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Understanding Key Hands in Poker

Heather — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 22:35:02 +0000

In cards, few things are constant, few things are always true. One true thing is that if you do not fully comprehend the suits and the ranks of the cars, then you will not be a good poker player — period.

This probably seems obvious, but not everyone out there is an expert. It does not take much to understand that, yes, the different suits include hearts, diamonds, spades, and clubs, but card ranking and what constitutes a good hand can get confusing.

Sure, one pair is pretty self explanatory; so are two pair. Three of a kind is obvious. But many people who are not yet frequent poker players do not know, for instance, that a royal flush beats all else. It takes everything. Royal flushes consist of a ten, jack, queen, king, and ace, all in the same suit. A straight flush is just down from the royal; it consists of any five cards of the same suit in numerical order. A straight by itself can contain cards in any suit. A standard flush must contain five cards of the same suit but not necessarily in order.

The 5 P’s Of Poker: What You Should Know! Part 1

Heather — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 19:17:08 +0000

Poker is something that is all about strategy, you need to know exactly what you are doing whenever you are playing this game and that is why there are so many poker guidelines out there. While I am not about to quote some books teaching you how exactly to play poker, I am going to touch base on the 5 P’s of playing Poker … because they are extremely important if you really want to win at the game!

The first P is going to be Patience. This is something that every single poker player needs to learn. Honestly, if you want to be one of the best poker players in the world, you are honestly going to have to make sure that you are a patient poker player. You have to make sure that you can wait for some good hands to roll around and as you will see, if you play every single hand, you will lose more money than gain it.

So remember, Patience is the very first P in our 5 series. Just keep this one in mind whenever you are playing this hard game.

Poker Rules – The Un-Understandable Article :D

pkrmn — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 15:37:51 +0000

Haha somebody actually sent me this article explaining me how poker works. Try reading it, I wonder if you learn something… OR NOT!

- Poker rules vary with each game in which newcomers should learn No Limit poker rules before joining tournaments or other poker games online. The rules are prepared so that you understand each method or action taking in poker to win the game and to play fair gaming.

-Hand ranks are often considered in many poker games because they are valuable assets. Hand ranks are important in No Limit games, such as Texas Hold’Em, Seven-card stud, Omaha, Omaha HI/Lo and so forth.

- Most poker games have set rules in which the players with the highest-ranking hand win the round. In some instances, the player with the lowest-rank hand wins the game.

-During some of the poker games, such as the Pot-Limits and No Limit, the rules apply. Throughout the game betting is essentially understood by most professional poker players who intend to challenge each hand to win the game; they often consider No Limit Poker rules, but they consider terms, blinds, buttons, all-in, buy-ins, position, check raise, calls, bets, and other essentials in poker as well.

ROFL! Phil Ivey needs to read this one…