February 20th, 2011 by admin

Several sub-areas are identified in the strategy of poker. We distinguish two main often.

First, the mathematics of poker, includes all the numerical information that can help you make a decision, among them the ribs and probabilities , the concept of expectation of gain or the bankroll management .

The second side of the poker strategy concerns the psychology of poker , which will serve to understand the complex system that represents a poker game. A large number of interconnected parameters are taken into account, among them, anticipating the actions of the opponents that uses your storage capacity and compliance (how he played before in a similar situation? ), your empathy (the player has suffered a blow shortly before, he is on tilt and he will play more loosely?), your ingenuity (you have the best hand, how to trap my opponent the incentive to bluff ).

You see that poker psychology is more than just not reading the hands of your opponents and bluffs risky, you must also be able to manipulate your image (the representation that your opponents have you) to manipulate your opponents magnification so that your carpet at their expense.

February 20th, 2011 by admin

The area that extends the strategy of poker is huge, first because he is different ways to play poker: several different variants (hold’em, Omaha and stud are among the most popular but there are many other), each with a specific strategy. On the other hand parcequ’au within a variant, several different game modes (tournament, cash game) and several system updates (limit, no limit, pot limit, spread limit …).

All these factors complicate the strategy of the poker game and you will initially target your learning: the easiest way is to practice one variant (eg hold’em) and explore it in its entirety (tournaments, cash games, no-limit, limit …). Many go even further to restrict their practice, limiting itself to one embodiment, a mode, a delivery system (eg not only play no-limit Hold’em tournament mode). This idea is entirely defensible: the level of online poker is relatively high, it makes sense (especially when it starts), to become an expert in one area rather than scattered through and be everywhere.

February 20th, 2011 by admin

If you talk to someone around you that knows the game of poker that name, you can be sure that the first thing he will mention will be bluffing. Bluffing is a very important element in poker, a good player who does not bluff earn less than a good player bluff occasionally.

What bluff?

The bluff is the action that is to lie your (or your) opponent (s) when they hold a game better than yours.

The total bluff : when you’re bluffing with a hand extremely low and no possibility of improvement. Example: you with 54 tiles in hand, the flop is Jack King Ten of hearts, your hand has no chance of being the highest at the table and you can only improve with the turn and river.

The semi-bluff: we speak of semi-bluff when you raise a hand without value at the time, but with a strong potential for improvement. Example: you have AK of clubs and the flop is 7, 8, Jack, 2 clubs. You raise, if you are followed, an Ace or King on the turn gives you top pair, a club gives you the nut flush. A number of cards can allow you to touch a game if not your strong semi-bluff is not past the flop.

How Bluffing?

The first mistake to avoid is to bluff too often. Even if your opponents are playing tight, they will eventually suspect that you do not always play hard if you restart each time. To avoid this, do not bluff always the same players, and do not try to fight the jars trivial: take the opportunity to fool your opponents that you are a lock to check / fold, bluff your future on big pots will be more credible.

Second thing, you behave exactly as if you had the game Remember that your opponents always keep an eye on you if they notice an unusual action, he may suspect something and discover the deception. If, for example, you’re used to boost weak to the river with a huge game, to be sure that you call your opponent, and suddenly, on a bluff, you raise very strong on the river, a attentive opponent will notice this unusual action you could pay with a game means: this is called a “nice call”.

Last thing, do not bluff if the pot is worth it. If you risk a raise of $ 20 to win a pot of $ 5 for your bluff to be profitable, it would have to work more than 4 out of 5 times! (4 times, you win $ 5, once you lose $ 20). Therefore difficult to win in the long run playing this way! A raise of 2 / 3 of the pot is often used by professional players, just as the bluff works half the time to be profitable.

When Bluffing?

Pre-flop: You probably know that the position is crucial in poker. Before the flop, if no one has raised and few players came into the picture, you can “steal the blinds” if you are placed at the end of speech. The other players, badly placed, may not only with a solid game caller. Most of the time they will fold and you win instantly without going further. Note that tournament, that kind of flight is necessary to survive when the blinds are now substancial.

Flop: the total bluff on the flop is not recommended, because if you call, the blow is lost for sure. In addition, many situations can generate a call to the opponent: a pair, a draw, two over cards … The chances of success are low bluff.

However, if you have shown strength by raising pre-flop (even to steal the blinds) and / or are well placed (you speak last), a second stimulus on the flop you will often win the spot. This is called the “continuation bet”. Be careful though: if you make too continuation bets “, opponents speaking before you check, politely waiting for you turn on your raise with a big reraise.

At the river: A river, the bluff total is further recommended that the semi-bluff for several reasons:

If you play terrible, you can not win instantly without restarting. In addition, if your recovery after you are re-raised, you know where you stand and lie down easily.

If you have an average game, you have chances to win instantly without doing anything. If you raise and you call, you may lose. Worse, if you are reraised, you may be tempted to call with a losing game and lose it more than if you check or check / call.

Mistakes to avoid for successful bluffs

1) Bluffing too often

2) Bluffing callent players all the time anything

3) Bluffing more than 3 players

4) bluff when the pot is not worth the trouble

5) Continue to bluff against the same person when she took you once already

6) Bluffing when one feels that the opponent has a game high

7) Bluffing without reading the article Poker Profitable

Good at all bluffs and before leaving, take a look at the video of Phil Ivey Bluff during the final of Monte Carlo Millions.

February 20th, 2011 by admin

COASTAL AND POKER PROBABILITIES

In poker, the ribs and the probabilities are very helpful to make the right decisions. If you want to be a winner in the long term, I urge you to learn to manipulate these concepts.

What is probability?

A probability is “the measure of the randomness of an event,” ie, the number of times an event may occur in relation to the total number of trials.

It is often noted as a percentage.

For example, the probability that a coin falls on the flip side is 50%

What is a coast?

One side is an estimate of his chances of victory, opponent directly adverse events pro event. A score of 3 against 1 is denoted by 3:1. The first number represents the number of favorable cases, the second being the number of unfavorable case. The total number of cases equals the first digit added with the second. In our example, there are 4 possible cases, 3 we are in favor, 1 goes against us.

Pot odds?

Coasts applied to the pot to meet the following question: an opponent raises $ 20 to $ 50 a jar, do you follow?

- Calculating pot odds.

This amounts to establish a coast that you need to invest in the pot compared to what you

can win. When your opponent raises $ 20 into a pot of $ 50 if you call, you invest $ 20 to win $ 70. The pot odds are then equal to 20:70 ie 2:7 or 1:3.5. That is, you pay 1 to try to win 3.5.

Coasts to win the shot?

If your opponent has a better hand than you, you should count the cards that you would have a better hand than him. These cards save you called your “outs”.

Example:

- You have 34 to heart

K9-your opponent has checked

The flop is as follows: 789 with two cores (8 and 9). At this point, your opponent beats you with his top pair. But you know that if a heart fell on the turn or river, you will have a color, and you win instantly.

Calculate your outs: A, 2, 5, 6, 7, T, V, D, R core, 9 winning cards.

He remains in the package 45 cards, but since we do not know the cards of the opponent, we’ll count her 2 cards for calculations, or 47 cards in total. So there are 9 cards that save you the time, cons 47-9 = 38 cards that make you lose. The coast is thus approximately 9:38 = 1:4,2

Therefore, to make the right decision, you only have to pay if the pot odds are below your ribs to win instantly.

Returning to our example:

Your opponent raises $ 10 to $ 60 a jar, is it a good idea to pay its revival?

pot odds: 10:70 (there are 60 $ + the $ 10 to win his raise) = 1:7

coasts to win the shot: 1:4,2

1:4,2> 1:7, your ribs are higher than the pot odds you will win in the long term, you must pay.

To be a winner in the long run in poker, he must BE YOUR RIBS ARE MORE ATTRACTIVE THAN THE COASTS OF THE POT.

Implied odds?

It can however, during the calculation of pot odds, consider the money to invest opponent betting rounds. This is called implied odds. However, this additional amount can only be an estimate to be evaluated according to each player (based on style are among others). Some do not you let no, other huge.

If you think your opponent will leave the carpet no matter what, you can take into account all carpets are to calculate pot odds.

Example: he raises $ 10 into a pot of $ 60, he still has $ 50 carpet, and you know that he will no matter what. The calculation of implied odds the pot is the following:

10:70 50 is 10:120 or 1:12. Pay its revival with a coastline of about 1:10 victory becomes feasible and cost effective when your implied odds estimate proves accurate!

February 20th, 2011 by admin

If you already know the rules of poker , and want to develop a winning strategy in poker , you must know the fundamentals of poker. After reading this article, you’ll be equipped to manage most low limit poker tables.

Overview of basic concepts of poker

Select the two cards

It is true that in hold’em, you can win with all the starting hands, even

with garbage as 72 offsuit . This is because in Hold’em, 71% of your hand is defined with the flop . However, it will not win a fair number of times to justify playing them because they are most often abused. This does not concern the high level of poker, where players can play weak starting hands in order to trap their opponents.

-> Deepening

Position

In Hold’em, as in all other variants, the position is very important. “Having the right position” means poker, “speak last” and by extension “to speak in the past.” In poker, one who has the position information. Indeed, he observed the intentions of his opponents before making his decision.

There are three sets of positions (for a table with 9 players): position “early” or “early”, which is that players located in the blinds and players to their left. Position “middle” or “intermediary” includes the following 3 players. Position “late” or “late”, the most favorable groups the last two players.

Must complete the flop your hand

Well it does not complement that of your opponents if you feel a weaker hand than yours, otherwise you will be obliged to bluff or you sleep . It is also interesting to have a big draw on the flop. Thus, your hand is not completed immediately, but offers great potential. Example: You have to A3, clover, and the flop gives you the maximum flush draw: Qc Tc 2d (c = club = club), just a third clover falls to give you a huge hand and have a good chance to win the game.

-> Deepening

Lying time

Many players find it hard to sleep with their big pairs (AA, KK) and lose their mats from an opponent sets a trap. Others pay a lot to try and touch a color to turn or river , then they have only 6 chance to get to the next card. We must therefore play a part in the ratings (what use to pay $ 100 for a 6 chance of winning a pot of $ 100?) And secondly the drop shot with hands can be very strong if facts or your instincts tell you that your opponent beats you.

Adapting to the context of Part

On one table to another and between the players, the behavior can vary greatly. Some will be passive, the other aggressive, the other will tend to caller each of your reminders. To be able to adapt and respond to the complexity of behavior in interaction, the experience is paramount. When you do not know how to react in a situation, leave the blow if it costs you too much, do not we say “When in doubt, leave it out!” ?

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February 20th, 2011 by admin

All in: see ” Carpets ”

Bound : Said of two cards (a Hold’em starting hand) that have the same color.

Bad Beat: name given to a losing hand when she was heavily favored to more than 90% at any time of the coup.

Bankroll: it is reserved for the jackpot game player. In no-limit hold’em, it is advisable never caver with more than 5% of his total bankroll, limits, it is preferable to have a bankroll of more than 300 Big Bets. The bankroll long, and the bottom: article on poker bankroll

Bet: see ” Miser ”

Big Bet: the fixed amount of a bet in a game “limit”, on the turn and river. It is equal to 2 Small Bets.

Screened (or blinds) is a sum of money that the two players left of the dealer are forced to pay for the cards are dealt. They are an initial pot will encourage other players to invest in the game to win. The player directly left of the dealer pays the small blind, the one on his left big blind (double the small blind in general).

Bluffing : bringing an opponent to fold when he has a stronger hand than yours.

Button: object placed in front of the donor and allowing all other players to remember the order of speaking. The button runs each party in the direction of clockwise. In poker, position is very important: the more a player after talking to other players, the more information it has on the game is important, and its flexibility is great.

Kind: combination placed between ” two pairs “and the fifth . It consists of three cards of one rank and two cards.

Burning a card: before the cards (the flop, turn, river hold’em for example), the dealer “burns” a card, meaning it burns the top card the packet face down. This helps reduce cheating where a player would have noticed.

Buy-in: see ” Cave ”

Call : see ” Follow ”

“Caper pot” try not to grow, for example by a very small bet, thinking that it will deter the adversary to make a bigger one.

Cash-game: one party or play directly with tokens representative of real money as opposed to one tournament or the registration is done with real money.

Cave (or buy-in) tournament, the registration fee. In cash game , it is the amount of chips with which you sit at the table.

Square: a combination of value between the full-house and flush . It consists of 4 cards of one rank (so when you have four aces, careful not to leave the fifth as you would have stashed in your boot!) Learn more about the square poker

Hole Cards: among all the cards dealt to the player, it is those that only he can see.

High Card: The lowest combination. Actually this is not a combination, only the biggest card.

Open maps: Those which can be used to make combinations and all the other players can see. Some are collective (the flop, the turn in hold’em or Omaha …) on the other are individual (as in some stud for example).

Check: see ” Word ”

Color (or flush): A combination of 5 cards of the same color. Its value lies between the fifth and the full-house .

Odd: said two cards (a Hold’em starting hand) which are not matched .

Two Pair: A combination of 2 cards of same rank, between the pair and trips .

Reveal (or Showdown) when all remaining players after the final betting round show their cards to determine who has the biggest mix.

Donor: The player or dealer who deals the cards.

Drawing-dead: When a player plays to reach a draw that will beat no matter what.

Family (or follows): spades (spade), heart (heart), diamonds (diamond) and clover (clubs) are the 4 families.

Flop: In hold’em or Omaha , this term refers to open 3 cards distributed after the first round of betting. All players may use one or more of these cards to form the largest combination.

Freeroll: A tournament to free registration, where there is money in it.

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Fold: see ” FOLD ”

Full House (or Full): A combination between the color and square . It consists of 3 cards of one rank associated with 2 cards of same rank.

Gamble: play more loose and use his abilities and his chances of winning to win the game. Details on the gamble poker

G Rinder: the grinder poker is a player who played parts lower than its actual level, and in large quantities in order to pluck the poor or inexperienced player. Details of the grinder poker

Heads Up: head to head final.

Hold’em (Texas Hold’em or): variant of poker played more, either online or in larger tournaments.

Kicker: The highest card in one hand and does not form a combination. It is very important if you and your opponent both have a pair of aces, if you have the king as the kicker and his lady, you win the whole pot.

Hand (Hand): it is the combination of 5 cards of bigger than a player can do with all the cards he has at his disposal.

Leverage: Investing in the pot .

Muck (or Mucker) decide not to reveal his cards at showdown if an opponent has unveiled a stronger combination.

Nuts: best possible hand at any given time.

Omaha variant in which each player receives four cards face down and sharing 5 cards with other players.

Pair: combination consisting of 2 cards of one rank, between the ” high card “and the trips .

Word (or Check): stay in the game without betting. If someone has raised before, it is not possible.

Pocket Pair: receiving a pair in his hole cards . Also known as pocket pair .

Pot: the set of chips in play from the blinds and put .

Pot Limit: part during which players can bet an amount ranging from the minimum bet set up to the amount of the pot.

Straight (Straight, Continued): A combination between the three of a kind and color , consisting of 5 consecutive cards of different colors.

Straight Flush (Straight Flush): combination between the square and the royal flush , consisting of 5 consecutive cards of the same color.

Royal Flush (Royal Flush): The most powerful combination, 5 consecutive cards of the same color, ranging from 10 to ace.

Raise: see ” Restart “.

Rebuy: buy a cellar in a tournament or redeem a portion of chips in a cash game .

Raise (Raise): Increase the amount of an implementation of an opponent.

River (River) in hold’em and the Omaha , the river is the fifth and final community card, starts the final round of implementation .

FOLD: to abandon the coup, all the sums involved are lost.

Sit Out: leave his seat, for example to go to the bathroom without leaving the game.

After (or Straight): see ” Straight ”

Follow (or Call): Perform a set amount equal to one made previously by the opponent.

Carpet (or All in): engaging all of its chips in one go.

Draw a circumstance where we need a clear map for additional combinations. We often speak of pulling straight draw or color .

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Turn (Turn): at hold’em and the Omaha , the turn is the fourth community card.

Satellite tournaments or earnings are not money, but tickets for the biggest tournaments. Some online satellites can earn up to big tournaments (World Championships, World Poker Tour …) for less than $ 5.

Showdown: see ” Unveiled “.

Sit’n'Go: tournament with few participants usually begins when the number of participants fixed is reached.

Value Bet: The value bet is a raise with the best hand possible with the larger goal of being paid by the opponent. See article on Value Bet for more information.

February 20th, 2011 by admin

Good mastery of the rules is essential before it can build its own poker strategy and thus advance poker . If some of the terms you are not familiar with our poker glossary is here to help.

For those who want to directly learn the rules of poker broadcast on Canal +, namely the “Hold’Em” is here .

1) Principles of poker

2) Auction

3) Combinations

4) Alternatives : The Texas Hold’em , the Omaha , the Omaha Hi / Lo , the 7 Card Stud and 7 Card Stud Hi / Lo .

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Principles of Poker

All poker games follow the same basic pattern:

Players, building, build a central pot containing tokens representative of real money (cash-game) or virtual money (during tournaments).

The cards are dealt to the player’s hand, some (sometimes all) are hidden.

The player, depending on his hand and strategy, set during the betting rounds.

Once the betting rounds are completed, the player with the best hand or the last player remaining after all other players have folded, wins.
Auction rules
Limit poker

When you play a game of limit poker, you can bet that the specific height indicated. The limit is given in the name of the game ($ 1 / 2, $ 5 / 10, etc.)..

Specifically, if you take part in a limit game $ 5 / 10, this means that the amount bet will be:

Pre-flop (before the flop): $ 5

the flop (when the three community cards are revealed): $ 5

the turn (when the fourth community card has been dealt): $ 10

the river (when the fifth community card has been dealt): $ 10

You can not make up smaller than the “big blind”. In addition, all raises must be made by increasing the amount bet.

For example, in a limit game $ 1 / 2, the raises will be the following, limited to four times the amount of the entry:

Pre-flop: $ 5, $ 10, $ 15 to $ 20

On the flop: $ 5, $ 10, $ 15 to $ 20

On the turn: $ 10, $ 20, $ 30 to $ 40

On the river: $ 10, $ 20, $ 30 to $ 40

No Limit Poker

In some no-limit (no limit), there is no limit to the maximum bet you can do during any betting round. Nevertheless, there is a minimum bet which is the “big blind”.

The minimum value of a stimulus must be less than or equal to the previous bet or raise that preceded in the same round of betting. For example, if the first player to act bets $ 100, then the second player must raise a minimum of $ 100 (total bet of $ 200). There is no maximum raise, you can increase the value of it as much as you want. However, if you want to track an auction, but you do not have enough chips to do so, you must “go all” (which tells all in English). When you are “All-in”, you can only win from the pot you contributed (including your chips).
Poker Pot Limit

The parties’ Pot-Limit games are much like unlimited but nevertheless possess some specificity.

In a pot limit game, players can bet any amount between the amount of the “big blind” and that of the pot. The pot includes the sum of all bets and raises made during the current betting round.

Here’s an example: The pot in the center of the table contains $ 1000. During the next round, a player bets $ 200 and the two following players are also banking $ 200. The fourth player can take up to $ 200 or raise up to $ 1800 maximum. The amount of the stimulus matches the $ 1,000 pot, put the first $ 200, two additional $ 200 and $ 200 clean up the player, whose sum amounts to $ 1,800. Do not forget that in determining the limits of a stimulus is taken into account when calculating the amount that the pot should put the raiser to follow.

Here are all the combinations of poker, the highest to lowest:

Royal Flush

Ten, Jack, Queen, King, Ace of the same color.

Flush

Five cards of same suit in sequence.

Square

Four cards of the same rank.

Full

Three cards of one rank with two cards of same rank.

Color

Five cards of the same color.

Straight (or “Suite”)

Five cards in sequence.

Kind

Three cards of one rank.

Two pairs

Two times two cards of same rank.

Pair

Two cards of one rank.

High Card

The highest card wins.

Let us now review the different variants:

There are dozens of variations, here are the five most popular (online or elsewhere): Texas Hold’em, Omaha, Omaha Hi / Lo, 7 Card Stud and 7 Card Stud Hi / Lo .
Texas Hold’em

Texas Hold’em is the most popular poker and is also the easiest to learn.

Players receive two cards called closed, that is to say that only the player who owns them can see and use. Later, five community cards that everyone can see and use, are placed on the table. Players can create their five card hand using either both, one or none of their hole cards, combined with the community cards.

The game is divided into four betting rounds which are in line with the clockwise around the table. Auction starts from the player who is on the left of the “dealer button”. This button is shifted one position to the left at the end of each game. In an online game, the “dealer button” replaces the real dealer.
The blinds

Before a game begins, the two players after the dealer make updates called “blinds”. They are called “blinds” (which means blind in English) because they are made before the players have seen no maps. The “blinds” help ensure that there is money in the pot early in the game. The player immediately to the left of the dealer posts the “small blind” and the player to his left posts the “big blind”.
Pre-flop

Each player receives two cards he is the only one who can see, these are hole cards. Then the first betting round begins with the player who is on the left of the “big blind”. This player, the gun can:
Followed by betting an amount equal to the “big blind”.
Reviving increasing the amount bet.
Lie not to invest in the pot and give up.

When the betting returns to the player who placed the “big blind”, it can ‘check’ stay in the game without adding anything to the pot. However, if an opponent has raised, the player has three options: fold, call or reraise.
The flop

There are three community cards that all players can use to build their hand of five cards. They are placed face up on the table and are followed by a second betting round.
Turning

It is the fourth community card dealt face up on the table. Players undertake a third round of betting.
River

This is the fifth and final community card is revealed. Players by the final round of betting.
Slaughter

If there is more players at this stage of the game, there is a showdown in which the players reveal their cards and is the highest hand wins. Please consult the Hand Rankings for more information. If two players have a hand of equal value, they will split the pot.

Omaha

Players are dealt four hole cards they are the only ones who can see and five community cards are placed on the table. Everybody can see and use. Each player must use two (and only two) of his hole cards and three community cards to form their hand.

The process is similar to Hold’em ( here to view ).

Omaha Hi / Lo

Omaha Hi / Lo is very similar to regular Omaha, but in this variation, the pot is split between the highest hand (as in Omaha) and the lowest hand to be composed of five cards different, less than or equal to 8.

The process is again similar to Hold’em ( here to view ).

7 Card Stud

7 Card Stud form of poker was the most popular until the advent of Texas Hold’em. It’s a game quite different from Texas Hold’em and Omaha and it requires some patience. It nevertheless remains an exciting and very rewarding.

Before a game begins, each player must place an “ante” (which means betting in English). This is a mandatory to ensure that there is money in the pot. In games of stud poker, there are no community cards. Instead, the dealer begins by each player three cards in the direction of clockwise. The first two cards are dealt face down (hole cards), the third card is dealt face up (upcard), it is commonly called: the door.

7 Card Stud is played in five rounds of betting, bets are made around the table in the direction of clockwise.
The opening auction

It is the player with the lowest up card starts the game with a bet called “bring-in” (which means introducing English). If two players have the same lowest card, the bring-in is determined by the color in the following order: clubs, diamonds, heart and spade.
Third Avenue

Once the implementation of the “bring-in” was done, each player (starting with one that is left of the “bring-in) can fold, call or raise an amount up to the betting limit.
Fourth Avenue

Everyone receives another up card. At that time, the player who has both the highest cards starts the betting. In this round, and only in that round, if a player gets a pair with open cards, it can make a double bet.
Fifth Avenue

Everyone receives another up card. This is the best visible hand (made by the open cards) which means the player who bets first.
Sixth Avenue

Everyone receives a new card and open once again, the player who has the best hand with cards starts the betting.
Seventh Avenue (or river)

Everyone receives a last card that is dealt face down. The player who started the previous round that put first.
Slaughter

The player with the highest hand wins.
7 Card Stud Hi / Lo

7 Card Stud Hi / Lo is very similar to the classic 7-Card Stud, the only difference being that the pot is split between the highest hand (as in 7 Card Stud Classic) and the lowest hand to be composed of five different cards inferior or equal to 8.

The process is similar to the classic 7-Card Stud ( here to view ).