Poker

In a nutshell, expected value is an amount that a player can 'expect' to win or lose in the long run if they were to make the same play over and over again. This is important to understand so that players can make educated decisions when faced with calling bets...

It is safe to say that if you have played in at least one poker game before you have heard a story about a bad beat. If you have played poker enough, you have probably even told a few bad beat stories yourself. You may or may not understand what...

Playing either poker tournaments online or in bricks & mortar casinos there are several different formats & rules to consider when deciding which sort of multi-table tournaments, known as MTT's you want to play in. Freezout or Elimination - This is the the most common type of poker tournament. You...

With the amount of people playing poker online nowadays and with all the advancements in poker client software, it is becoming much easier to turn a profit playing poker, even regardless of the stakes that one might play. Now, that is not to say that someone can become rich playing...

A lot of new poker players come to the tables with some common misconceptions. One of the most common and costly mistakes beginners make their first time in a poker room is confusing cash games (or ring games) format with tournament format. Poker Tournaments As you may well know from...

There are many different forms of Texas Hold'em. The first variation that probably comes to mind, would be No Limit Texas Holdem. For many people, they do not realize that this is just one of the three variations of Texas Hold-em. Being the more popular variation, it is easy to...

Knowing the strength or weakness of your starting hand (your hole cards) in Hold-em is one of the most important parts of playing poker successfully. As a new player correctly selecting which hands to play and which to lay down even BEFORE the flop is probably the single most effective...

When a player is dealt a monster hand or flops a strong hand it is then a matter of how to extract the most value out of it. Is it a good idea to lead out and bet or do we check our hand and slow play it ? For...

When playing at six handed tables the most noticeable difference compared to 9 handed or full tables is there is more action per hour, and you can loosen up your game a bit. Although this may seem very attractive, many people tend to not quite understand some of the strategies...

In the game of poker, there is literally a strategy for every situation. While strategies such as starting hands, bluffing, and bankroll management seem to be the norm, there are so many other kinds of strategies that apply to specific situations that players should be aware of. One specific situation...