Most beginners focus almost entirely on their own cards. It quickly becomes obvious that a pair of Aces or Kings, and strong combos such as A-K or K-Q, are far better than...
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Stud high-low split pot is a form of seven-card stud. It is often referred to as stud high-low, stud eight or better, or stud/8. The key difference between this game and straight...
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Have you ever bet, hoping your opponent would fold? The percentage of the time they do is your “fold equity.” The idea isn’t new, but the name is. Fold equity comes from...
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In no-limit hold'em the size of your stack of chips and those of your opponents should have a significant impact on how you play a hand. If you’re playing in a $1-$2...
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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...
Position refers to the order in which you act in a poker game. Your position in the betting order is critically important in Texas hold’em, and more important in no-limit than in...
Never bluffing in a poker game is resigning yourself to being a lifetime loser. You just can’t win without stealing a few pots every now and then; it’s that simple. But if...
Slow-playing disguises the true strength of your hand to bait a trap for your opponent. Perhaps you think that if you call quietly instead of raise aggressively, he’ll come out betting on...
Even first-time players knows that poker is a game of odds, and while newbies might not be able to figure them, at least they realize that there’s a relationship between the chances...
This lesson assumes that you have a solid grasp of all the fundamental concepts involved in poker. Of these concepts, understanding position is arguably the most important because you are able to...
Implied odds are important when you’re the guy on a draw who’s hoping to run down an opponent with a hand that’s currently better than yours - but only right now, not...
A theme throughout many of our poker lessons is that the actual strength of your cards is one of the last things you should think about when making a decision in poker....
There are many entertaining, wild and unique variations of poker that can be played, beyond whatexist and continue to flourish. It's highly unlikely these hybrid games will be found in a casino...
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...
