Posts Tagged ‘hold’em’

Key Concepts #10: Playing Pocket Aces

Wednesday, July 1st, 2009

There is no better feeling in the poker world than looking down at one’s cards and seeing two fat and juicy Aces staring right back at you. You are perfectly safe in the knowledge that you have the best hand right now; a good way ahead of all of your opponents. However, I still have [...]

Key Concepts #8- The Blocking Bet

Thursday, June 25th, 2009

A blocking bet is a fairly advanced NL Hold’em play that is used as a vehicle to get to see the next card or get to showdown cheaply.  It is a bet made when out of position in order to prevent your opponent from making a larger bet which we will not have odds to [...]