Advanced Holdem Tips - The Fastest Way to Calculate River Odds

It’s common for Texas Holdem Poker players to struggle with calculating odds and outs. These advanced Holdem tips are going to explain how to do this. more…

Why Doesn’t Anybody Play 7 Card Stud Poker Anymore?

Stud poker is the oldest of all current poker games and dates back nearly 200 years to the American old west, played by miners, farmers and river boat gamblers. In fact as recently as 10 years ago, stud, or some version of it was still the game of choice for home and casino games. more…

Texas Hold Em Poker Tips - Choose Your Starting Hands Wisely

The most important thing you can do when playing Texas Hold em Poker is to choose your starting hands wisely. If you plan to be able to give tips to the dealer you must be very selective about the hands you decide to play. Always enter a pot with good pocket cards - pairs or two high cards - and aggressively play them from the flop right through to the river. more…

Texas Hold Em Poker Tips - Choose Your Starting Hands Wisely

The most important thing you can do when playing Texas Hold em Poker is to choose your starting hands wisely. If you plan to be able to give tips to the dealer you must be very selective about the hands you decide to play. Always enter a pot with good pocket cards - pairs or two high cards - and aggressively play them from the flop right through to the river. more…

Texas Holdem Poker - 4 Powerful Secrets to Avoid Getting Sucked Out on the River

If you’ve played Texas Holdem Poker long enough, you’ve probably been rivered by some lucky SOB that shouldn’t have been in the hand to begin with. We’ve all been there, and we know how angry it makes us feel. Don’t let “bad luck” plague you like it did me. It wasn’t until I discovered these 4 powerful and closely-guarded Texas Holdem secrets that my game took a giant leap forward. more…

No-Limit Hold’Em Tips - Don’t Let a Bad Beat Cause You to Lose Focus Or Money When Playing Poker

Anyone who has played poker, specifically No-limit Texas Hold’em, for any length of time is well aware of the potential for bad beats to happen. Unfortunately, even if you’re are the best poker player at your table and playing the best cards of your life the fact is, any calling station can suck out on you by hitting their 4 outer on the river to take down the pot you so richly deserve. more…

What is the “Skill Card” in Poker?

The skill card is the last card on the flop in hold’em, more commonly referred to as fifth street or the river card. Calling it the skill card is something players do when multiple hands are turned over, and somebody basically needs to get lucky. In order to win, the player behind must hit one of his outs to win the pot. Usually the outs are outnumbered by the cards that can come that favor the leader. 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…