REAL POKER MASTERY

Sean Moronse asked:

Understanding the basic texas holdem poker rules will get you a long way in online poker. I don’t mean your basic rules such as high card, pair, two pair, 3 of a kind, straight, flush, quads, straight flush, and finally royal flush. What I mean is poker rules such as knowing when to holdem and knows when to foldem. Not only that, knowing the proper bankroll management will also make you extremely profitable. It all started a few years ago. I was in college with no job, no money, and no desire to do anything. I kept reading poker forums and free texas holdem poker strategies trying to find the right strategy to win with. Little did I know, observing the play of others was my secret weapon.

Before I sat in any cash game, I watched the play of others for a good 10 minutes or more. I jotted down every move they made and what poker hands they played in certain situations. Some of the questions constantly raced through my mind.

Tight or Loose?

Passive or Aggressive?

Tilt or not Tilt?

What kind of poker chip stacks?

Many thoughts raced through my mind as I watched a single cash game table for 10 minutes or more each time before I sat down. This helped me greatly during the game because when it came down to crunch time I was able to perform. I got so good where I could predict my opponents next move and new how much they would bet right away. I knew exactly how much to bet to get them out of the hand and I knew exactly when I needed to fold. The best part about it all is I was making a killing each day and there was no one stopping me, especially since there was thousands and thousands of new players joining everyday. These new players were horrible and just waiting for you to take their money. The best time to cash in on these players is after you see them take a beat. They will buy in usually for the rest of their bankroll and just try to double up as quickly as they can to make themselves feel better about losing. Patience will be the driving force to profit on these players and all poker players for that matter. Most people do not have the patience to keep folding hand after hand if the cards are not coming. They will try to get cute and make moves with complete garbage. Worst of all, when the garbage actually hits they get rewarded! Terrible play gets rewarded sometimes, that is just a fact of poker. You can minimize your loses though by playing smart and never going on TILT. If you ever suffer a bad beat, the best thing you can do is just completely shut off your computer and walk away for a few hours and come back later with a clear mind. I wish you the best of luck in your poker career and please understand that patience will always be rewarded!

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Will Win asked:


Up to this point we’ve talked about Caribbean Stud Poker’s layout basics, typical hand play and some other entry-level information. Today, we’ll continue the discussion by venturing into payouts. After all, that’s the best part, right? We’ll start with Caribbean Stud Poker hand payouts and finish with a segment about progressive payouts. Let’s get started.

As you know from our previous segment, the dealer must qualify for you to be paid on your raise wagers. Antes are always paid even money. Here’s a handy listing of what raise wagers are paid when the dealer’s hand rank is an Ace-King or better.

One Pair: paid even money. Ex: $10 is paid $10.

Two Pair: paid 2x your raise. Ex: $10 is paid $20.

Three of a Kind: paid 3x your raise. Ex: $10 is paid $30.

Straight: paid 4x your raise. Ex: $10 is paid $40.

Flush: paid 5x your raise. Ex: $10 is paid $50.

Full House: paid 7x your raise. Ex: $10 is paid $70.

Four of a Kind: paid 20x your raise. Ex: $10 is paid $200.

Straight Flush: paid 50x your raise. Ex: $10 is paid $500.

Royal Flush: paid 100x your raise. Ex: $10 is paid $1,000.

Here’s an important note. These payouts are not globally applied. Each casino may have different payouts. For instance, I once saw an online casino that paid 200x on the Royal Flush and 6x on a Full House. Shop around. That’s vital for the progressives.

The real money in Caribbean Stud Poker is won via the progressives. These payouts vary from casino to casino, so shop around to find the best deal. Some will pay less on a Royal Flush, but a lot more on a Four of a Kind. Also keep in mind that these payouts are always made regardless of the dealer’s hand. It’s $1 per hand to get locked into the progressives.

Here’s an example setup for a Caribbean Stud Poker progressive:

Flush: Payout of $50 – $100.

Full House: Payout of $75 – $250.

Four of a Kind: Payout of $100 – $500 (see, shop around).

Straight Flush: 10% of the current progressive jackpot amount. Ex: progressive is $50,000 so the payout would be $5,000.

Royal Flush: The big boy. It pays the whole progressive.

If you read any decent book on casino gambling, it will probably tell you that the progressive is a bad wager. But, they obviously haven’t been sitting at a Caribbean Stud Table and received a Four of a Kind only to see the dealer not qualify. To me, it’s a small price to pay for insurance.

In our last part of this series, we’ll talk about hand rankings and perhaps look at some strategy for winning.



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Abhishek Agarwal asked:


Who has not heard of a game of poker? Is there someone who has not played a round of poker game? There would not be many. Some celebrities too participate in several celebrity poker games. Not many know about the coming up of poker? In reality, there is some dilemma about who could lay the claim about the birth of the poker game. The French call it ‘poque’ which came from Germans’ ‘pochen’ meaning “to knock”. However, it could be contested about having originated from Persian game ‘as nas’ that might have been told to French settlers by the Persian sailors in the New Orleans. However, the game of poker came about, and all are playing and loving its challenge. Poker rules are therefore, extremely important since one might bet their car keys already, for all they know. These poker rules would guide the green horn about graciously losing the initial few deals. Hence, learning to play one good poker game is quite expensive.

One must know the basics about playing poker. The game must go according to poker rules as per the poker variants, poker etiquettes and poker hands so that the play gets implemented. Winning is the entire end in poker as this is more of a mind game than anything else.

At the outset, we should clarify the different games of poker or the variants to see which poker rule needs to be in the play. There are several variants in the poker game; however, the universal poker game variants are: widow poker, stud poker, draw poker and other miscellaneous poker games that include Stud Horse poker, Billabong, Oxford stud and Shanghai, Blind Man’s Bluff and Guts. The most usually played poker games for initial three variants are seven-card stud, five-card draw, and Texas holds ‘em.

As this is the commonly played variant of poker game, the poker rules for five-card draw are often easy to remember. The assumption is that you fundamentally know the general game of poker, all hand values and betting system. Poker rules always differ from any home-style games to any of the other formal games which are played in the casinos. For formal games, the blinds are usually used but for home games, an ante is typically used. Ante is the place where the initial betting round starts often from the player towards the left of the dealer. Then second round betting starts with the player whoever opened or made the very first non-zero betting act in previous round.

One common house rule when playing the five card draw in social games or home is that any player can’t replace more than 3 cards, unless he has an ace or the wile card so as to not easily deplete the deck stub. A common house rule says that the card last in the deck stub would not be dealt to ensure anyone who has seen it would not use the information.

Within seven card stud, the poker rules are bit more complex compared to five card draw as two to eight players could play. The mere poker rule to know and could better make it as the mantra; it is two down, four up, one down. It is lay of cards and is never meant to mean anything else.

Third most often played game of poker is Texas hold ‘em. Poker rules are the same here too, with the first 2 but what has this different is introduction of the lipstick cameras where all spectators are able to see each other’s cards.

It is apparent that we have seen that the poker rules change a bit depending up on the type of poker game being played. As now that we know the different rules in poker, playing it just like the pros will be quite easy as a pie.



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