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The game of Texas Hold’em poker takes minutes to learn, but there’s so much going on during an actual hand that it can take many years before a player is good enough to win consistently. It all starts with the first two cards. Knowing when to play and when to skip on a hand is [...]

Ok, I play in a live tournament every Wed night at a local bar. There’s usually 50-60 people in it, sometimes more, sometimes less with all types of players. Some good, some bad, some tight, some loose, some that mix it up. It’s a poker league and we play for points and the top [...]

freepoker4cash.com – Free Online Poker Clip of a crazy poker hand. One guy has pocket Aces, another guy has pocket Kings, and a third player has pocket Queens. The 2 other players at the table alos have pocket pairs – 5’s and 7’s. But both have to fold pre-flop. Somehow the player holding Kings makes [...]

Adjusting Ranges in Short-Handed Hold’em Games
                A range is all the hands that a player would play in a certain situation minus a small percentage for hands that don’t fit the situation i.e. complete “air” (nothing).  Most above average players can put other players on hands based on the many factors including position, tells, betting [...]

A player that has a good starting hand can make him a winning poker player. To understand very well what a good starting is probably the most important basic skill that a successful Texas holdem player can have. This means that you must be able to decide which pocket cards are worth to be called [...]

This is, by far, one of the most important concepts in Texas Holdem. Playing a top ten strategy is the very first strategy that players should learn because it teaches the player good habits that lead will lead to later success.

People are always asking me what a good, solid strategy is for a beginner playing [...]

Mclean Karr, who I had previously reported as coming back from just 10 chips to reach the final table of the Shooting Star Bay 101 tourney, wrote his Cinderella storybook ending last weekend, when he took it down and put on his $878,500 glass slipper. Along the way, he eliminated pros Erik Seidel, Greg Mueller, [...]

No limit hold’em is a tough game for the newcomer. The ability to bet any amount at any time creates incredible strategic depth and complexity which simply cannot be mastered in a short time. Fortunately, even for a total beginner, a simple tight and patient strategy should be enough to beat most no limit hold’em [...]

Texas Hold’em is a poker variant that require more than luck to win.  There are skills necessary to play Texas Hold’em profitably and this includes understanding your hole cards.  There are hole cards that will improve your chances of winning and there are hole cards that will put you in jeopardy.
Playing a tight and aggressive [...]

The way you choose starting hands in the three phases of a tournament are all completely different. The three phases are beginning, middle and end game.
In the beginning, you want to either play very tight and let the beginners knock themselves out, or you can try and get a fast double up before the blinds [...]