Poker Strategy Articles
Poker strategy articles for beginner to advanced levels of play.
Passive Poker Players are YOU one?
In the same way that we all have a mixture of x and y chromosomes in our biological make-up, nobody is a completely passive player. However, it is better to know what constitutes passivity, so you are able to identify it in yourself, see it in other players and know what the benefits, or otherwise, […]
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Basic Sit n Go Poker Strategy
One format of poker which is particularly popular online is the Single Table Tournament, or “Sit ´n´ Go” (also abbreviated to STT or SnG). These games are played from low stakes of $0.10 up to $2.000 per player, short-handed or on a full table, and for any variety of game from Texas Hold´em to the […]
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Seven Card Stud Odds and EV
Calculating your odds of completing a winning hand in Seven Card Stud is a more reliable than in Hold´em or Omaha because you get to see more open cards as the hand proceeds. You also get to see the likely odds of another player holding the cards that are required to beat your hand, so […]
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Leveraging Your Bets
Leveraging your betting in Texas Hold´em means placing a bet that implies you will be increasing your betting activity in stages all the way through to the final rounds of the hand, and makes an opponent hesitate when calling your bet because he has to calculate how much it is going to cost him to […]
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Fish That Bite Back
One of the most common grumbles about playing online at some of the less populated poker rooms, particularly those noted for a high percentage of loose players, is that the RNG is fixed in the favour of the less experienced players and there are a high percentage of bad turns on the river. This is […]
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Sex, Drugs ´n´ Rock ´n´ Roll
Playing poker can be a very stressful game, and there are times when you have to get away from it all, chill out and give your mind a chance to stop working on pot odds and identifying characteristics of players around your table. These top tips may help you approach your game in a better […]
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Basic MTT Strategy
Seeing as it’s that time of Year when there are some great online tournaments on offer and of course gukpt satellites, here’s some basic MTT Poker strategy which may be of use. Multi-Table Tournaments can range in size from two tables to over two thousand tables, can be played live or online and follow either […]
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Poker Intuition and Gut Feeling
Intuition, or your “gut feeling”, can turn a hand of poker around for you when you use it in conjunction with the knowledge you have acquired about the game and the dynamics of the table on which you are playing. It can be your best friend when you get it right or your worst enemy […]
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Differences Between Live and Online
There are some big differences between playing poker online and going into a casino or club to play – and even if you excel at one, it does not necessarily mean you will do well at the other. The major difference playing online is the anonymity that you enjoy at the computer screen. You can […]
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Playing Tight? Loosen Up a Little!
There is a point that you come to in Texas Hold´em poker, where you feel you have the balance just right in respect of knowing when to fold your cards. It takes a lot of time, effort and experience to get there – and then you find that you are never winning any money. It […]
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