Feed Editor 27 Sep 2006 04:29:34 GMT Get in the game by reading our free poker articles. http://www.holdembonus.com/html/poker_articles.htm Copyright 2006, Holdem Bonus rss@holdembonus.com (Mark Miller) Poker 120 en admin@holdembonus.com (Patrik Karlson) http://www.holdembonus.com/images/hblogo.jpg http://www.holdembonus.com/html/poker_articles.htm This guide is for complete beginners to the game of poker. It will outline what poker equipment you need to play the game and explains how it's used in poker and what it does. 27 Sep 2006 04:31:32 GMT http://www.holdembonus.com/articles/poker_equipment.htm rss@holdembonus.com http://www.holdembonus.com/articles/poker_equipment.htm The World Series of Poker has grown immensely in the last few years in terms of exposure, fan base, and the amount of money being bet. The World Series of Poker, also known is WSOP, is the largest event of the Poker years and many of the major rounds of competition air live on sports channels such as ESPN. Click the title for the full article. 9 Jul 2006 23:22:17 GMT http://www.holdembonus.com/articles/wsop_history.htm rss@holdembonus.com http://www.holdembonus.com/articles/wsop_history.htm In poker, poor money management can have a devastating financial impact. Many people often get caught up in the moment when playing poker and bet more than they can afford. As a result, they often lose hundreds, thousands, tens of thousands of dollars or more through poker. Click the title for the full article. 8 Jul 2006 23:19:28 GMT http://www.holdembonus.com/articles/poker_money_management.htm rss@holdembonus.com http://www.holdembonus.com/articles/poker_money_management.htm In online poker, the main positions are the button position and the blinds. The button position is the player who would be the dealer (In Online Poker the computer performs all of the dealing) and the blinds represent the positions of the other players relative to the position of the dealer or button player. The button player is often considered the best position to be in as this player always bets last. 27 Jun 2006 00:41:20 GMT http://www.holdembonus.com/articles/table_positions.htm rss@holdembonus.com http://www.holdembonus.com/articles/table_positions.htm In Texas Holdem, flopping top pair is a great position to be in. You have matched the top card that was on the board and have a very good chance to win the pot. However, if you flop middle pair, it is advised that you make your decisions carefully. You still have a solid chance at winning the round, but there are many combinations, which can beat you easily. If you have flopped middle-pair, the best thing you can do is to play with your head, not your heart, and make the smartest poker decisions. 25 Jun 2006 20:32:22 GMT http://www.holdembonus.com/articles/middle-pair.htm rss@holdembonus.com http://www.holdembonus.com/articles/middle-pair.htm 7 Card Stud is one special variety of poker. The most important aspect of a stud game is by far the betting limit. The betting limit of the game provides the stud player with the expectations of the games. Betting limits vary immensely and can range from just a few dollars to hundreds of dollars. To play in a Stud Game, you will most likely have to pay a buy in fee of 10 times the amount of the betting limit. In stud, the ante varies percentage wise and can be between 10% and 30% for various games. You should check what the ante is for your specific game before buying in. 25 Jun 2006 20:26:20 GMT http://www.holdembonus.com/articles/seven-stud-introduction.htm rss@holdembonus.com http://www.holdembonus.com/articles/seven-stud-introduction.htm Texas Holdem is possibly the most popular form of poker played today, and is fortunately also one of the simplest. This has led to its massive appeal worldwide, and is played everywhere from the smallest of home games to the grandest of casinos. 8 Jun 2006 20:26:20 GMT http://www.holdembonus.com/articles/texas_holdem_introduction.htm rss@holdembonus.com http://www.holdembonus.com/articles/texas_holdem_introduction.htm Poker has a curious history, and nobody can be certain where the game originated. Many believe the game was the result of inspiration from a number of sources, including Persian, French, German and English games, though it is fairly certain that the first variations were being played around 1830 in New Orleans. 1 Jun 2006 04:16:01 GMT http://www.holdembonus.com/articles/poker_history.htm rss@holdembonus.com http://www.holdembonus.com/articles/poker_history.htm Starting to play poker should be fun and the important learning process is part of getting yourself experience, which sadly some players forget. The first mistake that is commonly made is the over play of hands. All beginners want to play and believe that playing is betting every round and equate betting with playing. So they decide to play most of the hands that are dealt. This often includes hands such as J 4 unsuited, which will more than often doom the player. Learning patience is crucial to poker. 24 May 2006 19:11:23 GMT http://www.holdembonus.com/articles/novice_mistakes.htm rss@holdembonus.com http://www.holdembonus.com/articles/novice_mistakes.htm We continue to tackle the problems a beginner poker player faces. One of these is the inability to understand and properly calculate pot odds. With the understanding of pot odds, beginners call too many hands that should have gone to the muck or throw away hands by being too conservatives but more than often the former is true. The most common example of this problem is the calling of suited cards. Many new players associate suited cards to carry the same value as connecting cards. The power of a chance of a flush is much weaker than a high connecting pair such as a JQ or a QK. The chance of getting a flush from suited cards is almost twelve percent, which is not enough to play a hand solely on. 24 May 2006 19:06:37 GMT http://www.holdembonus.com/articles/novice_mistakes2.htm rss@holdembonus.com http://www.holdembonus.com/articles/novice_mistakes2.htm In this poker article we describe the best ways to play against a passive player, tight or loose. Knowing your players at the table gives you an advantage and taking down pots will become easier. There are many ways and strategys this is just one of them, but rather knowing one that works than 20 that doesnt. 20 May 2006 01:48:42 GMT http://www.holdembonus.com/articles/passive_strategy.htm admin@holdembonus.com http://www.holdembonus.com/articles/passive_strategy.htm This article describes the commonly used poker words/terms. This glossary contains the most used words at the table. Knowing these are a must and learning them doesnt take long when sitting at a table. 20 May 2006 01:45:35 GMT http://www.holdembonus.com/articles/common_glossary.htm rss@holdembonus.com http://www.holdembonus.com/articles/common_glossary.htm This is an short article on what the different poker hands are. 20 May 2006 01:43:44 GMT http://www.holdembonus.com/articles/poker_hands.htm rss@holdembonus.com http://www.holdembonus.com/articles/poker_hands.htm Many new Omaha players find the game hard to learn and therefore we have written this simple Omaha strategy article for novice/beginners players. 10 May 2006 16:59:36 GMT http://www.holdembonus.com/articles/omaha_basic_strategy.htm admin@holdembonus.com http://www.holdembonus.com/articles/omaha_basic_strategy.htm In this article we explain the basics on how to play Omaha. Texas Holdem is still the king of poker games but Omaha is getting more and more popular and people enjoy playing Omaha especially online. 10 May 2006 16:55:44 GMT http://www.holdembonus.com/articles/omaha_the_basics.htm admin@holdembonus.com http://www.holdembonus.com/articles/omaha_the_basics.htm One of the hottest trends these days is to play poker. The game has actually exploded the last years and Internet Poker is here to stay. 4 May 2006 04:35:12 GMT http://www.holdembonus.com/articles/poker_craze.htm rss@holdembonus.com http://www.holdembonus.com/articles/poker_craze.htm An simple introduction to the game of poker and how it can be played. If you never played poker and want to get familiar with it, we here explain how to get started. 4 May 2006 04:27:40 GMT http://www.holdembonus.com/articles/poker-the_game.htm rss@holdembonus.com http://www.holdembonus.com/articles/poker-the_game.htm