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General Tips

1. When you start to play poker, you will more than likely be playing lower limit games. To beat these games does not require you to become a masterful poker player, it primarily entails that you are able to outplay poor opponents.
2. Three of a kind is fairly common in Five card draw since it is the hand most players are trying to make when drawing. Straights, flushes and full houses are not very common, but if you have a player draw one card there is a pretty good chance they are sho
3. Online poker professionals win most of their money from the weak players (fishes-suckers), so finding a table with two or three fishes on it, is extremely important if you want to succeed at this game.
4. Whenever possible, buy your chips before being seated. This will allow you to bet correctly without considering how many checks you have.
5. In video poker, you never keep a kicker with any pair. Holding a kicker to any pair reduces your return by 5%.



Glossary

1. Overcard--A card that is higher than any card showing.
2. Big Dog--(1) Five unpaired cards from ace to nine. (2) A big underdog.
3. Punching--Marking cards with pinpricks.
4. Close to the Chest--To play tight (Close to the Belly).
5. No Limit--The allowing of any size bet or raise (Sky's the Limit).



Strategy

1. When participating in tournament poker, stick to a game plan and raise the pot if you are the first one to bet.
2. The probability you will make a pair at the flop, holding two unpaired cards in the hole: 32.4%
3. Understand the rules of the game before you sit down to play.
4. Don't waste your precious bankroll on a cold video poker machine. If, after 10 to 12 hands you haven't hit payouts that come even close to the total you've put into the machine, the best video poker strategy is to move on.
5. Of course, position is not as critical as your starting cards in a game like Texas Hold'em, but it easily ranks a close second in determining whether you play your hand or not.