Archive for October, 2009

What to Do with Pocket Aces

Ah, pocket rockets. It is one of the greatest starting hands you can get in a game of poker. However, you cannot get cocky and assume that lucking out with two aces during the pre flop will guarantee you a win. There is some strategy to playing this enviable hand. See, it can be torture [...]

Coming to Terms with Proper Poker Lingo

As any player worth his — or her — salt knows, poker has what amounts to its own secret language. There are donks and donkeys, which do not mean what they mean in day to day language. There are various disparaging terms, as well as praising ones. If all you know of poker lingo comes [...]

Common Beginner Mistakes In Poker: Watch Out For Them!

When you are just starting out – I can promise that you are going to make a heck of a lot of mistakes in poker.  Honestly, I do not think that anyone who just starts out does not make some of these common mistakes.  We are going to outline just a few of them, for [...]

T.J Cloutier: Who Is He?

When you think about it — T.J Cloutier what is the first thing that usually comes to mind?  With me – it is grandpa, however this guy is a shark on the poker table!  T.J Cloutier has been playing for quite a while and although he is married with six kids – he is certainly [...]