What is so Special about Poker? We move onto p today and there is only one real word we can apply to this later, that’s right, poker. Poker is the reason we are all here, the reason you are looking at this website and the reason I decided to put…
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Getting started as a new poker player can seem daunting. You will be up against a lot of players who have been playing poker for years and you need to be ready or they will eat you up for breakfast. Here are five steps towards making sure your first game…
Texas Hold’em is one of the most fun and most exciting online multiplayer poker games available on the internet. Experienced players can win quite a bit of money playing poker online, usually at the expense of inexperienced players that don’t fully understand the game. When I played at partypoker.com and…
A favorite on cruise ships and beachfront casinos, Caribbean Stud Poker (also called Spice Island Poker) is an easy game to learn and fun to play online. Game Play Introduction: Caribbean Stud Poker (also called Spice Island Poker) is a variation of the classic five card poker game, but it’s played…
A player recently asked me, “When playing low limit hold’em like $2-$4 or $3-$6 I usually play tight, aggressive poker, but that approach seems to backfire sometimes when I’m at a table where four and five players see the flop each hand. It seems that big pocket pairs or top…
If a dollar won is twice as sweet as a dollar earned than a hand you win with a bluff is twice as sweet as a hand you won with good cards. There’s nothing quite like bluffing someone out of a big pot and stacking their chips while you muck…
Because so many poker players begin as online aficionados, there are often some misconceptions about what flies and what doesn’t in a brick-and-mortar environment. Having been a casino poker player for many years, I am often privy to these misconstrued malcontents’ outrage as they argue with the floor on sundry…
There are many different versions of Holdem poker which you can play through the interface of a poker room geared at speed. Words such as extreme or turbo should be familiar to regular sit and go poker players. The good news for all of the speed freaks out there is…
There’s a saying where I come from (a place where I make up all the sayings): “The second liar never has a chance.” In this article, we’re going to examine how we can use this truth about lying to our advantage when defending our blinds. Conventional wisdom has it that…
In poker, just like Like Monty Python’s memorable sketches, “Spot the Loony”, maniacs are almost too easy to identify. They stand out from the crowd so much because they want to stand out. Maniacs need to be the center of attention. Woefully lacking in any kind of self-discipline or control,…