Another poker question has come in this week. Let’s tackle it straight away: Question: Say I’m in the big blind, the table’s 9-handed, with blinds of 500/1000 and an ante of 100, so the starting pot is 2400. I’m trying to figure out how much a person has to raise all-in for me to be receiving pot odds of 2-to-1, 1.9-to-1, 1.8-to-1, etc, all the way down to 1.1-to-1. For example, if someone raises all-in for 4400... 

I just love answering these poker questions. Here’s another: Question: ALLEN CUNNIGHAM SUGGEST ONLY PLAYING SUITED CONNECTERS BY ONLY INVESTING 5% OF YOUR STACK HOWEVER CHRIS FERGUSON SUGGESTS THAT IF YOUR GOING TO ENTER A POT ITS ALWAYS MORE PROFITABLE TO RAISE… HOWEVER IF I HAVE SUITED CONNECTORS WITH 25 BIG BLINDS WHATEVER I RAISE I WILL ALWAYS BE COMMITING OVER 5% OF MY STACK… WHAT SHOULD I DO? Answer: with 25 big... 

A tough poker question this week. Let’s dive straight in Question: ???help the blinds at and how often should they go up Answer: 25 and 50 blinds and blinds go up every 20 minutes -so says my husband who plays online poker most nights  Read More →

What’s this week’s question? Let’s dive straight in… Question: I was sure at the time that I was right, and this was a bad beat. But after hearing conflicting opinions about this, I am not so sure now, so …. I held pocket jacks, and raised accordingly pre-flop. The flop was three undercards; I forget their values right now (I think it was 2-5-8), but the important point is that two of them were hearts. This... 

A poker question that should definitely interest you all this week Question: me and 5 of my friends are having a 15 game poker tourney to see where everyone places, and tonight we played 2 of the games… and our one friend kept trying to make the case that i dont play the right way, or that i call on stupid stuff, or that we need to change the rules, raise blinds more, etc… even though tonight i finished 2nd and 1st (out of the... 

We’ve had a reader question come in on the subject of poker. Let’s take a look: Question: I've been playing no limit hold em for a little over two years now and I think I'm a decent player. I dream of one day entering a huge tournament like the WSOP. So of course I have to build my bankroll. I rarely come out winning out at sit and go tables but I've been playing in tournaments online and about half the times I reach... 

This week’s question is as follows: Question: I've always enjoyed 5 card stud, but have never really understood the nitty gritty ("blinds", etc). Any help would be appreciated! Answer: Blinds are antes put in to make sure at least 2 players play a hand. A large blind is anted by the player to the dealer's right and can be any amount, let's say $5. The next right player antes a small blind, which is half...