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This play poker online free article is about why you may try what I call the board scare bluff on a paired board such as 8-8-Q or K-K-6, 5-6-7-8 or Ac-Kc-5c-8c. In the first two Boards, it is because the mere thought of you having an Eight or a King will scare them off. Simply that, just the thought of it!

So if you bet strongly, you change your opponents mindset. They will think you must have an 8 or K even if you don’t and may well fold their A-Q, for example.

On my 8-8-Q, this is why my opponent has to be scared if I have the Eight: If I have the Eight and he has A-Q, he is almost drawing dead. Only another Queen is going to help him make a better Full house and win.

If he had J-10 his calls (after his checks) will be very reluctant because he can complete a hand only from a gutshot, and that is unfavourable for him. Moreover, if he completes the Straight on the 8-8-9-Q board, I might have 9-8 (which no one knows if I have) for a Full House which will demolish his Straight.

So my bluff is useful for the 8-8-Q. As for the K-K-6, my bluff is fine too because the players always think that you play big cards a lot more than small ones, and one could be a King (which, again, no one knows if I have), and very few will be courageous to stay with a Six, because I can batter him two more times.

Now to the other two Boards.

In the event the Flop comes 5-6-7 and I put my opponent on 7-6 (as a result of, maybe, a bet or a raise) I can call. Because if the 8 comes I’ll bet strongly, even if I do not have the Nine, because his strong play on the Flop may mean that he has a made hand already, now on the Turn, only one card can destroy him, and he’d better be careful.

And if he had a Nine he really should have checked or called only on the Flop, because he has just a gutshot.

The same idea also goes for the Flush board. Additionally, if your opponent is a strong player and he has, say, 6c-x (maybe 6c-5c because he is a strong player who plays connectors), on a board like Ac-Kc-5c-8c, they have still reason to be scared, and a strong bet can drive him off.

Why? Due to the fact his Flush kicker is only the 6c, and you may well have 7c or higher, even if you don’t, or even though you do not have a Club. His Flush is good only for call-calling or check-checking, not for strong betting, raising, or all-ins.

Once you know which boards are ideal to bluff, you are able to steal lots of pots. What if all your aggressive play is finally discovered? Say, 9-9-6 comes. You raise heavily again. The opponent now thinks your aggressive plays are simply bluffs, so he plays back.

You now get paid off more handsomely because there is a 9-8 or A-9.

But what if you’re the one put into a choice with the A-Q on an 8-8-Q board? Say you bet, he then raises heavily. Should you call, you may as well be all-in on the Turn, because you’re nearly out of chips.

So you need to decide whether or not to move all-in now. Should you?

If you have A-Q, you have Queens up, top kicker (Ace), and you certainly can hope that he has only a little pocket pair (say 10-10), a draw (say J-10), or Q-x (x is a lower kicker), and you may move all-in. If you’re scared of him having the Eight, make him also be scared of your potentially having it, too. Even if no one has the Eight.

Or you can move all-in first making him fold (unless you suddenly have that read on him, or he is a bad player playing all sorts of rowdy hands).

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Position, be it real life or online poker virtual, means the seat you have at the table relative y´to the other players. Be it free poker online or a money game your position indicates when you will act in a poker hand. In normal game of 9-12 players, in any given hand round of betting, it works like this:

(1) Early position is made up of the first three or four players to act.

(2) Middle position includes the following player after early position to the player before late position.

(3) Late position is the last three or four players to move. Preflop, dealer, small blind, big blind is the order of action.

Postflop, the small blind and the big blind are first to play, and the dealer is last to play.

How does position matter?

There are some very definite advantages and disadvantages. The majority of players prefer playing late position. Simply this is because you have a better insight into the other players by the time play comes round to the late positions.

In late position, the actions of the earlier position players may well have revealed certain hints about their situation to you. But the player in early position do not have the benefit of information derived from your actions.

For this reason most players (especially good players) don’t like letting go of their button (dealer button) unless they’ve got absolute trash. They call a little raise with any decent hand like 9-7 or A-5 (but not extraordinarily big raises, naturally).

In early position, in a nine-handed game, suppose you have got Q-J, a marginal hand, under the gun (the first person to play preflop).

Are you going to raise? There are still eight players after you to act, and you will have a better chance that they’ll have better hands than you. (A-x will have you beat). So fold.

In middle position, you can call one raise, or you can raise; you are indifferent.

With the button, you raise if no one has acted before you (you can steal the blinds this way). Or call if someone raised small (because you have position).

With the blinds, you call (because it is discounted) but you have to be careful with postflop play because you are out of position postflop. Or you may also reraise a raise if you believe the raiser was weak (raising with junk is prevalent in good players in late position who want to steal the blinds habitually).

Position also matters a lot when playing with players who have a fixed style.

- It is a good idea to act before a rock so that you can bluff him more easily.

- It is better to act after a loose-aggressive chip flinger so that you can raise him if you hit the Flop hard or if you have A-A, then expect a rereaise and you’ll be able to move all-in.

- Against a calling station, it doesn’t matter where you sit – just bet if you have a hand and then expect a call.

As for the really good players, your ideal position should be outside the poker table. Don’t tangle with them. If you can’t avoid it, then play in an unpredictable fashion, and take advantage of the times you are acting after him.

This point moves us away from table position in to a more strategic level so I won’t expand on it here except to say, choose your games wisely. Don’t play above your skill level except when deliberately practising with money you have set aside to lose or better still on free poker games tables such as the NoPayPOKER ones.

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I can imagine a free online poker player on http://www.NoPayPOKER.com who, after watching some episodes of the World Series of Poker or the World Poker Tour, suddenly gets ‘inspired’ and tries out one of the big advertised poker sites. As luck would have it he gets dealt 4-4 and, just like a pro he just saw moves all-in early position in the belief that it is a great move. As any experienced poker player will tell you, yes, it could be a good play but not all the time.

As it is, the overenthusiastic free online poker player loses a large stack, it costs him hundreds of dollars in real money.

Instead may I suggest that the best thing to do is to practice these “pro” plays on free online poker, so that mistakes can be learned from? He can play free poker games get knocked out, learn from it and still have hundreds of dollars left.

Play Free Poker Games is also a great way to build a bankroll, if you don’t have one, and if you play long enough. And you will learn to play poker for free and learn from your mistakes and those others make. Sure, you can try playing your Q-7 offsuit and then flop a Q-5-3 and then get called by A-Q later or K-K – that is when you realize your Q-7 is trash, and you ought not play it again.

Of course, you can watch someone else play the Q-7. He may flop Q-5-3, as above, or even A-J-7. Now you know you have him, because you have K-K (in the first flop) or A-K, or J-J (in the second). Now you remember the times when you win, and when you recall these times every time a similar situation arises, you will win the pot. If you play free poker long enough you will see what these situations are and then be able to characterize them like this: On the first flop, it may be ‘Playing Overpairs’; on the second, it may be ‘Playing Top Pair’ or ‘Playing a Set’.

There is, however, a downfall if you are not careful: Suppose you play 3-2 off and you win. You might think 3-2 off is a good hand, and then suddenly you rush to play real money poker. You lose. You think, “How would 3-2 be harpooned in this board! This just won last week!”

If you are observant enough for a long time in playing free online poker you might notice plenty of players doing the same (playing bad hands) and they win. You can watch if they are winning consistently or not, and oftentimes they don’t. Someone plays 7-2, the wins; someone plays it again later, then loses.When you play free poker games it may not yet teach you that A-10 is sometimes dangerous to play after a raise because it might be a better Ace, but it teaches you what hands to avoid and what to play.

In free online poker you should not just play any old hand. You must play as if it is really big money at stake. Play only good starting hands. If you keep playing bad starting hands without the ability to represent them (and representing hands is not so practical in free poker because many free poker players play just any hand, bet when they hit the Flop and throw when they don’t) you will be a bad player sooner.

Regarding this, here is another point, indeed this is the key point that will win you a lot of money:

Many free online poker players are novices and maniacs so if you take your time and master free poker you will know how to beat them.

Next, you will find when you move on to lower stakes real money you will mostly be facing these very same type of novice and maniac who have watched too much TV, and what do you think will happen then?

That’s right, your hard earned free poker skills will trash them and they will “donate” their stacks to you time and time again!. And as for the really good players, it’s so easy – avoid them unless you have the nuts.

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Private poker games have been around since the beginning of poker but in today’s world with many households containing two career oriented adults with children it’s very difficult to schedule a time for a game with friends.

In an advancing technological world there are solutions out there. The rapid spread of poker played over the internet including many free poker sites now offer the opportunity for you to set up your own private games. These games are slightly different to the ones you may have previously experienced however you will still have the choice of stakes, starting chips and blinds.

While Texas Holdem is one of the most popular online games Omaha is now making a big come back and on many sites both are available in the private games.

The majority of internet games only have a small opportunity to join so its good practice to be organised and invite all of the players well in advance. Not all sites have the option of slotted start times so shop about first.

Another good tip on the organisational front is to find how easy the game is to find and access once you have set it up. Some of the bigger sites make this extremely difficult- once you have found a site you can use and find, be sure to spread the word.

Remember, being online is not the same as playing in someone’s home, others online have the ability to see your game and all poker sites have bans on crude, abusive or offensive language so keep it clean.

Finally after finding an online platform that can accommodate all of your demands you can get started. Both free poker and pay sites should be able to cater for you and then it’s as simple as deciding an available time and letting the battle commence.

Like anything in life; you have some decent days and some terrible days. Poker is just the same regardless of the way you play; be it at a casino or playing free poker online. Regrettably it’s more often than not the decent cards you end up folding with, while the awful losses end up getting you especially because you were in fact trying to play the hand.

What I’ve learned is how you can play your lovely pocket pairs but they rarely hit vs playing those crappy hands like a 6 2 or a 4 9 but those pocket aces your bad beats will lost while those hands u fold are crap til that flop appears.

Why does this happen? Why is the luck always on someone else’s side? Why does poker do this to the good players while the donks well, they constantly hit with the pockets while you lose? This is called bad beats vs donks at this point. As those donks keep playing like utter crap, you go what the hell is this?

What I’ve learned is when you play online verses in person you will encounter more bad beats online and lost to those donks that love to all in verses in person everyone plays tighter than those pair of jeans that you wear that are 2 sizes too small but you insist they fit… just like you insist a pair of pocket aces will fit.

The bottom line to all of this is obvious- Poker is life- exciting, has its highs and its low points and usually unpredictable.

Poker and free poker online are interesting as you are oblivious to the cards that are about to be dealt. Just like everyday life it’s the small variable decisions that can either work for you or work against you and turn your day into one horrible bad beat.

In this free poker article we discuss how to play with big pairs like AA, KK, QQ and JJ

With the best hand, AA it is very important to look for big raise or re-raise if someone raises before you. It is a mistake in strategy with AA to just call a raise because you are missing the opportunity to get more money into the pot with the best hand and more important thing is that you are giving players with weaker hands the opportunity to improve their hands on the flop.

Your goal is to force others to fold or to think you are bluffing with one big card or two big cards and call your big raise. It is important when playing with AA not to slow play with small raise so you won’t allow your opponents to improve on the flop and maybe on future streets and also you will thin out number of opponents.

After the flop you should do big raise not giving anyone chance to call for any straights, flushes or drawing hands for small amount of chips. However, there is always possibility that one of your opponents has made a better flop and so you should be aware of the fact that you may no longer hold the best hand. But in spite of this, you will normally still be ahead and so you should continue to build the pot unless you are quite sure that you are no longer ahead.

Raising before the “flop” with cards such as King / King, Queen / Queen or Jack / Jack is a good idea. Imagine if a player has an Ace with a lower card, the odds are on your side that you will face better cards than this before “the flop”. By raising will lower the amount of players who want to see “the flop”- you want to cap the amount of players who your playing against with either of these card duo’s as the opposition can effortless end up with better cards by receiving an Ace on the “flop”.

There are 2 scenarios which the “flop” creates- you will either turn overcards or you won’t. When there’s no overcards on the flop you should carry on raising. The 2nd scenario when overcards are on the table is a lot harder to play. I recommend to raise a three or four times a large blind and then consider your options after the opposing player responds to the raise. If they call be careful and bide your time as you don’t have the highest chance of taking the money in any more scenarios. If the pot keeps getting larger you must be ready to let the hand go.

Although it’s not an exact science playing with big pairs if you go for right raises before flops you have a better chance of taking the money. One thing to think about though is the possibility that the opposing players could have better cards than you; especially if they’re playing strongly, gambling and raising too.

I look forward to seeing you at the free poker tables soon!

I’ve written many articles on poker but one of the best ways to learn is to play. You can read free poker article all day but when you’re out there with the other players implementing what you learned can be a whole different story. Some players may feel scared to lose chips or just plan feel a certain move is dumb or “only for donkeys”.

Playing poker continuously is the only way to keep your mind on the right track. Making poker moves away from your comfort zone, such as bluffing and blind stealing is something I would recommend you continue over time to prove to yourself that they do pay off. Trying these moves a few times a week just won’t cut it, you’ll lose 2 or 3 times and just give up on that major part of poker all together.

It’s been said that if you’re sitting at a table looking for a donkey and can’t find one it is most likely you. Similarly, if every other player at the table looks like a donk, then it may well be that you don’t actually know how to play poker. Some may be offended by that, but by winning is what determines who the best players are not what hand they had pre flop.

The thing to remember when playing poker is that everybody takes a beat at the tables. Nobody is invincible and it happens to the best of us, but the long term result is what matters. Any player can learn how to play poker in a matter of hours, but to master the game can take years. Keep playing at every opportunity and build your skill to the point that you can move on to cash games and earn some serious money, but until the time comes that you are ready, stick with free poker.