The Secrets of Texas Hold'em Poker!

If you don't know how to play Texas Hold'em poker it's not that hard. You basically get two cards faced down from the dealer and depending on where you are on the table you wait your turn the make a bet, fold, or call. There are three chips passed out; dealer, big blind, and small blind. The big blind has to put in a certain amount and the little blind puts in half of the big blind and any other player who wants to play their cards calls the big bling, meaning they just match the amount the big blind put in, or raise they can raise, which is calling the big blind and raising the amout to play. If a player does not like their hand they can fold, not play their cards. Here is a video to help you learn how to play if you still don't know how to.



I believe that Texas Hold'em requires a lot of discipline, especially when it comes to betting, skill, strategy, and composure. One of the biggest problems with beginning poker players is that they get too exicted when they get a good hand and raise right away. Hiding your emotions is important that is why the professionals on television wear sunglasses and hats, so the other players can't read them. To be succesful you have to put yourself in your opponents shoes that way you can ask your self what would I do in this situation and with what hand. The Pros are very good at this that's why they are Pros, and sometimes they call out what the other player has.



The worst thing that a player can do is lose his compsure and begin to start betting with bad hands because that's how you lose all of your money. It's all right to be a tight player, most professionals play one in twenty hands, with an ocassional bluff, but it is not good to bluff unless you know what your doing. William J. Florece wrote in his book The Gentleman's Handbook on Poker, "The strong point in poker is to never lose your temper,either with those you are playing with, or more particularly, with the cards. There is no sympathy in poker. Always keep cool. If you lose your head you will lose all your chips." Luck has a lot to do with the game especially when you are bluffing. Here is a video that shows why you shouldn't bluff.