Card-Room

PokerRoom.com recently reopened and once again offers poker cash games.  While some rejoice in the reopening, others wonder what the site could possibly offer them that is different than most other sites on the internet.  Below are five things that separates PokerRoom from the rest. First, PokerRoom offers a variety of games that you don’t [...]

What do you look for in a card room? Poll a hundred poker players and you might get a thousand different answers. One player might prefer the option to smoke while another might run for the doors if they see a cloud of tobacco hanging over the poker room. Free drinks might be the incentive [...]

Some of you may be totally new to the live card room scene and not familiar with some of the lingo or how things run.  In this article, I am going to give you a few definition of terms you will regularly hear in a live card room. Brush – This is the person that [...]

Following on from our pre-flop concepts article for Texas Hold’em poker you should now be in a position to make better pre-flop decisions. The benefit to doing so cannot be overstated because the better you play preflop in poker the only hands you will be playing are those that hold some value for you. Tightening [...]

The first and arguably most important decision you can make in a game of NL Texas Hold’em is whether to play a hand or fold before investing any money into the pot. This fundamental part of poker demands thought and study and this article outlines some of the key considerations to make before folding or [...]

Much of the time you are playing your hands in Texas Hold’em poker based on your own hole cards strength in relation to the board. In order to step up a level and start competing against better players, you must begin to consider the relative strength of your hand based on the potential strength of [...]

Texas Hold ‘em cash games are known as the purest form of online poker and top professionals use them as their fundamental poker game. There are always hundreds of tables to play on and if you can prove yourself as a long term winner in the real money cash games you will always be able [...]

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, I believe all your regular visitors know how things get going when betting on the flop if they raise preflop. Well, I’m your fan and I visit your site regularly as well. But still I don’t totally understand some things regarding betting on the flop if a preflop is raise. Typically, I play 25$NL, [...]

Hi there! In a certain no limit tournament, we were down to 5 players from actually 20 players. As far as as I can remember, we were two there who have almost the same number of chips. Well, I had 85 of clubs back then. Fortunately, I was given the chance to see the flop [...]