Poker Strategy

Knowing the basics of poker is fine, but to excel and become really good at poker you're going to have work on your strategy. This section should help you on your way!

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  • Bluffing
    In poker it's not only what's in your hand that counts, but also what people think is in your hand. If you bet as though you have better cards than you actually do this is called bluffing, yet the true skill is knowing when to bluff...
  • Dealing With Maniacs
    A Maniac is an opponent who seems to play every hand, and when he enters a pot he typically does so betting, raising, or re-raising regardless of what he holds...
  • Gap Concept
    The Gap Concept is one of David Sklansky's many excellent ideas about poker players. Simply put the gap concept means that you will "need a better hand to call an opening bet than you would to open the betting yourself"...
  • Poker Tells
    A poker tell is any sign from a player that gives away information about his/her strategy or hand...
  • Game Theory & Poker
    Game theory, despite it's name, isn't about Scrabble or Monopoly, it's actually a branch of mathematics dealing with decision-making...
  • Small Stakes Hold'em Online
    No two small stakes Hold'em games are ever the same, strategies and tactics that work at one table can often fail miserably at the next. A good poker player uses vastly different tactics to combat these different situations...
  • Online Poker Training
    Online poker is the new training ground of choice for players wanting to hone their skills.
  • Slow Playing
    Slowplaying is a strategy used to deceive your opponent into thinking that you have a weaker hand than you actually have.
  • Life of a Pro
    The beautifully lithe sun-kissed female bodies strolled past me one after the other, their bikinis barely covering their assets. The beach was as golden as the sun and so was the company, oh god...this is what heaven must be like
  • Poker Cheating Techniques
    Before poker becames so popular and mainstream many people had the misconception that cheating was rife within the sport, images of paddle-boat steamers and cowboys with guns spring to mind...
  • The Squeeze Play
    The "Squeeze Play" is a highly effective, albeit risky move that all good players have in their repertoire. Through it's inclusion in the ever popular...
  • Blocking Bets
    Blocking Bets are small bets made out of position on the river with the intention of seeing a cheap showdown.
  • Stop & Go Play
    The Stop & Go Play is basically just an all-in move in two parts. It's usually used when you're shortish stacked in a tournament. This move is particularly effective online...
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