Online Poker Secrets» texas holdem

Keep your bets the same

jen — Fri, 29 May 2009 17:37:34 +0000

When playing online poker, especially texas holdem, today’s game consists of a lot of students of the game. Players are no longer weak in the majority – so they are paying attention to how you play. A common peice of advice is to change up your bets often to keep your hand concealed. With the hundreds of hands you will be playing in a session, I believe that it is really hard to keep track of every hand you play and ensure that you are changing up your bets enough to keep them concealed.

Instead of following this change structure in Online Poker, do the opposite and keep all of your bets the same. If you are raising preflop, choose how much you want to raise (3x BB is my favourite) and continue to do that throughout your whole session, whether your hand is AA or 56 suited. If you are reraising preflop, reraise again the same amount every time (2x the original raise is what I suggest) whether you are doing so with AK or 22.

Dont give your opponents the opportunity to find a glitch in your poker game.

Flopping The Nuts

jen — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 19:51:39 +0000

When playing a full ring table or full table poker tournament of Omaha, you must keep in mind – just because you flop the nuts, doesnt mean that you are going to win the hand! Generally speaking, when playing Texas Holdem, flopping the Nut Straight or Nut Flush is a great thing! In Omaha (especially PLO), you need to be careful.

Being that this is a drawing game, players are not going to let go of their draws to a “better nut” hand – and if there are more than 3 players that saw the flop, I can guarantee that you are getting callers.

Rules in flopping the nuts:

1. DO NOT slowplay on the flop – BET THE POT!
2. If you get called, and the turn is a blank – BET THE POT AGAIN!
3. If the turn pairs the board, bet – but be VERY cautious of a caller and FOLD to a reraiser

Don’t Overplay them..PLEASE???

jen — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 15:25:39 +0000

We all love to look at our cards a see AA! Yes this is the best STARTING hand in Texas Hold Em poker, but this hand can be beaten (and yes people, even on the flop!).

I hear all the time “I had a bad beat, I had AA and some guy called my pre-flop raise with 10J and hit two pair on the turn”. I’m not saying that you shouldn’t bet your hand, I’m just suggesting that AA is only one pair and if you have been called you have to think of the possible hands that someone else could have to beat your AA. If you keep betting and are getting called and your hand does not improve, then maybe you should think about slowing down.

You can always win another pot if you still have money in front of you!

Why Raise?

jen — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 15:24:40 +0000

Have you ever heard the phrase “there is more than one way to win the pot”? While I do believe in this, I also believe that you should have a reason for your action.

If you are going to play poker and do it to make money you should not call, bet or raise without a reason for doing so. I think that the game of Texas Hold’em Poker is getting to the point where there are many good poker players that know how to play the game well. If you are asking yourself why this post is called what it is, it is just a question to ask yourself the next time you are playing poker and you are thinking of raising, you should always have an answer.

Dont overplay AK

jen — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 04:19:35 +0000

Just happens too often! Poker Players overplay AK thinking it is a “premium hand”. Keep in mind its only AK high. And even if you hit an Ace or a King (just one of the 2) it is only 1 pair! When playing hands like AK in poker, just make sure you are playing the poker players along with the hands!

Zen and the Art of Poker

jen — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 19:04:34 +0000

While Zen and the Art of Poker is probably one of the easiest books to read, and many will think that its too easy – I believe it is probably one of the best poker books out there. Learning patience and the mechanical play of Texas Holdem would be an incredible asset when playing online poker. You will learn how to be relaxed and play only with your mind, rather than playing poker with your emotions.

Limping under the gun

jen — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 04:16:28 +0000

For the most part, you should be limping under the gun (UTG) with your decent hands (88,99,TT,JJ,AJs,AQ,AQs,AK,AKs) and not raise – at a full table. The reason for this is, either you are expecting someone to raise, for you to be able to reraise, or players will assume with a UTG limp that you are strong and fold – giving you the same implications of raising, but still getting potential action on your decent holdem hands.

Top 2 isnt enough!

jen — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 03:43:34 +0000

Such an easy misconception here – especially when moving from Texas Holdem to Omaha – Top 2 pair isnt enough!!! Regardless of how aggressive the game is, its a drawing game – so if you have top 2, dont play it like you have the nuts! Infact – wait until you have the nuts, and then play aggressive – as for the most part, you are going to get paid off

Welcome to Online Poker Secrets!

jen — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 22:22:27 +0000

Thank you for visiting Online Poker Secrets! Here you will discover little secrets for online poker players to help improve their game. The purpose of this site is not to provide players with long and lengthy secrets; but to give you short and sweet conclusions to winning online poker! My main focus will be on Texas Holdem and Omaha in the beginning; however – I will definitely open things up after a while!

Hope you enjoy – and more importantly, I hope some of these secrets help you with your poker game. From working in the industry and playing poker for over 12 years, I found that as much as I read and as much as I absorb – its the little secrets that have made successes in the poker industry!

Good luck and Play well!!!