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Do Online Poker Tells Really Exist?
You’ve got the skills, you’ve chosen your poker room, and you’ve got the best attitude ever. Now what? You’re definitely ready to play online poker, but what if the other more experienced players can sense you’re ...
The Art Of Bluffing In Poker
If there is one thing that the general public knows about poker, it probably is bluffing. Even the uninitiated have heard tales of great bluffing feats to win a game – how a player keeps his emotions in total control, without...
Tournament Poker Basics and Advanced Strategies (cont)
Another advanced strategy that most experienced tournament participants understand is the gap concept. The basic principle with this strategy is that it usually takes a much stronger hand to call a raise than it does to make th...
Raising Your Expectations In Poker
Without our being conscious of it, many of us tend to define our hands by what we think our opponents’ cards are. You can see this from the betting process, particularly the raises and reraises. Here’s one example…...
Understanding Video Poker Machines
Gambling and card games may be one of the oldest pastimes in human history, but that doesn’t mean they won’t be touched by technology in some way. In fact, technology is changing the face of gambling and of casinos ...
Understanding the Net Present Value in Poker
It may come as a surprise but many poker concepts can actually be learned by studying other disciplines. For example, there are so many parallelisms between poker concepts and business. Various companies must make crucial decis...
Ricky Jay Plays Poker – a Poker DVD!
Have you ever thought about what kind of music you like listening to when playing poker? For that matter, have you ever associated poker with music? To be honest, I’ve never thought about this before until I came across an al...
The Pre-Flop Re-Steal – No Limit Texas Holdem
I suppose there is a library of advice that can be offered in regards to every poker play; however, stealing the blinds is a necessity in tournament play if you hope to build your stack towards the leader, and maintain a workab...
Women and Poker – Some Interesting Stats
We have to admit it, poker is generally seen as a man’s game. Yet as other things change in our society, so does this general perception. I came across this really interesting article which talked about a study that was done ...
Is Poker a Sport, or Not?
While the argument of whether poker is a game of chance or skill has been debated for as long as one can remember, it is not quite everyday that you will hear people debating whether poker is a sport or not. I came across a Bri...
How To Play Chinese Poker
It seems that there is an emerging (though quite not prominent yet) poker variant in existence today. According to Nicole Gordon of PokerNews, well known names in poker have shown quite a propensity for this type of poker. What...
I Bet My Wife in a Poker Game and Lost!
I’m sure you’ll have heard poker stories like this before… A gambler is so much into a game but ends up having a bad streak. He loses his cool and is desperate to make a comeback, convinced that the next hand ...
Poker Bots (and how to get your’s FREE!)
(NOTE: The “Free Poker Bot” is no longer available. However, we recommend using the Online Poker Bot v. 4. We’ve negotiated a deal exclusive to SmokePoker members who are looking for a superior and relia...
Understanding Poker Player Types
More than the starting hands that you are dealt with in a poker game, there are other factors that you need to consider when playing poker. If you remember my article with quotes from famous poker players, you will remember one...
The Poker Bully (and how to be one!)
We’ve all been taught that bullying is not a good thing. In school, bullies were always seen to be bad – and they were. However, I’m sure that you also know that bullies pounce on the slightest sign of weakness an...
Doyle Brunson: “It’s A State of Mind”
Of course you have all heard about Doyle Brunson, right? One or two of you guys out there probably even idolize this poker great – I sure do. Well, I ran across something he wrote just the other day at Poker Player. Coming fr...
Watch Poker Live 24/7 At RawVegas.tv
As time goes by, just when we thought we have seen and heard of everything, technology and its applications never cease to amaze us. I bet that when the TV was introduced ages ago, people’s eyes just popped out of their head....
Famous (Often Amusing) Poker Quotes
We all have our heroes and people we look up to. Whether it be in “real life” or on the game floor, there are people we consider our role models. Poker is not an exception, and when we look up to people we watch their every...
Some Mistakes Poker Beginners Make (Part 2)
In my last article I talked about some of the most common boo boos that newbies at the poker table commit. This was done with the hope that potential poker players or even those who are already playing but are relatively new to...
Some Mistakes Poker Beginners Make (Part 1)
Admit it, any beginner at any game is bound to make mistakes. The key is to know what they are to try to avoid them as much as possible. Texas Hold ’em – or any poker variant for that matter – is not exempt from begin...
