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Texas Hold'Em is the darling of pro Poker players, spectators, and the media. It's an aggressive, flashy, intense and unpredictable game that gets the dollars on the table and changing hands like no other contemporary form of Poker. All that and it looks deceptively simple to play. The old hard-nut players may prefer 7-Card Stud, but everyone else is in love with Hold'Em. It's no coincidence that Hold'Em is the game that players at the World Series of Poker play to determine who takes home $1,000,000 and the champion's custom 14-karat gold bracelet. Get the basics of Hold em. here. |
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What beats what in Texas Hold em. |
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It is hard to give an exact answer to how all hands should be sorted but we will give it a try. Different players likes different hands but not many argues with that the three best hands are AA, KK and QQ. After that things gets a bit more complicated. Is JJ better than AKs? If you answer yes to that, is TT also better than AKs? Check out this article to see what constitutes a good starting hand. |
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Learning the rules is one thing though. Learning the skills to be a winning player is, of course, harder but ultimately rewarding. The shrewdest players will always come out on top over time.
So how can you be a smart player? A wise guy? A player with an edge? Here is the WI Poker Tour's guide to the top 10 tips to playing smart poker.
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Learn how to shuffle your chips like the pros. There are video tutorials for the chip shuffle, chip twirl and thumb flip. |
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Bluffing is one part of poker that truly separates the seasoned pro from the inexperienced novice. Anyone can bluff, but knowing when a bluff is your best play can be the difference between a winning and losing session. Below are a few basic rules to bluffing. By applying one or more of these principles you greatly increase your odds of a successful bluff. |
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16 Quick tips to interperet a players actions at the table. |
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Find out what the most common mistakes among intermediate players are and lear how to avoid them. |
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Pot odds are a mathematical way of calculating whether you should call a bet or fold. It is the ratio of the money in the pot compared with the money that is needed to stay in the hand. Read this article to find our how to calculate pot odds. |
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Do you have a VIRTUAL TELL?
Careful…how you click that mouse, you may be giving your hand away. Just because you’re not sitting next to other players at the table doesn’t mean you cannot read them and they cannot read you. A common misconception of online poker is that it removes the aspect of reading your opponents and looking for clues to determine what they hold. Read this article to find out how to crack |
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Growing up, the only Poker chips I was familiar with were my father's plastic chips, which he stored in a revolving wood holder.
Today, a wide variety of chips are available, at an equally wide variety of costs. Find out what kind of chip is right for your home game.
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