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As a regular player in the low-limit Turbo Sit and Go games at Full Tilt, I often see players making standard raises and getting 3-4 callers. Is this a symptom of the accelerated environment or simply bad players that don’t respect standard 3X-4X raises? The short answer is no, or yes depending on who you ask or when you play in one of these games. The full answer, like most answers to poker strategy questions, depends on many factors and without a crystal ball it’s almost impossible to discuss every situation that you may see at one of these tables.  [ Read More ]

Texas Holdem is one of the easiest games to learn how to play in a casino and it’s also a very popular online game. Thousands of people play Texas Holdem online for real money every single day and there is a fair amount of money to be won if you know how to play. While strategy plays a large role post-flop there are basics that you’ll need to understand before moving onto advanced Texas Holdem strategy. So let’s take a look at the rules for Holdem as a foundation and move on from there. The rules are very simple and  [ Read More ]

In Texas Holdem a large part of the game is strategy and you need to know as much about the game as possible. If you know the odds of your chances of winning each hand then you’ll do a lot better then someone who has no idea about odds. Now it takes a lot of time to be able to know the odds to every hand, but it’s also important that you get a general idea about Holdem strategy before playing. We’re going to look at the ten best starting hands in poker throughout this article. The reason you’d want  [ Read More ]

Online poker has always had sit and go tournaments and they’ve always been amongst the most popular ways to play online poker. You don’t need to risk a whole of money to pay sit and go tournaments and the odds you’ll win some money are fairly good provided you employ some basic strategy. In the common nine or ten player sit and go tournament you’ll find that the top three players make money. First place gets 50% of the prize pool and then second and third place get the remainder of the 50% split up between them with second place  [ Read More ]

When you play sit and go tournaments online you’ll have noticed that you can usually choose between a regular tournament or a turbo tournament. In a regular tournament the blinds increase every ten minutes typically and in a turbo tournament the blinds increase every five minutes. Now if you plan on stealing blinds then a turbo tournament is by far the better option, but you can choose either or. When the blinds are small they aren’t really worth stealing so in the early stages you should pay tight. This means you should only play your top hands and fold everything  [ Read More ]