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How Good Is Your Hand – Drawing Hands These are the starting hands that have the potential to make a winner, but do not constitute a made premium hand on the opening round. You may have three to a straight (a three-straight, such as 7c-8d-9s), three to a flush (a …

If you are like a large and ever-expanding portion of the population, you have probably seen some poker on TV. If so, you may have noticed that the same players consistently have success at the top level of poker. Contrary to what some may believe, this not because those players …

While it may not appear so on the surface, etiquette at a poker table has strategic implications.  No one wants to play with a total poker jerk, and if there is no one to play the game with, then you cannot make any money. Play with class, show some manners, …

This article is something of a hodge podge. It is simply a collection of useful playing tips which did not necessarily fit in well in other sections, but are still valuable pieces of information to have at hand.  Keep some of these in mind while playing your seven card stud …

A game of seven card stud is dealt in rounds, or streets. Betting Rounds – The Seven Card Deal The first dealing round consists of each player getting two cards face down (hole or pocket cards) and one card face up (the door card). There is then a round of …

For the purposes of simplification, all game play examples and scenarios will be assumed to occur at $1/$2 stakes table.  At this stakes level, each player antes $0.25 into the pot before the cards are dealt. Seven Card Stud Betting Strategy After the first three cards are dealt to each …

With all Seven Card Stud Poker games, to enhance your chances of winning the game, apply strategies and tips. One such pertains to knowing how to play your hands when you reach the fifth street.  As this is one of the final streets in Seven Card Stud poker, the amount …

Seven Card Stud Poker proceeds through seven streets and allows players as many chances to make their hand. Just as the first five streets require players to carefully assess their hand strength as well as that of their opponents, the same is required at the 6th too. The hand value …

Below is a list of some common Omaha terms that other players will throw around without hesitation. If you want to be respected at the table, you better know what they are saying and know how to throw a few words of your own in. Most of these terms are …

By now, even the most novice of card players have certainly heard of Texas Hold Em but do you know the differences between Texas Holdem and Omaha Poker. Whether they’ve seen it on ESPN, or Bravo, or the Game Show Network, or the Travel Channel, etc, most people have a …