Selling a house by owner is always a big problem and much fuss. You should take into account everything: how to do it, what taxes are to be paid, what to do with the money and how to get a mortgage and, of course, how not to buy a pup. I used to deal with [...]

When calculating odds, you need to use the number of discounted outs that will help you win the hand. As discussed before, it does you no good to improve your hand only to lose to a better hand. Let’s look at some examples to see better how you determine the number of discounted outs. You have [...]

Overcards are cards higher than anything on the board. Let’s consider an example. You have K♦ Q♥ and the flop comes 9♣ 6♥ 2♦ You have two overcards - can you call a bet? Can you bet? Many poker experts say that you can bet or call a bet in this sit¬uation. However, it takes a lot of experience [...]

Every once in a great while, you will be fortunate enough to flop a “complete” hand - straight or better. When you flop a straight This is the weakest of the complete hands, and is vulnerable to the most draws. Therefore, you want to play a flopped straight fast. Also, any time you flop a complete hand, [...]

Note that initially we are discussing a split two pair - when you have two different ranks in your hand, and you flop one of each of them. We will discuss the “pair on the board” situation later in this chapter. Two pair is a powerful hand that you can play quite strongly. However, it is [...]

The most common way this can happen is when you have Axs, hoping to get a flush draw, and just an ace flops. For instance, you have A♥ 6♥ one in front of the button. Five people call in front of you, you call, and then the button calls. Now the flop comes A♠ T♦ 5♣ You have flopped [...]

This is generally a very good flop for you. Suppose you have raised with A♣ J♣ in late position, four other players have called, and there has been no other raise. The flop comes J♦ 9♥ 2♥ You probably have the best hand right now. However, there are a lot of things than can go wrong. If the turn [...]

There is a problem in low limit poker. It’s a very annoying problem for players who play right poker. I mean if you consider pot odds and implied pot odds and make your bets according to them it may be very offensively for them to see other players winning huge pots with 75o. If the [...]

Have you ever dreamt to work in casino? A lot of money that are really close to you… And you imagine that some of them could stay right in your wallet… I suggest you to follow up with this story of my friend who had been working in casino for some time. I am convinced that the [...]

Surfing internet I’ve found an extremely useful odds chart. It seems to me every poker player who is tending to earn on poker should know this by heart Hand Type You Have What You Need to Win Example   You Have Board     Drawing Hands Open End Straight Flush Draw Straight Flush T♥9♥ J♥8♥2♠   Gutshot Straight Flush Draw Straight Flush J♥T♥ A♥K♥2♠   Flush Draw Flush 9♦8♦ K♦4♦2♠       + Open End Straight Draw Flush or Straight J♥T♥ Q♠9♥2♥           [...]