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Texas Holdem: 4 Betting Structures Explained

Sunday, December 27th, 2009

Jack Reider asked:

Even though the United States have made it illegal to gamble online, poker keeps on gaining popularity through the different tournaments that are shown on television such as the World Series of Poker by ESPN. This created a problematic situation: while players claim that poker is not a game of chance, the [...]

Texas Holdem Poker Offline/online

Saturday, December 12th, 2009

Michael Greens asked: Texas Hold’em is one of the fastest and most exciting games of poker, and probably the most popular. It can have up to 10 players each hand, more than most poker games, and usually operates the lowest limit games in the cardroom.Texas Hold’em is a more complex game than first appears, especially [...]

Texas Holdem Poker Table Observation

Friday, October 30th, 2009

Michael Greens asked: Table ObservationMost individuals have no beginning preflop Texas Hold’em strategy; they would sit at a poker table trying to play quickly as possible without being aware of their surroundings and whom they’re playing with.This is a common mistake most poker players make. Before jumping into the action and start betting like maniac [...]

How to Play Texas Holdem

Thursday, September 10th, 2009

Liz Lunn asked: Texas Holdem is currently “the” game to play in the poker world. The rules are fairly simple and so with relatively little information even the newest of players can win a pot or two.The game works as follows:Each player is dealt 2 cards face down. Then there’s a round of betting where [...]

Start Playing Texas Holdem Poker

Tuesday, June 9th, 2009

Michael Greens asked: Start Playing Texas Hold’emThe “button” is used to indicate the dealer position, after each hand it moves one place to the left. Before any cards are dealt, the first player to the left of the dealer posts the “small blind”. The player to his left posts the “big blind.”In a $2/$4 Texas [...]

Advertising Plays in No Limit Texas Holdem

Sunday, February 15th, 2009

Graham Bond asked: An advanced skill in No-Limit Texas Holdem is the advertising play. An advertising play is one in which you give information to your opponents, but the information you give is misleading, so that you can use it against your opponents later. The most common type of advertising is to turn over a [...]

Michael Greens asked: The First Five Minutes On The TableFirst things first, determine exactly what everyone’s trying to accomplish. Is the individual there to learn, have fun or play for a living? Most of your profit in no limit Hold’em games is going to come from picking a target and going after him. A lesson [...]

Free Texas Holdem Poker

Tuesday, July 29th, 2008

Sydney Avner asked: Free Texas holdem poker should be played with lot of consideration to poker tells. The art of skillful poker playing has not been fully explored. The information on how to play poker better is simply scattered and it is not yet put in to right order. Until that day comes when there [...]