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Poker School

Getting Started

• The History of Poker - The origins of poker are uncertain.
• Registration Process - You need to download our free poker software.
• Alias Creation - Your screen name at the poker tables.
• Play Money Tables - One of the great things about online poker.

How to Play Poker

• Poker Game Types - Variations and different formats of the game.
• Seating Positions - Each seating position varies a little from the last.
• Basics of No Limit Hold’em - Hands start with posting the blinds
• Poker Hand Rankings - From a Royal Flush down to a High Card

Texas Holdem Strategy

• Control - The best way to control a hand is to be the aggressor in it.
• Position - You will often hear how important position is in poker.
• Styles of Play - There is more than one way to play poker successfully.>
• Bet Sizing - Use your chips as a tool and structure your bet sizing.
• Putting Players on Hands - Work out the most likely four or five hands.
• Bluffing - Bluffing is a really overestimated element of the game.
• Poker Starting Hands - Sharpen up your hand selection.

Single Table Tournament Strategy

• STT Basic Strategy - STTs are a great way to get started.
• Double Up STTs - Half the players will get into the money.
• Super Turbo STTs - For those of you who like fast action.
• Heads Up STTs - Heads up single table tournament poker games.

Multi Table Tournament Strategy

• MTT Basic Strategy - How to play the various stages of a tournament.
• Playing Short and Big Stack - Hand selection is a key skill.
• When the Antes come in - Antes are small forced bets, usually 10%.
• Final Table Strategy - Final table your poker decisions.
• Heads Up Play - Heads up play, hand values and position.
• Rebuy Tournaments - Buy back into the tournament.
• Satellite Tournaments - Entry to another, bigger tournament.

Cash Game Strategy

• Cash Game Basic Strategy - Purest form of poker.
• Value Betting - They assume that is all bluffs and machismo.
• Playing Against Weak Players - Now how do you reel in the fish.
• Spotting Weak Players - When they bet, its often always the minimum.
• Game Rejection - Money saved is as good as money won.

Bankroll Management

• Bankroll Management - Luck means that losing streaks are inevitable

Advanced

• Using your image - Exploit others to win massive pots.
• Benefits of Multi-Tabling - Online poker is faster than its live cousin.
• How to Increase Tables - Make small advancements over weeks.
• Should you show a bluff? - Bluffing a big pot is most satisfying
• When to bluff - Bluffing is a very overrated concept

Poker Articles

• Continuation betting
• Playing Ace King
• Bankroll management
• How to deal with Bad Beats
• Poker Odds - How good is your starting hand?
• Betting - When to raise, reraise, call and fold.