Category Archives: Poker Strategy

Before proceeding with this article you have to read „Outs for Dummies“, „Probabilities for Dummies“and „Pot Odds for Dummies“ first. Please skip back, if you haven’t read them yet. Good call, bad call The pot odds are the ratio of … Continue reading →

The word „pot odds” gives a headache to some players. Most of them recall hearing that they’re important, may read an article, don’t understand it immediately and eventually give up. Risk and reward – that’s all If you’re talking about … Continue reading →

If you have read the pot odds for dummies article properly you’re now able to deal with pot odds. But they are useless if you don’t know your chances of winning, the so-called odds. General probabilities Everybody knows statements like: … Continue reading →

A card that gives you the better hand is called „out“. If you know how many outs you have, you can estimate the odds to win and decide how to proceed with your hand. You only need two small tools: … Continue reading →

In Hold’em you only hit the flop only every third time (= 33 %) and only rarely good draws like flush- and straight draws. The fact, that you only hit every third flop is very important to play successful poker. … Continue reading →

The biggest beginner mistake is to play too many hands. Every Ace, no matter if A2 or A5, all suited hands, no matter if 85 or 42, every pocketpair like 55, 22 and every hand with pictures such as QJ … Continue reading →

Watching beginners play is often very painful. You can’t even count the mistakes they’re making and there are plenty of leaks in their game. Fortunately, most of them make common beginners’ mistakes. And here they are: 1. He’s playing too … Continue reading →

Every successful player knows that there are not only “bad” and “good” players. It’s not that easy and there are different types of players you should know: Loose player: This player is playing far too many starting hands. He calls … Continue reading →

Besides your own cards and those of your opponents, the so-called position is an important thing to consider when playing a pot. Before every hand is dealt, the dealer is determined with the „button“ that rotates clockwise around the table. … Continue reading →

Ace high: A hand with only an ace as a high card Backdoor flush- and Backdoor straight draw: If you need two consecutive cards to complete a straight or a flush, you hold a backdoor draw. For instance, you have … Continue reading →