Poker Variants 
Sevens, Eights, and Nines in Omaha/8
Omaha/8 (a.k.a. Omaha Hi/Lo Split-8-or-Better) has grown in popularity over recent years thanks in part to the fact that online poker rooms are now regularly offering it not just in its traditional fixed limit format...
Mix It Up: The Benefits of Learning Other Games
Most of us first began playing poker by learning one particular variation of the game. Very likely we didn't necessarily choose the game, but it "chose us" -- that is, we played whatever game our...
Warming Up and Cooling Down
One of the great properties of the game of poker is there are no physical requirements to play the game. It does not really matter if you are an extremely fit 19-year old or an...
Poker Book Review: 'Mastering Omaha/8 Poker' by Mark Tenner and Lou Krieger
"It's like the difference between driving a car and flying a small airplane." So explain Mark Tenner and Lou Krieger early in Mastering Omaha/8 Poker, referring to the extensive differences that exist between hold'em and...
Defending your blinds in different games
Many players in games with blinds behave as if every one is equal when considering whether to defend their blinds or not. No limit players sitting in limit games tend to defend their blinds too...
What is Snowing?
The term 'snowing' simply refers to a practice in draw poker low-ball games where you make a bluff based on the fact that you have a multiple number of important low cards in your hand,...
Slow playing suited babies
The dream hand to look down at in poker variant seven card stud hi/lo, three suited babies refers to any hand that has three low, suited cards in it. These are by far the most...
Deuce to Seven - The Money Street
By far and away the most important street in all of Deuce to Seven Triple Draw Poker is the river - after the third draw has been done and the final bets go in. This...
Pat Hands
In any form of draw game, eventually you are going to get dealt hands that need no discards to improve. These are referred to as 'pat' hands, and how you play them makes a huge...
2-7 Triple draw - the 3-2-1 rule
Deuce To Seven Triple Draw is one of the most popular rotations in mixed games, and it is a true action game that can at first seem to have a dizzying number of combinations and...
Raising the up-card in stud and razz
In the first betting round of seven card stud, the 'bring in' bet forces the lowest (or highest card in razz) to make a forced bet to kick off the action. Generally the action then...
The eight qualifier in Hi/Lo split games
When people first started playing Hi/Lo split games, there was always both a high hand and a low hand. You could even win the low hand with a straight flush - provided that your opponent...
Five card draw - the importance of showdown value
Five card draw is relatively unique amongst poker games, in that it only has two streets of betting. You have a betting interval once you are dealt your cards, a discard phase where you can...
Folding late in limit hold'em
This is one of the single key weaknesses in bad limit players games - how they respond to the late street betting. Although folding too much or too little can be a big flaw, typically...
