As a beginner poker player, one of the first lessons you are given about the game of cards is regarding Texas Hold’em. Poker is a game of skill where luck is a factor, and an endless number of nuances surrounds all of this. Learning all the complex variables in poker will take you years of experience. However, one right way to get started would be to start with the game of Texas Hold’em. How to play Texas Hold’em? The volume of variations that poker has to offer is genuinely confusing to choose from for a beginner. Besides, each variation can be played in several different formats.
As a newbie, your should get all your basics right so that you can then build on a secure foundation and have a complete rapporteur that a successful poker player would need. Texas Hold’em, which happens to be the most popular form of poker played worldwide and live, offers a wholesome experience of the action at the table. Through Hold’em games, you can get a taste of all the flavours that poker has to offer. From betting patterns to basic strategies and considering your bankroll management, you learn it all. Let us take a brief look at this game’s format.
Poker Hand Rankings and Table Actions
The idea of winning the pot in a game of Texas Hold’em is to have yourself the best possible five-card poker hand at the table. Poker Texas rules make use of the universally recognized 10 poker hand rankings, and those are the Royal Flush, Straight Flush, Four of a Kind, Full House, Flush, Straight, Three of a Kind, Two Pair, Pair, and High Card ranked from highest to lowest significance.
The poker actions you make determine the result of the game, and the cards you hold are detrimental to the same. You can call to match the amount of the existential bet, you can raise to add to it out of confidence, or you can fold if you think you aren’t in a position to bet. Checking is not always an option, but when it is, you can use it to have the action move past you without folding.
Texas Hold’em Rounds
To begin with, you have the pre-flop round where you are given your two-hole cards, and the first blinds are posted to start betting. The small blind is half the amount of the big blind for most cases. Play begins from the big blind in a clockwise direction, and table positions change with each round. In the flop, three community cards get revealed. One new community card is shown in each, the turn and river rounds. Hold’em games are played with anywhere between two to 10 players. After the turn, those left in hand proceed to the showdown where the one with the best five-card poker hand wins the game.
Inference
Being the most popular poker game, learning Texas Hold’em poker rules is a necessity for those wanting to play the game at a severe level. Of course, things can get tricky when you are playing MTTs with Hold’em, but with time and experience, you should be able to make the most out of your skills.

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As some have said a couple of times in the last months, NANO is great, but it lacks a lot on adoption. There is no "Killer App" that makes users interested in NANO. It might be great, but if it's not used it won't succeed.
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Introducing PlayNANO
PlayNANO it's an attempt at fixing this. On PlayNANO users will be able to earn Nano by completing all sorts of tasks; Play multiplayer games with friends and earn Nano for winning; Bet on multiple casino games; And lastly spend their Nano on all sorts of digital products. Oh and also, no account or login required!
See why Nano is the best crypto, with fee-less and instant use cases. Earn, play, bet, and spend - no account or login required.
I might not be the first doing something like this, but I'm aiming for better than what we have now.

• First - it will be for-profit. I love this community and a lot of the projects built, especially in the last couple of weeks. But most of them aren't for profit, nor targeted towards the end-user, and if we keep on making projects that don't generate money, we won't have the means to reach the masses. Many say the "Feeless, instant, green" markets for itself - I don't think I agree - that sentence won't reach the ears of many people unless it's paid to get there.
• Second - there is an affiliate program, for the same reason - because people are much more willing to share if there's money involved. On PlayNANO you'll be able to earn 1% of everything your referrals earn. (approx. 30% commission)
• Third - I've made the effort to focus on UI and UX. As many might have noticed the last couple of weeks, we have great developers, that build awesome things, but we are lacking in the user experience, which nowadays it's so necessary.

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PlayNANO's Roulette
Play the European Roulette with Nano - fee-less and instant as Crypto should be!
My favorite feature so far, a provably fair multiplayer roulette. Instant betting and very quick payouts - sometimes you even get your payout before the roulette stops spinning! ^{(and yeah, I'm gonna leave this as a feature to showcase the power of NANO xD})
With this multiplayer roulette, you are not betting alone, you will also see other players bets on the table, for a more fun and immersive experience. And it uses a provably fair system to make sure that all numbers/spins are fair and can't be manipulated by anyone.
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PlayNANO's Jumper
I've also created Jumper - a simple game with simple rules, but there's space for great strategies! Each game starts with a 12 by 12 grid, and the objective of the game is to be the last one standing on the grid, by sweeping your opponents off.
Compete with other players and earn NANO by sweeping them out of the game!
Next steps
This is the first release but I have got a lot planned for the future! Starting with a multiplayer Texas Holdem Poker feature; more games to be added to the Play section; more ways to earn Nano, and add way more prizes to the spend list.
Quick FYI: I'm using a 400$/month server, with a GPU, to handle the heavy PoW generation. Within the last month my server has sent over 45.000 transactions, mostly due to the Earn - Watch Videos feature - which is getting quite popular on Venezuela, Indonesia, and Central Africa. So I don't think I'm in love with the future v21 PoW increase xD
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I'm not saying PlayNANO is the "Killer App" we need, but it's something. I intend to make a living out of it and use the profits to make Nano reach more people, whether through marketing, donations to the development fund, maybe help fund the next Build-Off competition, and/or other things.
So go ahead and try it out, maybe show it to your friends to show how awesome Nano is ;)
All feedback will be much appreciated.
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Of all poker games, Texas Hold'em is probably the most popular. If you are new to the poker game, a great way is to understand Texas Hold 'em poker strategy. Hold 'em consists of two cards ('hole cards') dealt face-down to each player and then five group cards dealt face-up by the dealer. It is a set of three ('the flop'). An additional single card ('the turn') and another additional card ('the river') — with players having the option of testing, betting, raising, or folding after each deal; i.e., betting may take place before the flop, 'on the river.'
TEXAS HOLD'EM RULES:
Texas Hold'em Poker is a competitive card game played among 2-10 players. To enjoy it, you must follow the Texas Hold'em poker rules.

• One player has the role of dealer. This location is called the button, and after each hand, it rotates in a clockwise direction.
• The two players on the dealer's left are respectively called the small blind and the big blind.
• These two positions require a set number of forced bets, and they are the only players to bring money into the pot before the cards are dealt.
• Each player then gets two face-down cards. These are known as "hole" cards.
• When all hole cards get dealt, the first betting round starts with the player immediately sitting to the left of the big blind. This player can fold, call (big blind match) or raise.
• In Poker, Betting then proceeds in a clockwise direction, with each player having the option to fold, call, bet or increase the sum of the highest bet.
• Three community cards are flipped face-up on the table when the first betting round is complete. That is the flop.
• The betting resumes, in a clockwise direction, with each player having the option to check (if there is no bet in front of them), bet (or raise if a bet is before them), call, or fold.
• When the second betting round gets done, a fourth community card is flipped face-up on the table. That is called a turn.
• The third betting round starts with the remaining first player sitting to the left of the button.
• When the third betting round is over, a fifth community card on the table gets flipped face-up. This is known as the river.
• The fourth betting round begins with the remaining first player sitting to the left of the button. The betting goes clockwise.

Hold 'em is usually played with small and big blinds-two players forced bets. In addition to blinds, Antes (forced contributions by all players) may be used, particularly in later stages of tournaments. A dealer "button" gets used to reflect the player in the dealer's position; with each hand, the dealer button rotates in a clockwise direction, shifting the dealer's location and blinds.
The small blind is placed by the player to the dealer's left and is generally equivalent to half the big blind. The big blind, which the player posts to the small blind's left, is equal to the minimum bet. The blind/ante system in tournament poker develops periodically as the tournament progresses. After one betting round gets finished, the individual will start the next betting round after the big blind and small blinds.
Now that you know poker tricks on Texas Hold'em, you are ready to hit the tables!

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Tipping Point: the climate change card game A semi-cooperative game where players must build cities and protect their citizens from severe weather! // Has raised $15,857 CAD of $15,000 CAD so far. (~105%) ☑	2 - 4	289	$31 / $55 CAD	Jan 14	kicktraq
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Code Crackers: The Enigma The Cooperatively Competitive Board Game. // Has raised $1,141 of $19,500 so far. (~5%)	3 - 5	21	$35 / $54	Mar 07	bgg
Crusader Kingdoms: War for the Holy Land A game on the Crusades for 1 to 4 players with a solitaire engine. Fight the Crusades in an hour; solo, cooperative, and competitive. // Has raised $14,849 of $5,000 so far. (~296%) ☑	1 - 4	188	$64 / $79	Feb 01
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Duffers Golf for Gamers. The Game for Golfers. A Golf-Inspired Deck Building Game // Has raised $2,650 of $10,500 so far. (~25%)	1 - 4	54	$25 / $49	Feb 07
Dungeon Party The Hilarious Coin-Bouncing Role-Playing Game // Has raised $50,004 of $5,000 so far. (~1000%) ☑	1 - 6	938	$19 / $53	Feb 06	bgg
Filthy Kings - A Card Game A strategic bluffing game, where you must expel all Annoying Inhabitants from your Kingdom, and send them to your opponents’ Kingdoms! // Has raised €1,330 of €3,000 so far. (~44%)	3 - 5	38	$17 / €35	Feb 06	bgg
Flap Flap Duck A 2-5 Players Saving Ducky Co-op Operation! // Has raised $1,145 of $10,000 so far. (~11%)	2 - 5	32	$36 / $36	Feb 05	bgg
Herrlof A two-person trick taking card game with closed bidding and a twist // Has raised €7,124 of €1,000 so far. (~712%) ☑	2 - 2	451	$11 / €16	Feb 04	bgg
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Kingdom's Candy: Monsters The engine-building game with many possible paths to victory! Build your army of monsters and steal candies from the Kingdom. // Has raised €4,527 of €5,000 so far. (~90%)	2 - 5	201	$19 / €23	Jan 23	bgg
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Texas Hold'em & Spell'em Poker A Word Game with Texas Hold’em Poker Rules // Has raised $153 of $20,000 so far. (~0%)	2 - 5	7	$30 / $22	Feb 14
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Twistagon An elegant, minimalist, "heirloom quality" tabletop game system. Designed with flexible rules and countless different games! // Has raised $3,120 of $40,000 so far. (~7%)	? - ?	28	$68 / $111	Jan 12
Up & Atom An educational card game that teaches players to count atoms using moles. For the classroom, homeschool, or nerds. All are welcome. // Has raised $624 of $2,100 so far. (~29%)	2 - 6	22	$14 / $28	Feb 06
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Poker is a game of discipline, strategy, intuition, skill, and like most other games, it requires a little bit of luck and a lot of patience. The poker game is a classic card game that uses a standard 52-card deck. A game can be played between two people and among as many people as ten. Different variations of poker call for different numbers of players to be at the table to play a real game. Most casino poker games require eight players for Seven Card Stud or Razz, but nine or ten players are necessary to play the variation of texas holdem poker.
Regardless of the type of poker you are learning, the objective of the game remains the same. When you sit down to play poker your ultimate goal is to be the player with the strongest hand that will win you the pot. But in order to accomplish this feat, a fair amount of strategizing and planning is necessary to secure your victory.
Not all poker players have natural talent that the great poker players have exhibited in poker legends you have read about, or watched in Hollywood films like Maverick, Rounders, Honeymoon in Vegas, or, Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels. Although Hollywood can make any illusion seem real, even the actors had to go through a fair amount of training to acquire at least the outward skills and appearance of someone who really knows how to play poker.
If you are interested in acquiring the ability to be more than the illusion of a good poker player, it is helpful to look into online poker resources that can provide you with incredibly useful poker information and limitless opportunities to play all kinds of poker in real time. Using internet poker to learn about different types of poker like Five Card Draw, or even the art of bluffing in poker are two fantastic ways to improve your playing skills.
Most online poker resources will offer to all players with a range of experience, from professional to novice a great deal of promotions and offers that will encourage you to keep playing, and usually at no cost to you. In fact, there is free poker available to you at all times of the day no matter where you are in the world.
Moreover, most free online poker websites provide interested players with complete access to extensive online poker manuals, poker glossaries and explanations of the different types of poker varieties. If you are interested in making the next step and entering into actual tournaments, of which there are many kinds online, entrance bets are often as low as $1USD.
Essentially, online poker websites offer you more than an entire room full of poker guidebooks, plus the experience of probably millions of poker players who share their poker tips with other players via poker blogs, and poker online news sites as well. The best part of online poker, however, is that you will always be able to play a free poker game

Poker is a world famous card game that is played between two and up to ten players. There are a variety of types of poker games which include Omaha Poker, Texas Holdem Poker, 5 Card Draw and 7 Card Stud. Each of these poker game types requires a standard deck of 52 cards. In some games like Draw Poker and "lowball," the Joker or "bug," can be used as an additional ace, or to complete a straight flush.
The primary objective of poker is to win the pot, or the money or chips that are placed as bets and kept in plain view at the center of the table. Poker can be played between two people for a more intimate tête-à-tête, or, to have an exciting tournament, eight to ten players are needed. Many poker players today find that much of what they are looking for in a poker game can be found in poker tournaments online. In fact, for poker players who earn their livelihood from high stakes poker, this means that a job that used to required time and travel can now be accomplished from the comfort of the player's home.
Innumerable free online poker games are available for the novice and the expert alike. Usually these online poker venues encourage potential players to reap the benefits of online poker by offering a poker download and other useful poker software absolutely free. Many sites are generous in their offers of poker tips on all varieties of poker and the types of tournaments that may be played as well.
When a poker player decides to take his game online, he is certain to discover poker lessons that he would never be able to get if he only played at a weekly or monthly game.
In addition to being able to play a free poker game to get started, many online poker venues encourage sign up for free accounts by offering deposit bonuses. In some cases, a poker bonus may be as high as $500, meaning the website matches your initial deposit up to the amount of $500. The idea is to give you the opportunity to explore the differences and similarities in poker rules and to encourage you to play more. For example, if you can grasp Omaha Poker, then Texas Holdem Poker will not be too far of a reach. Both games require that the winner have the highest hand from a combination of three cards that belong to the player and two cards known as "community cards," meaning they can be used by everyone to raise a bigger hand.
Also, when you play poker online, you can become well informed on the aspects of poker strategy that are less technical. Meaning, becoming familiar with the art of bluffing, or controlling your body language, especially the involuntary movements and expressions that may give away whether or not you feel your hand is successful. Developing a skilled "poker face" is just one of many poker tricks you can study online.

Internet poker room is a good place to test your basic skills and define the best live poker game playing strategy for yourself. At the Internet poker room table you would have to play against possibly more skilled opponents.
The first and the main live poker game tip on our list is: do your homework, study the basic rules of poker game, memorize all possible poker hands, visit Internet poker forums, read books on poker, chat with other poker card players.
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Take full advantage of live poker game deposit bonuses at the Internet poker room you choose. Almost all Internet poker rooms offer deposit bonuses for new poker players, usually from $30 to $50.
Place a limit on the money you are going to gamble with before you start playing live poker game.
When playing a poker game, analyze the playing habits and poker playing strategies used by your opponents at the Internet poker room table.
As a beginner do not play too many poker hands, you will be sure to loose. Play only the higher value starting hands.
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Play poker at your present mastery level. If you are just a beginner poker card player, do not rush into Internet poker room tournaments, your time will come after months of improving your skill in numerous live poker games. Agen Bandarqq
Learn how to fold a poker hand and when. Fold if you have nothing in your hand, do not be afraid to fold poker hands as many times as necessary.
Master the art of choosing starting poker hands, employing pot odds, and aggressively betting your winning hands.
We do not claim that these free online poker tips will help you win money, this article is for information purpose only.

The poker learning and advancement process should start by playing poker online in a low-risk environment for example slot deposit pulsa with family and friends. At first, stakes ought to be limited to betting bragging rights or for extremely low stakes. The poker group need to consist of gamers who are at the exact same stage of knowing, a minimum of up until there is an understanding of all the basic guidelines and treatments. At these very fundamental levels, the group of players might even wish to share their knowledge to assist each other develop their abilities quicker. It is at this level, that they ought to likewise begin to acquire a poker library of poker instructional books and DVDs. These educational resources should provide standard poker direction plus details on advanced poker strategy and strategies.
There are lots of exceptional instructional resources available for top poker gamers and authors who want to share their knowledge and proficiency. Have all composed extremely well-known books and/or produced high quality poker educational DVDs on playing Texas Holdem poker and Texas Holdem Poker Methods. These training products are important resources for poker gamers over a broad variety of skill and experience levels.
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The global fascination with Texas Holdem poker continues to grow. The success of young poker players at the World Series of Poker has caught the attention of youths around the globe. Jonathan Duhamel, a part-time student and expert poker player, ended up being the 2010 World Series of Poker Main Event Champ at the age of 22 years winning nearly $9 million. Contribute to this the fact that the top 8 players, all of whom were still in their twenties, each won a minimum of a million dollars and you can see why the appeal of Texas Holdem poker has actually received a huge burst of interest. Duhamel follows in the steps of other great young champions, Daniel Neagreanu, Phip Hellmuth, Chris Moneymaker and Peter Eastgate who have risen to superstar status by hitting it big at the World Series of Poker. They are now abundant and popular poker celebrities who have actually motivated multitudes of aspiring poker champs to explore the splendid world of Texas Holdem poker.
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I'm posting this here because I think it may play into why they should add poker to the online mode (to make it fun and...yknow...playable) but as someone who plays tournament poker quite often, this AI isn't merely fish level bad. It's downright incompetent.
For example, it always irks me that when you put in a raise of about three to four big blinds, Arthur always remarks something like "yeah this is all I got.", or, "I know...not too exciting". Well actually conventionally a raise size of three and half to four and a half BB is considered pretty standard at a live game. Reraises vary from there as it is no limit, but there is intention behind that size. It allows you to see flops with more marginal holdings such as a J10 suited hand or a middle pair like 66 or 77 (I:e why put in a ton of chips when merely raising at all will likely get really bad holdings to fold to begin with), and when raising first in with premium hands like AA or AKs, it allows some of the more marginal holdings from the big blind to call and see a flop, allowing you to build a pot and get paid with your premium holdings. It has become standard because it serves to accomplish what's called disguising your range.
Now I'm aware that may be expecting too much, for game devs to be brushed up on Texas Holdem strategy, but other things relating to the AI are just good damn senseless and make me think they act off RNG alone. I was just playing in Sant Denis and someone at the table bet almost all of his chips (4.25 or so) with only 5c left behind. I reraised with a good hand simply out of habit (because I've seen this AI do this before with like, a pair of 3s and I had 3 of a kind so I wanted to just get the five cents in) and the AI immediately folded. That right there is just a sign of half assed programming. Who would ever fold five cents more after putting 4.25 cents into the pot. That's almost as dumb as betting 4.25 instead of just going all in in the first place in terms of poker, but in terms of just being an AI that's hilariously broken in some way. Its a computer. It should at least be smart enough to understand the value between five cents versus what it stands to win.
There's a lot more I could get into that is probably too deep for programming into this game and so I won't, but the poker in this game is so.bad as to not even be fun. Honestly, what you should do, is put Holdem in the online mode and let guys like me shark some people. It'll be fun, it'll make the poker game playable and useful as you won't even have to program an AI to be competent anyways.
Oh and one more thing. You didn't have to lovingly and slowly animate everyone standing up to collect their chips after a pot. Even real life live poker isn't this damn slow. And after every hand? It's just annoying. This poker minigame really is totally worthless.
Edit Since a lot of y'all seem to be (somewhat overly) protective of the game versus what I'm saying, I (unfortunately) feel like I have to clarify this: first off, it's just an observation (hence the rant flair) and secondly I'm not being super critical of the devs. No one is asking for them to program the Libratus poker AI into the game. If I'm asking for anything at all, it's that they put Holdem in RDR online as I think it'd be fun. Otherwise I was just having fun making a Holdem post.

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I'm thinking about writing a poker book - unlike what's out there for poker. The working title is:
"How to maximize your profit fun playing poker"
The central thesis is this: "There are tons of books out there telling you how to "win big" at poker. Some good, some bad. All of them are talking about strategy, tactics, and development.
Few of them talk about why playing poker is so fun, and how to make poker fun for you and your players. A rule-book will tell you to "burn a card" but nobody bothers to explain why that tradition came about, for example.
If you're playing poker for "serious money" then the book wouldn't apply to you. But if you're playing for nickels - or even pretzels - then here's how to get more out of your home game.
Some topics I'm hoping to cover:

• Setting up a tournament that's fair and lasts as long as you need it to.
• Why "play-money" poker isn't poker, but why playing for pennies is.
• What to do when the dealer screws up.
• The moral imperative to be utterly ruthless at the poker table.
• Why cheaters literally never prosper. No, seriously, they don't. Math will prove this.
• How to clearly announce your intentions at a poker table (avoiding confusion, string betting, etc.)
• Do I buy the fancy cards/chips, and if so, what am I looking for?
• Why No Limit Texas Holdem is shown on TV, but why it's not the most fun poker game for beginners. (with an intro to Limit Holdem, Stud, and Omaha 8)
• Making sure your game complies with legalities in America and other cultural backwaters.
• Just enough poker strategy to make the more fun, and finding the sweetspot between "gambling crapshoot" and "grandmaster chess"
• Why you shouldn't play online (United States)
• Why you should play online (Everywhere else)
• Playing with strangers
• Bankroll Management for slightly-losing players
• Why you should play against people better than you.
• How to spot a fish/How to spot a shark.
• Religion and politics at the poker table

So, basically, I'm wondering if there's other topics I should cover there that new players would be interested in.
Edit: Added Topics

• Autistics at the poker table: Why Rainman is more scared of you than you are of him.
• How not to be an unintentional boor at the poker table.
• The Casino Trip - You Will Lose Money.

• Women at the poker table, and why if you think this is an issue, congratulations on waking from your 40-year coma. (With foreword by Vanessa Selbst, and those four words being: "Oh, for fuck's sake...")
• Handling the Money and Paying Out At The End (including "race-offs" for pocket-change)
• What to do when a player is too drunk to continue. (Blind them out, set them on the couch to detox (face down), don't let them drive home, and draw phallic symbols upon them.)
• Straddling, and how it affects play (and players!)
• Prop-Bets - when they encourage play, when they slow-down play, and when they're just bizzare.

An essay for the book I'm writing here
Comments wanted - this is a very rough draft.
EDITED 5 hours past original submission:
There’s more to poker than No Limit Texas Holdem: When you think of poker nowadays, most uninitiated and new players primarily think of No Limit Texas Holdem (or NLHE for short). It’s the game played for the main event at the World Series of Poker. It’s the game that they play on TV - whether that TV show is Poker After Dark, High Stakes Poker, World Poker Tour, ESPN’s WSOP coverage.
And No Limit Texas Holdem is an amazing game. As Stu Ungar put it, No Limit Texas Holdem is to Stud what Chess is to Checkers.
But the thing about No Limit Texas Holdem is that while it is deceptively simple to play (your hand is only two cards!), it is really quite complex. Mostly because a player has many, many options to them presented to the table. Specifically, not only do they choose whether or not to bet, but they choose how much to bet.
And that choice has a huge consequence for the game - new players often lose a great deal of money, not because they bet when they shouldn’t have - but because even though it was correct to bet, they bet the wrong amount. They bet big when they needed to bet small, or vice versa. Similarly, experienced poker players know exactly how much to bet when they do bet to win the maximum from inexperienced players.
New players can often be intimidated by NLHE’s unlimited bet sizing - and not understand that $100 into a $50 pot is a huge bet, and $100 into $500 is a small bet.
Being able to control your bet sizing is what makes No Limit Holdem such a complex game.
And while I love No Limit Texas Holdem - it’s a wonderful game for those of us who like complex strategy, it is not the game that I would consider starting new players out with.
Indeed, before Chris Moneymaker won the World Series of Poker in 2003, and “NLHE” became everyone’s favorite game, No Limit Texas Holdem wasn’t even the most popular cash poker game. Most people played either Seven-Card Stud, or NLHE’s “little brother,” Limit Holdem.
In Seven Card Stud (7-Stud) and Limit Holdem (LHE), your decisions are limited. Bet sizing is pre-determined - you cannot simply “go all-in” if you wish - you can only bet exactly what the designated bet size is, no more, no less.
This makes either of these games much more “newbie friendly” for a number of reasons: First, and foremost, it cuts down on the number of options a player has available to them. If not facing a bet, you can check or bet a fixed amount. If bet into, you can fold, call, or raise a fixed amount. While play can still have complex strategy, the number of options at each turn of play are not overwhelming.
Similarly, because you can check or bet only a fixed amount, it reduces the number of options a skilled player has over a newbie. The experienced player cannot decide how much to “charge” an opponent for drawing against his hand, or for betting an amount big enough to “bluff” his or her opponent by putting him to the test for all his or her chips.
Experienced players will always have an edge over new players. But in games such as Seven Card Stud and Limit Holdem, that edge can be a lot smaller.
New players will win more pots, lose less money when they lose pots, and just generally have more fun losing money slowly. Plus, in both of these games, it is correct to play a lot more starting hands than in No Limit Texas Holdem - meaning that you get to play more, and fold less.
Since this book is about having fun with poker, I strongly urge that if you and your group are just starting, then you choose one of these games. You can find rules to these games with a quick Google Search, but in the meantime, here’s the rundown of what makes each game interesting.
There are two bet sizes in both LHE and 7-Stud - a “small bet,” and a “big bet” - usually twice the size of the small bet.
Let’s say that the betting for the game is $1-$2. That means a small bet of $1, and a big bet of $2. Early streets use the small bet, later streets use the big bet.
During play, you can only bet or raise the amount of the bet size for that street. So, on an early street, a player may bet $1, get raised to $2, get re-raised (or “3-bet”) to $3, and re-re-raised (“4-bet”) to $4. The fourth bet usually “caps” the betting, meaning players may call but not raise further. (This rule may be waived if two players start the betting street “heads up.”)
Similarly, on a big-bet street, a player may bet $2, raise to $4, 3-bet to $6, and “cap” $8.
The great thing about Limit games is that, unlike “no limit” where you can lose your entire stack on a hand, if you play with caps in place, no player may lose more than 12x the Big Bet size on a particular Limit Holdem hand, or no more than 16x the Big Bet size in Stud! And those hands are very rare indeed!
It is not unusual in No Limit Holdem to put all of your chips on the table in play - and lose them - in one hand. But the limit structure of the game prevents players from losing too much, too quickly.
[INSET: HOW TO PLAY 7-CARD-STUD] [INSET: HOW TO PLAY LIMIT HOLDEM]
There’s another reason why I would particularly recommend 7-card Stud for new players. Poker strategy is all about information. Because each player’s hand is played half face-up, new players developing the habit of being observant will find 7-card Stud good training.
Often times, even the newest of players might figure out what their opponent has and still play the hand poorly, simply because they didn’t know what to do with the information when they had it. 7-card stud gives you more information to start with - you don’t need to be a soul reader to know your opponent has a pair of jacks if they’re right there, face-up, and staring you in the face. It allows new players to focus on interpreting information and making good decisions from that, rather than finding information. Yet, there’s still enough deception at play to make the game solid poker.
To understand why you would want to play these “limit” games, you have to understand that poker is a game of variance. We’re getting into some theory here, but variance is a complicated concept.
As a poker player, I don’t believe in “luck” the way a “gambler” does. But I do understand variance.
No matter how good a player you are, sometimes, you just get unlucky and lose. Pocket Kings vs. Pocket Aces in holdem, set-over-set, even quads vs. full house. The times you get your money in as a 97.5% favorite and lose when your opponent’s one “out” comes in on the river.
There are just times you’re going to lose the hand. It was, literally, “not in the cards this time.”
I know that over an infinite number of trials, if I get my money in as a favorite, even if I lose this one hand, I will win over the long term. But when I play No Limit Holdem over the short term, I’m very likely to either lose my entire buy-in (or two or three buy-ins!) or double, triple, quadruple my money, or more. I’ve had nights playing No Limit Holdem where I’ve bought in for $100 and ended up with $600 -- after losing $500 on the last hand of the night! That’s variance. (And I’m an amateur - pros have lost hundreds of thousands on a single hand and just bought right back in.)
Over the long term, a good player will win money, a poor player will steadily lose it. But over the short term, results can be wildly different when you play the “big bet” games like No Limit Texas Holdem or (god help you) Pot Limit Omaha.
Limit games, on the other hand, have much less variance.
If I lose a big pot in Limit Holdem, I stand to lose, at most, 12 times the big bet. It still stings, but by putting a limit on my losses, I reduce the amount I can possibly lose. Consequentially, I’m limited in the amount of money I can win playing Limit Holdem. It works both ways. A “good night,” I’m up a little, a “bad night,” I’m down a little. I reduce the “sting” by reducing my variance.
For beginning players who are yet to develop their callouses after taking enough bad beats, I would recommend at least trying Limit Holdem instead of No Limit Texas Holdem as their first game. And if you have a few players who are “on the fence” about playing poker at all, Limit Texas Holdem and Seven Card Stud are games that are “friendlier” than NLHE; and people will be more likely to come back to the next game if they feel comfortable with the amount of money they’re playing for.

Since the heroic tavern brawl has been announced, we have all asked ourselves, is it worth it to buy into this right before an expansion? The answer is really about the type of person you are. I see my time spent on this game as a hobby, but the majority of the intervals it is based off of are the RNG addiction fueling moments that fuel YouTube channels.
Similar to poker, you are given cards and the only thing that makes your heart beat out of your chest is the chance of you winning against stacked odds, say a gutshot flush draw in Texas holdem, or being at 4 health with 12 spells played then laying down yogg.
If what drives you psychologically is the randomness factor, see pavlovian experiments for examples of stimulus and dopamine release patterns and find out why it's so hard to quit. Knowing all of this, why do people play poker though they continue to lose money? The chance that you could win with all the information outside of the randomness that you can control. In poker, reading someone's betting strat, face, and play style. In hearthstone, card hovering, knowledge of deck archetypes, and play styles.
Ask yourself, why is it that poker is considered gambling, though the same 30 people end up on final tables together? Why is Hearthstone's RNG so wild at times, but there are consistent top players? That is how heroic T brawl works. You will have a few Billy the kids with 12 wins, the people that do win consistently stay away from the RNG which is the main addictive property of this game, and use formulaic strategy to win with minimal RNG.
Just my 2 cents when you consider buying HTB, you may be up against a real outlier, but in my experience you will end up playing the best strategists the world has to offer.

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Texas Holdem is one of the most popular variants of poker and has fascinated players for many years. The history of Texas Holdem is full of intrigue, mystery and full of interest. The popularity of this game has continued to grow and players are flocking from all over the world to get a piece of Texas Holdem poker.
In Texas holdem, players are dealt two face-down cards. Afterwards, each player gets a chance to exercise his betting options. Next, three cards are dealt simultaneously on the table for all players to share. This is called the flop, and it is followed by another round of betting. A fourth card, called the turn, is then dealt, and it too is followed by a round of betting. One final community card called the river is dealt followed by a final round of betting. When all bets have concluded, there is a showdown, in which the highest ranking hand in play wins the pot. Visit our hand rankings page for an overview of poker hand rankings. For more Poker Games
The History of Texas Holdem
The invention of Texas Holdem is unclear but Robstown, Texas is the official birthplace of the game as declared by the Texas State Legislature. This poker variant is believed to have started sometime in the early 20th century. After the game gained popularity throughout Texas, it was taken to Las Vegas in 1967 by Texas natives. After its initial introduction to Vegas, the game was only offered at the Golden Nugget Casino. This casino did not draw in many high profile players so the game did not receive much publicity until 1969 when Texas Holdem poker was made available at the Dunes Casino. In 1971, the directors of the World Series of Poker decided to feature no limit Texas Holdem as the Main Event tournament and Holdem has been played in the Main Event ever since. The popularity of Texas Holdem surged during the 2000s because of its exposure in literature, the internet and television. The popularity of this game can also be credited to its combination of simplicity and complexity. The structure and rules of Texas Holdem can be easily learned while allowing for a complex interaction of strategies. Currently, Texas Holdem one of the most prominent poker variants in online casinos, bitcoin casinos and U.S. casinos.
What Makes Texas Holdem Fascinating
For many players, there simply is no substitute for a rollicking game of Texas Holdem poker. This game first captivated the public's attention in the 60s, and it's global popularity has swelled since. The widespread appeal of this game is owed in part to the simplicity and entertainment value inherent in it. Players are tasked with forming the best 5 card hand possible. It's a simple proposition, but mastering this game certainly takes tremendous insight, practice, and poker smarts. The games take place in an interactive and wildly entertaining arena. Skill, strategy and luck play their part in determining the outcome of Texas Holdem showdowns. For players though, there is but one reality: Texas Holdem variants reign supreme. The game can be enjoyed by players of any bankroll, both low rollers and high-rollers alike. Thanks to the inclusion of pot limit, fixed limit and no limit Holdem, everyone scores with this feature rich attraction. And then there's the psychological aspect of the game: bluffing! The art of maintaining a poker face against overwhelming odds is certainly an enviable characteristic. But that's what it takes to rise to the top and become the crème de la crème of Texas Holdem poker. The art of the bluff is crucial in Texas Holdem and because of this, players sometimes spend years just perfecting their bluffing skill. Professional Hold'em players prepare for their tournaments by studying the subtle tells of their opponents, from the movement of their eyes to the way they hold their cards. This bluffing preparation has gained attention from poker players and fans from all over the world as it truly pushes the game of Texas Holdem into the realm of art instead of a simple game of poker.
The Use of Probability in Texas Holdem
One of the most important skills that players can use in Texas Holdem is probability. There are many players who get into the game without understanding how to calculate the odds of completing their hand. Players may get lucky every now and then but more often than not they will lose if they do not know the probability of filling their hand. An easy way to calculate the odds of completing a hand is to compare the number of cards that are needed to complete the hand to the number of unknown cards. As an example, if a player needs to complete a flush and already has 4 cards that are suited, the number of unknown cards is 46. In addition, because the player has 4 suited cards and there are 13 cards in a single suit, there are 9 possible cards that could be used to complete the player's hand. This means that the player's chance of filling his or her flush is about 19%. These odds get worse when the hands of other players are taken into account as these players could hold some of the needed cards because these cards are completely unavailable. When players understand the odds in Texas Holdem then they know when to play more tightly and are able to more easily recognize when to place a bet. Another important consideration that players should take into account is their starting hand. The strength of starting hands will determine how the player will proceed in the game. In many cases, players will not be a dealt strong starting hand and therefore should not get into the game. The probability for being dealt various Texas Holdem starting hands is as follows:
Pocket pair: 6% Suited cards: 24% Non-paired and non-suited cards: 71% Ace/King: 0.3% Ace/Ace: 0.5% Suited Ace/King, King/Queen, Queen/Jack or Jack/10: 1% Ace/Ace, King/King, Queen/Queen, Jack/Jack or 10/10: 2% Suited Jacks or higher: 2% Suited 10s or higher: 3% Connected and suited cards: 3.9% Connected 10s or higher: 4.8% Any pocket cards with rank of Queen or higher: 5% Any pocket cards with rank of Jack or higher: 9% Any pocket cards with rank of 10 or higher: 14% Any connected cards: 15.7% Any pocket cards with rank of 9 or higher: 20.8% Non-suited or connected cards with at least 1 card between 2 and 9: 53.4%
These probabilities show that premium starting hands are rare and players should expect to fold more often than placing a bet or a raise. A mix of calculated poker plays, tactics and strategies form the bedrock of any successful poker player.

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Texas Holdem Poker ~ Preflop... p.1/4 _______ PREFLOP: Texas-Holdem Poker 9in cash live limit no-limit tourneys ##rounded Table-Position: 9=BigBlind 987=LATE/Loose 654=MIDDL/Bluff 321=EARLY/Tight. Consider: Game Bubble, "m" Level, Table Position, Pot-Odds, then Hand Win%. ____ FLOP: Pocket+Flop cards must FIT-or-Fold FIT-1/3 Fold-2/3 rounded long-term 'Chance% NOone hits: 'U vs_1~foe_65% vs_2_40% vs_3_25% {more on page.3} TIGHT: 2-FOEsIn+Raised: use AA KK AK else FOLD/Bluff, facing Hi-Ax OR Hi-Pr TIGHT: 2-FOEsIn+ReRaised: use AA/etc else FOLD, you facing Hi-Ax PLUS Hi-Pr '2-FOEs-In_NO-Raise: someone is slowplaying? do NOT bluff, not much profit, 'must raise your TOP hands in TIGHT games else WINs do not cover Bad-Beats. LOOSE: 4+FOEsIn+Raised: loose AND aggrsv is HI cost, FOLD if no 2p3k/etc. LOOSE: 4+FOEsIn_NO-Raise: profitable with better hands, FOLD if no 2petc. IF POT small AND you hit: Lo_PR_55-JJ Lo_2PR Lo_4ST/4FL PR_vs_4ST/4FL, 'with 2+_Foes-In, foes will out-draw you & win 50% of time, so mostly FOLD, 'but if 2+_Foes AND 8-out-draw-to-NUTs almost any pot worth call to River. ____________________________ _ PRE-FLOP_____ % ODDS ' All # rounded {better # Guerrera Hilger etc} _ AK__ +3__ 4ST___ 3__30:1 ' MISC: Most common winning hand is 2-pair, _ JT___ +3___4ST__ 10__ 9:1 ' ~~ second most common is 1-pair. {Burke} _ 2FL_ +3___4FL__ 11__ 8:1 ' If pair on flop does not HELP your hand, _ QQ_ +3___ 3Q___12__ 8:1 ' ~~ then that pair HURTs your hand. _ Qx__ +3__ QQ___16__ 6:1 ' Cheating is mostly done by collusion and _ QJ___ +3__ PR___32__ 2:1 ' ~~ by crooked dealers, use GARCIA shuffle. __________________________________ _____ _ ON-FLOP________ OUTS % ODDS ' BLUFF: confuse camouflage maskirovka _ QJxxx___+2___1PR__ 6___24___3:1 ' ~ 10% common in live games {Harringtn}. _ QQxxx__ +2___2PR__ 5___20___4:1 ' Do NOT do vs loose players, mostly use _ Qxxxx__ +2___ QQ___3___12___7:1 ' weak hands & fold if no 2p3k/Stetc. _ QQxxx__ +2___ 3Q___2___8___12:1 ' ____ _ QQJJx___+2___ FH___4___16___5:1 ' TURN: Bet Hi-PR, fold if ReRaise(3K/ST) _ QQQxx_ +2___ FH___8___32___2:1 ' Usually win more cost same as Chk+Call. _ 4FL_____+2___5FL___9__ 34___2:1 ' RIVER: Usually do not fold big pots. _ JT98x___+2___5ST___8___32___2:1 ' Check Mid-LoPetc else foes ReRaise. _ AKQJx_ _+2___5ST___4___16___5:1 ' _________________________ _ BackDoor~Any~--___ 1___4___24:1 ' Only profitable EV+ hands are Top-24%. __________ HAND-Win-%___________________________Simulation 1-mil-Ran-Hnd 1on1 {Purdy} -TIGHT_60%___TT___AQu'Js___~-~___KQs___20m 70h/1326=5.3% -- K8s+55+5m=24% -MIDDL_40%___88___ATu'7s___KQu___JTs___10m 84h=6.3% ~~--- AA=86% AKs=68% -LOOSE_20%___66___A9u'2s___QJu___T9s___5m 84h=6.3% ~~--- KK=75% AKu=67% -BLUFF_10%___44___A2u'~-___T9u___87s___3m 228h=17% ~---- QQ=68% AQs=65% _______ POT-ODDs: Divide POT$/BET$. Count BETs (or 3-CALLERs roughly 3:1 against). 'POT-Odds must exceed HAND-Odds  HAND-Win% must exceed POT-Call%. 'If RAISE and MANY call Pot-Odds better, if FEW call Pot-Odds near original BURKE'S RULE: Count GOOD-Outs_++_FOEs-In, min 2+ Outs, {Burke, books p.4} 'If NO raise Pre-flop and RULE Count=_8_&_Up, OK to raise or call to River. 'If ONE raise Pre-flop use RULE=_7, If TWO_&_Up raises Pre-flop use RULE=_6 'Note: assumes draw to nut-hand, average players, average game, NOT 1-on-1. 'If draw to 3/4-nuts or game more loose-aggrsv/tight/etc, use BURKE_9/8/7. ' 

Texas Holdem Poker ~ Tourney... p.2/4 ___________ PROBABILITY% good VS total (=Win%) -- PROB%=1/(Odds+1) -- ODDS=(1/Prob%)-1 'ODDS: bad VS good ~ ODDs-AGAINST(=#-Lose) -- 2-LOSEs_1-WIN =_33%-win =_2:1 'ADD % if EITHER card wins 4%_OR_5% 4%+5%=9%, MULTIPLY if need BOTH to win. OUTs=_#-cards that WIN, 2x_OUTs=Win% if draw 1-card, 4x_OUTs=Win% 2-cards, 'but this OUTs~~Win% calc only good in middle of range, less good at ends. BACKDOOR-DRAW aka Runner-Runner: each MAY add about 1 out to win chances. Pocket 2FL wins only 2-3% more often than 2ST but wins more $, beats 2ST. _______ TOURNEY_NL "Easy get to Top-25% by doing nothing, Top-10% harder" {Sparks} ODDS good player NOT win tourny, #playrs_vs_odds: www.pokerbankrollblog.com 60p-15: 100p-21 140p-27 240p-38 340p-49 510p-67 680p-86 895p-118 1110p-151 ________ STRATEGY Loose/Beginer: preFlop bet 4x BB to limit calls, FOLD if no HI-Pr+ 'Generally First-In play TIGHT in early position, MIDDL middle, LOOSE late. STRATEGY Tight/Expert: preflop common bet 1/2..3/4 BB, or might try 2x BB. 'Lederer and Negreanu say an expert's 2x BB is "Leverage" or "Small-Ball". 'Leverage works OK if you are first-in & have a stack greater than 10x BB. __________ COMMITMENT_NL: If bet 10%_stack then 2x Pot size bets cause ALLin at river. 'If SHORT-STACK (raise is 25% of your stack), instead mostly raise ALL-IN. 'If WANT ALLin bet over 2/3 pot. If NOT want ALLin bet under 1/3. {Flynn} 'ALLin on flop with 4-Flush draw: beats 2-Pair 33% 2:1, beats Set 25% 3:1. ____ "m"= BigBlind+SmallBlind vs Ur-Stack, adjusts for rising blinds {Harringtn} -- m5__-- use 66_Au9s2_QJu_T9s --__m10__-- use 88_AuTs7_KQu_JTs --__20m -- ~~ 20% hands OK under 10m but 1st consider Bubble & Position & Pot-Odds ~~ With (m=3 or Pot-Odds_3:1 or 20% hand) vs a 1-ON-1 ALLin, maybe call/raise. With (m=3 or Pot-Odds_4:1 or 60% hand) vs PRE-FLOP ALLin, maybe call/raise. With (m=3 and BUBBLE is near and HI-$) then only play very TIGHT 60% hands. In FAST tourney your "m" = 1/2 calc. In V-FAST tourney your "m" = 1/4 calc. As 10in tables get short, effective "m" drops 10% whenever 1 player leaves. ____ TELLs: Psychological activity/habits of many average poker players. {Caro} Many ACT weak/unsure with a strong hand, ACT strong/fast with a weak hand. A genuine smile usually means a genuine hand, a forced smile is a bluff. 'IF foe: raises/re-raises Early position ~ foe often has AA KK AKu AKs AQs. 'IF foe: checks on Flop THEN raises on Turn ~ foe often has a GOOD hand. 'IF average foe: bets Flop ~ foe often has SMALL Pair (testing the water). 'IF aggressive foe: bets FLop ~ foe often has NO Pair (scare tactic). ___________ PLAYER-TYPEs {McKenna} Sit with aggressv foes on the right, passiv on left. 'Whale/Rock: Tight++Passv, Raises_only_best Calls_few Folds_many Bluffs_few 'Shark/Master: Tight++Aggrs, Raises_better Calls_few Folds_aver Bluffs_some 'Weasel/Maniac: Loose++Aggrs, Raises_many Calls_some Folds_some Bluffs_many 'Fish/CallnStation: Loose++Pasv, Raises_few Calls_many Folds_few Bluffs_not Loose players are those who OFTEN call early position RAISES. {Steiger} Maniacs angry/crazy/drunk sometimes win big but frequent flame-outs boring. ' 

Texas Holdem Poker ~ Chance... p.3/4 ______ CHANCE% Texas Holdem 7 cards dealt, ROYAL-FLUSH 30939:1'odds 0.0032%'prob, any other STRAIGHT-FLUSH 3589:1 0.0279%, QUADS 594:1 0.168%, FH 37:1 2.6%, FL 32:1, ST 21:1, 3x 20:1, 2pr 3.3:1, 1pr 1.3:1, 0pr 4.8:1 {wikipedia.org} ______ CHANCE% PAIR Win% vs #Foes, rounded 7-crds, www.cardgamerules.homestead.com _QQ_ 80v1 70v2 60v3 35v4 _88_ 70v1 55v2 45v3 25v6 _44_ 60v1 40v2 30v3 15v6 ______ CHANCE% NOBODY's cards hit flop, random hands, no board pair, {Guerrera} 'YOU vs_1_other 65%, vs_2_others 40%, vs_3_others 25%, vs_4_others 15% ______ CHANCE% OVERCARD flops when YOU have LOW pr but NOT flop Set, {Hilger} 'YOU have: AA_0% KK_20% QQ_40% JJ_50% TT_60% 99_70% 88_80% 55_90% ______ CHANCE% ACE dealt to ANY player, %_yes vs #_players, www.thepokerbank.com 20%_2p 40%_3p 50%_4p 60%_5p 65%_6p 70%_7p 75%_8p 80%_9p rounded CHANCE% ACE is ALSO dealt to FOE, %_yes vs #_players, www.thepokerbank.com 10%_2p 20%_3p 30%_4p 40%_5p 50%_6p 60%_7p 65%_8p 70%_9p rounded ______ CHANCE% FOE hits TOP PAIR, vs-#others, random hands, no brd pr {Hilger} 'YOU: vs-1 11% YOU vs-2 22% YOU vs-3 33% YOU vs-4 44% YOU vs-5 55% CHANCE% FOE hits TRIPS, vs-NN others, random hnds, yes brd pair {Hilger} 'YOU: vs-1 8% YOU vs-2 16% YOU vs-3 24% YOU vs-4 32% YOU vs-5 40% ______ 1-ON-1 {Harrington} ~~ ALLin Win% ~~ 2_Hi-Crds 47% vs Lower-Pr ~~ ALLin Win% ~~ Lower-Pair 17% vs Highr-Pr ~~ 2_Lo-Crds 37% vs 2_Hi-Crds ~~ ALLin Win% ~~ 2_Lo-Crds 17% vs Highr-Pr ~~ 1_Lo 1_Hi 27% vs Middle-Pr Pre-Flop vs Top-25% hands: 32u ALLin near 30% win. Pre-Flop Small-Blind is ALWAYS first-in & has Pot-Odds to call Big-Blind. Pre-Flop with only 4FL/4ST draw (2:1) loses $ long-term if call any raise. Aggressive players often bluff-raise with nothing then HI card often wins. Hyper-Aggrsv "new" maniacs use nonstop Allins to scare into 1-on-1 {Nelson} ______ Chk EV (Avg-Profit in Big-Bets) in 122-mil Pocket Hands at {pokerroom.com} Live cash 10in real-money. Only 40 of all 169 hand-types were positive EV. __________ HAND-Win-%: Computer Simulation Texas Holdem 1-million random hands 1-on-1 ' ##rounded, max each: pair_6x unsuited_12x suited_4x hands_1326. {Purdy} HAND-Win-%___________________________Simulation 1-mil-Ran-Hnd 1on1 {Purdy} -TIGHT_60%___TT___AQu'Js___~-~___KQs___20m 70h/1326=5.3% -- K8s+55+5m=24% -MIDDL_40%___88___ATu'7s___KQu___JTs___10m 84h=6.3% ~~--- AA=86% AKs=68% -LOOSE_20%___66___A9u'2s___QJu___T9s___5m 84h=6.3% ~~--- KK=75% AKu=67% -BLUFF_10%___44___A2u'~-___T9u___87s___3m 228h=17% ~---- QQ=68% AQs=65% Ti60%_ AA KK QQ JJ TT - AKu AQu - AKs AQs AJs - KQs Mi40%_ 99 88 - AJu ATu - ATs A9s A8s A7s - KQu - KJs QJs, KTs QTs JTs Lo20%_ 77 66 - A9u - A6s A5s A4s A3s A2s - KJu QJu - K9s Q9s J9s T9s Bu10%_ 55 44 - A8u A7u A6u A5u A4u A3u A2u - KTu QTu JTu, K9u Q9u J9u T9u Bu10%_ K8s Q8s J8s T8s 98s, K7s Q7s J7s T7s 97s 87s - 76s ' 

Texas Holdem Poker ~ Books... p.4/4 _____ SKILL: Poker is a battle of long-term skill versus short-term random luck. Poker is a Zero-Sum game, if all same skill, then long-term all break even. How you win the cards decide, how often you win the players decide. {anon} "Some think good players..lucky..better bluffers..read expression..truth is remembering everything going..around table..making use of it" {Harrington} In over 103 million online poker hands...the best hand won only 12% of the time, this being due to skill of players involved {Samson, www.777.com} Winning in poker means winning the most chips, not winning the most pots. Cards beat Chips, Chips beat Position, Position beats Cards. {A.Snyder} Patience is bitter, but it's fruit is sweet. {J.J.Rousseau} ____ LUCK is odds chance random statistics probability, Heisenberg's Principle. Luck is blessings and curses (losers disremember the curses). {anon} Luck is when preparation meets opportunity. {Seneca} Luck is when opportunity knocks and you answer. {anonymous} It's bad luck to be superstitious. {anonymous} I guess if there weren't luck involved, I'd win every time. {Helmuth} Chance is an essential part of the universe because humans refuse to learn without it, it's a kick in the ass. {anonymous} {see Social Darwinism} Experience is a good school, but the fees are high. {H.Heine} Any road's OK if you don't know where you're going. {Alice in Wonderland} Difference between a gambler and a puppy? A puppy stops whining. {anon} _____ BOOKs: Many books out-of-print, try Vegas store www.gamblersbookclub.com 'Used books @ alibris.com biblio.com bookfinder.com powells.com amazon.com R.G.Burke "FLOP" 2nd-Ed 2004 $30, Vegas cash game Pro, Pot-Odds Rule-of-8 M.Caro "Caro's Book of Tells" 2000 $25, classic poker psychology & pictures B.Ciaffone J.Bier "Middle Limit Holdem Poker" 2001 $25, 400 hands analyzed R.Cooke J.Bond "Cooke's Rules of Real Poker" 2005 $10, exhaustive details M.Craig "Full Tilt Poker Strategy Guide" 2007 $30, NoLim how-to via 12 Pros T.Guerrera "Killer Poker By The Numbers" 2007 $15, good poker math & odds D.Harrington B.Robertie "Harrington on Cash Games" 2008 $35, hand analysis D.Harrington "Harrington on Hold'em" vol.1/2/etc 2005 $30_ea, v.2 essential M.Hilger "Texas Holdem Odds & Probabilities" 2006 $25, very nice hand odds A.Z.Kronzek "52 Ways to Cheat at Poker" 2008 $15, mostly done by collusion P.Lyons "The Quotable Gambler" 1999 $35, Pool Dice Cards Horses & Hucksters J.Mazur "What's Luck Got to Do with it?" 2010 $25, Luck & Gambler's Fallacy J.A.McKenna "Beyond Tells, Power Poker Psychology" 2005 $15, nice coverage D.Negreanu "Power Hold'em Strategy" 2008 $35, "Small Ball" bet 2x Big Blind L.Nelson "Kill Everyone: Advanced..." Revised 2009 $23, hyper-aggresv poker D.Purdy "Illustrated Guide to No-Limit Texas Holdem" 2006 $20, Trny exampls A.Snyder "The Poker Tournament Formula 1/2" 2006 2008 $20 $25, advancd Trny R.Sparks "Diary of a Mad Poker Player" 2005 $10, on the I'net road to Vegas T.Steiger "Professional Middle Limit Holdem" 2009 $25, 1196 hands analyzed K.Warren "Ken Warren Teaches Texas Hold'em" 2003 $25, very nice intro book N.S.Yanofsky "The Outer Limits of Reason" 2013 $25, logic & math paradoxes ' 

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What's the craziest bet someone have made?	Hmmm. The craziest would probably be a double down bet on a hard 20. They were playing at a fairly high stakes table and they were at max bet; around 3 grand. They, sadly did not get an Ace.
Why would they double down on a hard 20?	I don't know why they did it. That story of crazy betting was another coworker's experience and not my own but I have seen my own players double on a twenty just not with a few grand on the line. Some do it out of frustration, some just think they can get lucky while others don't know better. I've seen some pretty crazy plays before.
Do you have to announce that to the floor?	Yes dealers ares supposed to announce when someone is doubling down on any hard hand.
Did they do a walk of shame out of the casino or did they keep playing? :P.	They keep on trekking. It's crazy to watch.
What do you say in those instances? Do you try to give people advice if they don't know what they're doing?	If it's obvious that someone has no clue what they are doing, I will try to steer them in the right direction. Our supervisors are the only ones who can give advice, so usually I tell them to help a customer out.
Why wouldn't they split? They can double on the split, depending on the house. ಠ_ಠ	People will sometime split their tens, and we allow for them to do so. Like I said, people do some interesting stuff if they have a "feeling" about a hand or if they are just grasping at straws.
Do you like your job. 2. How much do you make? 3. How do you become a dealer? I need an occupation change.	I do like my job. Some days it is monotonous and mind numbing. Some nights it just plain pitifull watching money fly out of their pockets but it' fun. I make a varying amount each month due to tips but they are pooled so it is roughly 1200 every two weeks. Seeing as how I only work for 4 days a week and I get a 30 minute break every hour and a half, I can't complain. :) As far as how to become a dealer, it depends on the facility. I got lucky and my place trained me for free! Very lucky. I recommend the job for. People who don't mind night shifts. I work 10pm-6am and I love it. Sorry the reply took so long. I'm actually at work right now :)
What is your win - lose ratio? Do you gamble sometimes, outside of your job? What's the pay like - enough to survive?	I don't know any specific numbers but I tried to recount a scenario tonight and I won about every 3 out of 4 hands. Sometimes it's better than that sometimes it's worse. Lots of basic strategy pushers will say that, by playing basic strategy, one can expect to win about 53% of the time. That may be the case, but that is following basic strategy wholeheartedly and probably over a long period of time. i.e. 5-7 hours of playing. I'm not an expert on actually playing and winning the game myself because I don't gamble. Most people expect a dealer to join in after hours, and a lot of my coworkers do gamble outside of our casino but it's just not my thing. The pay is most assuredly enough to survive, considering the cost of living in my area. I really think I have a good gig going.
Have you ever seen somebody completely lose it because of the money he lost?	Oh my goodness, yes. People can go bonkers sometimes. They have become irate towards me and also other players. Most of the time, players will just throw little fits and have weird, mumbling pity parties at the table as if they didn't know what the very essence of gambling entails. I was not there when this happened, but one player flipped a whole table over. He was obviously arrested for that one.
Easy.	Haha. exactly.
How come the dealer wins so often? Edit: Grammar	We win so often because we are the last to draw out of the whole table. Every player either hits or stays before my turn, therefore I have no one left to interfere with my hand when it's all said and done. I think the house edge is something like 5%. But if you play basic strategy, the edge can be knocked down quite a bit.
What's a good strategy for a player?	Good strategy, that I would play by, is basic strategy. It's fairly simple to understand and you can print out a chart online to keep handy. We let our players use them at the tables if they like. In fact, I think some of our stores sell the basic strategy cards.
I never knew you were allowed to used charts.	I don't know if all casinos let you use charts, but mine does. Basic strategy is common knowledge, so it's not a big deal to want to use it.
Thanks for the help. Now to convince the GF to go to Vegas.	No problem. Vegas is awesome.
Do you only deal blackjack? why not the other games? and if you do deal other games, which is your favorite? Craps is my favorite...	I do deal other games, and I'm so happy that I do. Blackjack can get very boring after awhile. I deal Three Card Poker, Ultimate Texas Holdem, Baccarat and this new game called Pick One 21. We don't have Craps or Roulette yet as they are dice and wheel games and our gaming commission is working on their approval.
What's the premise of Pick One 21? Never heard of it before.	Pick One 21 is like a mush of Baccarat and Blackjack. There are two hands; red and blue and players wager which one they think will get closest to 21. It's pretty simple and it's caught on a bit more where I work.
Truthfully, have you ever taken advantage of a clearly intoxicated player or know of dealers who do?	Truthfully, no I haven't taken advantage of a drunken player. There are so many cameras on a single table, the punishment isn't worth committing the crime. Also, I would feel bad. I make mistakes sometimes and I am always so thankful to the players who point out that I've done something like overpay them. I'd like to think that if I take care of them, they will do the same in return. Doesn't always happen but, it's something I try to uphold. There are a few people that have screwed some people over before. It's just not something I'd be willing to risk my job over. Besides, the drunk ones are entertaining. I want them to come back. :)
A player has pointed out you've overpaid them? I have gambled for a long time and I would never ever ever do this.	Karma.
Ever had one of those crazy high tips?	Yes! It was awesome. I only spend a small amount of time at each table and sometimes I will keep track of my tip balance for that portion of time. I've definitely made a good portion of my paycheck in 30 minutes. Like I said though, we pool our tips so I share that with the rest of the dealers. Pooling is nice, because I've have also made only 50 cents in a whole night...
Is Blackjack even worth playing when the payout is 6 to 5 for Blackjack?	A blackjack payout can be 6 to 5 at some casinos but ours is 3 to 2 or time and a half. The bigger you bet, the better that ratio looks. I'm not too familiar with the 6-5 payout, but to exemplify...A $10 black jack would get paid $12 with 6-5, but with a 3-2 rule a $10 blackjack gets paid $15.
How difficult is it to cheat? I mean cheating in every possible way.	If you're familiar with the game and handling cheques, cheating seems easy. People cap and pinch their bets a lot, and it's something I look for a lot though, I've never caught someone in the act. Card counting isn't really cheating but mostly frowned upon and will get you asked to leave a casino. We have machines that shuffle the cards for us, using multiple decks so it cuts down on that a lot. When and if someone is caught cheating, they are usually asked to leave for the day. If it isn't apparent, casinos love money so we aren't going to turn away a paying customer for more than a day, no matter how shady their plays may be. As far as a cheating player and the dealer is concerned, it is a big part of our job and it is something our pits hold us accountable for. We probably wouldn't get fired for not seeing someone cap their bet, but they will talk to us about it.
Continuous shoe, or just a shuffling machine?	We have both manual shoes and and continuos.
I think you might be thinking of "21" because "Holy Rollers" is about overseas ecstasy smuggling.	Here is a link to the movie Holy Rollers...the documentary one. Link to www.holyrollersthemovie.co Other one sounds good too though.
Any chance you could link me to a the strategy guide that you think has the best success rate? Thanks!	Sure! Basic Strategy is usually the best way to go and it's fairly easy to understand. The link is to a basic strategy chart. The chart tells you what to do based on your number and the dealer's number. Link to www.blackjackinfo.com
Have you ever had any celebrity or famous person on your table?	Personally, not that I know of. Ball players will frequent a lot, so it is possible that I dealt to one of them and never knew... But, famous people do come out and gamble every once in a while. Sometimes a few performers have been known to play a few games while they're in town. I've never had the pleasure.
Do many people try to cheat?	People do try to cheat. It's a very aggravating thing to have to deal with. We work a lot to maintain the game's integrity to keep both us and the player's in good hands, but someone is always going to try to get some sort of edge, be it on the tables or at the machines.
Have you ever had a card thrown at you?	Haha. No, I bet a poker dealer could answer yes to that question tho. Blackjack doesn't allow anyone but the dealer to touch the cards so that would be a feat.
This is not true. Some casinos allow players to touch the cards.	Really? I had no idea. Our casino seems kind of rigid about card handling.
Do you see yourself as a good blackjack player?	I would be terrible at playing the game. I'm much more comfortable on the side of the table with the bank.
I'm going to a charity casino night, I've never been to a casino before or properly played blackjack with other people. Is there anything I should avoid doing? table etiquette? Also is the game basically 21 but with gambling?	Charity events would be the most relaxed to play at (I can only assume), so it's a good place to start. I would look over basic strategy rules and learn when to hit, stay etc. because blackjack is kind of like a team sport. Everyone at the table is affected by what every player decides to do. I've seen people do very well by working together as a team and following strategy. And yes, I believe blackjack has also been called 21 in the past.
Why not the first biggest?	We are only the second because of how a casino's size is measured. It can be measured by square footage, in which case I do believe that we are literally the largest. A casino can also be measured by machine game count, which is why we are second. I think that answer is correct, but from what I've heard we are always neck and neck with other casinos for that spot.
If you live in the US, your casino is not the second largest in the world. Venetian Macau/Marina Bay Sands/City of Dreams are all larger than anything here.	I just know that second largest is how we advertise ourselves. Like I said before, there are different ways that a casino's size is measured so that has to be factored in when considering the rankings.
What is the biggest percentage-wise win youve seen? (for example; starting with $100 and going up to $1000 is a lot more impressive than starting at $1000 and cashing out $2000) Reason im asking; deadmau5 (the DJ) plays bj and some of his wins are pretty crazy. the first time he played for real at the wynn he started with $1000 and cashed out $100K, another time he started with $4K, ran it up to $500K and lost it all, and one other time he started with $4K and cashed out $200K. (he does play marathon sessions though: 8+ hours at a time) Do wins like those happen regularly (if so, i have to start playing bj)...or is he just one very lucky guy? :D.	Quite honestly, people come in and out so frequently and so often that I have never paid too much attention to one person's particular winnings. I know that winning as much as 100K definitely requires wagering big too. That's awesome that the deadmau5 guy has walked away with that much. And yes, I would assume that he won it over a time span a few hours. I think blackjack is a game best played for fun without expecting anything in return. Lots of people come to play expecting to walk away loaded but they are out of the game in around 20 minutes. It's more fun to play, if you are there to just have fun and play.
How does your casino deal with counters? How many decks in your shoe?	I don't really know how our casino would handle a card counter because I've never come into contact with one. But, I know that we take lots of measures to ensure that counting is essentially impossible due to the amount of decks and the shuffling machines that we employ.
worlds second largest casino. doesnt have craps or roulette. What? how does that happen? you would expect a casino that big to have what some would consider some of the most classic casino games...	Yeah, I know that new table games are always being considered but there are so many rules and regulations that come with implementing them that it takes time for the many approvals.
Are there really tough punishments for cheating? Like cutting off fingers and sodomy?	Haha. No cutting off of limbs, as we are fairly new testament in our punishments.
Ever seen a gambler pick up a cocktail waitress? That is, get her phone number, or a date or something? Thef get hit on all the time, so I figure it would be a feat.	I don't know. I'm not a cocktail.
I love playing Blackjack. My goal is usually more to find a fun table and have a few drinks than it is to win big. (Though that doesn't hurt.) My question is this: I try to have fun with the dealers and kinda backtalk a little, but always in a playful manner, never crossing the line. Some of them enjoy this but a lot don't. Is this because they experience this throughout their shift and tire of it or am I just an asshole?	If I were to play the game, I would be like you; have a few drinks and talk to people. It would just seem more fun that way. I don't usually mind it if people joke around with me, but I know that some people do. I look at it this way; it is our job and sometimes people just don't want to be at work so if someone has ever given you the cold shoulder, it's probably because they can't wait to clock out.
I'd imagine you're right for the most part, but people also tend to tip well when they win big, which is something the dealer can't control and doesn't want to happen.	On the contrary, I DO want people to win big. Sometimes those who win big will tip big, and it's always really great to work with them
How can I make money counting cards, without the casino trying to keep my winnings or backrooming me.	I don't know a lot about counting cards. I've never had any interaction or experience with that situation so I don't know how it would be handled but I'm sure basic protocol is to just ask a counter to leave.
Are you going to answer any other questions?	Yes.

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I'm just getting into poker and I have what I feel is probably a dumb question, but I'm learning about the starting hands in poker and was wondering if those hands only apply to when you are first to bet preflop or do they also apply to calling a bet? I know you should re-raise preflop with premium hands, but not sure about calling bets preflop.
The starting hands I'm referring to are these:
http://99pokertips.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/texas-holdem-starting-hands.jpg
Thanks in advanced for any advice.
Edit: based on the comments, I think this might be better chart to reference for unsuited cards:
http://freepokerhoney.com/website_images/8245/poker-strategy/poker-starting-hands-2.jpg
and suited:
http://freepokerhoney.com/website_images/8245/poker-strategy/poker-starting-hands-1.jpg