I get a lot of the ideas for my submissions to Muppet Poker from Yahoo Answers, because I see the same questions pop up time and time again. I’ll generally only pick a topic to write about if I’ve seen very little information about it elsewhere… Hence this article. Cold decking is a method [...]

The succeeding table gives you an insight to the odds of you completing certain hands in a regular game of texas hold’em at StarPoker. You will not need to know *all* of these, but it is important to have a general understanding of the chances of certain situations coming to fruition.

Situation
Probability

Percentage
Ratio

Preflop Probabilities:

Dealt AA
0.45%
220 - 1

Dealt [...]

The continuation bet is pretty much an automatic bet that you make when you’ve raised pre-flop. This shows aggression. The purpose: steal as many pots as possible and mask the true strength of your hand.
Lets start with an example:
You have AJs in late position, a full 2/4 NL game. There are 3 limpers, you raise [...]

This is a very important aspect of the game for every poker player. Luckily, as a Texas hold-em player on FullTilt Poker.net, the pot odds and odds of completing your poker hands are relatively easy to calculate compared to other variation of poker.
In this article, I will just teach you quite an easy way [...]

Slow playing is risky business… A lot of poker players at FullTilt Poker that *think* they’re good at poker will slow play way too often.
Basically, here’s a list of hands that a person might slow-play:

They’ve flopped their set.
They’ve nailed their flush.
They’ve nailed their straight.
They’ve flopped two pair.
They’ve booked up.

When slow playing, you must note what [...]

Ever been in a friendly free game of poker with a few friends and thought “well stuff it, its only a freepoker game what do I have to lose by calling this raise with 2 5 off suit?”

I’ll tell you exactly what you have to lose, and more importantly what you don’t get [...]

As we all know, falling in love in real life always has a chance of ending in heart break; although it might be amazing at the start, things could turn sour faster than you think.
The same principles can apply in poker. I’ve seen far too many player fall in love with their hole cards, then [...]