Watch other players – keep an eye on who plays the most hands, despite their hands. Who is close to being ALL-IN and will probably risk all on whatever hand they have? Which players BLUFF (some never do)? Which players bet hard to get rid of other players early? You can concentrate on the other players easiest when you have folded, but try to note such things even when you are still in the game.

Low Pairs – from seven-seven down. Play these very carefully as you could be setting yourself up for a loss. If in doubt then throw them away, but if you do manage to hold on look out for at least Three of a Kind or you are probably on a loser.

Vary your play – keep other players guessing throughout your game, don’t only RAISE pre-flop when you have a very strong hand, and don’t only FOLD when you are not in posession of good cards. If they can’t read your game then they won’t be able to follow a beginners pattern that will lead them to have an idea what you have.

BLUFF – Good players often pull off a major steal through good timing of BLUFFs. Use the player watching technique and bad FLOPs to go all out for a win – beginners will often be intimidated out of the hand, good players will be more difficult – but once you get a profile of their playing style you will be able to make this work.

Beginners beware! – Don’t rush your money away. All too often we see inexperienced players playing with hands that really should have been FOLDed before the FLOP. Don’t get caught out – use our tip to only play so many hands in every three or five hands.

So there’s the 411 hope you enjoyed this weeks post and now to the video have fun and GO PLAY POKER! 

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Rank of Hands in Texas Holdem

In texas hold em poker, players compare five card hands against each other to determine who wins. A player with a flush has a better hand than a player with a straight, for example. The following list is from best to worst, so any hand on the list beats any hand below it and loses to any hand above it.

Royal Flush – An Ace-High straight of one suit.

Straight Flush – A straight of entirely one suit.

Four-of-a-Kind (Quads) – Four cards of the same rank.

Full House (Full Boat, Boat) – Three-of-a-kind and a pair. The example below would be called “Queens over Aces” or “Queens full of Aces”.

Flush – Five cards of the same suit.

Straight (Run) – Five cards of sequential rank. Note that in holdem, Aces can be high or low.
An example of a straight where the Ace is low:

Three-of-a-Kind (Trips, Set, Triplets) – Three cards of the same rank.

Two Pair – Two cards of the same rank and another two cards of the same rank. The example below would be called “Jacks and Twos”.

One Pair – Two cards of the same rank.

High Card – When you don’t have any of the above, your highest card determines your hand. The example below would be “King High” or “High card King”.

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Texas Holdem is a community card game, meaning that some cards are dealt face up in the middle of the table and shared by all players. Each player is dealt two pocket or hole cards which they consider with the five community cards to make the best possible five-card hand.

The person who is dealt last is regarded as the dealer and as such is marked with a dealer button. At the end of the hand the button is passed clockwise to the next player.

Most hands of poker begin by some form of forced betting. This is to ensure that there is action with every hand. Hold’em is played with two blinds (a bet before the pocket cards are received). The two players to the left of the dealer start with placing blind bets. The small blind is posted by the first player and the big blind by the second. The big blind is always the minimum bet at the table and the small blind is half. During a betting round, each player in turn takes one of the following actions:

When the blind bets are placed, the dealer gives out two cards to each player. The dealer deals clockwise. The two cards are called “hole cards” or “pocket cards”.

After this the players choose if they would like to make a bet. The person after the big blind starts. In the first round you cannot “Check”, but you can do any of the following: Bet, Call, Raise or Fold. All players shall put the same amount in for the game in order to continue. So if one player raises, the other players must either call or re-raise, or fold (drop out of the round).

Dealer turns three cards on the table – the Flop. These three cards are community cards and can be used in combination with the two hidden cards each player has in his/her hand.

The remaining players now start the second round of bidding. The first player to the left of the dealer starts the bidding round. The following actions can now be taken: Check, Bet/Raise, Call or Fold.

All players must put the same amount into the pot, or fold before the round has ended.

The same rules apply for both the bidding and the raising in each round from now on.

The dealer now displays the fourth community card on the table, so all players have six cards to play with. A round of betting now takes place.

The fifth and last community card on the table is displayed. A round of betting now takes place.

In all, five of the seven cards can be used. This means that each player can form the best possible five-card hand from their two hole cards and the five community cards on the table. You don’t even have to use any of your own cards if you don’t want to. You can “play the board” if the best hand is shown there. The remaining players now show their cards, and the winner is found. If a player shows his/her cards and you are not able to beat these cards, you choose yourself if you want to show your cards or not.

For more on this subject see Texas Holdem Basics so there is the 411 you got it here at winning hand.net. Now see this video and have fun GO PLAY POKER!

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