Flop Quad Kings » tips http://www.flopquadkings.com Ah the joy of flopping Quad Kings - and not running into the Royal. Wed, 09 Jun 2010 05:19:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc en hourly 1 Exercising Patience in Poker http://www.flopquadkings.com/exercising-patience-in-poker.htm http://www.flopquadkings.com/exercising-patience-in-poker.htm#comments Fri, 23 Oct 2009 16:26:18 +0000 Lyndsie http://www.flopquadkings.com/?p=37 patiencePatience is one of the essential keys in becoming a good poker player. You will not succeed in the long term if you do not know how to be patient. In fact, to be the best poker player you can possibly be, it is absolutely, one hundred percent vital.

Sure, it is tempting to play every hand, because you have to figure, the more hands you play, the more money you can win, right? Wrong. You need to learn the importance of playing quality hands, otherwise you may end up losing a whole lot of money.

Sure, there are times you can play strange hands, to throw your opponents off a bit, but you should not make a practice out of it. It will only make you get sloppy.

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In some variations of poker, you have a draw — contrary to what you might be thinking, this does not necessarily mean that you are drawing new cards. On the contrary, it means you are attempting to improve your present hand by using the board, or community, cards. You want some specific cards to show up on the table.

The pre flop describes the point at which your hand gets dealt to you. At this point, each player receives two cards which only they can see.

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No! It’s real! All because you did not take the time to sit down and learn the basic terms used in most, if not all, variations of poker, before sitting down to play with the big dogs. This might seem ridiculous, but it has happened to a lot of us after we have made the move from playing with the boys in the basement to entering, say, a serious tournament. Fortunately, this next series of posts is here to help you out considerably.

Let’s start with the very basic basics. The blinds — big blinds, small blinds, blinds everywhere. Blinds are like antes, in that they are forced bets. However, they are replacing the traditional ante with which a lot of us are familiar. You have to pay the blinds before being able to see your cards.

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