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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 [...]
For players who like the sudden death flavor of the final table at a major Texas holdem poker tournament are queuing up to take part in online “Sit and Go†games. And sit and go is exactly as it sounds. Players pay an entry fee as well as table fee to play against a minimum [...]
If Texas holdem poker was actually invented then the person who can claim that the invention was theirs, can be rightfully proud. There must be no other game that has captured the imagination of millions they way that Texas holdem poker has. And what is truly amazing it has made the transition from the [...]
Texas holdem is a game of changing fortunes. The rules of the game have been established so that the game will always be dynamic, and unlike conventional poker, players with enough cash, stamina and patience will be able to sit for hours or even days till a guaranteed winning hand appears and they [...]