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How and When to Go Pro: ( March 2009 ) by Hillary LaClair, Senior Editor March 7, 2009                 Anyone who plays poker online would like to play professionally. Who doesn’t envy the man who makes his own work schedule playing a game he loves and sometimes travels around the world to compete in nationally televised events? It’s the ideal job for anyone and pulls in a good income for many. Professional pokers are not just tho More...

A Beginner's Guide to Playing Poker: ( October 2006 ) Steve Warrington Senior Editor, Poker Intensity Anybody owning a television nowadays is probably aware of just how popular poker has become. We\'ve all happened upon those hushed tones that remind you of a chess or golf tournament. And as we watch, it\'s hard to not feel the game is actually pretty simple and straightforward. You just have to look at a couple cards and make a few simple judgment calls along the way. And suddenly you\'re a rich man More...

Math is Your Friend When Gambling Online: ( February 2008 ) By: Jenny Norfolk, Senior Editor Originally published: 05/16/06 If there\'s one necessary skill that most gamblers don\'t have, it\'s math. Just about every aspect of betting requires or arises from the science of numbers, yet it is quite appalling how little arithmetic most bettors employ. From odds to payoffs to permutations and combinations, all gambling can be reduced to mathematics. Basic strategy in Blackjack is based on the most successful outcomes render More...

Playing Texas Holdem Like a Pro: ( May 2008 ) By: Jenny Norfolk, Senior Editor Originally published: 09/09/06 Good poker is not a game for beginners, but obviously everybody has to begin somewhere. The more you know when you first get going, the quicker it\'ll all start to fall together. Unfortunately, poker is a game of instinct, a finely tuned strategy game that depends as much on your thorough understanding of the rules and odds, as on your ability to react to tiny, almost imperceptible clues in the behaviors of other. More...

Understanding Blackjack: ( June 2006 ) Steve Warrington Senior Editor, Poker Intensity There are some very fundamental differences between blackjack and poker that define how they are played. In poker you are playing against a table full of people, with each person betting against the entire table. How each of these people play and react to the various hands dealt has a very large impact on how you play. In Blackjack you are playing against one person and one person only, the dealer. There may More...

Online Hold-em Poker Techniques: ( April 2008 ) It may seem to you, as the cards are dealt, that there is a lot of luck in online hold-em poker. I say there\\\\\\\'s no luck at all. The skill factor is so important in this game. Now it is true that you can be dealt many horrible hands in a row and you will hear yourself muttering, my luck just has to change . What every good online poker player understands is that it More...

Counting Cards in Blackjack: ( July 2006 ) Jackie Baltimore Senior Editor, Poker Intensity If you play perfect basic strategy in blackjack, you end up with the odds of winning still favoring the house by about 1%. Roughly speaking that means that for every $100 you bet, you should end up winning back $99. Problem is, this "loss ratio" is cumulative. For every $100 you put on the table, you should get back $99. Then, when you put that $99 on the table, you\\\'ll come back w More...