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How Calling Can Hurt Your Poker Strategy
Calling is often the safe bet in a game of poker. Calling is a good way to keep the stakes low and keep the pot at a smaller size when you don’t have the nuts or aren’t so sure about your hand. However, if you consistently fall back on calling you are only hurting yourself…
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How to Choose a Poker Table Online
One of the most frequently overlooked factors about playing poker online is deciding which table you will play at. Contrary to popular belief, not all poker tables are created equal. Once you’ve determined which poker variation you want to play and the stakes you want to play at you still may have your pick of…
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Tips for Building Your Poker Bankroll
If you are playing poker online for real money, one of the most important things is your poker bankroll. You need money to play the game and you don’t want to wind up in a constant cycle of depositing money, losing it all, depositing more and losing it all again and again. The following tips…
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Practice Makes Perfect
No one is born a master of poker strategy. If you want to win at poker you have to practice. It took me awhile to own up to this truth, and a few heavy losses. That’s why I want to share a few tips with you about how to practice in order to effectively perfect…
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Required Reading for Poker Players
A good buddy of mine just started getting serious about poker and has been looking for ways to maximize his skills. The other day he asked me to recommend a few good books about poker strategy and I thought I’d share a few of my favorites with you as well. I play mostly Texas Hold’em…
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Texas Hold’em Slang
If you’re new to the game of Texas Hold’em then you have, without a doubt, heard slang and nicknames being thrown around. If you aren’t hip to the lingo than you can feel like other players are speaking a foreign language when they talk about “the nuts” and say things like “I’ve got hockey sticks”.…
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Choosing the Best Seat at the Poker Table
If you make your decision about where to sit at the poker table based on the seat’s proximity to the snacks or the bathroom then you have a thing or two to learn about poker strategy. In my experience, the right seat at the poker table can make all the difference when it comes to…
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Do Online Poker Tells Exist?
When it comes to live poker one of the best strategies is reading tells. When you and your opponent are face to face there is a lot you have to go on-nervous ticks, facial gestures, tone of voice and that sort of thing. However, how about when you play poker online? Do online poker tells…
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Learning to Treat Poker Like a Business
I asked a friend of mine who plays poker online and offline on a regular basis how much money he makes off poker per month. He told me honestly that, while he knows that he does make a profit he doesn’t really keep track of it and he couldn’t tell me an exact amount. This…