Beginners Circle

First a little background: I began playing poker tournament style like on TV. 7-8 of my buddys go to someones house and we'd play a winner take...

I consider myself a relatively good poker player, i dont play online i normally play home games with 6 or 7 of my friends. Some of my friends are...

ok, star city's poker room, or rather area (has about 8 tables all up) with the entry level being the 5/10 and then a 10/20, do not rake hands....

I realize that it makes sense to show your hole cards from time to time, and I assume the prevailing logic is that when you do so it is with the...

I was wondering if you have a really good read on someone and you know they're bluffing, what should you do? For example, I was playing a ring game...

I've been playing on William Hill's $0.50/$1 no limit Texas Hold'em ring game tables for a few months now with varying degrees of success. I have...

Hi, I'm a relatively new player (6 months) and I've been playing in local home games, card rooms and online pretty religiously for the past 4...

i've started online this week.... have already had many ups and downs... and badly down at the moment...but i feel that i am still very...

I've been playing 6+.50 turbo sngs at PokerStars and am up around $400 in profit. I've tried some cash game at various levels .01 - .02 to .25 - .50...

What do these terms mean, please?

I've been playing poker on-line for about six months now, so I know that there are some things I'm still learning. One thing I thought I knew for...

I finally cleared my Interpoker bonus, but cant get my money out for some reason (I'll figure it out later). Today they give me another bonus to...

I'm new so i play really conservative and tight...playing only when i hit good cards.... i'm playing at the lowest tables .05/.10.... it's...

Here's my poker history regarding getting reads. Anyone else care to ring in on their experiences in live vs online games when getting reads? ...

So, basically I'm asking the very experienced online poker players, knowing what they know now, how would you go about learning how to become a great...

Dear fellow punters: I've been playing texan on and off for about a month and recently joined online poker to improve my skills. I once...

Just looken for some basic info if it is possible to count cards in hold'em. And if anyone has really good tips on how to play.

I am playing a $22 dollar NL tourney. 116 people started there are 24 left, and im about 13 or 14th place out of the 24 left. Now the buy in was only...

I believe this is what its called anyway...If no one raises for example and im in small blind and call with KTo, and i flop top pair with either a...

I have asked this over n over and never really got a answer. As of right now I only raise with AK in early pos before the flop, and AQ in late pos...

I recently read a post stating that games are tougher to beat during the work day. I was unable to find anything specific in the search engine about...

Is there a list out there or old threads that address which hands play better multiway and which hands play better heads up? Right now I paly it as...

I have to say I totally agree with what is written on this site´s first page. I started with a deposit of $20 bucks at Pacific, got $10 bonus and...

early on in an MTT (1st or 2nd level) when you raise pre-flop w/ any of the top 5 hands 8-10xBB (blinds at either 5-10 or 10-20) no one shows respect...

Has anyone had success putting funds from a CC into neteller? I can use my atm/debit card with neteller but have read about trouble with using it...

I've continually tried to make $$ in the ring games on Party, but my performance looks like an EKG chart. I'll have a great couple sessions and...

im a decent player but i think one of my main weaknesses is not knowing much about pot odds, implied odds, etc... like, what are the odds of hitting...

I've won 1 already, a $250 freeroll ($67.50 1st), and got 10th place in a $2,000 tourney (1 seat away from winning money).. I think i'd rather win...

I've been playing at Pokerroom.com for months now and I've gotten to a point where I can keep my variance low. (I can outplay the slowplays and can...

When playing multiple tables, can it be a disadvantage playing a ring game and a tournament at the same time because they each involve a different...

How important is having position on the big stack in a Limit game? In NL it’s easy to see the advantages, but in Limit, the advantage doesn’t seem...

Where is the cutoff between micro-limit and low limit tables? Are you out of the micro-limits once you start playing at a $1/$2 table?

In Miller, Malmuth, and Sklansky’s book, SSHE, there are two charts for starting hands. One chart for loose games, and one for tight games. ...