Poker Chat Terms

GG, VNH, WTF if you have no idea what these poker terms mean then I can explain! Nearly all online poker rooms have a ‘chat’ facility – Players can use this to communicate to each other during a game. As online poker action happens very quick, most players using a kind of short hand to speed …
Worst Poker Hands

Let’s take a look at the worst poker hands ~ these hands should never be played! The only acception to that rule is if you’re heads up in a tournament and have barely enough for the next blind or if you’re the big blind and no one raise before you. Even then you’re going to …
Are You A Poker Fish?

‘Fish’ is a popular term used by poker players to describe those lads and lasses that really don’t have much of a clue when it comes to playing poker. It can be down to being a beginner or simply be somebody that never got the hang of the game. Fish have very little understanding of …
How To Play Omaha Poker

Basically Omaha Poker is a variant of Texas Hold ‘Em poker. The difference lies in the fact that instead of each player receiving two cards like they do in Texas Hold ‘Em, they receive four. Two of these cards are used with three of the five community cards to try and make the …
Online Texas Hold‘em Strategies

Every player has different playing strategies. Conservative players play only the best hands and very rarely bluff – if you are a beginner it is best to stick to this type of play until you know what you’re doing and can more accurately read your opponents. Generally speaking players holding two good starting cards …
Doyle Brunson ~ Poker Legend

Doyle Brunson was born on August 10th, 1933 in Fisher County, Longworth, Texas and has been a professional poker player for over 50 years. Poker historians credit Brunson with bringing respectability to the game of poker and he is one of the greatest poker players to have ever lived – he is in fact …
How To Play Poker

Now lets take a look at how to play poker in more detail. If you’ve already looked at my poker basics then this section gives you more detailed information on how to play poker online. When playing online you don’t have to worry too much about knowing which order events happen, as you will be prompted …
Best Poker Hands

There are certain starting hands in poker which, when dealt, give you a big edge in a poker game. Knowing which starting hands to play is the key to being a successful texas hold’em player. Below is a guide to the very best ‘starting hands’ in poker. Starting hands are the cards you are dealt at …
Poker Wallpaper

Give your PC are smart new image with my Poker Wallpapers. Poker themed wallpapers that double as useful guide to poker hand ranks! Two new wallpapers added to the collection this month. How to set your Poker Wallpaper as a desktop To set the wallpaper as your new desktop background just click on one of …
Over Valued Poker Hands

The most common type of player in today’s fast paced world of poker, ‘Over-valuers’ have a reasonably good idea of hand values and will understand that when they’ve flopped top pair that they are in a decent position. But ‘Over-valuers’, similar to ‘Fish’ will not consider what their opponents hold, concentrating only on their own …