Archive for June, 2009

Online poker versus live poker

Online poker grows bigger day by day. If you think about it, what could be better than playing poker from your computer any time and any day you would like. Being a big time live poker player, you could think the completely opposite. What better than sitting down at a poker table with a stack [...]

Developing a playing style

As you get more experience playing poker you will start to develop a playing style. In fact, you will probably have a playing style that changes multiple times over the course of your playing career. There are really several different styles of play that one could have. There is the aggressive style, the tight style [...]

Math and poker go together

Math is one of the most important aspects of poker. When you think about it, poker is just one big numbers game. It is all about the numbers. Everything from how you decide who wins the hand right down to how much money you win each hand. Along with that, there are very specific odds [...]

The basics of bluffing

Bluffing is an important part of being able to play poker. The problem is that most people (and poker donkeys) do not really understand what it takes to bluff and what exactly it means. It is a fairly common term and it is not hard to understand the meaning. The issue is that it is [...]

Playing heads up poker

Heads up is a completely different poker game than a full table. In fact it is a completely different game than playing with 3 or 4 people. The strategy will need to be changed in order to be successful heads up. It is obviously very important to develop a good heads up game. Without it, [...]