Improve Your Poker Game
Poker is a game that continually evolves and unless you, the poker player, evolve with it you will be left behind and no longer be profitable. You should be always looking for ways that you can improve as a player and below are some of the key ways which you can do just that. There are …
Using Your Position In Poker
Poker is a game played with incomplete information as you do not get to see your opponent’s hole cards. In order to make a decision at the table you have to observe betting patterns, pay attention to the player’s image amongst other elements and then use this limited information to make an educated guess as …
In Poker Size Counts
One of the great things about no-limit Hold’em is you have the opportunity to make a bet of whatever size you would like. This gives you much freedom and also allows you to dictate the odds your opponents will be taking if they elect to call. Whilst I am an advocate for making standard raise sizes …
The Poker Gap Concept
The gap concept was first introduced by professional poker player and respected gambling author David Sklansky. It essentially states that a player needs to have a better hand to call a raise with than they would require to open the action with a raise themselves. The concept also shows that by calling a player only has …
Poker Metagame
Metagame and metgaming are term you will often hear banded around by players of mid to high stakes poker when they are discussing how a specific hand played out. In short, metagame is a broad term used to describe when a player uses external influences in order to affect the game they are playing in. One …
Making The Most of Poker Talk
It seems like the latest trend is to listen to an iPod while playing live poker, but I urge you not to do this. Instead engage in some of the table talk because you never know what you are going to learn about your opponents current hand strength and how they think about poker in …
Poker Experience is Everything
One of the most appealing aspects of poker is that it seems like a relatively simple game to learn. On the surface poker is a simple game to learn, it is a game based on basic mathematics but it is also a game that you never stop learning from once you delve a little deeper …
Taking Notes in Poker Tournaments
Taking notes is something many players fail to do even though it is a very good way of increasing your win-rate and completely free too. The main reason players do not take notes is either because they are playing too many tables or they rely on poker tracking software instead. Those who play mtt poker tournaments …
Picking Up Poker Tells Online
Picking up tells when playing online poker is more difficult than if you are playing poker in a casino or card room mainly because you cannot physically see your opponent. However, that is not to say it is impossible to pick on on some tells that are there for all to see. Each and every player …
Switching To Cash Games
Many players learned how to play poker by entering sit ‘n’ go tournaments rather than trying their arm at cash games. They do this because with the tournament format they know exactly how much they could win or lose in a given time and this is comforting. A common question on poker forums around the world …