NL holdem heads up SNG’s NL holdem heads up SNG’s are the fastest way to balloon your bankroll, and something that many great players have got their start with. Previous main event champions such as Peter Eastgate and Joe Cada only play this type of game because it is a pressure packed game and appeals to the younger players..more

NL holdem heads up cash games NL holdem heads up cash games is a unique forms of heads up compared to sit and goes because you can pick whom you want to play. When you can see a players track record before you actually sit them it makes it a lot easier to see what type of player they are. Also, when selecting a player to play you will obviously want to sit against the weaker players so you can make the most money. .more

Learning Texas Hold’em Poker Through Playing So many new and inexperienced poker players look to learn their trade while playing the game, a decision that could prove costly to them if they make the wrong decisions..more

Texas Hold’em Rules The dealer chip moves clockwise around the table after each hand, and is a extremely essential part of the game because it signifies your position. Since Texas Hold'em is a "fixed postion" game, you will have to pay attention to who is "on the button," as it is regularly referred to. .more

Bluffing in Texas Holdem Welcome to this article about Texas Hold em poker. Our aim is that by the end of this article you should have a better understanding about bluffing your way to success in poker..more

Short Stacking in No Limit Hold Em part 2 Your big stack is irrelevant when confronting a short stacker heads-up, since you can only ever win the amount of his stack, you are effectively playing the same short stack as your opponent in your confrontation with him. .more

Short Stacking in No Limit Hold Em Playing a short stack, around 30 big blinds or less, properly in no Limit Hold em poker involves a very basic strategy. It basically involves staying patient, waiting for premium or near premium hands, with the intention of getting all-in preflop or on the flop. .more

Beating Loose No Limit Hold Em Games One of the most important skills in poker is adaptability, a lot of people have trouble in this area, they form a set way, their way of playing, which can work well for them in their ‘normal’ game, but when they play in a game which differs significantly from their normal game they can come unstuck..more

Three Reasons To Play Texas Holdem Poker Texas Holdem poker has grown a huge amount through the last 10 years. What use to be a back room card game has evolved into a huge worldwide phenomenon. With more and more poker television shows and magazines popping up it is safe to say that No Limit Texas Holdem is here to stay. .more

Taking Steps Against Tilting In Poker Tilting in poker is the source of many poker players downfall. If a poker player is on tilt they make bad plays and bad decisions. These bad plays in poker can wind up costing a poker player a huge amount. Becoming a winning Texas Holdem player involves plugging the leaks in a poker players game. .more

Playing Pocket Aces Post Flop Pocket aces post flop play is a little trickier that playing pocket aces pre-flop. This is because the board that is no available is an extra variable for a player to consider. Many inexperienced Texas Holdem players go by the mentality that they can get it in whatever flop that comes down. .more

Playing Aces Out Of Position Every player likes to get dealt aces and many players feel that it is a straight forward playing process. This is untrue however as clever poker players are able to mix up their play with aces every now and then and if done effectively they can milk a ridicules amount of extra value out of their No Limit Texas Holdem opponents..more

Where To Watch High Stakes Texas Holdem High Stakes Texas Holdem is arguably the most exciting form of poker any keen poker fan can watch. With the potential for hundreds of thousands even in some cases millions to be thrown across the table money isn’t an issue in these games. .more

Types Of Texas Holdem Poker Players When a poker player plays at a table he will be playing against many opponents with many different game types. Most of these game types can be grouped into certain categories. Once a poker player groups a player in a certain category he can adjust his play accordingly. .more

Putting An opponent On A Hand In Texas Holdem Putting an opponent on a hand in Texas Holdem is one of the most important things any poker player can learn. Many new Texas Holdem poker players will start out playing there own hand blindly. This is a big mistake as a player’s hand is only as strong as what his opponent is representing. .more

Bluffing in Low Stakes Holdem Bluffing in low stakes Texas Holdem is definitely something that happens too often. Bluffing tends to get glorified on television by outrageous plays that work out in the heavily cut World Series of Poker broadcast on ESPN. .more

No limit Hold em bankroll considerations part 2 If you are constantly playing at a 1% risk threshold i.e. you are moving up limits as soon as you reach the ‘required bankroll requirements’ then your chances of going bust are significantly higher. There is nothing wrong with this approach, as long as you are prepared to move back down to the previous level once you fall below that threshold. .more

No limit Hold em bankroll considerations part 1 In this article we will describe some of the considerations you need to make when deciding what bankroll is enough. Bankroll considerations are vital to anybody who is playing poker with a view to earning money, it is as vital, and maybe even more so than how good you actually are at poker itself. .more

Types of opponents Part 4 - The Clever Lag At times it can be difficult to separate strong loose aggressive players from pure maniacs. Maniacs although they are losing players can be scary to play against purely because of their high variance style of play and the fact that you must actually have a hand to play against them. .more

Types of opponents Part 3 Poor loose players The phrase ‘curiosity killed the cat’ very much is applicable to these types of players. The psyche of these players is interesting. In a way they could be said to be the uber gamblers of poker. If they have a chance of winning the hand they are reluctant to give up on it. .more

Types of opponents Part 2 Tight players Tight passive players don’t fare well in No limit Hold’Em. They do not maximize the value of their good hands, they miss out on two many positive bluffing and semi-bluffing opportunities and are pushed off hands too easily. They also do not give enough action. .more

Types of opponents part 1 This question gets asked time and time again, mostly by people who don’t know anything about the game, besides what they see in movies (almost always not a true portrayal of the game) or from traditionally stereotypical and often wrong perceptions of the game and its players. .more

The significance of a player’s showdown percentage The showdown percentage of a player is one of the most important stats to be aware of in no-limit hold'em. Since on the face of it no limit hold em provides ample bluffing opportunities, you can win a lot of money by pushing tight players out of pots. .more

Starting hands in No Limit Hold Em part 2 Hands that increase in value in No Limit Hold Em are ones with high implied odds. These include small to medium pocket pairs 22-99, suited connectors such as 76s. They are hands that are easy to play post flop, as they either hit the flop hard in the form of a set, an overpair, .more

Starting hands in No Limit Hold Em part 1 The starting value of hands differs quite a lot between No Limit and Fixed Limit Hold Em. The prime reason for this is something called implied odds, which while a factor in fixed limit, becomes much more important in no limit. .more

Stack sizes in No Limit Hold Em part 3 Larger stack sizes in a game greatly increase the value of speculative hands. Deeper stacks give more tools in the form of chips for the skilled professional poker player to work with, so in effect the element of skill is far greater in deepstack poker. .more

Stack sizes in no Limit Hold Em part 2 A crucial factor in no limit hold em is the quantity of chips that players have in their stack. Stack size not only has a major impact on what strategy a player should be looking to employ in the poker game, but also says a lot for the psychology and the type of player he is. .more

Stack sizes in no Limit Hold Em part 1 Minimum buy-in in most online games is 20 buy-ins but for our purposes we call a short stack anything from 0 to 40 big blinds, of course there is quite a difference between someone holding 5 big blinds to someone holding 40 big blinds, but by and large the same principles apply. .more

How to play the trouble Hands in No Limit Hold Em part 2 So, you might say well if they are so much trouble then should we even be playing these picture cards. The answer is actually yes, often they are still playable. But we have to realize that they play far differently in No Limit than they do in Limit Hold Em. .more

How to play the trouble Hands in No Limit Hold Em part 1 As poker players we often bemoan our luck when we continually get dealt trash hands such as 72, 84, 95 or when we raise preflop with pocket Aces or pocket Kings and get no action. While neither is a desired or favorable outcome, perhaps we should not feel too dissatisfied either. .more