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Poker is a highly competitive game where the winners stand to win large amounts of cash for beating their opponents. Online poker is no different. As such, player cheating is an issue....

One of the big differences between online poker and live poker is that online poker rooms provide users with a wealth of information and statistics. Every hand you play is recorded and...

Poker is a game of skill, with a small dollop of luck tossed in. Because of this (or perhaps in spite of it) there are many online poker players who have postulated...

Everything in moderation - Socrates It's no secret how negative emotions can impact the way we play the game of poker. Fear can transform even the strongest of poker players into a...

Talk to a friend or acquaintance who doesn’t play poker. Ask him about what he thinks are the two or three most important things to learn about the game of poker. I...

Many live poker cardrooms and casinos offer promotions to help encourage traffic at their venues. Most of these promotions can actually change the way the game of poker is optimally played. There...

Poker has changed more rapidly over the past few years than it has in the entirety of the game’s history. Seven years ago, just before the beginnings of a poker boom that...

The following article is a guest post written by my poker student, Dr. Burton Reifler. Why did I take up poker at the age of 64? And how did I go about...

We have met the enemy and he is us - Walt Kelly Why do otherwise sane, smart poker players occasionally play like fish? I'm not talking about recreational poker players who don't...

What is the one common dream that most poker players share? I think it would be safe to say the answer is making the final table at the World Series of Poker’s...

For players looking for a safe alternative to major online poker sites, some social networking sites often provide free “play money” poker games against real players. One of the most popular games...

“Trust your instincts, class.” Those were a teacher’s words back when I was a teenager and prepping for one of the myriad standardized tests administered to see how we were progressing with...

In my last article I addressed the first three of the six pieces of conventional poker wisdom that I have found exception to. In this article I’ll deal with the remaining three....

Have you ever heard the expression, most people do not plan to fail, however, many people fail to plan? I think it's a pretty neat adage which could lead us to conclude...

Poker is war. Though we might not always recognize it as such. Poker disguises itself under the veneer of a civilized game, where chips stand in for bullets and victory is a...

It may come as a surprise to you, but a large number of tournament poker players - the pros that you see every week on television, not the amateurs who take a...

Poker is a complex game – easy to learn but hard to master. Accordingly, many have tried to simplify the learning of poker strategy by embracing broad generalizations about the game. Many...

Tweet, tweet… what does a canary have to do with poker? I’m certain you are all familiar with the use of pigeons, donkeys and fish as poker terms but canaries might be...

What drives you to play poker? When you sit down to play, what are you goals - what is it exactly that you want to accomplish? To pass the time and socialize...

When the “Moneymaker effect” took hold of the poker world in 2003, it brought many new players into the game. Youngsters who were playing “Magic: The Gathering” switched to poker and saw...

I was playing in a $1,000 maximum buy-in, $2-$5 no-limit game recently, when a new player sat down two seats to my right and bought in for $1,000. On the third hand...

I bet the title of this article caught your attention, especially if you fall prey to the universally eschewed poker downfall of going on tilt. There are many forms of tilt and...

Poker players are losers. I don’t mean that metaphysically. I don’t mean to insult you as a person. But practically speaking, most of the time when you play poker you lose. It’s...

He that lives upon hope will die fasting - Ben Franklin I can take the despair. It's the hope I can't stand - John Cleese, in the film 'Clockwise' We've always been...

Hi, my name is Tom Leonard and my poker nickname is “TIME” and to make a long and involved story short, here is how it became my moniker. Years and years ago...

There are many types of poker players. Most are relatively easy for the good player to read. They tend to play hands within a certain range in certain situations. They tend to...