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Poker
Tips @ Poker-Play.com
The following tips will help your card playing
skills and ultimately develop you into an online
poker playing pro.
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When
online gambling, stick to just playing
poker. By doing so, you will become more
familiar with your game strategy, and become more
accustomed to making critical decisions during a
poker game.
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Differentiate
poker playing in a casino from poker playing
online. Online, you will have a greater
chance for success since there are more highly
skilled players at the poker table in a
casino.
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Remember
to slow down and take a breather during your
gambling outings. When you are poker playing
online, you have more of a chance to do so, than
if you were in a fast-paced, pressure-building
casino. Be sure to be well rested and clear
minded.
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Do your
homework. The easiest manner in which to
better your poker playing is to study the rules
and playing strategies - and to practically apply
them. Before you start putting down money,
take the time to practice at no-stakes and lower
stakes games.
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Prepare
yourself mentally by telling yourself that you
will not win every single poker hand. By not
deluding yourself with unrealistic expectations,
you will stay cool at all times during the game,
and allow yourself to always make reasonable
decisions.
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Always
have FUN when you play poker online. Don't
make it just about the money. Tap into the
thrill and excitement online poker playing has to
offer.
The first thing you must know before playing poker
online, are the various possible poker
hands. They should be committed to memory,
for they are vital in forming a hand-playing
strategy, and, they determine who is the winner of
a game. The following is a condensed version
of the hands as they are ranked in value.
For more detailed information on poker hands,
visit our Poker
Hands page.
| Royal
Flush |
Ace,
king, queen, jack and 10 all of the same
suit. The highest possible straight flush.
All royal flushes are equal and split the
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| Straight
Flush |
Five
cards of the same suit in consecutive sequence.
A straight flush headed with the highest
end card wins the hand. |
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| Four
of a kind |
Four
cards of the same rank and any other card.
The highest ranking 'four pair' of any
suit/suits wins. |
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| Full
house |
Three
cards of one equal rank and two cards of another
equal rank. The highest ranking 'three
pair' of any suit/suits wins. |
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| Flush |
Any
five cards of the same suit. Between
two or more flushes, the hand with the
highest ranked card wins. If the highest cards
are of equal value, then the next highest
card determines the winner, and so on. |
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| Straight |
Any
five cards in ranking sequence of any
multiple suits. The straight headed with the highest
end card wins the hand. |
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| Three
of a kind |
Three
cards of the same rank (of any suits), and two unmatched
cards. The highest ranking 'three pair'
wins the hand. |
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| Two
pair |
Two
cards of one equal rank, two cards of
another equal rank, and any other unmatched fifth card.
The highest ranked 'two pair' wins between
two or more two-pair hands. If the high pairs are
equal, then the second pair determines the winner. If
those are tied, then the unmatched high card
wins. |
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| One
Pair |
Two
cards of equal rank and any three unmatched
cards. The highest ranking pair of any
suits wins. If the
pairs are the same value between two
hands, the highest ranked unmatched card determines the winner. If
tied, the next highest, and so on. |
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| High
card |
All
five cards are of different ranks and suits. The
highest ranked card in the hand wins. If the highest cards
are of equal rank, the next highest card, and so
on. |
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