Three basic tips for playing Texas Hold em Poker. Texas hold’em online poker Playing style, sitting order and recognizing a bluff when presented with one are key elements to winning the game.
Author: Rick Braddy
Article:
The Texas Hold’em poker phenomenon has taken the country by
storm. There are reportedly over 100 million active poker
players worldwide. Poker’s popularity is largely the byproduct
of technology and several recent trends:
1) online gaming, where players engage and socialize in
real-time over the Internet, and
2) the broad publicity created by high profile TV shows like
the World Series of Poker and World Poker Tour.
With all the poker-mania, there’s an amazing shortage of quality
information to help people learn how to play properly and become
great players quickly. This is the first in a series of Texas
Holdem strategy articles aimed at helping players learn how to
win at Texas Hold’em poker. Tournament play is a popular, fun
sport. These articles will help players understand how to
approach tournaments, which differ greatly from regular “ring
game” play.
Have you ever lost a huge pot because you had a flush draw or straight draw and didn’t catch the card you needed?
It’s happened to all of us.
And frankly, it sucks.
Because when you’re on a draw, you’re just ONE CARD AWAY from raking in a ton of chips.
And you WANT to keep calling everyone else’s bets, in hopes that your card will pop out on the turn or river.
Am I right?
Of course, what ends up happening is you have to put a ton of your chips in the middle… just to call everyone else’s bets.
That makes you pot-committed… and if you DON’T catch your card, you’re screwed.
Now let me ask you…
Wouldn’t it be WONDERFUL if every time you were on a draw all the other players would CHECK around?
That way you didn’t have to risk any chips, and could bet only after you KNEW for sure whether or not you caught your card.
That sure would be nice, wouldn’t it?
AND…
Author: Scrawnybob
Article:
Starting Hands – “AK Big Slick, Playing it right”
Ace King … It’s monster hand and you plan to get as much
money out of everyone as you can.
Big Slick is called Big Slick for a reason. Yes its a monster
drawing hand but it is a drawing hand all the same.
IF you hit either an Ace or a King on the flop then you’ve got
yourself top pair with the best kicker. You might get lucky as
is connected to get the nuts straight, if its suited you have
got the table crippled if you draw that flush. It’s worth noting
A-K suited is 5th best starting hand but A-K off is 9th best.
But this is the thing – when you haven’t seen any cards what
have you got really ? An Ace high … with a King kicker, just
about any starting hand could beat it.
Top players know AK is a great drawing hand but they also know
its can be a killer if it just doesn’t work out. In the hands of
a new player it has 4king bustout written all over it, quite
simply they fall in love with it.
Now here is the next problem with playing AK – OK it’s a
drawing hand so your thinking – don’t play it too hard until you
see the flop and then you can work out how your doing … Wrong.
Omaha hi-lo is an exciting game with lots of actions and big pots.
Players like the game because there are many ways to win a hand and so many opportunities to play and win.
One of the most exciting variations of Omaha hi-lo is when the game is played pot limit.
You can find this game in most online poker rooms, such as Full Tilt Poker.
Here’s how to play pot limit Omaha hi-lo to win.
Pot limit means that players are able to bet or raise the amount that is in the pot at any time.
This is in contrast to no limit where players can bet any amount up to everything they have in front of them at any time.
The reason Omaha hi-lo is played pot limit instead of no limit is that draws are so powerful in Omaha hi-lo that
it would be correct for anyone making a strong hand on the flop to move all their chips in to avoid any draws,
and not too much poker would get to be played.
Because draws are so dangerous, it is important not to slow play, and to bet your hands strongly.
For example, if you have a hand of 9s 9c 3d 4h and the flop is 9d 8d 4c, you may be tempted to slow
play since you currently hold the nuts (note that you only have three of a kind here, not a full house,
as you may not use the 4 in your hand). However, you should bet this hand as strongly as possible.
Any 8, 7, 3, 2, or A will give someone a low and cost you half the pot. Any diamond will have you losing
to a flush unless the board pairs, and even a card as innocuous as a T may kill your hand by giving someone
a straight or three tens.
Author: Mike Summers
Article:
In part one, we talked about building a bankroll through
freerolls. And while there are many big freerolls out there, and
it can be a great place to build your bankroll quickly,
especially if you win a big freeroll, it is not the only way. In
this article, we are going to talk about non- deposit bonuses.
By the end of this article you should have a good idea of how
and where to find non-deposit bonuses, and what to do with them
once you get them
Non-Deposit Bonus Non-Deposit Bonuses are the quickest way to
build your bankroll. You instantly are credited with money to
your account, simply for signing up. The best part about this
is, it doesn’t cost you anything. The only requirement is that
before you can withdraw, they put a restriction on the amount of
hands you play. But if you play multiple tables at once, you can
quickly earn this off and have your non-deposit bonus ready to
withdraw. There are few available non-deposit bonuses, however
there are a couple VERY big bonuses.
Author: Sacha T
Article:
Texas Holdem is a poker game where you can make huge profits
from your winning, but you need a winning psychological mindset,
and the right strategy.
Don’ expect to read a book or two on Texas Holdem, and be an
expert. That is not the way it works. This is not something you
learn from books! Knowing how to play is essential, naturally,
but not enough. Why not?
To be successful in Texas Holdem you need some strategy,
certainly – and you must learn to play not only your own hand,
but that of the other players.
For any strategy to be effective you must include in it your
opponent’s strategy as well, and then adapt your own to win.
This is the difficult bit of developing your Texas Hold’em
strategy there is no optimal hand to play like in Blackjack; you
have to BEAT your opponent.
So, you must first however learn all the basics:
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331 to 1.
Those are the odds AGAINST getting dealt an Ace-King suited
before the flop.
220 to 1.
Those are the odds AGAINST getting pocket Aces before the
flop.
Monster hands like these are GREAT when you catch them…
and you’ll definitely have a good shot at raking in a killer
pot.
But the fact is, when you play poker you WON’T catch
monsters very often.
The same is true with wired pairs and suited connectors…
When you hit with one of these hands, your opponents will
usually NEVER see it coming…
And once again, you’ll rake in a nice pot.
The way to play Big Slick (AK) depends largely on your positioning, how many players are in the hand, your read on the situation, and so on.
Remember this mantra:
PLAY THE PLAYER, NOT THE CARDS.
Is Big Slick a monster hand?
Yes, of course it is.
But you’ll get BURNT with it if you don’t take the right
things into consideration.
When you’re in late positioning, you should raise
aggressively pre-flop with Big Slick and try to narrow the
field down to one or two callers.
If you’re in an early position, you should make a raise with the same goal in mind: to narrow it down to a caller or two. Except this time, you’ll have to use more of your “intuition” to decide how large your bet will need to be.
With Big Slick, you want to get RID of anyone at the table who’s holding a deuce… that way you’re not scared about an opponent having a pair of two’s!
It’s so simple…
And so obvious…
Yet no one seems to get it!
What’s this easy-to-use secret for beating Sit and Go tournaments online?
The answer is this:
PATIENCE.
I know… I know… you were expecting something more, um… “secretive”.
But the truth is, winning at Sit and Go’s is pretty damn easy. I find them easier than “real” poker games, actually.
And that’s why every time I turn on the computer these days I feel like a kid in a candy store… ready to clean out the amateurs at the poker room of my choosing.
But I’m getting ahead of myself.
What I want to discuss here is why PATIENCE is so critical for Sit and Go success.
First, let’s get back to some basics. There are four types of poker playing styles:
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