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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 that extra work [...]
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 in the long [...]
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 flop comes J. [...]
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 [...]
Volumes of books and online articles have been written about Texas holdem poker, how to play and how to win, There is a universal consensus that since this variation of table poker began its evolution in the poker saloons of dusty Texas in the mid nineteen fifties to the casinos of Las Vegas of the [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 scoop up [...]