Choosing between calling and raising pre-flop
At PokerStars, calling means matching the raise of a previous player, while raising means increasing the bet by a certain amount, which has to be matched by the players who wish to stay in the game....
View ArticleOnline Poker Freerolls
Basically every single online poker room offers players freepoker tournaments and the tournaments all have a different set of rules. For instance, some of the freeroll tournaments will be open to...
View ArticlePlaying as the Big Blind in Texas Hold’em Poker
In Texas Hold’em Poker, each round, by rotation, two players have to pay some initial bets before seeing the cards. These initial bets are called “blinds”, because you pay them blindly, without seeing...
View ArticlePost-flop strategy in Texas Hold’em
While before the flop, you can develop a programmatic strategy, that can take in account every possible situation and how to deal with them, after the flop, things are getting far more complex and it’s...
View ArticleBeginner Omaha Poker Strategy
Omaha poker is increasingly becoming more popular especially online at sites like Full Tilt Poker and the tables are becoming very active in most poker rooms which makes a lot of people want to try the...
View ArticleMust Read Poker Books
Over the past few decades there have been quite a number of poker training books published by poker players and poker enthusiasts. Some of the books are bust while some of the books remain to be read...
View ArticlePoker Tells
Every poker player when they first start playing live poker as opposed to online at FullTilt.com usually doesn’t even know what a poker tell is. A poker tell is when you do something without noticing...
View ArticleSeven Card Stud Common Mistakes
Every player at one time or another is guilty of committing common mistakes which shouldn’t really be made at the table unless you’ve just made a bad judgment. To be a successful and profitable poker...
View ArticleRazz Poker Rules
Razz Poker is a very new game to the poker world and not many people even know how to play this poker game yet as it hasn’t become as popular as poker games like Texas Holdem. Some of the online poker...
View ArticlePoker Hand Rankings
One of the first things you need to learn before ever even sitting down at the poker table is the ranking of poker hands. Without knowing the ranking of poker hands you’re not going to know what you...
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