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In Texas Hold’em poker, as in every other form of poker, you should only play hands that will show a profit over the long run. There are usually 3 factors that affect the profitability of a hand in Texas Hold’em Poker: 1. The strength of your hand 2. Your position at the table 3. Your [...]

The importance of picking a good seat at the poker table is vastly underrated by both novice and intermediate players alike. Even the same cards turning out in the same order will result in vastly different outcomes depending on where you’re sitting compared to the other players at the table. Hands that are profitable when [...]

There is a common saying in the poker world: “If you are the 8th best player in the world and you are on a table with the top 7 players, then YOU are the fish on the table.” This is a trap that even the top players fall into sometimes. If the players on your [...]

One of the things that differentiates poker from other card games is that in poker, you don’t always need to have the best hand to scoop in the pot. A well-timed bluff can win you a pot that you would have no chance of winning at showdown with your 7-2 offsuit. There is more to [...]

One of the biggest mistakes that new players making is refusing to fold their hands when they should. This might be preflop when they decide to play J5 offsuit for a raise, or it might be on the flop when they refuse to fold their QQ and the board reads A K 7. Folding your [...]

The term “odds” simply means “The chance of something happening compared to how much you win if it does happen”, and it is extremely useful information to have. It would be difficult to bet or call bets correctly if you don’t have a solid understanding of odds. Many new players don’t take the time to [...]

In poker, just as in life, common sense is usually a very accurate meter for deciding correct actions from incorrect actions. Many times players get over involved by being tricky, and forget the power of taking simple actions: “I have the best hand, so I will raise” “I have a losing hand, so I will fold” [...]

If you intend to play poker well, you need to keep accurate records of your wins and losses, even if the money isn’t important to you. When you keep proper records of you poker results, you get to see when your best winning sessions are, if you lost money during longer sessions, an even whether [...]

One of the best things you can do at the poker table is to keep your mouth closed. Every time you are in a hand and you start talking to the other players in the hand, you are in danger of giving away information that could help your opponents make the right decision against you. [...]