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Poker can be a lot like shooting at targets.  You wait until the perfect moment, get your target carefully lined up in the sights and then you pull the trigger. The only problem is that the targets can, and often do, start shooting back at you!

We hear the poker experts talking about being aggressive. I agree, but I think a lot of the newer players Read the rest of this entry »

No other casino game offers similar advantages to those we enjoy in the poker room. The other games don't even come close. What other game allows you to view your cards and then decide whether you will play or not, even before you have placed a bet?

The importance of selecting good starting hands can't be overstated. Some players seem to believe any two Read the rest of this entry »

Never Underestimate Your Ability to Overestimate Your Poker Ability

I'm not an absolute expert in human psychology, but I'm pretty observant of people. I have some formal training due to past employment in the legal field where I was certified in neurolinguistic programming and interview techniques.  I have had occasion to interview many people under various circumstances and Read the rest of this entry »

Full Tilt Poker is one of the best known and most successful online poker sites. Much of their success is attributable to the great graphics which make it fun to play and interact with others. They have a wide selection of games including No Limit, Pot Limit, and Fixed Limit Hold 'em as well as Omaha, Stud, and Razz. There are lots of tournaments, sit-n-go tourneys, heads up games and cash games. Read the rest of this entry »

I decided to play a few poker games at Bodog.  I'm conducting an experiment.  I'll start off with a $5 buy-in to a heads up hold em game.  I'm recording video of all the games, along with my narrative.  I'm going to try hard to build that $5 as high as I can before losing a game.  We'll see how far I can go. Read the rest of this entry »

The target of any blackjack gamer is to end with a higher hand total than the dealer not going over 21. In all the game of Blackjack variations, the values of the cards are equal: all the numbered from 2-10 cards are valued as indicated, all the picture cards (Jacks, Queens, Kings) are counted of 10 points, and an Ace can have the value as either 1 or 11 depending what makes the player hand higher. Read the rest of this entry »

You may find lots of different forms of slot-machines games and an excessive amount to explore across, so come and concentrate on techniques devised to make your time more gainful as you are playing virtualslots. The majority of games you find are multiple coin slotsmachine that believe a range of amounts beginning with a single coin up to five coins. Read the rest of this entry »

Playing the same way against a tight player as you do a loose one. Take the AJ hand again. Against a tight player's preflop raise in the front, your hand is probably not good. Against a player who raises too many hand, it is a good hand. The better you get, the more you'll be able to take advantage of situations like this by correctly judging the strength of his hand by how he's played in previous hands. Read the rest of this entry »

Other than that, it's pretty simple. You never know what cards are truly going to be a good hand before the flop, and even sometimes after it, but there are a few general guidelines.  If you have two low cards that are off-suit (they are of different suits) then you probably shouldn't play them unless you intend to bluff. A good example of this hand is a 2c and a 7h. In this case you have almost no chance of a flush Read the rest of this entry »

So you're playing Texas Hold'em and you just got dealt your two hole cards. You look at the corners like they do on TV and you see two 4s. What are your odds? How do you know if they are good? Or perhaps more importantly, how do you know if they are bad?

When playing Texas Hold'em your odds and your ability to know what they are varies by a few factors. Read the rest of this entry »