The Call Bluff - Juking Out Your Poker Opponents

There are many variations of the bluff in hold’em, but one of the trickier bluffs to use is the call bluff. Chris shows you how to properly call bluff, and steps you through the process of reading the board and understanding when it’s safe to make the difficult, but profitable play. more…

Popular Online Poker Games

There’s no denying that across the board the online poker action is hot, regardless of what your poker poison is, but if you’ve been sticking strictly to a staple like Texas Hold’em or a classic game like Five Card Draw you could be missing out. These days between the basic variations, their high/low spinoffs and betting variances like no limit, pot limit and fixed limit ambitious players looking for some variety in their sessions have virtually unlimited options. more…

Online Poker Software - Can it Help Me?

Based on the specific needs of the players, different online poker software tools are available. For example, in order to determine hand strength for Hold’Em, Stud, and Lowball, one of the excellent tools is the Pokenum Poker Hand Analyzer, which has features to add cards to the board. more…

What Are No Deposit Poker Rooms?

If you are a poker fanatic, then obviously you would have played in a poker room day and night. Many of these poker rooms offer free drinks and food to dedicated players of poker who are in love with the game and who cannot resist visiting the poker room. Other perquisites include free coffee at the coffee shop, boarding and lodging at the poker apartment for some nights. There are many poker rooms which take good care of the regular visitors. Ready breakfast facilities and snacks are offered to these players. This is one way of showing their appreciation and gratitude to their poker players. more…

Winning at Texas Hold’em - Reading Your Opponents Hands

You’ve been amazed watching the World Series of Poker and hearing a player announce exactly what cards his opponent holds. You don’t need any extraordinary super-powers and you don’t have to exert a lot of effort to learn to figure out the hole cards in front of your opponent. It’s actually easier to do this in Texas Hold’em than in other poker games since five cards are exposed on the board and only two are hidden. more…

Three Tips to Improve Your Online Poker Playing

Sure there’s a lot of luck involved playing poker. I saw my ace-queen lose to a queen-three at Texas Hold’em when the board came up with a queen on the flop and a three on the river. Talk about bad beats, I’m sure you have your stories too. more…

Texas Hold’em Poker Basics

In Texas Hold’em Poker like in most poker games there are 52 cards involved. The special feature is that players have five cards dealt face up in the center of the table. They are called community cards, shared cards, window cards or the board cards. There is no dealer in casinos and poker rooms. When playing at home, dealer has to be one of the players and after each hand it has to be changed clockwise. The Dealer’s button this way goes from one player to another also clockwise. It shows who the dealer is at the moment. The Dealer Button used to be called the Buck. This name is coming from the name of a hunting knife’s haft made of antler - buck knife as well as from the impression “The buck stops here”. more…

Texas Hold’em Poker Basics

In Texas Hold’em Poker like in most poker games there are 52 cards involved. The special feature is that players have five cards dealt face up in the center of the table. They are called community cards, shared cards, window cards or the board cards. There is no dealer in casinos and poker rooms. When playing at home, dealer has to be one of the players and after each hand it has to be changed clockwise. The Dealer’s button this way goes from one player to another also clockwise. It shows who the dealer is at the moment. The Dealer Button used to be called the Buck. This name is coming from the name of a hunting knife’s haft made of antler - buck knife as well as from the impression “The buck stops here”. more…