Keeping records of your poker results

Wed, 01 Jul 2009 03:15:26 PDT

One more stepping stone you need to climb on your way out of poker “suckerdom” is to recognize the need to keep detailed records of your table antics. Regardless of how objective you think you are, simply keeping a mental track of what you do at the table is not enough, because you’ll always remember [...]

Making Sure That You Don’t Give Away Your Hand with Your Pre-flop Raise

Mon, 15 Jun 2009 02:18:46 PDT

This is probably one of the biggest tells that people have in their games and they don’t even realize it. Think about how you play your hands before the flop and you will quickly understand what we are talking about here. How much do you raise pre-flop when you are sitting on AA? [...]

The 10 Most Excellent Starting Hands In Holdem Poker

Tue, 02 Jun 2009 05:47:46 PDT

If you intend to be a good Texas Holdem Poker player, you must know which are the finest starting hands, the ones that you can play and the ones that you must fold. Bluffing may help you win any kind of hand but there are several hands that can help you win more often and [...]

Play fewer hands

Fri, 29 May 2009 00:54:10 PDT

It’s not exactly a secret that online, the vast majority of players suck at poker. Not only do they suck at the game itself, they pretty much suck at everything connected to it. Take rakeback for instance. While deals like the ongame rakeback and the rakeback Full Tilt Poker offers give players a handy advantage [...]

Keep Yourself in Check

Fri, 15 Aug 2008 08:33:35 PDT

It’s not always fun and profitable playing poker, especially when you are playing a level you are not very familiar with such as Omaha or 7 card stud. There are nights when your stars don’t seem to be in cosmic alignment. And nights when you just don’t feel in a good mood. Those nights are [...]

Are you Playing Too Tight?

Fri, 15 Aug 2008 08:31:27 PDT

“Barry, can you play tight in a Texas Holdem game?” that’s what a friend ask me sometime ago. Good question. For beginners and those who don’t know yet what a tight player is, he is the one who starts the hand with a high pair like an AK. He’s easy to spot in a table. [...]

Common Beginner’s Mistakes

Fri, 15 Aug 2008 08:29:19 PDT

Poker. The game most people love today. That includes me. I’ve been playing this game for a long time now. I first learned it in our kitchen table with my uncles. Back then, all I knew were the basics. I was such an aggressive player because I want to win lots of pot for my [...]

Money Management

Fri, 15 Aug 2008 08:26:46 PDT

There are no sure things in life, even at poker. What may start out as a good game can still end up bad. That sure is true. Even the best and most successful players still experience bad poker games. My friend even said that in poker, you have 99.99% chance of winning it and 99.99% [...]

Are you an unlucky poker player?

Fri, 15 Aug 2008 08:24:53 PDT

Have you ever felt so unlucky in your life before? I have. Two years ago, I got tangled in such an unlucky scenario. I lost my job, I got into a car accident, and lost a huge amount money from playing Limit Holdem in online poker rooms all in one month. Call that bad luck [...]

The Five Greatest Poker Tips For You

Fri, 15 Aug 2008 08:20:29 PDT

I’ve read many poker playing tips in the Internet today. They all say that when you follow them, your chances of winning the pot are great. Well, that is to be proven yet. But because poker is a game of skill, you can never really tell when you will win and when you will lose. [...]