Poker Terminology: Straddles

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A straddle is an option given to players in most cash games. To straddle, the first player to act may post a blind twice the size of the existing big blind before looking at her cards for the benefit of acting last preflop.

Mind Over Gut: Counterintuitive Truths in Poker

Instincts can be a valuable asset at the poker table. Reading people requires us to tap into parts of our subconscious that no poker book could ever teach. Unfortunately, poker presents certain instances where our natural inclinations can mislead us. Here’s how to get ahead…

Poker In Our Language: Idioms and Vernacular

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It turns out that the english language is riddled with references to poker! Here’s a fun list of poker colloquialisms that live in our speech, feel free to promote the game by throwing these into your conversations…

Poker Etiquette for Your First In-Person Game

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With such promising news of a Covid-19 vaccine, poker players may be able to return more widely to physical tables in 2021. If you’ve only ever played online poker, the transition to playing live may be off-putting at first. To help you fit in at a cardroom or house game, here are our tips on in-person poker etiquette.

The Impact of Social Media on Poker’s Growth

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In 2003 an amateur poker player skyrocketed poker’s popularity by winning the most prestigious tournament of the year, the main event. Through the mid 2000s poker was at its most popular, growing from 839 to 8,773 main event entrants between 2003 and 2006 alone…

How to Win a Trip to Cancun Playing a Free Online Poker Tournament!

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Poker Power has teamed up with WCP (World College Poker) for the freeroll of a lifetime! If you’re a college student (or a graduate less than 3 months out of school) you’re eligible to play in WCP’s current tournament (Fall Brawl) or any future tournament series…

The Best Reasons for Getting Great at Poker

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While poker players get in the game for all sorts of reasons, great players tend to have similar motivations for improving. Scores of card sharks cite these reasons as drivers of their pursuit for poker glory…

How to Pick the Perfect Poker Game Type

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Over poker’s evolution, the trend of specializing at a particular game type has become more popular among competitive players. Specialists have a natural advantage over generalists since such a high concentration of their studying goes towards mastering the only game they play.