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Thursday, January 28, 2010

The Texas Holdem Attention Span

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 Texas Hold'em Patience and Feeling Out the Situation Based on the Board.   

Your Ability To Read The Board

Your ability to read the board will help make you a winning, money earning player, and it is not hard to get comfortable with. As you play Texas Holdem, the community cards are the most significant group of cards in the game based on the fact that they are simply face up. You can easily determine the best possible hand that can be made from the community cards and two cards that may or may not be out there. It is extremely important that you learn determine how your hand stacks up against the other possible hands that your opponents may hold. Two common situations should peak your radar when you see them.
If there are three suited cards on the board someone has the opportunity to build a flush. If a player raises when the third suited card is turned over you should be aware of that player first,but second feel it out to where you make a judgement on whether or not a bluff is in the air. If there is a pair on the board a player can make four of a kind or a full house.

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Pay Attention to all Possible Detail
When you are not involved in a hand you should still pay attention to the game. You can gain valuable information about your opponents simply by observing what hands they play, not to mentio you can give all your attention to the situation around the table rather than yourself. It’s easy to determine the players who play suited cards, or single aces by watching the hands they turn over at the end. That brings me to one controversial tip.
Think about the situation where it is appropriate to show your hand. if you don’t have to. If you win the pot because everyone else folded you are under no obligation to show your cards. You don’t want to give away any information about yourself if you don’t have to and players who turn over their cards when they don’t have to are doing just that.You can of course perform a premeditated show, as to later set someone up to take down a big pot or throw down a big bluff.

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Monday, January 25, 2010

The Basics to No Limit Hold"em


No Limit Texas Hold'Em

One of the most popular forms of poker today is Texas Hold'em. In This great game called Texas Hold'em each player receives two hole-cards and five subsequent cards are dealt face-up in the middle of the table, these cards are simply known as the "flop", "turn", and the "river". The object of the game is to make the best five-card poker hand possible using your two hole-cards and the five community cards.
To indicate which person is the dealer from round to round, a disc or other such marker, called the button, is placed in front of them. To start the action, the person to the left of the dealer posts the "small blind", a forced bet usually half of the minimum bet. The next person to the left posts the "big blind", a forced bet equal to the minimum bet. These two bets are called "blinds" because they are posted before the two players look at their cards.
Players are then dealt the two pocket cards, face down, and the person on the left of the player who posted the big blind will begin the first round of betting. In the first round, a player can call, raise or you could also fold . In order to call, the player must place a bet that is equal to the previous bet. After the first player, each subsequent player is given the option to call the current bet, to raise up the bet, or to fold. Players who fold are out of that round until the hand ends and the next deal is out.


After the first round of betting is finished, the dealer takes the top card and sets it aside (called "the burn card"), and then lays the three community cards face up on the table. This is called the flop. At this point all other betting rounds now start with the first player to the left of the dealer. Players now have the option to check (the term used to pass on betting without folding), or to put out a bet. After the betting is opened by a player, players can no longer check when it is their turn to act, but can instead call or raise the action occurring at that point. The round concludes when all bets have been called, or in a limit game, when the maximum number of bets possible (the "cap", usually 1 bet and 3 raises) has been reached.
After betting is finished another card is burned and the fourth card, called the "turn card" or "4th Street," is added to the community cards. Players bet again just as they did on the flop betting round. In a fixed limit game, the bet is now double the previous bet and remains double for the final betting round as well. After the third betting round, another card is burned and the fifth and final card, known as the "river" or "5th Street," is dealt. There is one last round of betting, after which the remaining players turn up their pocket cards. The highest five card poker hand that can be made using any combination of the available seven cards (a player’s two hole cards and the five community cards) wins the pot. If there is a tie, then every player who is tied divides the pot evenly between them.
After the hand is finished, the Button moves clockwise to the next player, who becomes the dealer and play begins again after a new deal, and the blinds are right.
Heres the Basics, look for future posts on strategy and the best online sites to dive into, with the best chance to get your share of the Millions being made online in the poker rooms