In most cases there is a place for different kinds of play depending on the circumstances at the poker table. For example, if the table is all playing tight, you may want to loosen up your starting hand requirements. If the table is very looses, you probably want to tighten up your starting hand requirements….
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Poker as a profession. P #2
Social Life You might think that being a poker player is one big party, as it seems to be for the guys who have made it to high stakes. This actually is quite far from the truth, when it comes to the actual low limit grinder making his/her living playing cards. Having to spend hours…
Poker as a profession. P #1
This is a topic that is discussed a lot and there are hundreds of teenagers along with other people who dream about playing poker professionally. Before I get into various aspects that are every day life for professionals, lets determine what this term actually means. You might think that in order to call yourself a…
Building a Poker Bankroll
Building a Poker Bankroll is perhaps the most important aspect of a successful poker carrer. If you take poker seriously at all, then you need to have a poker bankroll. Building your poker bankroll is the first step to being able to become a winning poker player. If you are already a winning poker player…
Play Winning Tight Poker
Typically tight poker is the opposite style employed by most new players. They’ve seen poker on TV and they want a piece of the action. Heck, if Gus Hansen can win with 83 offsuit then so can they!
Loose Passive Poker
Loose passive online poker players are the best types of players to play against. They’re also the worst kind of poker player to be. A loose player will play too many hands, making their hands worse on average than a tighter player. This makes it hard for a loose player to win over the long…
Big 2 Poker Rules
Big 2 poker can be played with two, three or four players with each player getting dealt player dealt 13 cards out of a standard 52 card deck. However, the game is best played with four players due to the fact that all the cards in the deck are dealt out so you know which…
A New Website Dispels Misinformation Regarding Chinese Poker
November 4, 2005 — Misinformation regarding the game of “Chinese Poker” is prevalent on the Internet. Websites offering information on Chinese Poker make glaring errors in their versions of the rules of play, and in some cases even confuse it with another game entirely.
What is Big 2 Poker ?
Big 2 Poker or “Pusoy Dos”is a 13 card poker game that has been played in coastal China since the 1980’s. The name Pusoy Dos is Philippino and it literally translates into “Poker Two”. it is called this because the 2 is the most powerful card in the game.
Chinese Poker Variations
Big 2:The game Big 2 is similar to Chinese Poker because you get dealt 13 cards. The object of the game, however, is quite different. In Big 2 you must be the first to discard your entire hand in the form of “card sets” that outrank the discarded card sets made by your opponent. This…