Poker Strategy Articles
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section of the site features poker strategy articles and poker
tips from various authors. If you're interested in contributing
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Poker Strategy Tips
Basic Texas Hold'em Strategy
This articles covers the basics of Texas holdem, which is the
most popular online poker game. The article covers topics like
game selection, the importance of position, and starting hand
selection.
Exploiting
Other Poker Players' Weaknesses
This is an essay from Johnny Vincent. He acknowledges that game
selection is important, but even when you can't find a really
great game, you can find opponents' weaknesses to exploit.
Staying Sharp
in Poker
This article focuses on the mental game of poker. Playing tired,
or playing when you're distracted, is a prescription for losing.
The article goes into more detail about how to win at poker by
"staying sharp".
Poker Cash Game Tips
Cash poker games, or ring game poker, is significantly different
from tournament poker. A lot of new online poker players have
played so much tournament poker that they don't do well at cash
game poker as they could. This article covers information about
EV and controlling other players.
Poker Game Pace
Examines the different aspects of the pace of a poker game,
including whether it's a slow or fast game, a loose or tight
game, a passive or an aggressive game, and how to adjust your
play accordingly.
Online Poker Tells
In live poker games, tells are pretty important, and entire
books have been written about how to spot and use tells. Mike
Caro and Phil Hellmuth both have excellent books on the subject.
This article explains how you can spot "online poker tells" and
use them to increase your edge.
The Semi-Bluff
Semibluffing is a strategic poker concept I learned from David
Sklansky's book The Theory of Poker. This article is our
explanation of the concept of semibluffing. In short, a
semi-bluff is a bet you make when you're behind but have a
reasonable chance of drawing a winning hand, like when you have
four to a flush on the flop in Texas holdem. You have two ways
of winnig the pot when you semibluff here. If the other player
folds, you win the pot outright. If he calls, you still have a 1
out of 3 shot at drawing out on him.
Shorthanded
Poker Play
Hit to win or ABC poker is a fine strategy at a full table,
especially if you're playing limit holdem, but when it comes to
shorthanded poker player, aggression is the order of the day.
This article tells you why to be more aggressive when playing
shorthanded and explains how to be more aggressive when
necessary.
Playing Position
In Texas Holdem
A closer look at how position affects appropriate strategy
decision in a poker game. Looks at how aggression levels,
looseness and tightness, and bluffing are all affected by your
position at the table.
Implied Odds
in Poker
Poker is all about exploiting other players' weaknesses, and
this article looks at the mathematical concept of implied odds
and how that, combined with your understanding your opponents'
tendencies, should affect how you make poker decisions.
Higher
Level Poker Thinking
At its most basic, poker is a game where you make decisions
about whether or not to bet or fold based on the strength of
your hand. The next level of thinking takes into account the
strength of your hand compared to what your opponents might
have. Higher level poker thinking is an important concept to
master when you start moving up to higher stakes poker games. |
