Archive for: February 2008

A continuation bet is the bet a poker player places on the flop after having raised preflop, regardless of whether or not the flop hit the player’s hand. Say, for …

As anyone who owns a Mac and loves playing online poker can tell you, there is a serious shortage of online poker rooms for a Mac. There have only been a few …

At this time of year (tax time) the following question comes across the minds of many online poker players.

“Do I have to pay taxes on online poker winnings?”

The answer: Absolutely.

The …

Sit and Go tournaments are single table freeze out tournaments that award cash prizes to the top two or three finishers. Sit and gos are a very different form of poker than any other. While the rules of the game remain the same, poker sit and go strategy is very different, and I think it could be considered a completely different form of poker altogether.  There is very little postflop play when you  attack sit and go tournament strategy correctly.  You will annoy the hell out of your opponents by pushing all in a lot and almost never calling anything.  It is very fun to piss off your opponents regularly and then take all of their chips.  Come on and admit it, you know it is.

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As a poker player, you can expect to make your fair share of mistakes at the tables. The bad thing about mistakes in no limit Texas holdem is they …

Understanding betting patterns is the first step in learning how to read hands. Figuring out betting patterns is one of the most important poker betting strategies, and …

Every online poker room offers real money tournaments, but only a few offer excellent tournaments consistently. The poker sites that dominate this list of best tournament poker rooms are also among my list of the best overall poker rooms. …

Heads up play is arguably the most difficult form of Texas Hold ‘em. It takes some time getting used to because it constantly forces you to make marginal decisions. If you fold most of your starting hands, you’ll …

Once you have learned the basic rules of no-limit Texas holdem, you must begin to learn the basic strategy of the game. Learning about Texas Holdem strategy is a fun and exhilarating ride towards consistently making a profit while playing a game you love.

There are several key areas that must be mastered before moving on:

Starting Hands
Draws / Pot Odds
Aggression
Position

Starting Hands
This is the biggest area in which new poker players go wrong. The first thing sharks look for when searching for fish is how many hands their opponents are playing.

The large majority of your starting hands should be folded before you even get a chance to see the flop. Yes, I know that isn’t fun to hear but making good money at poker is more fun so don’t worry.

The problem with playing too many hands is two-fold. First of all, you may think something like “C’mon it’s only a couple extra bucks to see the flop! What if I win the pot!?” Well, over the long run those extra couple bucks will end up costing you more money than what the occasional win can make up for.

Think about it like this. The average online table runs about 60 hands an hour. If you play just two tables, that’s 120 hands an hour. It adds up quickly when it’s going away at a 120 hands per hour.

The other problem with playing too many starting hands is