In Texas Hold’em, you do not discard the top card of the deck prior to dealing a round. So Texas Hold’em could be played by up to 22 players (44 player cards, 3 burn cards, and 5 community cards) sitting at the same table (you better have a big table). Since Hold’em is generally played among 2 to 10 people, you’ll only see a spread larger than that late at night when the poker room is short a dealer, in tournaments when they occasionally combine two tables, or if you have some kind...
Read more about Max Number of Players in Texas Hold Em Odds of Catching Four of a Kind on the Flop - February 27, 2008If you are holding a pocket pair then you are already in fairly exclusive company at 72.7 to 1 odds. When you catch two more of the same on the flop, not only are you almost guaranteed to win the hand, but you are also catching 407 to 1 odds. This doesn’t seem to happen very often and now you know why.
Read more about Odds of Catching Four of a Kind on the Flop How to Play Hold em Starting Hand: Suited Connectors - February 15, 2008This article is in a series of articles that will look at various starting hands you can get in hold’em and what to do with them. It will focus mainly on preflop play, and will cover a normal 9 handed No limit game were you have an average chip size and a reasonable read on other players. While these articles do focus on no limit play, the principles can be applied to limit and pot limit games. Before we discuss the strategies...
Read more about How to Play Hold em Starting Hand: Suited Connectors How to Play Hold em Starting Hand: Junk Hands - February 15, 2008This article is in a series of articles that will look at various starting hands you can get in hold’em and what to do with them. It will focus mainly on preflop play, and will cover a normal 9 handed No limit game were you have an average chip size and a reasonable read on other players. While these articles do focus on no limit play, the principles can be applied to limit and pot limit games. Before we look at how to play junk cards...
Read more about How to Play Hold em Starting Hand: Junk Hands How to Play Hold em Starting Hand: Marginal Hands - February 15, 2008This article is in a series of articles that will look at various starting hands you can get in hold’em and what to do with them. It will focus mainly on preflop play, and will cover a normal 9 handed No limit game were you have an average chip size and a reasonable read on other players. While these articles do focus on no limit play, the principles can be applied to limit and pot limit games. Marginal hands are...
Read more about How to Play Hold em Starting Hand: Marginal Hands How to Play Hold em Starting Hand: Small Pairs - February 15, 2008This article is in a series of articles that will look at various starting hands you can get in hold’em and what to do with them. It will focus mainly on preflop play, and will cover a normal 9 handed No limit game were you have an average chip size and a reasonable read on other players. While these articles do focus on no limit play, the principles can be applied to limit and pot limit games. The first thing you...
Read more about How to Play Hold em Starting Hand: Small Pairs How to Play Hold em Starting Hands AK, AQ, AJ - February 15, 2008This article is in a series of articles that will look at various starting hands you can get in hold’em and what to do with them. It will focus mainly on preflop play, and will cover a normal 9 handed No limit game were you have an average chip size and a reasonable read on other players. While these articles do focus on no limit play, the principles can be applied to limit and pot limit games. efore we discuss situations with these hands the first thing you need to know about these hands is they...
Read more about How to Play Hold em Starting Hands AK, AQ, AJ How to Play Hold em Starting Hand: Middle Pairs - February 15, 2008This article is in a series of articles that will look at various starting hands you can get in hold’em and what to do with them. It will focus mainly on preflop play, and will cover a normal 9 handed No limit game were you have an average chip size and a reasonable read on other players. While these articles do focus on no limit play, the principles can be applied to limit and pot limit games. We will look at what you should do with these hands in the following 3 positions early, which is 1st...
Read more about How to Play Hold em Starting Hand: Middle Pairs How to Play Hold em Starting Hands AA, KK, QQ - February 15, 2008This article is in a series of articles that will look at various starting hands you can get in Texas Hold em and what to do with them. It will focus mainly on preflop play, and will cover a normal 9 handed No limit game were you have an average chip size and a reasonable read on other players. While these articles do focus on no limit play, the principles can be applied to limit and pot limit games. This first article will look at the 3 best starting hands you can get A, A, K, K and Q, Q. The first...
Read more about How to Play Hold em Starting Hands AA, KK, QQ How to Play Texas Hold em - February 7, 2008Texas Hold’em is a variation of poker were each player is dealt 2 cards face down (their hole cards) and then has to make the best 5 card poker hand possible based on their 2 hole cards and the 5 community cards that are dealt onto the table as the game progresses. Hold’em uses a standard 52 card deck and uses the same hand ranking as normal poker. Before the cards are dealt the person to the left of the dealer puts up a nominated amount called the Small Blind (SB) and the person to his left...
Read more about How to Play Texas Hold em Texas Hold em Starting Hands - February 7, 2008Texas Hold’em poker is by far the most played poker game online. It is an easy game to learn, but takes a lot of practice to master. Because of the many community cards, successful Hold’em play comes from being able to read the community cards, along with your opponent, in determining what he/she has. In this article, we give you tips about winning strategies. Play Strong Starting Hands: Hold’em cannot be without strong starting hands. This is the key to the success. Since the betting position...
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