Thursday, June 22, 2017

10 Texas Hold’em Poker Tips for Beginners

When people see top poker pros winning pots worth millions of dollars on TV, they naturally feel inspired to try their luck at the Texas Hold’em tables.
Here are 10 great Texas Hold’em tips for beginners, which will help them become poker pros as quickly as possible.
  1. Play the best hand The objective of Texas Hold’em Poker is to create a strong poker hand as it is the strongest hand that wins the jackpot when it is time for showdown. So before contributing to the pot, players should first decide if their hand will help them win the jackpot. This crucial decision must be made when players get their first face-down cards, also referred to as “hole card.”
  2. Understand opponents The best Texas Hold’em players play a tight and aggressive game. Fortunately for the pros, a number of players play loosely, which means that a careful player can make a plenty of money. Players should watch their opponents carefully. If an opponent chooses to play a weak hand, he/she is most probably a poker fish who will end up losing more than winning anything. If opponents play weak hands, you can make money, provided your hands are better than your opponents’ hands.
  3. Create the strongest hand All good Texas Hold’em players aim at creating the strongest hand, and this strong hand must be created before all the betting rounds are over and all the community cards have been dealt on the table. The strongest hand at showdown depends on a number of factors, and one cannot definitely say that this is the strongest hand.
  4. Pre-flop Play Card analysis is something that must be done pre-flop. In fact, players should never continue to the flop until and unless they are sure about what exactly they intend to do with the hands dealt to them.
  5. Good Pre-flop Hands
    • Pairs of Aces, Queens, Kings, and Jacks – These are lucrative hands and players must certainly bet on them.
    • High value cards – Cards such as Ace and King, Ace and Jack, King and Queen, and others have great potential.
    • Suited connectors such as Eight of Spades and Nine of Spades or Queen of Spades and Jack of Spades – Simultaneously, players should avoid playing cards just because they are suited. They should not only be suited, but also connected.
    • Pocket pairs such as a pair of deuces or a pair of tens – Although not high-value cards, they can help players create a strong hand.
    • Combinations of Aces with other cards of the same suit – These cards can be used to create the nut flush.
  6. Post-flop Play 
    After the flop, it is time to critically analyze one’s hand in relation to the community cards. If players’ chances of making a strong hand have diminished, they must immediately fold. On the other hand, if their chances of making a strong hand have increased, they shouldn’t hesitate to bet.
  7. Playing at the Turn
    Here, most of the players have already folded. The players left at the table are still playing for a very good reason. If an opponent raises your bet, it usually means that the opponent has a better hand. In this case, it is better to fold and leave the table.
  8. Playing on the River The game usually turns into a heads-up match, which means that players should be extra alert. They should use all the information they have gathered so far to determine if their opponent has a stronger hand.For example, if the opponent had raised pre-flop, bet on the flop and on the turn, and has chosen to place another bet on the river, it usually means that the opponent has a great hand.Players’ moves on the river depend a lot on the gaming situation.
  9. Be AlertTexas Hold’em players always need to be in alert mode, analyzing cards on the table and the cards in their hands, their opponents’ behavior, and other factors. Players need to take in as much information as possible and take advantage of this information.
  10. Table Position 
    Players should also give importance to their position at the poker table as it can have a major impact on their game.

Monday, May 29, 2017

Poker Positioning Strategies


There�s a board game that originated from the Philippines called Game of the Generals. Only two players can play the game and the winner is usually the one who has the better strategy when it comes to positioning key players of the game.

The flag is the most vulnerable and must therefore be protected at all costs. The spy is the highest ranking official in the game and can ironically be defeated by the lowest ranking officer, the private. It depends on where you position all your players in order for you to win the game.

It�s almost exactly the same process when it comes to winning a game of poker.

Positioning is a very important aspect of poker and unfortunately, it�s also an aspect that most new poker players tend to overlook. First time poker players tend to believe, you see, that everything depends on their cards alone. I assure you that it�s not. In poker, everything matters and expert poker players are aware of this. That�s why for them, positioning is quite an important factor because a good position in a game of poker, especially when it�s something like the Texas Hold�Em version, can give you an advantage over your fellow players.

The Starting Positions

It�s always difficult to be in one of the starting positions because you�re ultimately forced to reveal your hand in the first few rounds without having any idea on what types of hands your opponents are holding. The key to surviving the next few rounds is gauging what type of opponents you�re facing and see if it�s possible to bluff your way through. It�s also a good sign if you�re facing a few opponents and you�re holding large suited cards in your hands.

The Middle Position

This may not be the best position to have in poker but it�s certainly a shade better than having an early position in the game. With the middle position, you have better chances of calculating the odds of winning and being able to get the cards you need. If you�ve been given a slot in the middle position, simply try your best to hang on and do stick with small suited cards.

The Last or Late Position

Alas, this is the best position that you can have when playing poker, especially when there are around ten players or so which is often the case in Texas Hold�Em Poker. If you�re still not that good in playing poker, being in the last position will then give you the upper hand. As others before you will reveal their cards first, use this to your advantage and just calculate the odds as best as you can.

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Sunday, May 28, 2017

To Bluff or Not to Bluff



From Texas Hold’em to nuclear deterrence, the bluff is a common strategic move, and one that we often think of as a kind of improvisation—a clever psychological ploy when the odds are stacked against us.

Game theorists take a different view on bluffing. For Ehud Kalai, a professor of managerial economics and decision sciences at the Kellogg School and founding editor of Games and Economic Behavior, bluffing is primarily computational, not psychological. To win in any strategic game, it pays to be unpredictable, and game theory offers models for how to keep one’s opponent guessing.
“It’s straight mathematics,” Kalai says. “If I bluffed all the time, obviously my bluffing would be ineffective. But it’s not effective to under-bluff, either, because then I’m not making enough use of my reputation as a non-bluffer. If you never bluff, or bluff very rarely, you can use this reputation to bluff more effectively and increase your long-term winnings.”
Mixing It Up
As Kalai defines it, games of skill are those that require strategic moves, with each move ideally serving to maximize unpredictability. In 1984, he had an opportunity to prove this in court. When the city of Chicago forbade a bar owner from putting computerized poker and blackjack machines in his establishment—claiming that these are games of luck, not skill—the owner sued, and Kalai testified as an expert witness on his behalf.
“If you’re going to bluff, you have to be clear about what kind of game you’re playing.”
In front of a judge, he played the games in strategic and nonstrategic ways. “The point was to show that it is possible for someone to play these games with skill,” he says. The judge was ultimately convinced—though he did require a brief tutorial—and the games were deemed to be legal. A crucial part of the skill was bluffing—or playing unpredictably enough to challenge the machine’s algorithms.
Kalai has also applied his expertise to professional football. He once had a conversation with Michael McCaskey, former president of the Chicago Bears, about using game theory calculations to call offensive plays. At the time, computers were banned from the skybox, but he still thinks the Bears could have paid more attention to probabilities.
“Just like in poker, you don’t want to be known for doing certain things in certain situations—in this case, always passing or always running. Even if the situation calls for running the ball, every once in a while you want to pass the ball to keep the other team unsure. I would randomize between passing the ball and running the ball in different situations, but for each situation I would randomize with different probabilities. So, for example, if it’s fourth down and we need ten yards, I would assign a high probability to passing the ball.”
Game theorists call this a mixed strategy. “It’s a standard game theory procedure to deal with two-person, zero-sum games,” Kalai says, and it works for playing poker against a machine or running an offense. It is based on the assumption that your opponent is thinking (or computing) as strategically as you are. It also assumes, of course, that a team is able to assess its own advantage.
In a mixed strategy, bluffing is constant, sustained, and systematic—it takes one’s advantage into account but randomizes just enough to keep that advantage working effectively. Randomization is common practice in any number of “games,” from the predator–prey scenario of a squirrel fleeing a hawk to a government’s approach to airport security or tax auditing. In most cases, success depends on more than a single dramatic bluff. For game theorists, the way to win is to guarantee long-term unpredictability.
Knowing the Game, Knowing Yourself
In business as in poker, it can pay to be unpredictable, but this is only true for certain competitive scenarios. “Think of two fashion companies,” Kalai says. “One company is a trendsetter and one is an imitator. If each has to commit to the next season’s line without prior knowledge of the other’s style choices, then neither the trendsetter nor the imitator wants to be predictable.”
Still, he says, it is important to recognize that not all competitive games call for the same strategy. A mixed strategy might work best in a two-person zero-sum game, but there are also many kinds of nonantagonistic games—in other words, those that require full or partial cooperation. “It gets complicated when you cross into different strategic relationships,” Kalai says. “If you’re going to bluff, you have to be clear about what kind of game you’re playing.”
You also have to be clear about your own reputation. Kent Grayson, a professor of marketing at the Kellogg School who has studied trust and deception, says that bluffing is only effective when it is done with a measure of self-awareness. A good reputation might allow a company to bluff periodically—by, for example, ostensibly moving the date of a product launch, and thereby rattling competitors—but only if that company has a clear sense of how it is perceived.
“A company might want to capitalize on its reputation for being innovative,” he says, “but the bluff would only work if they actually have that reputation—and also if they have a reputation for telling the truth. In general, too much unpredictability is likely to decrease people’s confidence in what you are saying.” In other words, whether through bluffing or outright deception, overcapitalizing on your reputation can damage your reputation. A well-respected bank can introduce hidden fees for a while—just as a popular car salesman can sell the occasional lemon—but eventually devious practices will lead to a serious erosion of trust.
Our concept of trust, Grayson says, is comprised of three components: competence, honesty, and benevolence. In other words: Do I believe in this person’s ability? Do I think he or she is telling the truth? And finally, am I sure that he or she has my best interests at heart? In poker, football, and war, only the first two categories are in play. When it comes to the marketplace, bluffing becomes a much riskier business, because a company has to consider exactly whose trust it is manipulating—and whether the payoff is worth the cost.
High-Stakes Math
It is also not a natural move to bluff when the stakes are extremely high. Game theorists say a mixed strategy has been proven to yield the best results, but there are times when strategic randomization feels like the wrong approach. People under pressure tend to be more risk-averse. They also have to deal with the psychological and political fallout if their bluff does not succeed.
Take for example the final play of this year’s Super Bowl, when the Seattle Seahawks had the ball on the goal line against the New England Patriots. Despite having the best running back in the league, the Seahawks chose to pass on second down, and when the ball was intercepted there was an outcry among the team’s fans. Sometimes even the best strategy is deemed incorrect in hindsight—that is, if it fails. But if it had worked and the Seahawks had won, fans might have thought the play was brilliant.
Randomization is especially tough when it comes to warfare and politics—something Kalai, who is Israeli, has witnessed himself. In 1967, during the Six-Day War between Israel and its Arab neighbors, the Israeli military approached a fellow game theorist with a problem. They knew that some Egyptian convoys were using Israeli symbols on the roofs of their trucks to fool the Israeli bombers. This posed a predicament for the Israeli pilots, who could not tell the true identity of such convoys before making a decision about whether to bomb.
“My friend, being a game theorist, told them that you can compute it. You bomb according to such-and-such probabilities. Of course, there was no way the general was going to do that, even if it was the right decision, because to bomb people by the flip of a coin would be political suicide.”
The British faced a similar dilemma during World War II. When Alan Turing broke the wartime German code, Enigma, the military used a math formula to determine how many interventions the Allied forces could plausibly make without revealing their secret advantage. This, of course, was classified.
So while game theory has a lot to teach about strategic deception, there are limitations. Sometimes the math is too complex to recommend a course of action. “If we take a restricted poker game,” Kalai says, “I can compute the optimal bluffing probabilities. But if it was a full poker game as played by a group of players in the casino, I could not compute the absolutely optimal strategy. The same goes for other situations. Sometimes it is a solvable problem, and sometimes it is just an estimate.”
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Friday, May 26, 2017

After the Flop



After the flop, your hand is pretty much defined. Before the flop, you have seen only 2 cards out of the total 7 cards that will eventually be in play. The flop gives you 3 more cards, so now you are seeing 5 out of the 7 total cards that will eventually make your hand. As a result, the strength of your hand will change far more on the flop than it will on the turn or river, with the exception of those times that you draw at a flush or straight.

For instance, before the flop an Ace and King of the same suit, such as AhKh, is a good hand, with potential to become a huge hand. After all, with a great amount of luck it could turn into a royal flush, the best hand possible. A little more likely is something like top pair, with the best available second card, a pair of Aces, with the King as your second card (kicker), still a very good hand. However, if the 3 cards on the flop are 2, 6 and 9, with no hearts, you have nothing but a weak draw. The best you can hope for is that it is checked around, and an Ace or King comes on the turn. Your great potential has turned to trash, and if there is a bet you should fold unless the pot is very large.

At the other end of the scale, you could start with something like a J and Q unsuited, which you would hopefully only be playing in 1 of the last 2 positions or the blinds, which is a weak starting hand. However, if you get lucky and flop something like J, Q, Q, your hand has just gone from marginal to monster. In a case like this, your decision changes from one of �should I stay in� to �how do I get the most money in the pot�.
The result that will occur most frequently is that you put in a raise before the flop with premium cards that have an opportunity to turn into a big hand, or you call a bet in late position with a weak, speculative hand like a suited connector, and once you see the flop, you have nothing. In this case, you must check and fold.

This is the reason for only playing speculative hands in late position for one bet. They will not usually turn into anything and you throw them away, so you don�t want to put in a lot of money which you are probably going to lose. The large premium hands will however end up turning into a good hand much more often, so you raise with those to get more money in the pot because you expect to win it.

After you see the flop, one of several things is going to happen.

1) After the flop, you have nothing. You have no pair, no draw to a straight or flush, and there are cards on the board that are higher than yours. For instance, in late position, after 3 other players have called, you call with a Jack and Queen of 2 different suits. The flop contains an Ace, a 9 and a 3, all different suits. Note that if someone has an Ace, your only hope is that both a Ten and a King come to give you a straight, or both a Jack and a Queen come, to give you 2 pair, or perhaps 2 Jacks or 2 Queens to give you 3 of a kind. In the latter 2 cases, your opponent could be holding an Ace and either a Jack or Queen, so you would still lose. The decision in this case is very simple. Check and fold to a bet.

2) Once you see the flop, you have a huge hand. For instance, you started with a pocket pair, and hit a third of the same rank, giving you a set, or you flopped a flush or straight, or you hit top 2 pair. Once again, the decision is easy, bet and/or raise. There may be an occasional case where you want to slow play, i.e. check and just call a bet. For instance, you raised before the flop, hit a third ace, and it seems unlikely that anybody could have a hand where they could call a bet. However, at the low limits, there is no need to be tricky. The players will call bets and raises even when it should be obvious that they can�t win. One of the worst things that can happen is that you hit your huge hand, while someone else hits a very good second best hand and would have raised, so you cost yourself money. Of course the worst thing that could happen is that you let someone draw cheaply, or for free, and they end up beating your huge hand. This is very expensive, because your slow play cost you the entire pot.

3) You have a good, but not great hand. For instance, you raised before the flop with a pair of jacks, no cards higher than a Jack came on the flop, and there is no flush or straight likely. You probably have the best hand, but it is vulnerable to bad cards appearing on the turn or river. Any Queen, King or Ace that hits the board may give someone a higher pair, and the board could develop into straight or flush possibilities. Ideally, you would like the person on your right to bet, so that you can raise, giving everyone else the situation of having to call 2 bets instead of 1. You may have to try for a check/raise in order to face people with calling 2 bets. You can only try this if you think someone will bet after you check. If you are not sure that someone after you will bet when you check, you should bet. What you want to do if possible is to get players with an Ace, King, or Queen to fold. At the low limits, this is very unlikely when they only have to call 1 bet. Some of them will call all the way to the end with an Ace and any other card hoping that you are bluffing. You may however get someone to fold small cards that would have turned into a straight, a flush, or 2 pair if you had let them draw for free, and this is still a good thing.

4) You have a mediocre hand, such as top pair with a poor second card, or you have the second or third pair. An example of this would be when you call from late position with A7 suited, hoping for a flush draw, and pair the ace, with none of your suit showing, or call with a small pair like 44 or 55. Most of the time, these will be losing hands. Especially if there are several players in the pot, there is likely to be someone with an Ace and a better second card, putting you at a huge disadvantage. In the case of the small pair, you are hoping to flop a set (hit the third card, such as a third 4, or third 5) If there are several people in the pot, and there is a bet before you play, just fold. If it is checked around, and no card comes on the turn that would seem to help anybody, you may want to try a bet and see if they all fold. This is most likely to work if there are only a few people in the pot. The more players there are in, the less likely that they will all fold. You must also be aware of how the players play. If you have a player that will call to the end with a slightly better hand, it may not be worth a bet. Also, if you do bet on the turn, and get raised, fold. Not very many players at the low limits will check raise as a bluff.

5) A situation that happens often is that, after the flop, you either have no made hand, or a very weak made hand, but you have possibilities for improvement. For instance, you call from late position after 4 others have called, with an Ace and 6 of hearts. The flop contains 2 hearts, but no Ace or 6. You are drawing at the nut (best) flush. If you get another heart, you will probably win the pot, otherwise you will most likely lose. To make a decision with drawing hands, you need to consider pot odds, implied odds, and your odds of making the hand you are drawing to, and winning. Note that in many cases it is quite possible that you will make the hand you are looking for, and still lose. And extreme example of this would be hoping to hit a 9 to pair the one you are holding. This would of course lose to anything, pair of Tens or better, and is a bad idea. A more practical example is drawing to an open ended straight, such as 8, 9, T, J, with 2 cards of one suit on board. If either a 7 or Queen hits, you have a straight. However if that 7 or Queen puts 3 of one suit on board you may lose to a flush. As well, if the 2 cards that you have are the 8 and 9, someone else may be drawing to a better hand, with a King and Ace for instance, in which case the Queen that gives you a straight gives them a higher straight at the same time, and is going to cost you some money. As we will see when we talk about counting outs in another article, you must take these possibilities into account when calculating your odds.

There are many more factors that need to be taken into account in each situation. How the other players play, position, the size of the pot, the exact makeup of the flop etc. These will be covered in more detail in future articles. For the moment, this should get you headed in the right direction.

Wednesday, May 24, 2017

How To Win Poker...Is There A Sure Way?



As poker is very popular today and a favorite game to play among Americans, one may ask, if there really is a sure way to win at poker.

The answer is simple. Study and check out these guidelines, try them at poker time and see for yourself.
Before starting to play the game, keep in mind these simple suggestions:

* Inspect the site. Make sure that it is authentic.
* Read the terms and conditions of the site. Check the maximum payouts and the minimum bets.

* Allocate a budget for the day. That budget will determine how much you are willing to lose or to win in the game. Stick to the limit.

* Do not gamble if you can not afford to lose.

* Practice playing the game. Familiarize yourself with the game first before you play for real money.

At the table, here are some warnings that you should always remember:

* If you do make a big win, do not be greedy, stop. Making a big win and gambling it all over again is a big sign of greediness.

* In poker, overall winnings are what count most. If you are losing, or have already lost your allotted money for the day, don�t try to win your losses back. You won't. Stop. Tomorrow is another day.

* Drinking alcohol is a big no no at poker time. It can serious affect your judgment. So stay away from it while on the game.

* Never take side bets. Usually these are just gimmicks, so that more money will go to the casino.

* Never gamble your hard earned money unless you are very much ready to lose it.

While in the game, here are some important ideas to think about:
* Gaze at your opponent's eye. Survey all their moves. Observe them, to better know them. This way, you will fear them less. This way, you will know when they are bluffing or not.

* Play in silence. Have that conversation with your self as well as think deep to your opponents actions. Concentrate.

* Base your decisions on what the reality is. See all movements as they are. Do not fear, instead, be calm and assess their moves accordingly.

* Don't take it personally. At the poker table, it is always unavoidable that your opponent can irritate you. Never give in to such responses. Stay within the good game. Be cool and objective. This is a bluffing game. But do keep in mind that just because your opponent has bluffed earlier, it does not mean that he does all the time. Think tight. Review each move.

* Think about what your opponents have. Create a situation. So when deciding, you'll have a better chance to be right.

* Know when to stop. Is the hand that you are raising now the hand you folded a while ago? This is a sign that you should go home.

* Play to enjoy. Do not play if you are sad, bored or tired. If you can't play having enjoyment as your goal, then don't play at all!

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Tuesday, May 23, 2017

4 Poker Tips the Pros Won't Tell You



In the past few years, professional poker playing has exploded in popularity. The biggest players are winning substantial amounts of money. However, none of the professional poker players are sharing their secrets. In reality, the best players in the world aren�t doing anything really spectacular other than following basic poker tips. What makes the best players so amazing is their ability to utilize all of their strengths and capitalize on the weaknesses of others. Anyone can significantly improve his or her poker game by following these four easy tips.

1. Observe your opponents. This is probably the most crucial part of poker. When playing against someone, the more you know about them, the easier it will be for you to take advantage of their weaknesses. It is always a good idea to observe an opponent's betting habits. Some players bet extremely high when they have a good hand. Other players will attempt to make several seemingly small raises. Anyone who consistently raises after each flop might have a good hand. However, some players will try to bluff. Noticing patterns can help you adjust to the moves of your opponents. This will help you save money, and possibly have great gains.
2. Bet wisely and watch your money. Every poker player should set limits when going into the casino. The pros don�t have to worry about money so much, but the average player definitely does. Set a limit and do not exceed it. Being money conscious can help ensure that if you have a bad day at the tables, you don�t put yourself in debt. Along with managing money is managing bets. Some players like to bet high (high rollers), but this can lead to drastic losses. Some of the best players bet moderately, and increase their bets slightly when they have a good hand. The best advice for betting is �avoid the extremes.� Don�t bet too little, because you will end up losing money in the long run. At the same time, don�t bet too much because you might lose a lot of money on only one hand, and that is never good.

3. Take your time. The pros seem to think very fast, but that is because they are pros! You don�t have to make decisions too rashly. Take time to look at your hand and figure out what you have and bet accordingly. Also, take the time to survey your opponents and surmise what hands they might have. The pros are always thinking and are simply faster than the average player. It is important to realize that every poker player has to think logically and make educated guesses.

4. Know when to fold, and when to stay in. Many players do not understand the best solutions for folding or staying in. The best players understand their chances and only stay in when they have at least one type of hand. Having two face cards is a good reason to stay in, but having two different low number cards might not be such a strong hand. When observing other players, if you notice high bets from a player who does not bluff, then you should probably fold. Knowing when to take risks and when to be conservative is a very important element to being a solid poker player.

The pros may seem like they are doing impossible things, but they are really just following basic tips. Poker is a game of chance, but you can always tip the odds in your favor by studying your opponents, being smart with money and betting, and thinking through your decisions. Play smart and you will notice a great increase in your poker winnings.

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3 Quick Tips to Help You Play Online Poker Like a Pro

Online poker has exploded in popularity. More and more players are winning big money in tournaments and other money games. In order to win, you have to play like a pro. The best players are educated on all aspects of poker. These three tips should help your poker game improve vastly.

1. Don�t be afraid to commit to the pot. When you have a very good hand, you should always bet a fairly large amount. You can try to draw players into the hand with slowly increasing bets. If you make a large bet, and a player re-raises you, don�t be afraid to call. Some players attempt to scare others off by re-raising. If you know that you have a solid hand, then don�t be scared off by a re-raise. Committing to the pot is not bad when you know you have a solid hand. Someone who folds a good hand because of a raise is generally just throwing his or her money away. The best players play with a significant amount of confidence. Confidence is shown when you stay in a hand that you know you have a good chance at winning. In the end, poker is still a game of chance. The players who are willing to take chances (when they have a reasonably solid hand, of course) have the most success.

2. Avoid underbetting the pot. This goes along the same lines as �commit to the pot.� If you simply bet a small amount after every turn, then more players will be inclined to stay in. This increases the chances of someone hitting cards and beating you. The ideal betting scenario for someone with a good hand is to bet just enough to keep one person in. Or, if it is one on one, bet high enough to scare people off. This again relates to confidence. The best players are confident in their hands, so they don�t worry about betting too much. Tentative players may last longer than players who bet a lot in the beginning, but the winners are those who know exactly when to be tentative and when to be aggressive.
3. Know what to do with a draw. If you have a draw (you need one more card to have an awesome hand), you have to be very careful. For example, needing only one more card in order to have a flush is very nice, but many players get over excited. Players sometimes bet extremely high in these instances and then end up losing the hand. It is important to know what to do in case of a draw. You should either check or bet small. The only time you should bet high is if you think that the other player does not have anything.

It is difficult to win consistently in online poker. There is always new competition, and lady luck will not always be on your side. However, the pros always play smart poker, and make good decisions. These tips should help you make better decisions and have greater success with your poker game.

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