The Button
Poker Help: The Button
The button is an essential tool for any poker table. It is a small, generally white, acrylic disk which indicates which poker player is the dealer. On a standard poker table the person who has the button in front of them is the player who has to deal the cards. During [...]
Learn How To Play Poker-Online Poker and Live Poker Games
Learn How to Play Poker - Online Poker (Internet Poker) and live Poker Games
This is an online poker guide giving you a basic idea of how to play Texas Hold’em Poker.
The Button Position
Texas hold’em is unique in the poker world in that each of the poker players sitting at the table gets a turn to [...]
Middle Position
When you are in “Middle position” (MP) at a poker table during a hand, it generally means your action (your turn) comes between the first and last people to act. For example, in a 6 player game you could say middle position is after under the gun (UTG) and before the cut off (CO).
Side Note:
There [...]
Poker Table Seat Position Selection Strategy
A good general strategy is to sit to the left of maniacs, particularly aggressive players or strong players.
With weak players who easily fold or give up their blinds to your right.
The strategy is designed so that strong players/maniacs will not be able to steal blinds and pots from you as easily, and so that you [...]
Blinds - Small Blind, Big Blind
Reason for Poker Blinds
In order to make sure there is some action on the pot in each hand in Texas Hold’em there is an initial bet into the pot before any playing cards have been dealt by the small blind and the big blind.
Table Position of the Blinds:
The two players to the left of the [...]