REAL POKER MASTERY

Will Win asked:


In part one of the Caribbean Stud Poker Tip Sheet, I went over the all-important odds chart and gave you some insight into what to expect when you’re playing Caribbean Stud Poker. Next, let’s go over four fast tips to help you maximize your fun and potential profit when playing Caribbean Stud Poker.

Caribbean Stud Poker Tip One – Staying In

This one is pretty easy. If you are dealt two pairs or better, add to your wager and stay in the hand. The premise is simple. The dealer will only have a hand better than two pair once per 47 hands in theory. The probability of you winning is on your side.

I’d also expand this and say that with one pair you should strongly consider staying in the hand. The probability of getting two pair is 1:21 and if you win you’re being paid 1:1, so the value is in your favor. The dealer will fail to qualify very often and that’s what you want when you have one pair.

Caribbean Stud Poker Tip Two – Play that progressive

Some call it a sucker’s bet, but let’s be honest. Why are you playing this game? To have fun and win money!

If you get a straight, flush, full house, straight flush or royal flush and the dealer doesn’t quality-again, it happens a lot-you get paid nothing. I don’t know about you, but if I’m dealt a four of a kind and the dealer doesn’t qualify, I’ll look pretty stupid for not betting that $1.

And if you’re a money management and fiscal conservative, go play Craps or nothing at all.

Caribbean Stud Poker Tip Three – Nothing equals fold

Again, a super simple tip to live by. If you have nothing in your hand, fold. Why? Well, think about it. The only way you win is if the dealer doesn’t qualify and that might happen say 30% of the time. If that were the case, you’d have a 70% chance to lose and you’ll only be paid even money on your Ante wager. Your Bet wager gets nothing, but it can lose if you stay in.

Think about it again if you think I’m wrong. You’re wagering two times the amount to win half. For instance, you’re wagering $10 with nothing to win a maximum of $5 and you have a high probability of losing on top of all that. It’s a really stupid move.

Caribbean Stud Poker Tip Four – Play it cool

Caribbean Stud Poker is a great game, but it’s not the best game in the house. Have a blast, but never press up your bets thinking that you’re “due” to win.

Take it easy, have fun, remember these tips and win some money.



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Pd Laughlin asked:

Recently, I received a question from one of my students. It stated, “What exactly is pot odds and is Texas Holdem pot odds strategy worth pursuing?”

One thing to remember, any kind of Texas Holdem odds can and usually do get very confusing. However, let me break pot odds down in very simple terms. Please note that we are only discussing Pot Odds. Not outs, implied odds, simple odds or anything else like that.

In short, pot odds are the odds you get when determining the ratio of the amount of money in the pot to the amount of money it will cost you to call the bet.

For example, let’s say you’re heads up with Player A. If there is $150.00 in the pot after the flop and Player A places a $20.00 bet it will cost you only 13% of the pot to stay in the hand. If your likelihood of winning is greater than 13% it’s a no-brainer to call because you’d have good pot odds.

That’s all there is to it really. Texas Holdem pot odds boils down to one thing. If your chance of winning is better than the ratio of the pot size to the bet then you have good pot odds. If it’s lower than you have bad pot odds.

One more thought about Texas Holdem pot odds. You’re still playing the player more so than anything else. Play the player more than your starting hands or the size of the chip stack and even, yes the pot odds.

If you can learn to read your opponents well you can utilize pot odds to help justify or solidify your decision. But Texas Holdem pot odds do not have to be an end all whenever you make a poker decision.

Knowing and understanding how Texas Holdem pot odds work can be a useful and successful strategy. But again don’t make Texas Holdem pot odds your only strategy.

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Madra asked:


Limit Texas Holdem games are being beaten in popularity by the No-Limit version of Texas holdem. All these happened after the world famous events familiarized and took the No-Limit Holdem to a huge number of audiences instantly. However, Limit Texas holdem is still being enjoyed by the financially conscious people that would like to make little pots of chips and eventually a big winning.

The fun and excitement of the limit Texas holdem game is neutrally being the same over years because the winning is limited and the losing is also limited. With being a safe playing methodology the variant maintains the kind of recognition. It actually is worth.

Texas Holdem is definitely a good place to start with a stunning and exciting poker experience. The basics of holdem can be learnt in just a few minutes. The time consumed can be months and months or years and years together depending upon the target goal of the player to become a pro in life. A tight, aggressive approach to the game is usually the best strategy that any beginner can use in Texas holdem with just a little experience.

There is lot of room for bluffing based on the kind of skill level one is with respect to holdem. Though a bluff is always not necessary for a winning, bluffs are used in very competitive situation. The most important thing to be noted in Texas holdem is to soft bet and increase the profit when having the best hand and to reduce the losses by folding when there is no better way to win.

Texas holdem is very much challenging if the game is being played as a short handed version. The long handed version of this game is not as challenging as the short handed table. The action in a short handed game is packed with fast action and lot of aggressiveness.

Regardless of whether one is playing a limit game or no limit game, being heads up with constant fighting for almost every pot is a dire necessity. Blind stealing should be watched for it chance permits. Blind stealing concept is lot famous because something is better than nothing. To make some blind stealing one will have to bet with marginal holdings and bluffs very often, however if the opponent is strong to still stay heads up, the attempt might go a waste. Consider the nature of the opponent and their stability before making bluffs with medium hands in holdem.



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