 Category :: Hobbies Articles |
Author :: J Finney  |
| |
| Article Title :: Guidelines For Playing No Limit Texas Holdem Poker |
| |
|
You play too many hands and you shouldn't. In a no-limit game
your percentage of played hands should be around the amount of
20%-25%. Examples are: when you are in first position and hold a
A-J hand you have to fold, when in middle position with a K-10
you will also fold and in the last positions you will still fold
even if you have a hand of Q-10.
Select your table wisely. Don't go to a table where everyone can
play far better than you. Look for that specific table where
there are at least a few players you think to be worse than you.
Play the players and read them all, be careful to see who is
aggressive, who is loose, who hates aggression and folds
whenever meets it, who bluffs, who ca (read full article) |
| |
 |  |
| |
| Category :: Hobbies Articles |
Author :: J Finney |
| |
| Article Title :: The Making Of A Winning Online Poker Player |
| |
|
First of all you must be able to take consistently care of your
money and play them the right way. Even if you are an
extraordinary poker player, you can't stay on the winning course
if you can't manage your money correctly. A correct management
will tell you the types of games to play, games that are
affordable for your bankroll and will also predict the long run
winnings.
Many qualified poker players don't know how to interpret their
bankroll. They play high poker limit games, games that have such
limits that their bankroll can't take. There are times in
everyone's life when we can get unlucky, and those times have to
be taken into consideration when playing poker. You may play
your best (read full article) |
| |
| |
| |
| Category :: Hobbies Articles |
Author :: J Finney |
| |
| Article Title :: Playing Holdem Poker Online: Tricks And Tips |
| |
|
You must always try and add tricks and let's say dishonesty to
your game in order to stand a better chance of not getting read
by the other players. If you always check when your hand isn't
great, but not as bad to fold, and if you always bet or raise
when you have a very good hand that requires a risk then you are
playing it honest all the way. And this can turn against you,
because other more attentive players can figure out your game
pattern and they might use their new knowledge to control your
game.
When you are on the flop and you are the last or among the last
players to take an action, then you can just raise the bet with
a drawing hand here. It is very possible that our opponents
(read full article) |
| |
| |
| |
| Category :: Hobbies Articles |
Author :: J Finney |
| |
| Article Title :: Basic No Limit Hold 'Em Poker Strategies |
| |
|
There is an essential difference between limit and no-limit
Texas hold'em and this difference is based on the position you
have at the playing table and on the value of the hands. When
you are playing no-limit hold'em you will find that position is
much more important than in the limit games. The explanation is
quite simple actually because there is no limit so more money
are involved and the goals you set depend on your position and
they will have a bigger impact on you bankroll. If somehow you
manage to get someone into a position trap you will here have a
change to get that person's entire stack, not only a few more
bets like in Limit hold'em.
In no-limit poker the big connectors are n (read full article) |
| |
| |
| |
| Category :: Hobbies Articles |
Author :: J Finney |
| |
| Article Title :: How To Win Playing Poker: Learn To Play Your Opponent |
| |
|
When you are entering the world of poker you must be aware of
the fact that in order to achieve the best performance you must
become skilled not only at playing poker as a game but also at
playing poker players as persons. This basically translates
through a play that is generally perfect when it comes to
techniques and that will also be adjustable to the other's style
and skill. You play must rely on the weaknesses of you opponents
and take shelter from their strong points. To do this you have
to constantly observe them and pick the most appropriate
strategy in each specific case.
You have to consider things like advertising you game. This will
give you a variety in your game when mixed w (read full article) |
| |
| |
| |
| Category :: Hobbies Articles |
Author :: J Finney |
| |
| Article Title :: Poker Strategy Tip: How To Advertise |
| |
|
You can use many methods to keep others from telling your moves.
Let just think of trying for free cards bluffing, check then
raising, semi-bluffing, and slow -play are some of them. Still
this is not all because there is a more different and
sophisticated way. This type of play is called an advertising
play. It basically means that you will play badly, crazy and do
all the wrong moves when you are sure everyone can see that. By
doing this you will lose hands for nothing and mess with the
other players heads, misleading them, but after a while you can
play good poker and win big from those exact players.
Advertising plays must be done only with persons you are sure
you will play again so yo (read full article) |
| |
| |
| |
| Category :: Hobbies Articles |
Author :: J Finney |
| |
| Article Title :: Poker Pot Odds: Why They're Vital If You Want To Be A Winning
Player |
| |
|
Poker pot odds, just what are they?
When we are referring to pot odds we are actually talking about
a crucial element in the game of poker. The pot odds are
determined by evaluating the size of the pot and the bet that is
about to be made. Let's take a little example for clarification
purposes: the size of the pot is $20 and a bet of $5 has been
made and now you are about to call it. The pot odds in this case
will be 20/5 that means odds of 4:1. If the call would be done
for $10 instead of $5, then you would get pot odds of 2:1.
Generally, the pot odds are identified by dividing the size of
the pot to the amount of the bet when all bets of the round are
equal.
The size of the pot
You mus (read full article) |
| |
| |
| |
| Category :: Hobbies Articles |
Author :: J Finney |
| |
| Article Title :: Playing Texas Hold 'Em Poker: Playing The Flop And Overcards |
| |
|
When playing limit Texas hold'em you can find yourself into some
situations when on the flop you have nothing more but two
over-cards. This happens because Texas hold'em limit is mostly a
game of big cards. It is a common mistake when three players
draw for an over-card and the draw is incorrect, and if this
happens to you, then you should put it on the list of leaks in
your game. The most common problem that happened when dealing
with over-cards is the thing that you are hoping for a weak hand
that will not make you the winner even if you manage to get that
hand. In life not only in theory, this has happened many many
times: players hit their hands but the hands are worthless and
they stil (read full article) |
| |
| |
| |
| Category :: Hobbies Articles |
Author :: J Finney |
| |
| Article Title :: Playing Poker Smart: Selecting The Right Table |
| |
|
When selecting a poker room or a table for short, you should do
it with caution. Essentially you must choose games in which you
can stand a chance not only with your poker skills but also with
your bankroll. This is best explained if we take an easy
example. Let's say you are the 15th top player in the world and
you only play at tables with the 10th top players exclusively.
It would not be a wonder if you lose more often than you win.
You must include at your table players that you know or think
are worse than you, not only players about whom you know for
sure are better than you. If you do this mistake you may find
yourself passed by a player that has worse poker skills but who
only plays (read full article) |
| |
| |
| |
| Category :: Hobbies Articles |
Author :: Robert Benson |
| |
| Article Title :: Poker: Luck Or Skill-Some Winning Tips |
| |
|
Does poker require luck or skill? Some play the game and seem to
hit every card needed for the winning hand. Others, with a hand
that could not beat any hand on the table, slyly walk away with
the pot with a wink and a smile.
So the answer to the question it would seem would be that it is
a little bit of both; luck and skill are needed to be a
successful poker player. After all, gambling is a game of chance.
But consider this: some mathematicians contend that the odds of
getting a royal flush are 1 in 649,739. So, given those odds,
chances are if you rely on the luck of the draw you will
definitely lose more than you will win.
So how do you become an experienced poker player and win all (read full article) |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| Prev 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 [15] 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140 141 142 143 144 145 146 147 148 149 150 151 152 153 154 155 156 157 158 159 160 161 162 163 164 165 166 167 168 169 170 171 172 173 174 175 Next |
Article Categories
