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Most beginners who play poker online make a very critical mistake early in their career, and it can be something they never recover from — they visit an online poker site like Bodog, buy in, and bust out because they don’t use their initial investment as a game as just that, an investment. This . . . → Read More: Beginner’s Tips: How Much Should I Invest?

This guide is going to help the very beginning player know the relative value of the cards they may be holding before the flop. You can feel confident betting with any of these hands, but knowing their importance and a bit of trivia behind each one.

#1 Pair of Aces This is the best . . . → Read More: The Top Twenty Starting Hands In Texas Hold’Em Poker

“Listen, here’s the thing. If you can’t spot the sucker in the first half hour at the table, then you are the sucker.”

Matt Damon’s Mike McDermott is a reformed gambler who’s stepped away from the world of poker entirely and dedicated himself to finishing law school after losing the entirety of his bankroll . . . → Read More: Poker In The Media: Rounders

The start of the new week marked the beginning of the 2010 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event. Players filed into the Amazon Room at the Rio in Las Vegas around 11:45am, about 15 minutes prior to Greg Raymer’s “shuffle up and deal” command.

After hoisting his gold bracelet in the air, Raymer . . . → Read More: World Series of Poker Main Event Day 1A Attracts 1,125 Players

At the close of play today on Day 1b we’ll be halfway through the starting days of the 2010 WSOP Main Event. Each year the total attendance number is watched closely, as it serves as both a general pulse for the health of poker around the world and also determines how much prize . . . → Read More: The 2010 WSOP by the Numbers