To learn how to play Texas Hold'em, you need to first learn
the basic poker
hand rank rules.
Then, after reading and understanding the basic Texas Hold'em
poker rules and fundamentals, you will be ready to play poker.
Start playing online poker for fun and improve your poker
skills at any of the poker rooms free or practice rooms. When
you feel you know how to play Texas Hold'em, and you whish
to play poker for real money, you will be ready to go. Just
remember you don't have to spend allot to get an initial feel
for the game. Don't be intimidated, everyone has to start
some place.
If you want to take another step forward, try online poker
schools with Texas Hold'em poker beginners section and later
on Texas Hold'em poker advanced sections.
If you want to participate in poker tournaments, the ideal
place to do so is on any of the links we provide in our poker
section of Las Vegas Waging. There you can take part in
No Limit Hold’em and Limit Holdem tournaments. Some
have guaranteed prize pools of thousands of dollars, so for
a low-buy in you can win great prizes just for winning the
game!
What Poker is all about?
Poker is the world's most popular card game and it is growing
rapidly. Originally played on Mississippi riverboats, poker
is a game of sharp wits, nerves, and common sense. Some players
make their living with math and odds. Other players are extremely
good at reading people, being able to tell a bluff from a
good hand.
The best players have a combination of all these skills. Internet
poker is the most exciting new form of the game. Most people
like the convenience of playing from their own home when they're
not in Vegas. It's also relatively cheaper than playing in
regular poker rooms, which take much more of your winnings
in table fees and other expenses.
Internet poker is easy, fast, and has a variety of poker games
to choose from: Texas Hold'em, 7-Card Stud, Omaha and others.
Whether you like to gamble or are looking for a relaxing evening
of fun, there is a poker game out there for you.
Limit Texas Hold'em is by far the most popular form of poker
game played in both brick and mortar and online poker rooms.
However, the increasing popularity of the World Poker Tour
and the World Series of Poker has sprung more interest in
No Limit Texas Hold'em side games. This poker article will
explain the differences between No Limit Texas Hold'em and
Limit Texas Hold'em ring games.
Limit Texas Hold'em is a game of patience and odds. Bluffing
and semi-bluffing are not very powerful weapons. Big cards
are important at Limit Texas Hold'em, and it is in the player's
interest to generally bet top pair very forcefully. While
an odd hand like a set will occasionally hurt someone with
top pair, the losing poker player will not lose a huge chunk
of their stack because of it. In summary, Limit Texas Hold'em
is a game of maximizing the wins and minimizing the losses
over a huge run of hands. Generally, one or two hands will
not make or break a session.
No Limit Texas Hold'em stresses psychology and 'big hands'
much more so. On any given hand you can double up or lose
your entire poker chips stack. Because of this, bluffing and
especially semi-bluffing are more formidable weapons. Top
pair is not a very good hand at No Limit Texas Hold'em because
all it can beat is a draw or a bluff. Thus, it cannot stand
heavy action unless you are fairly sure your opponent is drawing.
In fact, bluffing is so powerful at No Limit Texas Hold'em
that most middle to high poker stakes games go to showdowns
less than 20% of the time.
Many Poker Sites currently do not host very high stakes No
Limit Texas Hold'em games, and it caps the buy-ins at 50 big
blinds. This decreases the 'fear factor' and spurs more action
because people generally cannot lose a lot of money in relation
to the blinds on any one hand. Because of this, you should
not overdose on bluffing when playing. In general, you should
make one stab at the pot when you do bluff. On occasion take
another stab, but certainly avoid bluffing all the way through
a pot. Because the buy-in is fairly small, a river bluff is
probably going to be called because the players will be close
to all in anyway.
When you begin playing the No Limit Texas Hold'em games,
you should adjust your hand selection accordingly. In pots
that have not been raised, play more suited connecting cards,
since they have the potential to win a huge pot when they
hit. Also, play pocket pairs a lot. As long as the pot is
not raised too much, almost any pocket pair can be played
for its set value. A common way a mediocre poker player will
lose his whole stack is when he hits top pair against an opponent's
set.
A key difference between Limit Texas Hold'em and No Limit
Texas Hold'em is the amount of information you can afford
to relay to your opponents. In Limit Texas Hold'em, it almost
doesn't matter if your opponents know the strength of your
hand in the later stages of the pot. Since the pot is so huge
in relation to the bet, you or they will probably call on
the river, provided the hand can beat a bluff. If you have
top pair and they have a busted flush draw, they cannot bluff
you out of the pot on the river at a Limit Texas Hold'em game.
