I’m a great fan of Texas Hold’em and I particularly like to play at home with friends, family and acquaintances. If you’re thinking about setting up a home poker game then you’re going to want to have all your ducks in a row. So how do you get started? Well, it’s easier than you think [...]
Last night I found a new level of tilt. It was the first time I’ve tilted in quite a while. I have been working diligently to control my tilt factor at the table. Over the past few months I’ve been able to avoid letting a lucky river card for my opponent cause me to spew [...]
One of the great things about playing online poker is the fact that it’s easy to find a tournament for nearly any buy-in amount. At any given time, sites like Full Tilt Poker offer tournaments with buy-ins ranging from $1,000.00 down to $1.00. There are even freeroll tournaments that let you play for a chance [...]
In tournament poker, it’s far more important to maximize the amount of chips you win from a big hand than it is in a cash game due to the fact that in a tournament, the blinds and antes increase on a regular basis. After the first few levels in a tournament, you are subjected to [...]
With all the poker-mania, there’s an amazing shortage of quality information to help people learn how to play properly and become great players quickly. This is the first in a series of Texas Holdem strategy articles aimed at helping players learn how to win at Texas Hold’em poker. Tournament play is a popular, fun sport. These articles will help players understand how to approach tournaments, which differ greatly from regular “ring game†play.
This installment deals with the most-asked question: “How do I deal effectively with aggressive players?†Many players struggle against “maniacs”, the aggressive, wild players who play most every hand, somehow seem to pull cards out of thin air, and often manage to dominate the table.