Poker Strategies Archive

You’re losing equity if don’t fast play strong poker hands. We use the word “equity” a lot in poker. What is equity? It’s the value of something. It’s hard to imagine equity, because it’s not a physical thing you can hold in your hand. But if you imagine the equity of your cards as...

How to make the most of dead time in live poker games. Poker is the most intricate of all betting amusements. There are many delicate skill sets that one can acquire; so many more than any other form of gambling. This is why the greatest players of all time agree—Texas Hold’em takes only moments...

Fusion hybrid diminishes skill of online poker, elevating dominance of luck. For ages, we have played the same poker games. 5 Card Draw, 7 Card Stud and Hold’em Poker are the only ones to have stood the true test of time. Other variants and hybrids tend to gain short-lived fad-dom before disappear into the...

How to read and decipher betting pattern poker tells. In our previous lesson on Reading Physical Poker Tells, we discussed the easiest form of opponent observation. Such tells are depicted in a player’s attitude, speech and body language. Anyone with eyes and the presence of mind to notice can recognize strength and exploit weakness...

The easiest poker tells to read and what they represent. See that picture on the right? That’s Daniel Negreanu, the world famous Canadian poker pro. He’s known for a lot of things, like being the second-highest cashing live tournament player of all time. He’s also one of the best tell-readers ever to exist, and...

Five considerations to increase your odds of winning small stakes online poker tournaments. There’s nothing more exhilarating than a poker tournament with a cheap buy-in and a large field. They cost little to join, making them very attractive; in turn offering some very juiciest prize pools. Canada’s most popular poker sites love to offer...

You’re either a good online poker player, or you’re not. You can’t fake skill on the internet. There’s an enormous difference between live and online poker when it comes to the use of skill. In a live setting, anyone can fake being good at the game. It might work well for them, or it...

Texas club dealers agree women play better poker than men. What makes a good poker player these days? Mathematical skills are important. A player with the ability to quickly calculate pot odds and expected values when the action is coming their way will have an advantage over another player who makes decisions based on...

Bad beats happen in poker. You must be able to take the hit and live to fight another day. “Poker is a game of chance.” “No sir, poker is a game of skill.” “You’re both wrong. Poker is a game of chance and skill.” This debate is never likely to end, because there are...

How Concerned Should I Be About Online Poker Bots? The majority of the world’s adult population are hard working people. Day in, day out, entering the work force to make ends meet. I can’t even imagine how many times people have thought, if I just had a robot here to do my work for...