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Poker Players and Table Image
To be a top level poker player, of any game, you must understand the concept of table image – yours and your opponent’s. Then you must learn how to exploit it. Let’s start with a definition of table...
View ArticleCash Games: Full Ring vs. 6-Max
The key difference between full ring and shorthanded cash games involves the number of poker players. Full ring is essentially a standard poker game where nine or ten players are seated. While some...
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Reverse Implied Odds
Implied odds are important when you’re the guy on a draw who’s hoping to run down an opponent with a hand that’s currently better than yours – but only right now, not necessarily later. Reverse implied...
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Implied Odds and Poker
Even first-time players knows that poker is a game of odds, and while newbies might not be able to figure them, at least they realize that there’s a relationship between the chances of making a winning...
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Fold Equity
Have you ever put out a bet hoping that your opponent will fold? The percent of time that an opponent will fold to your bet is known as your “fold equity”. The concept of fold equity has always been...
View ArticlePsychology and Poker
No self-respecting poker player would dream of playing the game without a basic knowledge of strategy. Yet many players think nothing of sitting down at a poker table and risking prodigious amounts of...
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Poker and the Value of Position
Position refers to the order in which you act in a poker game. Your position in the betting order is critically important in Texas hold’em, and more important in no-limit than in fixed-limit or...
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Poker Playing Styles
Poker is not just a card game, but a game of people played with cards. As you progress through the stages towards poker expertise, you will experience moments when you realize how powerful this...
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The Importance of Stack Sizes
In no-limit hold’em the size of your stack of chips and those of your opponents should have a significant impact on how you play a hand. If you’re playing in a $1-$2 no-limit game and have $250 in...
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The Levels of Thinking in Poker
Most beginning poker players consider their cards first. After all, it doesn’t take long to realize that starting with a big pocket pair such as Aces or Kings – or even big connected cards such as A-K...
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