As a poker player, one knows that perfecting the art of the poker face will stack the most amount of poker chips in your favor! What exactly is a poker face? It’s a players ability to be or at least have the appearance to be unfazed by your current circumstances. This is a very desirable […]
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Poker after Dark, the popular NBC TV show takes a look at poker playing up close. One gets to hear the players talking so it feels like you’re right there with them. The series is structured as a week-long No Limit Texas hold ‘em mini-tournament for the top six poker professionals and each week,players vie […]
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There are four general poker styles that poker players can be classified under which are loose passive, loose aggressive, tight passive and tight aggressive. Which poker style do you use?
Loose Passive
A loose passive player is generally new to No Limit Texas Hold’em. They will start with almost any hand not fully understanding which hands are […]
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If you are new to the game of Texas Hold’em, you might not be familiar with “Fishing for Information”. This should occur when your are involved in a hand and you are not quite sure what you opponent has so you throw a bet on the table just to see where you stand in the […]
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When you are playing at a poker table you may want to a glance at the rest of the players as they are being dealt their cards. Some poker players have a tendency to give away what type of hand they are holding without calling, betting or raising. If you really think back to the […]
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A novice poker player just learning the game may think that getting good at poker requires learning how to bet and how to raise. This is true, you will need to know how to bet, raise and call well enough to manipulate your opponents into thinking certain things.
A more experience poker player however, knows that […]
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So what should you do when you have a big pair and the board flops an ace?
Here is the situation:
You have been dealt QQ and you are the big blind. You have six calls in front of you and you try to measure everyone’s hand by raising the pot to 3 times the big blind. […]
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Stake out your opponent
What type of players are you playing with? Are you playing with sharks? Are you playing with rookies? Before you stick your hand in the cookie jar, it is a must that you find what the level of play is at your table.
Take mental notes on how each player is playing. Some […]
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When playing poker at a casino or even at a local home game, you always want to make sure you protect your table image. Whatever type of poker player you are you want to get that across to the table early and often because it may help you down the road.
If you are a tight […]
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Here are the definitions of a few known poker terms for the novice poker player.
Live Cards
In texas hold’em, these are hole cards that you hold that still have the possibility of being paired. You may hear this frequently when there is an all-in call. The person that may be loosing at the time may say, […]
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