Poker strategy

If you are sitting at the poker table in mid position and look down to A-10 suited and everyone has folded to you, would you open the pot or raise it ? Sure you would it is a pretty decent starting hand. What if someone raised in front of you...

The 'float play' in poker is where a player calls a bet on the flop despite their hand missing, with the intention of stealing the hand on the turn. When missing the flop instead of folding to a bet, they call their opponent's continuation bet in hopes that their opponent...

If you are a regular poker player, you've probably heard the term "pot odds" tossed around a lot. If you are a new player, you may be hearing it for the first time. For any player, an understanding of the concept is integral to your ability to play the game...

In this article I am going to talk in a more advanced way to understand odds and outs in poker and how implementing the odd & outs concepts can give you better understanding of overall play. Using Odds in Poker The better more consistent poker player's, use pot odds for...

Poker is all about the odds, implied odds and the probabilities of poker. Sure, it has a lot to do with reading people and having discipline and patients, but if you can get down the maths of the game, you will probably be a solid poker player. If you are...

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...