Students who go to school or college to learn various subjects do so, in part, by reading book on their particular subjects. So why should learning poker be any different? The answer is it shouldn’t, but yet there are lots of players who have never picked up a poker strategy book in their lives. They convince themselves that they are good players who don’t need any help because they know it all.

Game selection is one of the most important aspects of being a successful poker player and with the explosion of online card rooms it has become even more important. In a brick and mortar casinos there may only be one or two games to choose from making game selection irrelevant, but on the internet where there are literally hundreds of games to choose from it becomes very important.

One of the most popular forms of online poker today is the Sit and Go Tournament, which is a single table tournament that starts as soon as the table is full (usually 10 players).

A bit of a maths lesson for you this week as we look at calculating your outs and pot odds, but please no calculators! The number of outs you have are the remaining cards in the deck with which you can win the hand. So suppose you have a flush draw on the flop in texas hold’em you would calculate your chance of hitting your flush on the next card in the following way

This week Dave weighs up the differences between playing poker online vs playing poker in a live environment at a Land Based Casino.

The saying ‘a chip and a chair’ means that so long as you’ve got a chip and a chair then you have a chance to win. It originates from the 1982 World Series of Poker where Jack Straus was down to only one $25 chip early in the tournament, but staged a remarkable comeback to win the event and become World Champion.

It’s a big step to make the jump from the comfort and anonymity of playing on your computer at home to a real life casino and poker tournament but hopefully by reading this article you’ll feel more comfortable about making that step.