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People learn better from playing games.  We raise and teach our children often times by making up games.  Games provide a creative outlet for our brain and make it easier to grasp dry subjects and make it fun.
Texas Hold ‘em is supposed to be fun and it is fun, unless you fail to win.  To […]

OK, we have covered Straights that is easy enough, now we are going to hit Flushes, which is much better than getting hit by a flush, even though its sometimes easy to see them coming.

Everyone has to start somewhere and this article reviews the basics of straights and then we’ll hit flushes in the next article and how they are compared in a showdown in those ear pulling moments when you find yourself going up against a straight with a straight or a flush with a flush.

We have talked before about understanding our cash or chip situation understanding that we can sit back and wait for a good hand as long as the chips last. But in many games the blinds go up to pressure people to play or get out of the way of the pot. So now we will go just a little further into understanding good cash flow or chip management in Texas Hold ‘em.

In a game of strategy its always important to understand the element of time. Anything is possible with all the time in the world. Everyone runs on a different time clock in Texas Hold ‘em which is partially dependent on their playing style and partially dependent on how many chips they have in their stack. In this article we delve into betting structures and how a simple time clock can work when we play it tight.

Today we cover the simplest scenario for the initial betting in Texas Hold ‘em. A scenario where no one raises and everyone simply matches the Big Blind or Folds. Tomorrow we’ll cover the raise potential a little more and go further in depth with the amounts of betting and we might get into variations of betting requirments depending on the version of Texas Hold ‘em that is being plaid from No Limit, to Fixed Limit to Pot limit and more.

Texas Hold ‘em Betting Structures vary across the multiple versions of the game. We’re covering various betting structures this week and starting today with Positioning of Small Blind and Big Blind and maybe an Ante as well . . .

Well, we’ve come a long way together already, learning about The Pocket, The burn card, The Flop, The Turn and now its time to learn about old Man River . . .
The River - Where The Round comes to an End
Finally, the dealer throws the last card in the hand. This is The River […]

Greetings, My name is Brett Bumeter and I am a new writer here at The Poker Blog. I have been playing cards and poker for much of my life. I also cover several other topics as a writer from Finance, International Tax, Web Marketing, MindMapping, and Comedy.
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Forget for a moment that the “make online poker illegal” crew is active again, raising their collective ugly head. Some people are still playing. John helped me put together a quick primer on how to lose your money fast. It’s a collection of tips based on some of the things John has already learned this […]