Texas Holdem Secrets Exposed

Im a big poker guy and its hard to find people to play all the time, so decided id give the online thing a try.. anyone know a good place where I can play hold em for free online, also is it possible to win real money without putting in your own?

You can play for free at pretty much any poker site. There are also freerolls at many of them. However, there's also a way to get actual money to play with without depositing anything or giving out credit card info. This is because some sites GIVE you money to play with just to entice new members and build their site, of course they don't tell everyone this.

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I used this myself, it totally works, beats the heck out of depositing your own money
Enjoy

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Pot odds is one of the most neglected aspects of Texas Holdem poker, especially by the beginner and intermediate player. Some poker beginners have heard the term and a few even have a basic concept of what pot odds are, but very few of these players know how to put them to good use in a poker game.

However knowing how to calculate and use pot odds is one of the crucial weapons that serious poker players have in their armory, one that most definitely separates them from the amateur.

Poker pot odds are often associated with complex mathematical calculations and the less serious player can feel overwhelmed at the prospect of tackling such a subject, but don’t fret, do you really think that to be a serious poker player you need to be a genius at mathematics? Do you think all the poker pros are?

Well of course the answer is that they are most definitely not all geniuses, but what they do have is a method of calculating the odds quickly and easily to see if they are in their favor in any given situation. So let’s look at a simple, basic way of calculating the odds, remember it needs to be quick and easy so that it can be worked out quickly and accurately in the heat and pressure of a poker game.

Poker pot odds can be broken down to this simple one liner:

“If the odds of you getting the card you need to make your hand are less than the pot odds, you should bet.”

There are two sides to this equation which I will try and explain, “odds of you getting the card you need” and “pot odds.” Firstly “odds of you getting the card you need”, this one is fairly easy to understand. It’s best explained using the example of a flush or straight draw, so we’ll use a straight draw to illustrate it.

You’re in a Texas Holdem game and your pocket cards are Q T, the flop is J 4 9. In order to make a straight you need to get either a King or 8 on the turn or river so you have eight possible cards that can make your hand, four Kings and four 8s. These are known as your “out” cards.

You’ve seen five cards out of the deck, your own two pocket cards and the three flop cards. That means there’s 47 cards you haven’t seen. So the odds of you getting the card you need are:

Cards that won’t help you : Cards that will help you

Out of the 47 remaining cards, eight of them will help you and 35 won’t, so the “odds of you getting the card you need” are 35:8 or 4.375:1. Now for the pot odds.

The basic formula is:

The size of the pot : Amount you need to put into the pot.

So if the pot is sitting at $100 and you need to bet $20 to call, your pot odds are 100:20 or 5:1.

In this case the pot odds (5:1) are bigger than the odds of you getting the card you need (4.375:1) so you should call the bet. This is known as getting “value” for your bet. If you are doing these sums quickly you can think of 35:8 as being about four and a half to one, it’s good enough for a quick calculation.

This is a simplification of pot odds and there are other considerations like – will the players after you in the round of betting add to the pot? This would make your bet an even better proposition as it would increase the pot odds but it is of course an unknown factor.

Understand pot odds and you will take your game forward to the next stage and prepare yourself for the poker big league.

Read more at caribbean holdem and poker odds issues. Useful tips about 7 hand poker - read here.

i am trying to play texas hold em but i dont know how many chips you uase at the start of the game

There's no set number. In a tournament everyone will start with the same amount, but how much that amount is will vary from tournament to tournament. In cash games, people buy in for whatever amount they want, although there is usually a minimum and a maximum.

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In texas hold em, you can technically have a 3 pair,( since there would be 7 cards in total, a 3 pair would be 6 cards plus a worthless card) but why is it not considered a hand?

Example: you have pocket 3s the flop shows 5 5 6 and the turn shows a 6, then you would have 3 pair no matter what the river is…

Thanks in advance

it is because the game consists of your best 5 card hand

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I know & hearts ; makes a ♥ in your display name, but then once you sign into the Texas Hold ‘Em App it doesn’t show as a heart anymore!!

Help!

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im new to the poker game texas holdem on face book and im not sure of the rules, the best cards etc. 10 points for most help

Texas holdem is a variation of poker. In poker, you need 5 cards to make a hand, here’s a list weakest to strongest:

HIGH CARD - self explanetary
PAIR - ” ”
TWO PAIR - ” ”
3 OF A KIND - ” ”
STRAIGHT - 5 cards in ascending order ie A2345
FLUSH - 5 cards of same suit
FULL HOUSE - 3 of a kind + a pair ie AAAKK
4 OF A KNID
STARIGHT FLUSH - 5 cards in ascending order and all same suit
ROYAL FLUSH - 10JQKA all same suit

Texas holdem is played by each player being dealt two private cards, called hole cards. Then a round of betting starting with the player left of the big blind. When bettings finished, 3 community cards are laid visible on the table, this is called the flop, another round of betting this time starting from the small blind. Then one more card is laid visible on the table called the turn, round of betting, then the last card is laid on the table, called the river, then the last round of betting. The person with the best 5 card poker hand out of the 7 available (2 hole cards and 5 community cards) wins, or the person who bets all other players out of the pot wins.

Betting- when betting, you can:

CHECK - If noone bets you can ‘check’ meaning you don’t put any money in the pot.
CALL- If someone has already bet an amount, calling is putting in the same money as the previous bettor.
RAISE - Put more money in the pot
FOLD - Throw your hand away

Blinds are a compulsary blind bet that is made before cards are dealt to get the action going. The dealer button is passed around the table before each hand, to the left is the small blind, and to the left of the small blind is the big blind. Usually the small blind bet is half the size of the big blind. So you’ll always have BUTTON>SMALL BLIND>BIG BLIND.

Good Luck!

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