Texas Hold’em Strategy: Mastering Your Starting Hands
One of hold’em’s most crucial decisions is, do I see the flop or don’t I see the flop? In this lesson we’ll examine the importance of starting hand selection, and what factors...
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How to Play Medium Pairs
Hand values in poker fall into three basic categories, two of which are quite simple to play well. There are the top premium hands, the absolute trash and then everything else in...
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Playing Marginal Poker Hands
Back in the day when new poker players were trying to grasp the intricacies of the game, ‘marginal hands’ was a bad phrase. They were to be avoided at all costs. The...
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How to Play Small Pairs
Pocket pairs, regardless of rank are coveted by many poker players. After all, statistically you only can expect to get them once in every seventeen deals. That being said, when misplayed, they...
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How to Play Ace-King
There is an old adage in the poker world that while stud is a game of live cards, hold’em is a game of high cards. There is a great deal of truth...
How to Play Kings
Pocket kings are the second best hand to be dealt, right after pocket aces. As was the case with pocket Aces, some players bemoan receiving them since they are vulnerable to a...
How to Play Aces
Pocket aces are without a doubt the best starting hand one can be dealt in the game of hold’em. Unfortunately, the odds of being dealt pocket Aces is 220-to-1 so it doesn’t...