Poker Strategy

Strategy: Who Said Poker Was Supposed to Be Fun?

Earl Burton - 3 weeks ago

There are several things that make poker enjoyable. Sitting down with friends for a home game or even heading to your local casino to take on other players you know emphasizes the camaraderie of the game. The strategies and mindsets employed in playing the game help to keep your mental wits about you. Finally, there’s… Read more »

Five Things to Jump Start Your New Poker Year

Earl Burton - 4 months ago

The confetti have been cleaned up, the noisemakers have been put away and some are nursing off the remainder of the hangover they acquired from their New Year’s Eve celebrating. Now it is time to start thinking about the New Year and what it has to offer. How do you make it better than the… Read more »

Five Things to Consider Before You Say “I Suck at Poker”

Earl Burton - 6 months ago

Everyone has different standards of what constitutes success in the world of poker. For some, it is the ability to hold their own in a cash game in a casino. For others, it is playing on the most difficult tables in the world and stare down the most hardcore professionals imaginable. For more yet, it… Read more »

Three Reasons You ALWAYS Buy into a Cash Game “Short”

Earl Burton - 7 months ago

What is the best answer to any question about poker? “It depends.” Yesterday we looked at the action at my home casino, the Seminole Hard Rock Tampa, and how some of the participants in the cash game I was playing were buying in for less than the table maximum (the most money you could start… Read more »

Three Reasons You NEVER Buy into a Cash Game “Short”

Earl Burton - 7 months ago

Heading to my home casino, the Seminole Hard Rock Tampa, I was looking forward to some cash game action and, perhaps, a tournament (on this night there was a very nice $200 tournament that guaranteed a $10,000 prize pool with 25K in starting chips and 25-minute levels – a nice game that would test the… Read more »