David Walker asked:


If you are going to learn to play poker, then you must learn to play Texas Hold’em. Before you jump right into a game, take a moment and study the following tips:

1. First, before you step into the world of an online Texas Hold’em poker room, decide what you feel comfortable wagering. Never put more money into your online account than you can comfortably afford to lose.

2. Don’t ever get into the habit of chasing loses. If you do, you’ll inevitably find yourself making bad plays, such as calling or raising when you should fold.

3. Play small tournaments or ring games before you jump into the larger tournaments. Players with a lot more experience than a beginner will dominate in these games. They read players well and can quickly determine what the best possible hand is.

4. Take notes on other players when you’re playing. You will have plenty of time to do this as many players take their time in making proper play decisions. It’s smart to take notes on the other players every time you play because you are likely to come across them again in another tournament. Use what you have learned about them, against them.

5. Practice reading the flop, the turn, and the river. Know what the best possible hands are at any given time.

6. Do not play loose poker online. Your bluff will be called.

7. For the most part, while learning to play online Texas Hold’em, play the top ten starting hands, and play a tight game of poker.

8. Avoid playing multiple games at a time, your better players don’t do it and you shouldn’t either.

Above all else, have fun and learn how to play your hands by watching other players in tournament play. If players show their cards at the end of the hand, make quick notes and try to learn their betting patterns.



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Lewis Jon Travis asked:


In the game of poker, particularly Texas Hold’em, poker chips are your weapons. Looking around the table you’ll see giant castles of chips in front of some players and others will have one solitary tower of chips, but all that really matters is what you do with these chips at the table. During a tournament poker chips will be distributed to all players based on the buy-in, or entry fee, of the tournament. Even though poker chips are typically given monetary value; they don’t equate to cash. For example, during high stakes tournaments, pots will get up to the millions, but that is just the nature of tournament play. The more people you eliminate, the more pots you win the more chips you will have.

A common saying in the game of poker, especially during tournament play is “all you need is a chip and a chair”. This statement never rang more true than in the 1982 World Series of Poker when Jack “Treetop” Strauss came from behind with a $500 chip to win the entire tournament. With one chip, Strauss effectively played the next few hands, doubling his stack steadily over the next few days until he had all the chips. Strauss took the WSOP championship that year and a legend was born.

That story illustrates the true importance of just one poker chip. A common mistake that you and most beginner poker players will make is to play erratically when you have just a few chips remaining, ripping the band-aid with one quick pull if you will. But, if Treetop can wait it out and pounce on his opponent at the right time to win the highest honor in the game of poker, as a beginner you can give that last $100 chip a fair chance to multiply.

The sound of poker chips clanging together can be the most soothing sound in the world for any poker player especially during a tournament. Watch any televised tournament and you’ll recognize the sound of an army of chips being stacked and re-stacked, or twirled between knuckles; this sound can be just the distraction you need to block out unnecessary table talk or just to focus on the table. Learning to do this won’t make you a better player, but it just might fool the other newbies into thinking you’re a pro and backing off from a big hand in which you’re involved. After all, a major part of poker is appearances.

The most important lesson of all is to always respect the poker chip. Accumulating chips is the main goal of tournament play, and the sooner you realize that every chip counts the more likely you are to perfect your game from a short stacked position. As a short stacked player, your remaining chips are your last hope to see the final table and making them work for you all depends on you.



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Michael Greens asked:


Start Playing Texas Hold’em

The “button” is used to indicate the dealer position, after each hand it moves one place to the left. Before any cards are dealt, the first player to the left of the dealer posts the “small blind”. The player to his left posts the “big blind.”

In a $2/$4 Texas Hold’em game, the “small blind” is $1, and the “big blind” is $2. Blind bets are live, real money bets, and when the betting comes round to them, they have the option of folding, checking, calling or raising.

Beginning with the small blind, each player receives two cards face down, one at a time, in a clockwise direction.

The player to the left of the “big blind” is first to act, he must either fold, bet the minimum bet, raise or check. The next player must either fold, call the current bet, raise, or check (if no bets have been made). This continues all round the table until all players have bet the same amount of money.

There can be 1 bet and 3 raises maximum in each round of Texas Hold’em betting.

The Flop:

After all bets are equal, 3 cards are simultaneously turned face up in the centre of the table; this is called the “flop”. There now follows a round of betting, starting with the player to the left of the dealer.

The Turn:

After betting is equal, the fourth communal card, the “turn”, is turned face up in the centre of the table. This is followed by a round of betting.

The River:

After betting is complete, the fifth and final communal card, the “river”, is turned face up in the centre of the table, alongside the previous four.

A final round of betting now follows. Once betting is finished the players show their best five card hand made from the 2 hole cards and the 5 communal cards. The first person to show their cards is the last person to bet or raise. The best hand wins the pot.

In limit Texas Hold’em poker, the lower limit is used for the first 2 rounds and the higher limit for the second 2 rounds