Secrets of Texas Hold 'Em by Mila Man
... If you are a beginner in poker game do not look for a table of few players. You chances to win decreases and further more you are paying more blinds. Take a table like 10 seats for examble. I prefer 10 seat 0.5/1 or no limit tables. When playing at a table do not start aggressively. Just look around and watch your poker game buddies. Learn how they play and mark those players who are playing well, you will notice them in time. A good player does not play all the deals, in fact he/she folds ...

Pot Odds: When To Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is by Johnny Profit
... Pot odds can help you to win hands you normally would have folded or in the perfect dichotomy fold hands that you are not going to make a sufficient profit. Take for example you are in a hand where you hold medium pair with a fairly strong kicker. Lets say you have Jack Ten and the community is 8 4 10 2 K, you are in the hand with two other people. You have invested 50 dollars and the pot is 175. The final bet on the river made by the first position is 30 dollars and this forces the second ...

Sit and Go Strategies for Poker Prophecy by Marty Smith
... Whether you play at Party Poker, Poker Stars, Ultimate Bet, or a selection of others, Poker Prophecy keeps sit and go records for you whether you are at the table or not. Is it useful? Yes, it absolutely is. If you play sit and go tables even once in awhile, this is the one online poker program that can pay for itself in the same day. In an ideal world you would want to use your poker calculator alongside Poker Prophecy. Now, if you are wondering how knowing an opponent’s win rate will help ...

Operative Poker Calculators and Why Mr. Big Poker Site Doesn't Want You to Have One by Marty Smith
... You could call this the “black hat” of Poker Calculators, because it extracts information on your future opponents, by monitoring your poker website’s table action, and thus building a player database whether you are at a table or not. Then you can retrieve information from that database to view your opponents’ hand selection, playing styles, raising habits, bankroll fluctuations, experience, and a host of other factors. Still not clear? Well imagine if you were waiting in line for a table ...

Poker Calculators and Multi-Table Tournament Strategies by Marty Smith
... There isn’t a poker calculator designed for multi table tournament (MTT) advice specifically, but that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t be using one. In fact, I have used Hold’em Pirate for MTT’s exclusively and have reached a higher amount of final tables while doing so. Hold’em Pirate instructions don’t really mention it’s use in MTT’s, but you are reading this now because I have found through experience that Hold’em Pirate is excellent for MTT’s in assisting you with monitoring the table ...

Final Table Tournament Play and Your Poker Calculator by Marty Smith
... Your poker calculator will say to fold hands like QTs, or AJos, but if your stack is 4 or 5 times bigger than his, this is an automatic call. I would even play more speculative hands in that spot like T9s, and pocket pairs right down to deuces. Conversely if you are a short stack your play is wide open as you have nothing to lose but move up. In position if your stack can cause some damage to some medium stacks to your left in the blinds you are actually situated better than it may seem.

When to Ignore Your Poker Calculator by Marty Smith
... Holding most of these hands your poker calculator is going to be telling you to fold. Your strategy here should be to re-raise the maniac and get him heads up. Call down if you have to but let him know you won’t play dead, which is what your software will be suggesting. A similar situation and hand selection occurs in late position, but especially when you know your opponents in the button/blind play are tight. Your poker calculator won’t take your position into account, so you have to ...

Online Poker Strategy That Works For Any Player by Niki Antonio
... Knowing poker odds at all time will definitely make your job a lot easier whether to fold or hold your hand. This is the guideline, if your chance of getting your out is bigger than the pot odds, you should to call. On the other hand, if your chance of getting your card is smaller, you need to fold immediately. So there you have it. If you apply these strategies, you will win more money than you lose. There is no reason to say “I am a bad poker player” to yourself.