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The best poker players either have a great memory or they keep a journal. Since this book is for novice to intermediate players, let’s not worry about the great memory part. That will come if you are motivated enough. It takes extra work to write some notes after each poker session, but [...]
Colorado Cal had played poker for years and years. And for years and years, Colorado Cal lost money. He didn’t lose each and every time. By no means. Sometimes he got on a heater and won for weeks on end. But there was never a year that Colorado Cal ended up with [...]
Few good poker players, if any, make money from early position. That is a fact. Sure, there is the exception when you hit a big pair, raise and get it heads-up against one other player. However, you will make only a few bucks even if you should win. Those situations are rare [...]
Freddie has the blind in a low-limit game of Texas Hold ‘Em. Freddie has a J-10 off suit. He calls a raise made by Willie from the ninth position. It seems to me that Freddie’s call was an appropriate investment because it appeared six others would also be in the pot. The [...]
As has been said many times, Texas holdem poker players can depend on luck to a certain extent, but in the long run it will be experience and strategy that will carry a player through and keep them on good terms with their bank manager. These necessary skills can only be acquired by a [...]
Some of the best players know when to bluff at Texas holdem poker. The truly great ones and the ones who consistently win prizes at the major Texas holdem tournaments both on and off line are the ones who have learned when not to bluff. These types of players are known as percentage players. They [...]
Texas holdem poker is a multi faceted game, and that’s what makes it so attractive and popular to the many millions of on line players gracing the internet every day.
On the face of things, Texas holdem poker looks like a very simple game, but just about anyone who has taken the game at face [...]
Texas holdem poker is all about drama, excitement, the turn of the river card. Fortunes lost and reputations gained on the turn of a card. Outrageous bluffs carried off with panache. Players being bluffed out of hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of chips. Without feeling or knowing a thing. That is what Texas [...]