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Many poker players are wondering what the online poker world look like next month. On June 1st it becomes illegal in the USA for banks and payment processing companies to process the financial transactions relating to online gaming and gambling. This legislation is known as UIGEA, which stands for the Unlawful Internet Gaming Enforcement Act. [...]

You have made some important poker decisions to make it this far. You have successfully chosen your poker room, rakeback or VIP program, your amazing new poker username and you have downloaded the software and made your first $200 deposit into your poker account. Now that you are ready to play, it is an exciting [...]

Did you know that a professional poker player can make some fairly accurate assumptions about your style of playing poker just by looking at your chip stack? Obviously I do not mean if you have a massive chip stack they think “He/she is a good player” because you are winning, I mean the way that [...]

Poker players are not known for their ability to share their ideas or their inclination in wanting to do so. Texas Hold’em poker requires opponents to seek advantages over you and many players never discuss their approach, level of knowledge or strategies to avoid such information being available to people trying to take their money. [...]

New players interested in learning how to play poker not only need to know the poker rules regarding how to bet and how to raise, but they must quickly pick up a knowledge of poker odds and how these impact on the various decisions you make whilst playing poker. Online poker is very fast so [...]

Hello, Before anything, I would like first to share that I love your site. It’s been very helpful. Well, I used to play no-limit Texas holdem tournaments. Because of this, I’ve got the chance to learn a lot of betting styles to varying degrees of success. However, I’m still clueless, I don’t know how do [...]

Hello, I’m wondering, in Texas Holdem should I, at all costs, use the two cards that are given to me or should I just use any of the two cards? Any idea? Thank you. Travis Travis, In Texas Holdem, you make the best five card hand that can be made using both your hold cards [...]

Just weeks ago, I’ve started playing poker, specifically Texas Holdem. Of course, as a beginner, I don’t yet fully understand things most especially those about community cards making a winning hand like a straight 10JQKA. In my experience, the community cards have something to with player 1 with an Ace and and player 2 who [...]

Hello, Just recently, I played together with some friends. I actually won everything, so supposedly, I don’t have to worry for anything. But I’m wondering if we dealt right. Yesterday, I watched a certain Las Vegas game and I’ve seen that the dealer at some point, before the flop, burns 3 cards. I’m bothered. What [...]