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Friday, 25 July 2008

  • Strategies – Online Texas Holdem

    The most ever played online game is Texas Hold’em. Takes less time to get learnt, but ages to become a master. Both online and live Texas holdem is played in the same manner. Once learnt the rules, then no one can stop you to be an expert in the game. Here are few tips, which help you to become a skilled player and also to win the game.

    Let’s understand the three P’s rule. The three p’s are position, power and patience, which is having a strong impact on your game and also lead you to win. Look out for your position in accordance with the dealer. Whether you are playing at the early position, middle or late, have a direct connection with your winning. If you don’t have a great starting hand, then your chances of wining is bit uncertain while you are playing online. Play strongly right from the beginning because the other players may raise or re-raise after your turn. Being in the most patient and cool state of mind is also equally important. Don’t get paranoid and disturbed by opponents move.


     

Monday, 14 July 2008

  • Ways of Bluffing

    For a new poker player bluffing is something which he takes it very easy and try to reverie that soon his opponent will quit the game gives the chance to grab the whole pot. Gradually when we start gaining the knowledge about the game every thing becomes clear. Here are some of the ways of bluffing which definitely let you win the game with out much struggle.

     

    1)      In Texas Holdem very first and easiest way is to maintain stability in bets till the end of your hand but be sure do not use it excessively other wise result will not be good for you.

     

    2)      Semi bluffing is a kind of bet where a player try to make big bet out his most pathetic hand though it has some chances to hit specially after called by you.

     

    3)      If you use continuation bet, a way of bluffing, then you would be able to win at least ½ to 2/3 of the pot. It will show your strength to raise before the flop.

     

    4)      Most experienced and above average players like to check and raise as a weapon against their opponents .When some one checks at the time of flop and then start raising as bluffing it will bring one benefit that he would be winning two bets at the same time as detriment it would lead him  to cost more if doesn’t work.

           5)   While playing till the river if you have strong hand then it is a better chance for you to win more chips it is  a kind of small bet. Post Oak bluff resembles the same. Beware it is practiced according to the opponents strength .It will be considered an inexpensive bluff altogether. 

Thursday, 03 July 2008

  • H O R S E Poker

    There is a mixture of all poker games i.e. HORSE poker, which is the live example of such games having different shades of holdem, razz, stud ( especially five card stud ),Omaha and an eight or better games. But it is recommended that it should be found out in advance, the best game to be played. It is an interesting game because it involves different games in the same basket.

    Whatever is the form of poker game is to be played will decide the rules and the play. Here at HORSE poker especially when it is to be played at the cash table, a fixed time limit keeps the track of transition from one game to the next.

    Quite often it is observed when in HORSE poker that type of game and the limit of tournament play changes at the same time.

    It is the game of well experienced and much skilled players that’s why the limit of the game is also set to high. Some very good players in last WSOP tournament won up to fifty thousand dollars cash money.

     

Saturday, 21 June 2008

  • Myths of poker

    Great knowledge about the game and skills to calculate the probability of the hands is the prerequisite to win the game. There are some participants in the game who think their stupid and absurd ideas will lead them to win a good hand .But unfortunately it’s all their misunderstanding.

     

    Just try to avoid and get such ideas away from you otherwise be ready to face the repercussion.

     

    Take a look at such myths:

     

    1) Make a demand of new cards of deck while you about to lose a streak.

     

    This simply shows the incompetence of player to win and how much he still needs to learn.

    Just lying on the luck is the worst practice which is always followed by the lose player.

    There is no sense in making a demand for new cards in this situation.

     

    2) Avoiding playing particular hi or low cads.

     

    No definite rules exist in poker .Its all practice and practice. This is not the game which can be viewed by a particular angle.

     

    3)  Always show up the cards when they are in the good position.

     

    It’s not true. one can show his cards when he wish to bet. It also brings profit when you have good knowledge of pot odds.

     

    4)  To play tightly opens the door of winning frequently.

     

    One should be as flexible as he could be. That is the only way to stick in the place for long run and to make you cope up with any odd condition of the poker game.

     

    5) Bluffing is the easiest way to climb up on a high rock of the winning if done in an innocent way.

     

    No bluffing can not be done so silently and innocently .It depend how one is going to execute it.

    The art of bluffing lies in the way it is performed.

     

    6)  Keeping the stake up to lower level and following the exit time of the game.

          

    If really there is a fine player he would like the stake to go up. Because he knows following rigid quitting time won’t help him to fly up.

     

    Do not leave any room for any of such myths .It is like a mirage in the dessert which is nothing but an illusion for the eyes.

     

     

     

     

Monday, 09 June 2008

  • Basic mistakes in Texas Holdem

    It is quite obvious to make mistakes while we opt to do something new. Better we should start learning very basic things first and then move forward to gain more. Especially if we are playing Texas Holdem as a beginner then it would be hazardous to involve a lot of money in the game and in that case we are prone to lose huge amount of cash. And it becomes more embarrassing when we do not have extra cash to pay off.

     

    Let’s see what are those very basic mistakes which create hurdles in the road to learn and win the Texas Holdem.

    1. Calm down your eagerness when you have very mediocre hands.

     

    2. Stop yourself to play while not having enough cash in hand .Play for sake of fun and not shell out money from your bank balance. Too much competition could be very dangerous for us.

     

    3. Control your feelings and emotions. Let them sit back while you play.

     

    4. Learning about the pot odds and pot limit is the key to win.

     

    5. In the beginning start the game with multi color deck and cards. It is like a long time investment for players.

     

    6. Always take care of the etiquettes. Mind your tongue and behave properly with your opponents.

     

    7. To follow others path would not give you good results instead it would affect your performance. You tend to do mistakes. Try to learn through your mistakes you will learn fast and better in that way.

     

    8. Always remember in poker there is not enough place for luck it’s a game of skills.

     

    9. Some times at the time of flop you might be having good hand but that doesn’t fix your position as a winner till the river. It means there is always a kind of uncertainty in the game you have to beware.

     

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