Mad World of Poker

Poker it all about what you know – your knowledge and that is why it is very important for you to be very observant and know exactly what is going to happen in the game or where you are positioned in the game. When you are next to the dealer, you are forced to bet [...]

Now that we have talked about two of the main points that you need to remember in poker, let’s talk about another one – practice.  Most people, as soon as they learn the game think that they are done and do not have to practice, they can just enroll in games and practice that way.  [...]

Poker is a game that is all about psychology – most poker players, the good ones know that but if you are just starting out, you probably don’t.  Poker is a game that is played by people, not a people played game.  That is how people become winners in it, they gather their information about [...]

One thing that many poker players do not know anything about is patience.  To be frank, patience is something that you need to have in order to win and become very good at poker.  Poker is a waiting game and it is something that you need to learn early on if you intend to go [...]

In the last blog we talked about some of the emotional things that can happen when it comes to poker.  However, you might not be able to understand exactly why these emotions happen and why the mood swings come about.  No matter how happy or sad you feel when you win or lose a game, [...]

It is very difficult when you are playing something so emotional and so high-like as a game of poker to keep all of your emotions out of it.  However, what you really need to think about how to keep your emotions in check just a little bit when you are playing poker.  Emotions and poker [...]

Going on tilt in a poker game is something that every single poker player wants to avoid.  It is by far the worst thing in the world that you can do and while you do not have to lose the game because of it, there are many different ways to avoid it.  The trick to [...]

In the last blog we touched a little bit on Seven-Card Stud and what the game actually is.  Now, we are going to really dive in and talk about exactly what this particular version of poker is and how to play.  Firstly, you know that Seven-Card Stud and Texas Hold ‘em are pretty close together [...]

If you are a novice in poker, you are probably not aware of all of the different kinds of poker games out there.  Honestly, I was not aware of them until I actually started going through them and writing about them!  One card game that I really noticed and found out was my favorite was [...]

There are some things in the world that simply do not make sense to me at all and the newest rule at WSOP is actually one that does not make all that much sense to me.  The rule states that if any player that is registered at the event does not show up by the [...]