Don't be a one trick pony. Learning how to play more than just No Limit Texas Hold'em will actually make you a better overall poker player, and, ironically, will make you a better No Limit Hold'em player as well. Limit and No Limit Hold'em are games that are played very differently, but that doesn't mean that you can't use some Limit tactics in No Limit. In fact, there are several poker weapons that are considered Limit plays, but when used correctly are very effective in the game of No Limit...
People who read up on Texas Hold 'em first learn the hands that are strong enough to play. Most every poker book goes into detail, explaining premium hands such as A-A, K-K, Q-Q, A-K, as well as marginal starters like 8-8, 9-9 and A-Q.However, knowing what cards to start with is only the tip of the iceberg when it comes to understanding how to effectively play No Limit Hold 'em. Frankly, it's the easy part.The real trick to playing this game for profit is learning how much to bet on those hands...
If you hadn't heard before now that Jaime Gold is the winner of the 2006 World Series of Poker No-Limit Texas Hold'em Championship well, you must have had the TV turned off and skipped reading the papers.Gold is a former Hollywood agent who once counted James Gandolfini among his clients, and he produced 10-time WSOP winner Johnny Chan's instructional poker DVD. And that makes him a near-perfect media winner for what has become an enormous annual media event.It wasn't always that way, of course....
It's a question facing every university in the nation as online poker has become a $12 billion industry fed largely by young gamblers.Yes, college students such as onetime Lehigh University sophomore class President Greg Hogan are going to lose their money, and maybe even their careers, gambling online. But is it a university's duty, or even right, to stop them?What was billed as a timely discussion of online gambling Wednesday at DeSales University quickly turned into a debate pitting personal...
He has been dubbed Poker's Bad Boy, but can a guy this good be all that bad? Life can be tough when youre an international superstar poker brat. Bluff recently caught up with Phil Hellmuth to find out about the man behind the tantrums.Phil, is it true that a mysterious English clairvoyant predicted your rise to superstardom?Yes. This womans name was Rose Gladden. She was a very famous old psychic; I think I remember something about how she could see angels and auras. She attended a conferencernce...
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