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 [...]
Read MoreAdjusting to your new poker environment
An often little understood factor in playing poker online or anywhere for that matter is that unless you have done it before then it can feel very strange. Even if you are in fact an experienced online or live card room player then if you are playing in a different game or playing against different [...]
Read MoreWhere The Money Comes From in Poker part three
While we are on the subject of switching sites this brings up something else that is very important, that of site selection or switching sites just to get a sign up bonus. Buying into a site primarily to get a sign up bonus is what LOSING poker players do. There are ALWAYS other far more [...]
Read MoreWhere the Money Comes From in Poker part one
In this article I am going to delve into where the money comes from in poker and it is not always from where you think it is. There are very important reasons why you need to be alert to just who is sitting in the two seats to your immediate left and also the two [...]
Read MoreSupersystem examined part one
The one and only Doyle Brunson is perhaps the most universally known of all poker players. Even amongst non poker players, the name Doyle Brunson is still known and that speaks volumes about a man that is more than just a poker player, he is also an icon. Brunson is a true living poker legend [...]
Read MoreStudying Poker
There is something that I would like to say to you about poker and in particular studying poker. Poker is not just about playing some card game; if money was not involved and large amounts of money at that then many more people could be successful in poker and it would be all too easy [...]
Read MoreLooking at the basic math in poker part two
One of the great poker players over the past few years bases his entire game around molding himself around the flow of his opponents. That player is Phil Ivey who you may or may not have seen on TV. He is regarded even by many of his peers as being one of the top five [...]
Read MoreLooking 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 flush draw [...]
Read MoreThe 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 [...]
Read MoreAvoiding big confrontations in poker part two
If all my money goes in the middle then I either have AA or KK pre-flop or the nuts or close to it post flop. I don’t get involved in silly coin flip type situations. I know full well just how many coin flips on the bounce that you can lose…..and it is a lot [...]
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