Playing Against a Pre-Flop RaiseYou’re playing No Limit Texas Hold’em and you’re dealt a premium hand. A player in front of you opens with a raise. It’s a great feeling, but it’s just as important to play this situation correctly as it is to fold a poor hand or to call when the pot odds are right, if you are to build a bankroll and be a winning poker player in the long term. So what needs to be considered to ensure the hand is played optimally?
NL Tournament Coin Flip SituationsWhen playing in a No Limit Hold’em poker tournament, you will almost certainly be faced with at least one coin flip situation, where your tournament life hangs in the balance.
Adjusting From Online Poker To Live TournamentsLive poker tournaments are great fun and even if you only play your poker on the internet, it is worth making the effort to get to your local card room or casino every once in a while. There are, of course, notable differences between live poker and online poker - here's what to expect when switching from online poker tournaments to the live game, for the first time.
How To Play Three Of A KindEvery poker player loves to hit three of a kind on the flop. It’s a great feeling as the pay offs can be so good, but it can be a challenge to extract as many chips as possible from your opponent. This article will hopefully make it much easier for you to get paid off with your three of a kind.
Fixed Limit Texas Hold'em StrategyFixed Limit Hold’em is far less popular than it used to be, thanks to the boom in the popularity of the No Limit form of the game, but it is still an excellent poker game in its own right. Additionally, novice Hold’em players can use Fixed Limit to learn some basic skills, before progressing to big bet Hold’em games.
52 Greatest Moments in the World Series of PokerWith the imminent qualifiers for the 41st World Series of Poker starting to be introduced on many online poker sites, it is a good time to look back at one of the best books relating to this famous competition. “52 Greatest Moments in the World Series of Poker” chronicles some of the great games seen at the WSOP between 1970 and 2006 (the book was published in 2007).
How To Play The Hand - NL Tournament, Pocket Ks-QsYou are playing in an online No Limit Hold’em multi-table tournament and the event is somewhere in the middle stages. There are nine players in total at the poker table and for this hand, you are in middle position. The blinds are currently at 75 / 150. You have a stack of 2,200 chips and the action is folded around to you.
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