdown
Find out what happens when the last community card is played and players face
down in Texas Hold 'Em.
Flop Betting in Omaha
Poker
Get the most out of the flop with these Omaha poker strategy tips.
Texas Hold 'Em: The
River
The river is a deceptively tricky street to play in Texas Hold 'Em poker. We
think it's important for beginning players to sit down and seriously look at the river as
a place that can make or break their hand.
Omaha Poker Strategy:
The Turn
Playing the turn is critical to winning in Omaha poker. Learn the best strategies
for getting ahead in this betting round.
Texas Hold 'Em: Playing
The Turn
If you've made it to the turn in a hand of Texas Hold 'Em poker, you need to move
from being a passive player into being an assertive player that takes advantage of
mistakes of the other players.
Texas Hold 'Em: Playing
the Flop
Here are some things you can do when you play online poker to improve your
approach to the flop.
The Mystery of
Caribbean Draw Poker
But there's one poker game that will stick out like pocket aces and have you
scratching your head: Caribbean Draw Poker. It's got Caribbean in its title, but this
ain't no stud.
Omaha Poker Basics:
Before The Flop
What to do when you've got a good starting hand, along with other hands that may
have potential but aren't quite there yet before the flop.
Texas Hold 'Em:
Buttons, Blinds and Betting
Diving into the nuts and bolts of Texas Hold 'Em with a look at the button,
blinds and how betting works in the game.
Omaha Poker Basics:
Starting Hands
Find out what the most playable hands in Omaha poker are with this list…
Texas Hold 'Em Tuesday:
Drawing Hands
The very basics of your drawing hands by listing what are widely considered the
ten best Texas Hold 'Em hands to be issued by the dealer.
Texas Hold 'Em: Your
Opponents
When you sit down to play poker, there is one thing that you need to figure out
very quickly: what types of players you are going against.
Omaha Poker Basics:
Begin at the Beginning
Learn the basic elements that separate Omaha Poker from Texas Hold 'Em.
Poker Strategy: The
Good And Bad Of Low Stakes Cash Games
Low stakes poker games are a great place to sharpen your skills, but they have
their own risks and rewards.
Beginner's Mistakes:
Overplaying Hands
Players that are new to the game have a habit of just not folding when they
should, particularly when they have top pair.
Basic Strategy: Common
Poker Mistakes
Find out what common mistakes players make and get some advice on how you can
avoid them.
Beginner's Poker
Strategy: Avoiding Tilt
A person who is "on tilt" is someone that has let their emotions take
control of their game, and not for the better.
Beyond The Basics:
Bluffing In Online Poker
People say you can't bluff in online poker, but Deke's proven than you can. Players need
to learn when and how to bluff to get the most out of the strategy.
Seven Card
Stud: Starting Hands
More than any other poker variation, 7 Card Stud rewards observation of player
tendencies. Let's discuss starting hands and how you can control the board early on.
Poker Strategy: Live
Poker Tells
When you make the transition from playing online poker to sitting down across
from real opponents in a cardroom, one of the things you must take advantage of is the
ever popular "tell."
Developing Your Poker
Sense
Creating "poker sense" can be difficult, but it's not impossible.
Here's four ways to get better.
Analyzing Your Losses
While losing at anything is pretty awful, in poker it can be a particularly
annoying and because you're losing money. When you lose, however, you get an opportunity
to re-evaluate your game and come up with new approaches
Basic Poker Decision
Making: KISSing
Yes, poker is a game where in-depth strategy can reward the player, but there's
something to be said for revisiting the basics and embracing the philosophy of KISS.
The Button Is Revered
Among New Poker Players
The button is revered among new poker players but you can maximize its play and
defend against it more easily than you think.
Basic Poker Strategy:
"Drawing" Hand Basics
A drawing hand is any pair of cards that have no immediate value but have the
potential to become strong hands if the right cards hit the felt.
Basic Poker Strategy:
Calculating Your Outs
We're talking about calculating the outs and it's crucial to moving from being a
player that sort of understands the game to being one that can assess a hand quickly and
know whether or not they should be invested.
Beginner's Strategy:
Three Betting
Understand how to get the most out of three-betting with this guide for
beginners.
Poker Strategy:
Choosing The Right Online Poker
Finding the right table to play online poker at is a key part of the successful player's
toolset.
Basic Strategy:
Playing In Multiple Online Poker Tables
One of the best things about online poker is that it
allows you to be in multiple places at once, meaning that there's always something
happening, even if you're sitting out of a hand at one table.
Poker
Strategy: Basic Bankroll Management And You
Get to know the ins and outs of bankroll management so you can get the most out
of your online poker deposit!
Tri-Card
Poker - A Guide for Beginners
Tri-Card is a 52 card game that consists of the “ante” and
“raise” and “pair plus” wagers. The player is trying to receive a
higher 3-card poker hand than the dealer to win his ante and raise wagers.
Basic Poker Strategy:
Freeroll Tournaments - The Endgame
If you've made it this far in the tournament and are at the last table in a
freeroll, I suppose some congratulations are in order. You're going to have to work harder
to get the top prize, and I'm pretty sure you've been thinking that you're working plenty
hard, right? Wrong.
Basic Poker Strategy:
Freeroll Tournaments - The Middle Stages
Personally, I've found that it benefits my game greatly to become more aggressive
and play more hands that I did before, even if it's just stepping down one or two steps
and including AJ, A10, KJ, KJ and even the dreaded K10 limp, depending on position and the
tenor of the table.
Basic Poker Strategy:
Freerolls - The First 90 Minutes
Freeroll tournaments are terrific, especially if you get in on the action where
you can get your chunk of thousands of dollars, but the competition is fierce and can
actually be tougher than low-stakes real money tournaments.
Beginners Guide to
Vegas Three Card Rummy
If you're looking to put some more of that Vegas flavor in your online casino
gaming, Vegas Three Card Rummy has the name and the game.
Basic Poker
Strategy: From Hold 'Em To Omaha - Before The Flop
Let’s take a look at what the experienced Texas Hold ‘Em player that
wants to actually have fun playing poker again can do to improve their odds out of the
gate in Omaha. This article assumes you have general knowledge of the game and if
not.
Basic Poker Strategy:
Short Stack Play in Omaha Tournaments
Get the help you need to make the right decisions when you're short stacked when
playing in an Omaha poker tournament.
Basic Poker Strategy:
Hands to Avoid In Omaha Hi Lo
There's are some hands that you might play in stud or Omaha/8 that are just
out-and-out bad news in Hi-Lo. Let's take a look at a few hands that are, at best, dodgy,
to borrow a phrase from the Brits.
Basic Poker
Strategy: Understanding Omaha Hi/Lo's Basics
Want to try out Omaha Hi/Lo but want to get a firm grounding in the best hands to
play first? Check out this piece that explores your options.
Basic Poker
Strategy: Turbo Tournaments
Find out what the difference is in playing a turbo online poker tournament versus
a normal one and how you need to change your game to match the faster pace.
Strategy:
The Final Table and How To Swing It
When you approach the final table in any tournaments, you need to ask yourself one simple
question: what do you want to accomplish?
Psychology
In Online Poker
You might believe that online poker lacks in the basic psychology that the
"real world" game has, but people are still people, even if they’re using a
mouse and keyboard instead of their hands.
7 Card Poker Stud for
Texas Hold 'Em Players
In the days before Texas Hold ‘Em became the gaming
juggernaut it is now, Stud was the game for many players.Before you start playing 7-Card
Stud, there are some obvious differences between stud games and Texas Hold ‘Em that
you should be made aware of.
Casino Beginner Tips:
Learning Caribbean Stud Poker
Nowadays everyone knows poker. But everyone knows one version, Texas Hold'em.
There is also some who know what Video Poker is all about, but most new players don't have
a clue about Caribbean Stud.
Basic Poker
Strategy: Playing Big Stacks in Poker Tournaments
Having a big stack in a poker tournament is not the solution to your problems,
despite the confidence that it (quite naturally) fills you with. When you get a larger
stack, your playing style needs to change accordingly and move from being a tight
aggressive player to working with more hands and loosening up your game.
Basic
Betting Strategy In Poker
When it comes to betting and using your bankroll effectively, it's the game
itself. Lets go over a few very basic strategies that you can use in the game and how you
apply them.
Fixed Limit
Omaha Hi-Lo Poker
Omaha Hi-Lo poker is definitely a game I recommend
starting off in fixed-limit games, even if you're an experienced Omaha Hi player looking
to expand their game a bit.
Strategy: Playing
Heads Up Hold 'Em Poker
Heads-up poker, particularly in lower-stakes,
pot-limit games is a great way for an aggressive player to build their bankroll quickly,
but it does require more than just guts to get ahead when playing one-on-one against
someone who likely has the same agenda as you.
Beginners
Casino Guide: Let 'Em Ride
Let ‘Em Ride is not only fun to play and easy to learn. So how does a newbie
make money at the game? Here are some quick tips.
Advanced
Casino Play: Tips for Optimal Deuces Wild Play
This wild and crazy game can give you a return of 100.77 percent. That's over 100
percent return for a casino game!
Poker
Strategy: Winning Small-Stakes Games
It's possible and in fact practical to play
low-stakes poker for profit if you are comfortable with a longer, slower burn at the table
with less action.
Poker Strategy:
Debunking Poker Myths
Much like the fields of crypto zoology and psychic
studies, poker is full of myths that have become inflated to the point where they're
accepted as fact by many people who aren't familiar with the game, and by a shocking
number that are.
Basic Poker Strategy:
Stop Loss
Set up a Stop Loss strategy that gives you a hard and fast rule that keeps you in the
games you should be in and away from the ones that you should avoid.
Basic Poker Strategy:
Learning Stud Poker
Let's discuss the basic financials of Seven-Card Stud. You'll want to understand how
the game is different financially before you start.
Online Poker Strategies
There are strategies specific to online poker that
don't apply in the real world. Online poker software gives you tools that you simply don't
have access to in the real world.
The Basics: Low Stakes
Sit And Go Tournament Strategy
How should you approach Sit And Go
Tournaments? Let's break everything down by the rounds.
Texas Hold Em Strategy: The River and the Showdown
If you've made it to the river on a pair of
good cards, then there is one basic piece of advice to follow: almost never fold.
Good cards mean that you have a shot at holding the winning cards and in general, if
you've reached the river, the pot is big enough to keep you in.
Basic Omaha High
Strategy
Omaha High is a natural step up for many players of
Texas Hold ‘Em who are looking for a bit more variety in their games and you can
frequently use your Omaha experiences to better information your regular game.
Poker Philosophy &
Psychology
Poker is a game that is about people as much as it was about the cards, positions
and pot odds. There’s a psychological aspect to the game, a human
factor that is unpredictable and fantastic at the same time.
Multi-table
Tournament Tips
If you want your piece of the online multi-table tournament pie you have to learn some
skills first. Playing in tournaments is a lot different than playing against your buddies
on Friday night.
How to Play and Win
Single Table Tournaments
The basics of playing a single table tournament.
Online Poker Tells
There are plenty of ways to spot online poker tells, which give off information on an
opponent's hand. However, most people just play their cards and don't try to pick up on
them.
15 Tips on Poker Hand
Selection
15 tips on hand selection to improver your poker game.
Basic Hand Frequencies
in Texas Hold'em
Hand frequencies are an important part of one’s poker game, especially in
today’s aggressive online games that have so much pre-flop action. Knowing hand
frequencies will give you a better idea of the likelihood that an opponent is holding a
certain hand.
Starting Hands in
Heads-Up Poker
Starting hand selection is one of the first things most poker players learn to practice
strategically. Proper hand selection involves adjusting which hands you play based on your
position and the number of players at the table.
Poker Pros Drawn to
Chinese Poker's Luck Factor
One often hears the big name professional poker players talking about a session of Chinese
poker that they recently played. The game has been popular with Asian players for many
years, and is responsible for some heavy action amongst the game's biggest bankrolls.
Hammered & Stupid:
How to Spot the Table of Drunks
When it comes to action players there's no easier prey than a drunk. Live casinos and
online poker rooms always seem to have a few of them floating around, dumping chips faster
than Jamie Gold in a high-stakes poker game.
15 Texas Holdem Tips to
Take to the Bank
If you're just learning how to play Texas Holdem or even if you've been playing Texas
Holdem for awhile, you can always use a few good Texas Holdem tips. Here are 15 of our
favorite tips on how to play Texas Holdem
Top 15 Betting Strategy
Tips for Playing Poker
Revealing some of the top betting strategy tips for the poker player.
Can You Play Online
Poker for a Living?
Playing online poker for a living is no easy task. Poker media is filled with players that
are doing just that, but most of these players do a lot more than the average player is
prepared to do to become a professional.
How to Play Texas
Holdem Like an Old Pro
Playing like an old pro means that you're more interested in playing while in favorable
positions with at least medium-strength hands. You bet your hand for value and only look
to slow-play monster hands.
Tournament Poker:
Strategy in a Nutshell
Tournament strategy has been addressed by countless poker writers, all with their own
method of play. The game of poker has no correct strategy to employ every time.
Most decisions should be made based on a combination of the odds involved and the
meta-game of the table at the time.
What Doesn't Kill You,
Makes You Stronger Poker
Experienced players who have been playing the game for a long time know that bad beats are
always going to be around their game. There's no way to beat luck, whether it's good or
bad.
Poker Strategy:
No-Limit Holdem Poker Bets
Playing in a poker game is an unpredictable activity at best. No player, no matter how
skilled, can control all the action all the time. But the good players have strategies
that allow them to control the action more than the average player does.
No Limit Holdem -
Bubble Strategy
If you're not familiar with the term "bubble" on a poker table, it refers to the
last player who gets knocked out of a tournament or sit-and-go before the money. If the
event pays out six players, the one who finishes in seventh place is the bubble player.
Sizing Up the
Competition: Do You Know How?
A good poker player knows that no two opponents are the same and knowing what type of
player you're against determines your strategies for the game.
Poker Betting Strategy:
Tournaments vs. Cash Games
If you play poker cash games the way you play tournaments, or vice versa, you'll have a
lot of difficulty being successful in both settings.
Betting Yourself Out of
Trouble
In poker you’ll sometimes find yourself in a situation you just shouldn’t be in,
and you’ll need to find a way out of it.
Starting Hands: The
Difference Between Good and Great
One of the basic strategies of poker is your starting hand selection based on your
position at the table and the situation you're in at the time.
Poker Theory Giving You
a Headache? Take a Chill Pill
Learning strategy is only part of the equation that makes up a winning poker player.
Experience is the key and this requires a lot of poker play.
10 Things You Should
Never Say at the Poker Table
Never give free information about yourself at a poker table. If you are going to speak,
you should know what not to say during your poker game.
Poker Gut Check: Learn
the Odds or Trust Your Gut?
In poker, you are either the type of player that likes to calculate mathematical odds,
trust your gut or both. What type of poker player are you?
The Power of Position
Learn basic lessons for heads-up poker, with strategy for hand strength, the power of
position, dealing with aggression and more!
Picking the Right Poker
Game
Increasing your chances of winning in a poker room.
Online Poker: Hardest
Habits to Break
Bad habits such as watching TV, multi-tabling and wild betting are hard to break when
playing online poker.
Playing Poker: How to
Prevent Tilt
Tilt is death. Remember that poker people. When you go on tilt you trade the calculating
power of your mind for the primitive monkey anger of your heart.
Four Poker Habits that
Will Break Your Bankroll
While there is no absolute formula on how to play poker, poker players of all skill levels
can keep their bankroll by avoiding these 4 bad habits.
Poker Term Glossary
Looking for a little clarity when it comes to poker terminology?
Advanced Poker Advice:
Protection vs. Control
Losing control of the pot could often be a far greater mistake than missing a bet with a
hand you think is best.
Advanced Poker Advice:
Learn to Read
The problem is that most poker tip articles don't break down specifically what it is they
mean when they talk about "ranges" and "betting patterns."
Advanced Poker Advice:
Different Dimensions in Poker
Poker is a multidimensional game. There are sophisticated plays and thought processes you
go through before acting and counteracting your opponents' moves.
Advanced Poker Advice:
Your Psychological Bankroll
By setting limits for your physical and psychological bankroll, you allow your
regard for money to rule the table without it negatively affecting your game.
Advanced Poker Advice:
Morals and Values
Every time you, as a player, let that small advantage
pass you by because you fear being wrong, you are giving up large profits and, more
importantly, are allowing your poker game to contain missed opportunity.
Incorporating
Bet Sizes
Many poker players fail to incorporate the bet size into determining whether an
opponent has the goods or not.
Calling to Test Your
Opponent
No limit holdem is an aggressive game where players make lots of bluffs on the
flop.
Set Mining
A common misconception in poker is that it’s the proper play to fold small
pocket pairs in the face of a raise that looks to be a bigger pocket pair.
Making the Right
Value Bet
In no-limit and pot-limit holdem getting the best value on your hands is the name
of the game.
Tournament Small
Ball Betting
Small ball poker betting techniques allow you to play more hands while limiting
the risk that you’ll face during a hand.
Final Table Deals
At some time during your poker playing life you’ll find yourself in a
situation where someone will want to make a deal at a final table.
Over Betting
Over betting is an advanced tactic that a player can use to get action on a hand
when no other action is likely. There are two situations where the bet will work well.
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As you become more advanced in your poker game you need to start to feed your
opponent false information about yourself during the game. You know that good players are
watching your every move, and that they’re remembering all the plays that you make
and what situations you make them in.
Floating to Steal
Pots
Floating is a play in no limit or pot limit Texas hold’em that every
intermediate player should know about. It’s a simple enough concept. It’s the
idea that you’re going to call a bet in a head-to-head situation to see if your
opponent is going to fire another barrel at the pot.
Kickers
Many new players don’t value their kicker card enough as they play poker.
Kickers come into play often because most players like to play big cards, especially aces.
So many players don’t realize how vulnerable they can be when paired up with a lousy
card.
Omaha High Low -
When to Bluff
When you play the game of Omaha High/Low Split there is very little bluffing
involved. There are so many cards in play at one time that bluffing is usually a suicide
play because someone almost always has the nut hand.
Setting Goals
With the uncertainty that poker throws at us, it’s difficult to set goals
and see them through with consistency. Luck has so much to do with your outcomes, and
planning can really only get you ready to make good decisions.
Calling Raises With
Pocket Pairs
One of the tougher situations you’ll find yourself in at the poker table is facing a
raise with a smaller pocket pair. Until the raise your hand was strong, but against a
raise it becomes very vulnerable.
The Danger
of Suited Aces
Most players like to play suited aces whenever they can. These hands can give you the nut
flush, which is often a very strong hand. Holding a hand like this against another flush
can be a very profitable situation. But suited aces can be a dangerous hand to play,
especially if you’re not good at letting go of top pair.
Cooling the
Steam
Even some of the most experienced players in the world still tilt out and steam
too hot to play a proper game. If this is you, it’s important that you develop a
method of dealing with these emotional roller coasters on which you’ll find yourself.
Playing Weak Players
Playing weak players should be done with simplicity. You need to understand that
weak players don’t have a good understanding of the game, and they won’t fall
for fancy tricks that you’ll try to employ.
A Winner’s
Attitude
The professionals know that the only way to win with consistency is to stop
fighting the current and to turn around and start swimming downstream, regardless of the
bad beats they suffer along the way.
Stay Off the Casino
Floor
Proper bankroll management includes only using your poker bankroll for poker
games. Not for blackjack or roulette. If you like to sports bet or play casino games you
should have separate bankrolls for that activity.
Knowing They Have a
Big Hand
One of the best situations you can be in at a Texas holdem table is holding the
nuts while your opponent, or opponents, are sitting on a big hand. This spot would seem to
be cut and dry, get your chips in there and win as much as you can.
Complaining Costs
Money
Poker is more than just a game we play. It’s a test of our will and how well
you can adjust to adversity. When faced with bad luck many players will go off on rants
about how poorly someone is playing, or how bad their luck is, etc.
Value Betting the
River In Position
One aspect of poker that many novice and intermediate players often play poorly
is value betting the river when they’re last to act. This play is a no-brainer when
you have the nut hand, but that’s usually not the situation that you’re in.
Early Multi-table
Tournament Strategy
Do you ever wonder why so many familiar faces are on final tables on television?
They do it by building a big stack in the early stages of the tournament, when play can be
controlled with a few simple strategies.
Omaha Hi - Low
Starting Hands
Once you play enough Texas Hold’em you start to look for other action. Many
players will try out other games like 7-Card Stud or Omaha. One favorite that many try is
Omaha Hi/Low Split, or also known as Omaha 8 or Better.
Playing in Vegas
For some poker players, playing in home games and their local casino or poker
room is the extent of their poker experience. But if you want to test your game in a more
grand setting, you can plan a poker vacation in Vegas.
Taking Notes
Poker is no different than any other form of gaming in this sense, and dedicated
poker players take the time to document any advantage they come across as they play. You
should have a notebook where you keep important information that will improve your game.
Choosing the
Table for Your Style
Beating a poker game is a difficult task for the best players out there. Luck
plays a big factor, and we all know how that can run sometimes. One way to improve your
chances in a game is to select the right table for you.
Poker Tools
The poker industry has lots of different teaching tools that promise to make you
a better player. Some will do just that, teaching you odds and giving sound advice that
will make you better. But some tools just make you a lazy poker player.
Isolating an
Opponent
Isolating opponents is not only a way to improve your chances in a hand;
it’s often a method of taking advantage of some playing styles you’ll run into
out there.
Recognizing
Collusion
There are always some people out there that try and cheat at poker. They’re
too lazy to try and improve their skill level, and instead they spend their time trying to
win money dishonestly.
Blackjack -
Opting For Insurance
Lots of people play blackjack but have no idea how insurance works. Periodically
the dealer will ask you if you want make an insurance bet, and most people just say
“no” without knowing what the bet offers. The concept is simple enough to
understand once you see the numbers.
Blackjack History
The original game that blackjack evolved from was known as vingt-et-un and was
played in France in the 1700’s. The game was not popular when it first came to the
U.S. after the French Revolution, so local casinos started offering bonus payouts for
certain hands in an attempt to draw more players to the game.
Hearts Game Play And
Mechanics
Hearts is
turn-based and is played in 'rounds', where the deck is shuffled and dealt, cards are
passed (if a passing round in the Black Lady variant), the play of tricks, and the
scorekeeping. In the traditional game play, each player will ante up the same number of
chips before the round begins.
Hearts Strategy -
Shooting The Moon
A hand that appears doomed (by virtue of being capable of winning almost all the
tricks) may be excellent for the purpose of moon-shooting. The element of risk involved in
shooting the moon is one of the appeals of the game, since a player may attempt to get all
26 points and fail by only getting 24 or 25, in which case the player suffers a massive
penalty.
Hearts - A Card Game
Strategy
In addition
to sheer luck, winning Hearts is dependent on several factors. An important element is passing: Heart's strategic element first appears
in the 3-card player-to-player pass for the Black Lady variant. Intuitively, the function
of this pass is to rid one's hand of undesirable cards, or to get a head start on clearing
a suit.
Choosing the Best
Online Casino
the very first thing you have to be on the lookout for, when searching for an
online casino to play at, is that it is indeed a honest and fair one. You can do that by
locating the casino first, making sure you like it, and then reading up a bit on it, on
gambling forums and blog posts.
What winning
Texas Holdem should be about?
Contrary to what most rookies might think, beating Texas Holdem online is not an
easy feat to accomplish. Being a game of small edges and of high luck-induced variance,
it's not easy to beat even if someone is playing at a table full off fish.
Poker online
vs. offline
So, how do you choose between playing online in the comfort of your own home, or
getting in the car and living the experience in person?
Online Blackjack
Tournament Strategy
The game of blackjack offers players the best chance of beating the casino. The
house starts with an advantage of roughly 0.5% vs. someone using basic strategy. However,
while the online casinos take that one-half percent, they usually supply you with generous
bonuses to play, giving you the mathematical advantage.
Why play Baccarat
Online?
Baccarat was long known as a European casino game, long associated with the high-rollers
in Monaco, and thus it often attracted the more sophisticated gambler.
Craps - The
Most Exciting Casino Game
It can be intimidating for a new craps player with more than 40 possible bets arranged
across the table.
To Show Or
Not
There are many little things a good poker player will do to
increase their chances of a winning cash-game session or a high tournament finish.
One thing they can do is use a well-timed show of their cards to let other players know
they were either bluffing or had the nuts.
Caribbean Stud Poker
Caribbean stud poker was first played on Aruba near a pristine
powder white beach not far from a high-class designer jewelry boutique.
Video Poker Hand Guide
So you want to play video poker. First, you're going to need
to know what makes a hand. Sure, the video poker machines have paying hands on the
display, but it's almost always the names of the hands.
Playing Ace-King
Of the thousands of different hands that a Hold 'em player can
receive as their hole cards, there are only a few that really get their blood
pumping. One of them is Ace-King (AK).
The Online Casino Advantage
Online casinos are a great tool for the gambler. While they
lack the ambiance of a real world casino, they have several advantages. Many online
casinos have multi-player gambling games -- aside from just Poker -- and this is helping
create a new type of ambiance.
When To Double Down
So many times I'll see people with good double-down (DD)
situations, and they simply hit instead of getting their money out there when they have
the best of it.
Super Blackjack Tips
Blackjack -- for many it's not just a game, it's a way of
life. Blackjack was the casino game that really got the information products' ball
rolling. It started many years ago, and no other game has spawned so many books, videos,
classes and seminars.
Five Craps Tips
I've been playing Craps for many years, and I still get
excited when I see a dice table -- online or brick and mortar. Today, I will lay out five
great Craps tips for beginners and seasoned players alike.
Differing Roulette Wheels
Before you begin playing roulette, you should learn the
differences between single zero roulette and double zero roulette.
Money Management
The goal of money management is to help you keep a grip on
your money in the casino environment. For the average gambler, I would define money
management as a way to make sure you never lose more than you wanted to and as a way to
keep your bets level, so you can have the most fun.
Poker As A
Career
With the popularity of poker as high as it is right now, the
game is seeing more and more people who have crossed over from other careers to make
playing poker their full-time occupation.
Caribbean Stud Poker
Caribbean Stud Poker is a fun game to play, and it's very
sociable. Online players have been "hooked" to this game thanks to generous
progressive jackpot payouts.
Don't Get Typecast
A player's ability to change gears or alter his style of play
from one hand to another is necessary in most styles of poker, but plays an even larger
role during tournaments.
Focus, Focus, Focus!
I thought it perfectly acceptable to play a couple of poker
games while chatting with friends online. It proved to be a big mistake, and it didn't
take to long to figure out I had made a bad decision not to give all my attention to the
game.
Getting To Know Baccarat
The house advantage in Baccarat is very low, and you have
a great shot at bringing home some money. So why aren't more people playing this great
casino game?
Poker Overkill
Televised poker has become so diluted that it is difficult to
find the great players in action. Too many television networks are hosting games and
using less than credible players, all in an effort to join the poker boom.
Craps Strategies
We all want to win when gambling. Today, I will share with you
two popular strategies for playing Craps. They are Conservative Craps and Field Buster..
Beating Video Poker
It is possible to make money playing Video Poker. The key to
winning is knowing what machines to play and what strategy to use. I'm not talking about
finding "hot" machines. Video Poker comes in various flavors and payout amounts.
Winning At Roulette
Roulette, which means "small wheel" in French, is
the most popular game of chance played in Europe. It was either invented in China and
brought to Europe by Dominican monks who traded in the Orient or by 17th
century French mathematician Blaise Pascal.
Middle Pairs
There are a lot of tricky hands to play in Hold 'Em poker, but
to me some of the hardest decisions come when you have a middle pair (anything from
6-6 to 10-10) as your hole cards.
Understanding Keno
You would be hard-pressed to find better payouts than Keno in
the casino. Now, I'm not saying that Keno is the best game to play, but that it offers
some tremendous payout ratios
Continuation Bets
When breaking down the difference between good poker players
and poor ones, there might be a thousand various reasons why some people make money while
others give it away. One technique that goes a long way in determining which players
are grouped among the good, bad and the ugly is the continuation bet.
Heads Up
My new favorite poker game is heads up. This site has a great
section for heads up poker action, and it really has made my game better.
Bad Streaks
What smart poker players know is that with the thousands of
hands they play, they are going to run into bad streaks. The key is to not get too
down on yourself and keep plugging away.
All About Blackjack
Just where did Blackjack come from? I'm sure that no one in
the 18th century knew that this game, which was a modified version of
"Ving-et-un" would become so popular.
Patience & Position
Right about the fourth hour of my latest session at the poker
table was enough to drive any man insane. I was getting clobbered. Couldn't catch a
cold, much less a hand, and I was getting irritated and impatient.
Atlantic City
Before your next poker visit to Atlantic City best known for
its salt-water taffy and hypodermic needles washing ashore, here's a look at what some of
A.C.'s poker rooms have to offer.
Going Live
After playing in scores of tournaments held at casinos and
card rooms over the past year, I have encountered numerous online players making their
first foray into a live event with actual players and dealers sitting across the table
from them.
Blackjack 'Bases'
I liked playing blackjack at "third base" long
before I knew what it meant. The official definition: last player's seat to the dealer's
right.
Poker Optimism
The day is Friday, and the paychecks are in. And as much
as we tell ourselves that we're going to do something constructive with the extra cash in
our pockets, somehow we justify taking just a little out in order to gamble. Then we
say one of the worst possible things a gambler can say to himself: "I can
comfortably afford to lose this."
Learning Craps
Craps is the most exciting game in the casino. Can you name
one other casino game that features a group of players shouting and clapping -- sometimes
seemingly nonstop?
Bad Beat Story
After hearing my millionth bad beat story at the poker table
the other day, I finally had enough. I shared with them the worst bad beat story I have
ever seen, and it makes all of the other stories extremely lame.
Poker In College
The fact is that most male college students have probably lost
some money playing online poker. And there are a lot who have made money and continue
do so, which allows them to avoid taking a mind-numbing job at the campus library.
Poker Books
When it pertains to the cottage industries that have prospered
from the recent poker boom, the one reaping the most from the game's wide-spread appeal is
the book publishing business. Here is a look at some of the most notable poker books on
the market.
WSOP Coverage
What I am about to write here borders on heresy. If I go
any further, there is a strong possibility I will be excommunicated from the Church of
Poker. ESPN is doing a terrible job with the telecasts of the 2006 World Series of
Poker's Main Event. It is almost reaching the point of unwatchable.
WSOP Circuit
Just because you didn't win a satellite tournament or failed
to scrape up $10,000 doesn't mean you can't play in a World Series of Poker event. The
third year of the World Series of Poker Circuit got underway last week and gives more
players a chance to compete.
Reading Opponents
There's truth to the fact that reading your opponent in poker
is one of the most important, if not the most important, part of the game. But what
happens when you read your opponent perfectly bet accordingly and still can't get your
opponent off his hand?
Poker Tip Of Week: Re-Buy Tournaments
There is this scene midway through Fight Club where
the two main characters (or should I say the one main character) discuss which celebrity
they would fight if given the opportunity. Watching the scene, I couldn't help but think
about which celebrities would be interesting to go heads up against at a card table.
Poker Friends
Playing poker with friends at a card table is not something I
like to do, and there are several reasons for this.
Winning At Craps
Craps is an easy game to learn. How to make a "pass
line" bet will get you started. Don't be concerned with most of the other 40 bets,
mainly the proposition and hard-way wagers because their odds are dreadful.
Food Speaks
As a good rule of thumb, avoid eating at the poker
table. The main issue with eating is not that it might lead to a mess, but players
who eat at the table are prone to giving away significant tells.
Start Slow
e in poker could be the first one, and it could set the tone
for the rest of the evening. That choice is what level of Texas Hold'em you want to play.
There are obviously several, but don?t be lulled into a bigger game than you can handle
just because you have visions of big pots.
Turbo Tournaments
With the ever-expanding popularity of online poker, there are
now many different options a player has when looking to play in a tournament.
Think Before You Drink
There is a major decision you need to make before your next
trip to a casino, card room or home game. Will the cup holder in front of you at the poker
table be filled with a bottle of Corona or a bottle of Coca-Cola?
Poker Tip Of Week: Playing A Small Stack
While playing a big stack is great and makes you feel like a
bully, most people are going to be playing a small stack more often than a big
one. That's why knowing how to play one is crucial to staying alive and hopefully
acquiring a big stack later in the tourney.
Mental Toughness
The most I have ever played at one sitting was 26 hours, and
by the time I was done I didn't even know my own name. Fortunately I was in college,
playing a $1-$2 table and didn't lose much money.
Hold The Lies
The ability to be less than truthful is the foundation of any
quality poker player. That's one reason playing poker is so gratifying. Even if you
don't have the winning hand, you can still lie and bluff to victory.
Low To Medium Pocket Pairs
Low to medium pocket pairs. They're a lot like the remnants at
the bottom of a Chips Ahoy bag. You like the taste of them, but you would certainly
prefer sitting in front of something larger and a little more substantial.
Blackjack Tips
There's a basic set of rules applying to all versions of
blackjack. Generally, always stand on 17 or better, hit on 12 through 16 when the dealer
shows 7 or higher and hit on 8 or less.
Top 3 Beginning Player Mistakes In Poker
This article covers the top three common mistakes, in my
opinion, made by beginning poker players. After years of playing, it's generally
fairly easy to spot beginning poker players, as well as their rookie mistakes.
Poker Camp
The two largest poker camps are Camp Hellmuth, run by Phil
Hellmuth and the World Poker Tour's Boot Camp. Howard Lederer also has a fairly successful
camp.
(You Don't) Gotta Wear Shades
After watching televised poker where the big hitters and
amateurs playing in high-profile tournaments often wear sunglasses, too many viewers think
they should do likewise.
The Rounders Effect
Well, with all due respect to my beloved professor, I would
now like to challenge him on his dissertation that Kane is the most influential
film in American history. After sitting at a lot of poker tables over the past few
years, the most influential film is Rounders.
The Art Of Bluffing
For some players, hearing the ensuing compliment, "Nice
bluff" is like the first dose of opium that becomes an addiction. There is always
value in advertising a bluff.
WSOP Last Longer Bets
The World Series of Poker is in full swing, and if you have
been following all the events so far you will surely know that many of the top pros are
doing exceedingly well, with multiple final tables and first-place finishes to their name
HORSE Event
It is one of the most interesting of the poker games played at
the World Series of Poker, and the bracelet is almost as coveted as the main event.
Q&A With Phil Gordon
Gordon will tell you poker takes more than luck or playing the
cards you're dealt; it requires the fine art of playing your cards right.
Home Poker Games
A home poker game is more social, usually played with friends
and family. There is usually liquor and food and your attention is not on the cards a lot
of the time.
Poker Tip of the Week: Bad Beats
"#$%(&%#(&$)@&!!!", I said for what
seemed like the 10th time. Yes, I just got sucked out again on the river
by a 2-outer and have now lost my last four sit-and-go tournaments in the same way.
Million-Dollar Duel
While the professionals who play in the World Series of Poker
consider the month-and-a-half-long event a marathon, not a sprint, Daniel Negreanu and
Mike Sexton had quite a frantic start a day before the event kicked off.
Aggression In Poker Is Key
When is a great opening poker hand a bad hand? The answer is
pretty simple. A great opening poker hand is a bad hand when you play it poorly, and I
recently saw a shining example of that.
Q&A With Phil Hellmuth Jr
You can call him Phillip, or you can call him Phil, but
however you greet him, Madison, Wis.-born Phil Hellmuth Jr. stands on a stack of
poker-and-life achievements that make him the envy of poker players and non-players alike.
Poker Tip: Online Tells
Table image is a strange thing to talk about when playing
online poker, because it just seems like you're playing against whatever icons people are
using to represent themselves.
Winning Poker Is In the Details
As in life, first impressions are vital when you arrive at a
poker table. You are being sized up before you even play a hand, so how you handle
yourself is important.
Poker Tip: Pre-Flop Position
No matter what version of Hold 'Em you're playing, getting
good cards is the most important factor in doing well; however, I would say it's only
about half the game. The second most important factor is your pre-flop position
during the hand.
Poker
Tip: You Must Be Able To Afford To Lose
Poker has great variance, and your bankroll must be able to sustain a prolonged streak of
losing. Even the best players will have bad runs lasting months, and in some cases
years. When you make a big score in a tournament or have a good night in a cash game,
keep that money aside and save it for when you need it.
Bad Beat
Poker – It Happens
If you ever see an angry poker player carrying on and throwing a fit about a hand, you can
generally assume this player has taken a bad beat.
The Hardest
Way to Make an Easy Living
So you want to play poker professionally? Do you think that you’re ready?
Let’s take a look and find out.
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