A key aspect of poker at PokerStars (that is remarkably under-credited) is changing up your game. You never bluff? Bullshit. If you’re serious: you both suck at poker and at reading other people at the poker table. Please refer to earlier articles on Muppet Poker!! It’s time to learn to bluff… By now, you should [...]

How much money should you spend playing poker?? If you’re only looking for fun (or are a novice), then you shouldn’t invest more than what is “fun” to lose. You can also play for free at Full Tilt Poker and PokerStar.net. We understand that it’s never fun to lose, but I guess this amount is [...]

Here’s a brief summary of how poker works. It’s actually quite a difficult game to get started just by reading articles, so you’ll need some hands on experience! Go download PokerStars or another online poker room, like FullTiltPoker or PartyPoker.net and start playing for free. In texas hold em (a poker variant), players receive 2 [...]

Whilst Matty and I have discussed calculating poker pot odds in the past, we haven’t yet discussed another important piece of information to know: Implied Poker Odds. This basically refers to calculating your odds based on the current pot value and the potential pot value. Hypothetically, you’re in a game at www.PokerStars.net with 5 other [...]

Position at the table at a site like Full Tilt is an underestimated part of poker game-play, and – if you know how to use your table position wisely – you’ll save a lot more money. I’ll start by defining just exactly what position is: basically, it’s your place at the table relative to the [...]

When you get dealt suited cards on www.BodogLife.com, they will obviously be either connected or gapped; I will start by giving you some basic advice for playing the suited connecting cards. Suited connecting cards are fantastic hands to draw with especially if they are high cards such as AK, KQ, OJ, I would suggest you [...]

Aces How many times have you heard players on PartyPoker.net complain that their “aces got cracked” or how much they hate getting pocket aces because they always loose? There are two main reasons that this happens to poker players A) They don’t raise (or raise enough) pre-flop in the hope that more players will enter [...]

This is probably the most basic but most efficient way to start improving your poker immediately! Considering that poker is a game where winners are decided by the decisions that they make, by simply refining the hands that you enter a pot with will decrease the amount of pots you lose, and also increase the [...]

We can break poker players into a few different types: *Loose Aggressive *Loose Passive/Non-Aggressive *Tight Aggressive *Tight Passive/Non-Aggressive I’ll elaborate: Loose Aggressive Bullies. Poker Bullies. These players are unpredictable, erratic, and probably your worst nightmare when you’re playing poker based solely on odds. These poker players will raise ridiculously, over-bet and bluff way too often. [...]