Poker

How do you play in a tight poker tables

A tight table can be very good playing grounds for a poker player who can adjust his strategy appropriately. If you are playing against tight players you need to adjust several areas of your game. First you need to understand what a tight poker table is. Tight players are those who only play a few [...]

Know Your Poker Chips

Poker chips are different. Duh, right? Well, come on. I didn’t really know that there was any difference at first myself. But there are all kinds of different chips: clay poker chips, metal poker chips, and plastic poker chips. Clay chips are considered the best of the best. They are pretty hefty. Metal chips also [...]

How You Can Stay on a Budget & Play Poker!

One of the things that you will notice about poker is the fact that it can get very, very expensive very, very fast.  Not only do you have to deal with putting money up for bidding, but you have to make sure that you have enough money to stay in the game.  That can get [...]

Poker Phone Apps: What Are They?

When it comes to playing poker, I can honestly say that there are tons of different ways that you can do it.  Nowadays, they even have phone apps that you can purchase and play poker right on your phone.  Mainly, this means that if you have an iPhone, you will be able to get your [...]

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 [...]

Poker Pitfalls To Avoid: Watch Out!

In poker – there are things that you need to avoid.  While no one plans on losing, there are a lot of things that you can do to lose and a lot of things that you can do to avoid losing.  No one plans to lose in poker, however there are many things that people [...]

The Importance of Maths in Poker

Math is an important tool in poker – not the only tool, but part of an important arsenal. To compete in any poker game, especially in an online poker game where, because of the myriad hands played, all players have access to thousands of hands of statistical data, learning the basic probabilities and odds of [...]

Poker Jargon … Terms You Should Watch Out For!

Poker is a hard game to learn – well, it is a hard game to truly get to know and completely appreciate.  If you are just starting out in the poker field, there are a few terms that you should know – otherwise, you will be very confused once you get really into the game.  [...]