History Of Poker: China to Texas Hold’em
Ancient Origins of Poker
The history of poker is an interesting matter for study, and a question for debate among card game historians. Over the last thousand years poker has evolved from numerous different games which incorporated such poker specific aspects as card rankings, bluffing your opponents, and betting. Legend has it that the card [...]
Bad Beat
Poker Help: Bad Beat
Bad beat is a poker term for an extremely lucky and improbable win by a hand which should not have been in the pot in the first place. It happens when a hand which is a huge underdog beats a hand that had a much greater chance of winning the pot by [...]
Draw Dead
Poker Help: Draw Dead
Quite possibly the worst possible position that one can be in during a poker game. Drawing dead is attempting to a make a hand which, even if you get the right card to complete, you will not win the pot because an opponent already has a better hand. For example, [...]
Leak
Poker Help: Leak
A leak is a weakness in your poker game, or a consistent problem with your poker strategy. Especially in online poker having a leak can really hurt your chip count. Good examples of leaks would be betting too heavily on inside straight draws, or playing extremely aggressively when one gets a pocket pair. [...]
OESD
OESD, Poker Terms
OESD is a poker acronym for Open Ended Straight Draw which means a card completing the top or bottom of the straight will give the poker player a straight.
How to play Texas Hold’em Poker Online
Success and popularity of online poker
Online poker has become increasingly popular and highly successful.
In recent years Online poker, especially online versions of Texas Hold’em, has exponentially increased in popularity and success. Millions of dollars are made (and lost) in digital poker rooms around the world every day. The convenience of playing poker and making money [...]