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Article #109: A Quick and Easy Texas Holdem Poker Lesson for Beginners

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The great thing about Texas Holdem Poker When the flop is dealt you should look
is that it is easy to learn. Even a carefully to see if you have improved
beginner can quickly develop into a your hand. Even if you have not improved
winning player. By following a sound your hand, because you started out with
strategy and playing the best starting one of the better hands you may still
hands a Texas Holdem Poker newbie can have the best hand. This is especially
dramatically shorten the learning curve. true if your starting hand was a pair of
So what are the best hands that a aces or kings.
beginner should play? If your opponents raise back this can be
The best hands for a beginner to play are a strong signal that they may have a
Ace-Ace, King-King, Queen-Queen, powerful hand. Ask yourself, "What could
Jack-Jack, Ace-King suited (example - Ace my opponent have?" "Could they have
of clubs & King of clubs). improved their hand?"
I strongly recommend that you only play Ask yourself these questions after each
these starting hands as a beginner. In round of cards are dealt and try to
other words, if you are dealt a hand "read" your opponents hand.
other than one of the above then fold! If you have a high pair a raise after the
Folding is one of the most difficult flop can help you assess whether your
decisions for a Texas Holdem Poker opponents feel if they have a strong hand
beginner to do. The mindset of most or not.
Texas Holdem Poker beginners is to hang If you think you are beaten there is no
around and see the flop in the hopes of shame in folding at this point.
hitting it just right and improving a When the turn card has been revealed, if
hand. you think that you may still have the
While a beginner will hit the flop and best hand I would raise the pot so that I
improve their hand occasionally, more could obtain information about my
often than not they will miss it. The opponents' hands.
Texas Holdem Poker beginner player that I would follow this same strategy on the
plays poor starting hands will end up river card.
throwing more money away than they will To summarize this basic Texas Holdem
win. Poker beginner strategy:
When you are dealt one of the best - stick to playing the best starting
starting hands I recommend raising the hands
pot which will serve two purposes. - fold the bad hands
First, it will force players with weak - use the power of the raise to knock out
hands to fold instead of allowing them to weak players and to assess the strength
stay in the game and see the flop for of your opponents hands
free. By following this Texas Holdem Poker
Secondly, by seeing who raises and calls beginner strategy you will start out
you get to see who feels that they have a winning more hands than you lose. You
good hand and who may be trying to hang will start out winning more money than
in for the flop. you will lose.






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