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Poker Tournaments for You This Week
There is never a dull moment in a poker player’s life. Obviously, the main reason for that is the constant existence of poker tournaments and poker events that one can participate in. These events are not just for making money, but also to have some fun and get better at the game in the process. Several live poker tourneys are lined up for this week and the coming weeks. Here is a note on some of the tournaments you can … Read the rest
2012 PokerStars Macau Poker Championships Announced
PokerStars is one online poker room that never takes a break from hosting tournaments. The poker room recently released details about its upcoming event, the PokerStars Macau Live Tournaments. The Macau tournaments hosted by PokerStars is one of the biggest and richest poker events held in Asia. It includes 4 major poker series – Macau Poker Cup (MPC) Red Dragon, Asia Championship of Poker, Macau Poker Cup Championship or MPCC and the yearly Asia Pacific Poker Tour event at Macau. … Read the rest
The $30,000 Winner Wednesday Dozen Unveiled
Winner Poker has partnered with pokernews.com to bring a new promotion to its new members. The online poker room announced its new promotion called Winner’s Wednesday Dozen Freerolls, which literally lets you win free money. The new promotion is open to all the new players who register with Winner Poker and make a deposit. The promo will run for three months, and all you need to do is play poker and earn as many Winner Points as you can. Here … Read the rest
Poker Strategy
Strategy is always the basic and most important part of any game play. In poker, strategy is exceptionally important as it decides the fate of the game. It gives the trail of actions that will confuse your opponent and help you win. A well-planned and sound strategy simplifies decision-making and makes winning that much easier. BigEdgePoker has put together some of the best strategy articles, written by some of the top poker players in the world.
Texas Holdem Hands
When poker players discuss Texas holdem hands, they focus on their pocket cards. Which cards you play are up to you.
The cards don’t determine whether or not you win. How you PLAY your cards does. 78suited can be a winning hand if played right, and pocket kings can be a losing hand if played wrong.
Losing Texas holdem hands can mean one of two things:
- You were unlucky.
- You made a mistake.
Everyone has bad luck. But avoiding mistakes … Read the rest
Texas Holdem Poker Books
Texas Holdem Books
Before the Internet, the best way to learn about Texas holdem was by reading Texas holdem poker books. There weren’t any websites that provided players with never ending strategy articles, so anyone who wanted to get better at poker could only browse published books. Even today books are a popular way for poker players to learn the game.
Online poker has helped to boost the popularity of Texas holdem, and with this jump in popularity has come … Read the rest
Learn to Play Texas Holdem
Learn to Play Texas Holdem
Texas holdem is one of the most popular card games around. Since 2003, Texas holdem has experienced tremendous growth. What was once a game mainly restricted to home games and casinos is now played everyday on the internet. Millions of people around the world can be found battling it out at the tables at any given hour.
As Texas holdem’s popularity has increased, so has the number of people who want to learn how to … Read the rest
Texas Holdem Lessons
Texas Holdem Lessons
If you want to be a great Texas holdem player, you’re going to need lessons. For some people, lessons are best taught at the poker tables. For others, however, there are routes that help to expedite the learning curve.
With the Internet, learning to play poker at a high level is easy. No one is going to dominate the games over night, but it isn’t going to take forever to learn either. Some of the most popular … Read the rest
Stud Poker Strategy
Stud Poker Strategy
Stud poker isn’t as popular as it once was, but many people still enjoy playing stud poker. Good stud poker strategy requires a thorough understanding of starting hand values. It also requires the ability to count outs and read opponents. If you don’t possess these poker skills, you’ll lose a lot of money playing stud poker.
Stud poker comes in multiple variations, but razz and 7 card stud are the most commonly played. If you’re a Texas … Read the rest
Omaha Poker Strategies
Omaha Poker Strategies
Omaha used to be one of the most popular poker games in the world, but it faded out of the limelight as Texas holdem exploded. But today Omaha poker is undergoing a resurgence. Many Texas holdem players have become intrigued by Omaha.
Some poker skills translate well from game to game, but other skills are useless. For example, 3-bet bluffing pre flop will cost you a lot of money in Omaha, but it can be profitable in … Read the rest
Information and Poker
Poker Information
Chess skills don’t always translate well into poker skills. That’s because chess is a game of complete information. Poker is a game of incomplete information. The skill of making good decisions with incomplete information is crucial to poker success. Imagine a poker player who can’t read the difference between a bluff and a value bet. She’s going to lose money more often than not, right?
Poker players can get information on a given poker hand in many ways. … Read the rest
Free Poker Tournaments
Free Poker Tournaments
Want to practice your poker skills without risking any money? If you already understand the basic poker rules, then free poker tournaments are a great way to do so. And online poker makes finding free poker tournaments easy. Free poker events are held by poker sites and other organization, and they usually offer a real money prize pool. Even a small prize pool offers an overlay in a free tournament, so if you have no bankroll and … Read the rest
Free Poker Articles
Free Poker Articles
The Internet has no shortage of free poker articles. Poker players are always trying to improve their poker skills, and the Internet made it easier to do so.
Free poker articles are made available by webmasters who run poker sites. Players can find information on everything from poker strategy to the rules of any given poker game.
Why spend money buying poker books or joining poker training websites when you can find the information for free?
Some … Read the rest
Slowplaying in No Limit Texas Holdem
One of the most over used plays in no limit Texas Hold’em is slowplaying. Also known as sand-bagging or trapping, the slow play has the potential to win you bets that would not usually have entered the pot had you shown some aggression and bet yourself but in order for a slowplay to be successful a number of criteria need to be met otherwise you actually risk not only losing value from your hand but you could even finish up … Read the rest
Poker Tips, Strategy, and Theory
Seven Poker Strategy Tips to Win at Poker: For Beginners
If you’re a poker beginner, then this post about poker strategy and poker theory will be good to read. It might even be a good refresher for experienced poker players too. These are some poker tips that I’ve learned since starting to play poker almost ten years ago.
Poker Tip #1 – Learn the Poker Math
Poker math isn’t that hard. But the essence of winning poker is putting a … Read the rest
Texas Holdem Strategy Basics for Beginners
Beginner Strategy Tips for Texas Hold’em Beginners
These strategy tips are aimed at beginners to Texas hold’em. The basics of Texas holdem are like the basics of most other card games. They’re easy to learn, but hard to master. If poker weren’t a subtle game with lots of wrinkles, no one would be interested in playing it. If the basics were ALL you need, then Texas holdem would be boring.
But you do need to understand the basics before moving … Read the rest
Texas Holdem Starting Hand Charts
I don’t use Texas holdem starting hand charts. It’s not that I have some kind of moral objection to using such a chart. And I’m not too proud to need a little bit of help. I’m just not able to memorize information in a chart form. I need a different mnemonic structure to help me remember which starting hands are good and/or bad.
I’m better at remembering the relative strength of starting poker hands in Texas hold’em by putting them … Read the rest
ABC Poker Players
What Is an ABC Poker Player?
An ABC poker player is a poker player who plays good hands in the way you’d expect her to play them. In other words, she folds bad cards and bets and raises with good cards. ABC poker is unimaginative and workmanlike. ABC poker players are often grinders. In most lower limit online poker games, ABC poker is a winning style. But it’s not the only winning style of poker, and it doesn’t work nearly … Read the rest
How to Become a Better Poker Player
Here are some thoughts on how to become a better poker player. These might not all apply to you. Your needs for improvement as a poker player aren’t the same as mine. Most of the advice below applies to beginners.
1. Tighten up. Most poker players, especially new online poker players, play too many hands. If you’ve spent ANY time reading about poker strategy, you’ve read about the difference between tight poker players and loose poker players. If you haven’t, … Read the rest
