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What should you do if you land a starting hand of pocket Aces or a suited/unsuited Ace and King?  AA and AK are two of the strongest starting hands there are (in fact, a pocket pair of Aces is the best possible starting hand there is), but playing AA and AK still require a certain [...]

Tight-aggressive poker refers to a style of playing poker that is characterized by low flop percentages and aggressive betting.
Tight poker play: You are a tight player if you fold when common-sense poker strategies prescribe that you should.  Most of the time, you wait to see the flop only if your starting hands are good [...]

Poker position is an important factor to consider when playing poker. Where you are sitting can (and should) affect your poker strategy.
Poker Positions
In a typical Hold’em game (one with blinds), you are the small blind when you are seated to the left of the dealer. You are the big blind if you are [...]

Stealing the blinds is one way of ensuring survival in a no-limit Texas Hold’em game.  If you steal enough blinds, you can be in the game a longer time than your initial stack warrants.
What Is Stealing the Blinds?
In Texas Hold’em, there are obligatory opening bets from the small blind and the big blind (the first [...]

Trouble hands are any kind of hand that can cost you a lot of money if played – although they do have the potential of landing you a monster hand if you stick with them long enough and if you are lucky enough to have opponents who have a much weaker hand than yours.  In [...]

The flop is the determining point – the point of no return – in Texas Hold’em.  When you wait to see the flop, you commit part of your stack.  If you do, you risk losing your bet.  If you don’t, you risk losing a potential win.
Your pre-flop strategy is therefore crucial in poker.  You should [...]

Let us suppose that you played your hand until the flop.  After the flop, what should you do?  Should you give up and muck your cards or should you continue playing and become even aggressive post flop?
Post-Flop Play’s Rule of Thumb
There’s no simple rule for post-flop play except the same rule that guides sensible poker [...]

One of the reasons why some people are so adamant that poker be reclassified into a game of skill rather than a game of chance is the fact that poker is a bluffing game.  In poker, bluffing is one of the most important skills and tricks that any poker player worth his salt has to [...]

Head’s up playing is a delicate art you perfect mostly through experience.  Although the essential approach is comparable to playing short-handed games (meaning you play a lot more hands and bet more aggressively when you do make a hand), there will be no real advantage by getting short-handed experience before you test the game. Head’s [...]

After you get your feet wet in head’s-up ring game, you will notice a contrasting difference between no-limit and fixed-limit play. Fixed-limit games are a long and slow grind; many hands of churning cards and continuous raises and folds. Since the betting amount never really decreases or increases over a set amount, assuming a player [...]

Learning to play poker takes a lot of patience. It is a game of strategy which you will develop with experience. In order to hone your skills as poker player, regardless of your aspirations, you would benefit from utilising the many online poker games that are available. Good to know is that the only assured income for online poker players is rakeback. For example you can find Cake Poker rakeback [...]

Live poker players have more advantage over online poker players when it comes to poker tells. Live poker tells are easy to spot as they are typically physical reactions. They may not be visible to untrained eyes, but they are there for someone who has been trained to look for and see them. In Poker Online [...]

What is added value and who needs it? If you're interested in gaining an edge in your online poker sessions, the answer is definitely you. If you've never heard of or thought about the concept of added value, this is a great opportunity for you. This is info you won't find in normal poker site reviews for a casino. Read on...

For some, this question is moot. What does it matter why you are winning as long as you're winning, right? Wrong. While it is true that the important thing in poker is winning, the why behind the win is equally important. The question of whether poker is a game of skill or chance is a common one. Gambling does rely on luck but good judgement will always increase one's success. [...]

Picking an online poker site requires a little due diligence if you want to find the site that works best for you. One of my favorites are Betfair Casino. Make sure to check things such as the number of players playing on the site, the types of tournaments available and the number of running events. [...]

A poker tournament typically involves a particular poker variant - e.g., the World Championship No Limit Texas Hold'em final event in the World Series of Poker. The way the tournaments are played depends on the type of tournament structure. Common Characteristics of Poker Tourneys: Generally speaking, poker tournaments players need to register for the tournament (you can find one here, download poker client from 888.com). [...]

Most of us would like to improve our poker skills, since more skills typically translates into more money. But how can we do this? In general, players looking to improve need to analyze their hands and see where they may be going wrong. It's about aligning your actual game to you intended poker strategy [...]

In poker terms, the word “tilt” means to become frustrated, and abandon your own style of play. In doing so, many players play too aggressively or make loose calls because they have lost their ability to control their own emotions. It is like a temper tantrum, in a way. I see it a lot, even in a bingo lounge online [...]

Online tells are clues to how good or proficient your online poker opponents are. They are signs that you can "read" so you can "tell" how good at poker your opponents are.
Online tells are different from offline poker tells. Evaluating your opponents' skills is more difficult in online poker than offline poker. In brick-and-mortar poker [...]

Finding an online poker site should be really easy. All you have to do is Google "online poker", "online poker site" or "online casinos" and you'll find hundreds of possibilities. Nevertheless, while finding an online poker site is easy, finding an online poker site that you can trust is rather more difficult.
The following are some tips that [...]

Online poker and poker bonuses are good sources of free money or, at the very least, great sources of poker savings. Through such bonuses like PartyPoker Bonus Points system, for instance, newbies can start building their bankroll or at least plug the leak in their bankroll. Skypoker.com also has some great bonuses online [...]