All In After the Flop


I was into something that was really disturbing. The other night, I played with my friends. There was player A, B, and so on and so forth. Player A went all in and I called the all in as player B. Then next was player C who raised and player D called. Later on, I [...]

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New Security Risk at Cereus Network Reported


There has been another report of a vulnerability in the cereus network that further blackens the online poker reputation of two of the larger poker sites on the Internet. The poker tracking database website Poker Table Ratings outlined a new security risk that affects the Cereus network, which powers previous online poker bad-boys Absolute Poker [...]

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Win Multi-table Tourneys


Multi-table tournaments offer some of the most exciting and exhilarating Texas hold’em going. From the dizzying heights of the World Series of Texas hold’em down to show time tourneys that you can buy into for a buck. The main factor that attracts the players to these multi-tables is the size of the prize which is [...]

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The old favourite has made a return


Some years ago Pokerroom was one of the most popular sites on the internet and I frequented the site quite regularly. It has made a sensational return to online poker and I for one am very glad about that for many quite separate reasons. Firstly as an online poker player then I feel that it [...]

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Texas Hold’em: The Bluff Call

Texas Hold’em is game that is full of strategies, maneuvers and weapons. The more weapons a player implements into his game, the more successful he will be at the table. Texas Hold’em experts claim that a skilled poker player must be able to bluff, semi-bluff and even trap players to be successful. There is a [...]

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Texas Hold’em Short Stack Strategy

Becoming the short stack in inevitable in any poker player’s career. Texas Hold’em is a game where luck and skill is the combination for success. It makes it a lot more difficult to hold on to your stack if the cards are not falling your way. There are certain strategies that can help you if [...]

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How to Play Texas Hold’em Short Handed and Come Out Ahead

When you find yourself at a “short-handed” Texas Hold’em table, there are a few things you can do to adjust your play in order to be successful. Here are some tips that should help you be the last one standing. Play the Hand: When you’re at a short-handed table, you don’t need to be as [...]

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Improve Your Poker Game by Not Speaking

We all know that poker is a game of information.  The more information that a player has, the better the player will do.  This is a huge edge over your opponent when at the poker table.  Therefore, you want to keep your mouth shut so that you don’t unleash any type of information that could [...]

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Unusual Poker Terms

So we have all been there…. You’re sitting at a poker table and players are intimidating you by throwing out terms that you have never heard of. Chances are you know what they are talking about, but just don’t know the unusual terms. Here is a list of terms that will help you decipher poker [...]

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Looking for the poker fish part five

Following on from part four then and we have the fifth and final part of this series here. The reason why I said that this was more subtle was because a player must be at a certain level of sophistication in order to realise what the odds are for hitting outs themselves before they can [...]

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Looking for the poker fish part four

In the last article, we took a look at some of the things that identify a weak player. In this article, we will start looking at spotting “fish” through the quality of their play. There is a large amount of information on this subject that I feel that I need to share with you and [...]

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The Deadliest Hand in Poker

The deadliest hand in Texas Hold’em can be summed up in two words: pocket pairs. This hand is deadly in two different ways: (1) it can give you and edge over all opponents by increasing your chances of trips or a full house or (2) set you up for a likely “bad beat.” One thing [...]

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Looking for the poker fish part two

This series of articles will help you identify two very important key areas in Texas Holdem poker. Firstly, how to spot a fish and secondly, realising if you yourself fall into this category. I am going to concentrate on visual and audible information given to us by observing and listening to our opponents in this [...]

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Looking for the poker fish part one

A “fish” in live poker or online poker is a polite term for a weak player, a losing player or a beginner. In poker games the world over, weak players are known by various names and many of them are not pleasant. Be it “rabbit, fish, mug, live one, sucker, chip dumper, greenhorn” or any [...]

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