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Basic Poker Strategy: Two Types Of Bluffing

Poker is more than a game of numbers - psychological warfare is also a huge part of it, even in online poker, where you can't see the other players' faces. Let's review the three basic types of deception that take place at the poker table and how you can best use them. Pretty much everybody knows about bluffing, even if they don't play poker at all. However, many new poker players bluff recklessly without knowing when and how you should use this time-honored bit of strategy. While you can bluff...
// By: Deke Marston // Dec 26, 2011 //

Quick Poker Tips: Playing Aces With Low Kickers

When you're dealt a hand like A4, what should you do? There's an Ace, and Aces are good, right? That's the logic most beginners put behind the decision to play the hand after overestimating its strength, but this can lead them into trouble. Let's make this as simple as possible. You should be folding "rag aces" more often than not. Chasing hands with rag aces you're looking for one thing to happen: to make top pair with your kicker on the flop. This is because this gives you the best shot at...
// By: Deke Marston // Dec 22, 2011 //

Poker Strategy: Think About It

There are literally tens of thousands of articles offering poker advice and poker strategy on the internet and if you spend any time at all wading through them, you're going to notice a lot of contradictions and things that go against your playing style. The reason for that is pretty simple: everyone who writes about poker has a different way of playing poker and poker is not a game where there's always a "right" way to go about things. Even if there are some basics worth keeping in mind at...
// By: Deke Marston // Dec 08, 2011 //

Beginner Poker Strategy: Multi-Tabling

Multi-tabling is a thing that only the online poker revolution could have brought about.  If you're not familiar with the term, the name says it all: it's the act of playing at more than one poker table at the same time. Live casino players can never have the opportunity to multi-table but online, it's extremely common. If you're interested in multi-tabling, there's some basics you need to cover.  Advantages Players get to see more hands per hour. If you play poker well, you'll win more...
// By: Deke Marston // Dec 01, 2011 //

Intermediate Poker Strategy: Loose Tables

A loose table can be a very profitable thing, but without adjustments to your game, even the best player can be wrecked by variance. Let's take a look at the two different types of loose tables and how you can adjust your game for them. Loose/Passive Table Strategy A loose/passive table is defined as a table in which a lot of players see the flop, but the vast majority of them are calling or limping into the action. There's going to be a big gap between the hands that they call and raise with...
// By: Deke Marston // Nov 30, 2011 //

Advanced Poker Theory for the Weekend Warrior

With the WSOP around the corner, now is   a good time to up the ante by adding more depth to your poker strategy. Looking for a few extra poker tips or a different poker strategy to take to the tables this weekend? Look no further... Rebuy Tournament Strategy Down to your last poker chip? Thank god for rebuys.   In the case of a rebuy tournament, you can re-buy your way back into the game and avoid elimination.   Of course, now that you're back in the game you're going to have to play like...
// By: angi // Apr 17, 2010 //

Advanced Poker Advice: Take Calculated Risks

There's good advice and then there's common sense. There's an old Russian proverb that advises, "Fear the goat from the front, the horse from the rear, and the man from all sides." How does that relate to online poker you ask? It doesn't. Not really, anyway. I mean loosely translated it could mean, "Observe your opponents," but the point I'm trying to make here is that not all advice is good advice. The following tips from Bodog's poker pros, however, are examples of damn good...
// By: angi // Apr 10, 2010 //

Poker Strategy & Texas Holdem Success in 5 Steps

Sweating profusely and grinning like an idiot is never a good strategy at the poker tables. Dumb hats are also a bad   idea. All this week in the Bodog Poker Articles section they've been running a series of articles geared towards the online poker player who is seriously considering heading over to Las Vegas to compete in the 2010 World Series of Poker. Does that sound like something you'd consider doing? I happen to think it's a hell of an idea. Online poker players have been making a name...
// By: angi // Apr 08, 2010 //

Tight, Tricky, Aggressive & Loose: Poker Players, Silly

So you say you're tight & aggressive. How's that working for you, by the way? Let's say you're at a house party and you're approached by a  short, fat guy wearing a "Bill's Gamblin' Hall"    ball cap, a T-shirt that reads, "I've got the nuts!" and dark shades and instead of asking you how you're doing he asks, "Are you loose and aggressive or tight and aaggressive?" Don't punch the guy in the head; he's probably the host of the party and he's  fishing for a few more players to join...
// By: angi // Apr 02, 2010 //

Single-Zero or Double-Zero Roulette: Which Do You Prefer?

Online roulette continues to be a popular casino game at Bodog. It's a little like the 'chicken and the egg' story; Single Zero Roulette and Double Zero Roulette, which came first? Which one is better? And more importantly, which one do you prefer to play? Double Zero Roulette was the first to appear on the scene, but for obvious reasons (known to roulette players) Single Zero Roulette is preferred because the house edge is lower. Oddly enough, while most casinos in Vegas have been offering...
// By: angi // Feb 08, 2010 //

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