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Tadpole Tutor
| Maybe you're a recreational player who gets together with friends for an occasional poker night.
Or perhaps you're a rank beginner, only having watched poker on television, marveling at players casually tossing around tens of thousands of dollars worth of chips. |
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What on its face seems like an extraordinarily simple game can take on countless different permutations, and even masters of the game continue to learn and improve.
We at Poker Croaker realized that it would be foolish to send you off into the world of online poker without a solid educational foundation, and so we provide for you here a set of lessons to help improve your game.
Read this guide, then pick up some of the books we recommend in the last chapter, and you'll be well on your way to sitting down at your next poker table, whether online or in your local casino, with a whole new set of tools and strategies. (And most importantly, we hope that you thoroughly crush your friends in your next home game.) |
Intermediate to Advanced Strategy Articles
Advanced Tools to Take Your Game to the Next Level
by the
PokerCroaker.com editors
Our editors walk you through all the latest software to optimize
your online play. Many of the 3rd party applications profiled here are
completely free to download, and they're all approved for use by the
major poker sites.
An
Advanced Guide to Online Table Selection
by Samuel V.R.
When you walk into a brick and mortar card-room, you're typically
assigned the first available seat at the discretion of the poker room
manager. Not so online! Learn how to optimize your online game selection
and you'll always be the table shark.
Taking Stabs: Selective Bluffing from Early Position
by Samuel V.R.
They say position at the poker table is everything. While it's true that
being last to act is typically a powerful advantage, Samuel V.R. takes a
fascinating look at how to exploit the considerably-undervalued
advantage of early-position, and having the first opportunity to fire
at a pot.
Booking a Hotel Room at the "Poker Rate"
by the PokerCroaker.com
editors
You don't have to be a high-roller to get significantly discounted room
rates at the nicest casino-hotels in the country - just spend a few
hours in the casino's poker room. Learn the tricks of the trade, and
you'll never pay full price for a room again.
The Luck Calculator
by Mogobu the Fool
Mogobu's a great writer and gifted computer programmer. Check out his
site, Overcards.com, for some great free tools download to optimize your online game. We really like this article, which elegantly illustrates the razor-thin difference between winning and losing sessions.
Poker Glossary
Ever wonder about some of the slang being thrown about at the poker table? Sound like a seasoned vet by sprinkling in a little bit of poker jargon from our glossary of terms. |
