Betting patterns describe how players size and time their bets across hands. Understanding these patterns helps you estimate hand strength, identify bluffs, and plan effective counterplays or exploitative moves. Later on in...
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“I don’t need advice on beating poker beginners—they’re clueless at the table!” In reality, inexperience can work in their favor, with luck swinging an entire session. Just as in every hand, your...
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One of the oldest adages in poker - it’s one you’ve heard repeated time and time again - is that if you can’t spot the fish during your first ten minutes at...
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For those who aren’t very good at it, the ability to put a poker player on a hand is a tough concept to grasp, and when watching it done correctly, it appears...
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Far too many players ignore flop texture when playing Texas hold’em. Why so many players ignore texture continues to amaze me. After all, a flop’s texture is free information when you’re trying...
In this lesson we're going to focus our attention on how to play against tight poker players. Being tight or loose doesn’t necessarily refer to how somebody plays their hand, but merely...
As the game of poker evolves and educational resources (such as Pokerology) are at everyone’s fingertips, more and more players are learning to adopt an aggressive style at the poker tables. Indeed,...
One could say the turn represents the home stretch and the river the finish line. When you’ve arrived at the finish line your hand is fully realized – there are no more...
Once the flop is delivered you know 71 percent of your final hand. This lesson will focus on the turn, which produces 86 percent of your hand. Many poker pundits express the...
The thrill of flopping a monster is the nirvana of hold’em. This wonderful event makes mucking all that trash for hours on end worthwhile. Poker hand distribution is somewhat like a bell...
The flop is a defining moment in the play of a hand of hold’em. It’s the point when you know 71 percent of your final hand, and your hand has truly been...
