Looking at the basic math in poker

Many novice poker players struggle with the basic math of the game. In this article I want to show you an easy way to calculate the odds and percentages of making your hand on the turn and the river.
Number of outs X 2 + 2 = %
So if you have a [...]

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The Perils of Playing Live Poker part two

Whenever a player is playing poker online then has already been mentioned, the software does basically everything for you except make your decisions. But there are other areas that need to be attended to in live poker games that many online players simply take for granted.
For instance, because you can see all of the cards [...]

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Using bankroll management to play poker

Let us say that you want to play no-limit Texas Hold’em poker and you want to start with $500. What level should you start at and how should you go about using your bankroll? Well this isn’t an easy question to answer as much of it depends on skill but I think that $500 is [...]

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A Limit Hand in Action

Here I want to discuss the play of the small blind in a hand that was sent to me recently by an avid Poker Office user (www.pokeroffice.com). Actually, they were only using this sniffer as I recommended it to them. It is one the easiest to use in my opinion and also one of the [...]

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Sites for Beginners

For nearly a year now, I’ve been playing poker but I’m not playing using real money. Just these days, I feel like I’m all set and ready to play using real money online.
Are there any sites you could recommend to me? I’ve heard there are some non-secure sites out there on the web [...]

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To the Next Level

For two weeks now, I’ve been playing texas holdem with my friends. Beforehand, I was only playing games with demo money on the internet, but I decided to go and play using real money and I believed it was a good decision for I have improved a lot.
Together with my friends on the other hand, [...]

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Real Cash Games

Hello,
Just like everybody else here I guess, I drop by because I wanted to ask a question. By the way, I’m 21 years old and for about a year now, have been playing poker. I love playing with my friends; usually about 9 of my friends at a time.
Normally, we play tournaments by which buy-in [...]

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