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DVDs to Learn Poker (Chris's Top Picks)
Poker over the past decade has had a major revival in the public eye. It continues to become more popular among Americans each year, and millions tune in to ESPN to catch the World Series of Poker Tour. Many, although having a strong love for the game, are not well versed in the techniques and strategies of the game. And since constantly losing money is not much fun, here are a few reviews of top DVDs you can get to learn and master the game. Anne Dukes Advanced Texas Holdem Secrets - How to Beat the Big Boys Anne Duke, one of poker's superstar females, has put together a wonderful DVD on poker strategy. Known for her uncanny talent of profiling and reading her competitors, she reveals how she does it. Along with tons of other tips and strategies, she also imparts her philosophy of the game onto the viewer. By the end of the DVD, you may start believing that poker isn't gambling, but an investment. Poker Secrets from a Poker Champ Great DVD with tips and strategies straight from the superstars. Not only that, its...Read more
Odds Calculator
Every poker player wishes they could know what cards they are going to be dealt before putting their chips into the pot. An odds calculator can help you do just that. The calculator helps you to evaluate pot odds by determining the strength or weakness of all possible hands. In this article, we'll look at how calculators work and how they can help you become a poker winner.
There are separate odds calculators for poker available that include Texas Holdem, Heads up Holdem, Omaha, Omaha Hi-Lo, 7 Card Stud, and 7 Cards Stud Hi-Lo. Odds calculators can be especially helpful for Holdem novices. If you get a hand that you're not sure about, say pocket aces, then simply plug in several starting hands against pocket aces and the calculator will evaluate your advantage. Knowing the real odds can help you to determine what to do with the hand.
There's no reason to be intimidated by an odds calculator. They are as easy to use as typical mathematical calculators. The player simply inputs the necessary information about any particular hand into the calculator. The program will then determine the odds of winning the hand. The calculations are amazingly...
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Subscribe It is one thing to be playing cards in your neighbor's or friend's den but quite another to be involved in the World Series of Poker.
Tom Moore started the World Series of Poker in 1968 in Reno, Nevada.
Perhaps it is the money that is the key focus of the WSOP.
If you want to compete in the World Series of Poker, then you are going to have to hone your game skills.
He wanted to show other casinos and players that poker was a worthwhile venture. Up until this time, many casinos did not feature poker because they believed that it was too hard to control cheating. Perhaps it was but Benny Binion and his sons changed all that and helped catapult WSOP into the stratosphere of the elite gamers, with such games as Texas Hold Em and Five Card Stud.
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