Card games have always combined chance, mathematics, and cultural tradition, and few symbols represent that more clearly than the face cards. These illustrated royalty cards have carried meaning through centuries of play,...
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Omaha Hi-Lo, often called Omaha 8-or-Better, O8, or Omaha/8, is a fast-paced and highly strategic split-pot poker variant. While fixed-limit was once the traditional form, the Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Lo (PLO8) format has...
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Mastering poker hand rankings is the first crucial step to becoming a confident player. Each traditional poker hand contains five cards, arranged in a universally recognized hierarchy — the rarer the hand,...
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In poker there are three main game variations; Flop games (i.e. Texas hold'em and Omaha) Stud games (i.e. Seven-card stud, Razz) Draw games (i.e. Five card draw, 2-to-7 Triple Draw) Badugi is...
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Texas hold ‘em is one of the greatest card games ever created — but you can only play so many hands before you’re ready to tear your hair out. Fortunately, poker is...
Ever felt like hold ‘em could stand to be a bit more exciting, but you don’t want to get dragged into the confusion and chaos that is pot-limit Omaha? If so, short...
The big blind/small blind structure isn’t just a formality: it’s the engine that keeps the game alive. These two forced bets are what ensure there’s always something to fight for, and without...
The Scenario There are two players involved in a pot. After the flop Player A, who is first to act, decides to have a stab at it and makes a bet. Player...
The Scenario A player falls asleep at the table due to his medication and is unable to be awoken. He is in the big blind and there has been no raise pre-flop....
The Scenario During a hand Player A announces “all-in” and moves his stack forward. Player B then repeats this and says "all-in" in a quiet puzzled tone as he considers why he's...
The Scenario In a cash game a player talked on his phone throughout the night. He would whisper into the phone and pause when he played. I was sitting to his immediate...
The Scenario In a poker tournament where the blinds just went up from 500/1,000 to 1,000/2,000, Player A placed $1,000 into the pot, Player B quickly said, “call” and also placed $1,000...
The Scenario While playing in a poker tournament, three players were all-in. Player A held , Player B held , and Player C held . The flop came , at which point...
The Scenario During the deal a card is exposed and is swapped for the top card, and the exposed card becomes the first burn card. The hand continues, and after the flop,...
The Scenario Two players are involved in a hand. After the river player A makes a large bet, and player B says "I see you," but before he places his chips in...
The Scenario A player wins a nice pot and he drags the pot toward his remaining chip stack. Shortly afterward, the player to his left says "Where are my chips?" and it...
The Scenario A player is all-in and everyone folds except one player who considers calling. He verbally declares that he has a pair of 10's. The all-in player remains silent, and the...
The Scenario In a nine-handed game, four players limp in, so player eight decides to limp in without looking at his cards. Player nine, who is short-stacked moves all in. A sequence...
The Scenario At the river during a big hand I made an all-in bet and the girl I bet lifted her cards in the air and said, “I guess you got me.”...
The Scenario I was playing in a poker tournament against an aggressive opponent who was on the button when I was in the big blind. All the players folded to him and...
