Calculating Your Equity

Most beginning poker players concentrate heavily on the concept of pot odds when they first start playing.  After all, being able to calculate pot odds is very useful in helping you to determine whether or not to make a call.  However, using pot odds will only get you so far on the poker table so [...]

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Playing Short-Handed in Sit and Go’s

If you’re down to the short-handed portion (5 or less players) of a sit and go then you’ve done pretty well up to that point.  After all, most sit and go’s involve 9 or 10 players so you have to play solid to avoid an early elimination.  However, playing well early on isn’t going to make you [...]

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Picking Online Poker Table

Back in the early to mid-2000’s, you didn’t have to put much thought into selecting an online poker table since the competition was soft pretty much everywhere you went.  Obviously though, things have changed greatly since the game of poker has become more competitive than ever.  Players from all over the globe have come calling in an [...]

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New Poker Movie Debuts: Shark Out of Water

While most of the poker world is highly anticipating the rumored Leonardo DiCaprio movie where he stars as an online poker junkie, Juan Riedinger and Andrew Halliwell have given the rest of us something to check out until this movie is done.
Their film is called Shark Out of Water, and it takes a deep look [...]

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Flush Draws in Omaha

In most cases, a flush will win you the pot in the game of poker.  That’s why many players light up when they receive a flush draw because it gives them the potential to grab some major money.  However, people lose major money with flush draws too because they don’t know how to play them in [...]

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