Poker Articles (Page 8)

Poker is played at several levels. To beginners, it is a card game; the focus is on knowing the odds and trying to get the highest-ranking hand. To more experienced players, it is a ps...

Useful Poker Odds and Statistics

Poker Strategy

Being able to quickly calculate odds at the poker table is a real advantage to a player. Some folks have photographic memories and can picture the odds as a chart they can read in their...

Playing on US Poker Sites

Poker Sites

According to a recent study, there are at least 519 dedicated poker web sites on the Internet, of which 243—nearly half—accept play from the United States. They include some of the bigg...

All About Poker Freerolls

Poker Sites

In simple terms, a “poker freeroll” is any poker tournament where the players are not required to pay an entry fee. Poker freerolls can provide the fastest and easiest way to build a ba...

What is Angle Shooting?

Poker Tutorial

Angle shooting in poker refers to the practice of using various underhanded or unfair methods in order to take advantage of an inexperienced opponent. Such behaviour may appear to be un...

Using Pot Odds in Poker

Poker Tutorial

Among all of the strategic tools that poker players have at their disposal, pot odds are among the most useful and important. As the name implies, pot odds indicate the ratio of the siz...

How to Use the Continuation Bet

Poker Tutorial

The so-called “continuation bet,” or “C-bet” for short, has been touted as the most profitable bet in poker. It is most often applied in games of no-limit Texas Hold’em and has become s...

World Poker Tour

Poker Tournaments

The World Poker Tour is a series of poker tournaments united under one banner and televised weekly. It operates under the auspices of a media and entertainment company known as WPT Ente...

Introduction to Seven-Card Stud

Poker Tutorial

Before Texas Hold’em took the Poker world by storm and became the game of choice in casinos, tournaments, and online poker rooms, the most popular cash card game was “Seven-Card Stud.” ...

Introduction to Omaha Poker

Poker Tutorial

The game called Omaha Poker can also be referred to as Omaha Hold’em, Omaha High, and more commonly just as “Omaha.” It is quite similar in many ways to Texas Hold’em—in fact, some of t...

Checking, Betting, Calling, Raising and Folding Explained

Poker Tutorial

Poker is a game of decision taking. In versions known as “Closed” or “Draw” Poker, players must decide whether or not to keep certain cards or discard them in favour of receiving replac...

Antes, Blinds, Chips and Limits Explained

Poker Tutorial

When playing Poker for cash, whether in a tournament, a so-called Ring Game, or at home with friends, a number of important conventions are followed pertaining to the “pot,” which is al...

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