Duplicate poker is an ever-evolving poker variant that attempts to eliminate much of the luck involved in traditional poker. Because of its evolving nature, and because of the limitations of live play ...

The purpose of betting is simply to win money from your opponents. Betting is the action taken in a hand of poker that allows for the game to involve an element of skill, as opposed to just random ...

For the last couple of weeks, I have given examples of hands that were played or judged incorrectly because the player (or commentator) was not paying full attention to the chip counts. If you're new ...

This is Big Carlos. I must teach him how to play poker. "The first thing to know about Texas Hold' Em is that you have two cards of your own. These are called pocket cards or hole cards. You don't ...

Live, hand-dealt poker remains an intimidating frontier for a majority of players. Sitting down to venture your bankroll against strangers possessing varying degrees of poker-playing skill can be ...

I did it again. Twice in fact. At last week’s freeroll at the Tipton Fire Company, I called off portions of my stack of chips that I never should have. I had the hands figured out. I still called. In ...

Poker is a card game played by three or more people, and unlike many other card games involving a 52-card deck, what sets it apart is the money at stake. You can bet a certain amount, and if luck and ...