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Welcome to PlaySolidPoker.com poker strategy section. Learning how to play poker has never been so important as it is today. With this section of our website, we hope to teach you how to become a better poker player. Our poker strategy articles are written by professional poker players. Here, you will find articles on poker tournament strategy, Texas Holdem strategy, how to play your starting hands, and how to pull of master bluffs. Everything you need to know about poker can be found right here. Be sure to check back often as we are constantly posting new poker strategy articles.
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Using Satellites to Get Into Big Poker Tournaments
Many people will overlook the fact that they can actually NOT have to pay the full amount of a buy-in into a big poker tournament. This is a great way to save yourself some money, and let your skill at the game of poker be the reason why you win your way into an event. Read more…
Playing Your Big Draws in a Tournament
Picking up a huge draw in any type of poker is always a nice feeling, but it can be one that comes with a bit of toughness when deciding exactly how you want to play it through the remainder of the hand. Whether it is a straight draw, a flush draw, or one of the Read more…
When to Simply Check the River in Poker
An interesting topic for poker news today is to take a look at those times when you should simply sit back and check the river when the action is checked to you. Often you may go through a hand with something like top pair, and have bet both the flop and the turn. Then when Read more…
Rebounding From Bad Beats in Tournament Play
To put it simply, rebounding from bad beats that leave you with some chips still remaining, can be one of the toughest things to do in all of poker. The reason for this is because most of the time, you won’t have the option to rebuy or add on more chips after you lose, so Read more…
Changing Your Playing Style Based on Chip Stack Size
When playing in a poker tournament, whether it’s a live tournament or an online tournament, there are quite a few different things to take into account when you consider your playing style. One of these of course, is how you should play your chip stack. You’ll find that throughout poker tournaments that your stack size Read more…
Sit-N-Go Strategy for Heads Up Play
If you manage to get into a heads up match during your sit-n-go, regardless of how many players are involved, it’s definitely an excellent accomplishment. The thing about playing heads up though, especially in a sit-n-go is that many things come down to how many big blinds you have, and also how your opponent has Read more…
Online Poker Tournaments to Live Poker Events
It’s never an easy thing to do, but changing over from the online poker tournament world, to the live poker events out there can be an excellent decision when all is said and done. There are quite a few reasons for this, but it’s also very important to remember that making this change is not Read more…
Dealing With the Cash Game Swings
It’s probably one of the toughest things to do in all of poker. When you go on a bad downswing in cash game play, it can be hard to deal with that swing, and maintain your winning play. At times this can last for a few hours, a few days, or even a few weeks Read more…
Why Controlling Your Emotions at the Table Is Incredibly Important
We’ve all been there at the spot where we are a bit fired up about the way that the past few hands (or single hand) have been going. Maybe you got sucked out on on the river, on simply have been sitting back and watching the 8-2 off suits and 7-4 off suites come your Read more…
The Advantages of Sit-N-Go’s Over Multi-Table Tournaments
In terms of tournament poker, the two most popular choices out there are sit-n-go’s or multi-table tournaments. While these are both considered to be “tournaments”, they are quite a bit different overall. Multi-table tournaments are those big time events that draw in a ton of players, and typically have no max on the number of Read more…
Big Stack Tournament Play, When to Call Short Stack All-In’s
Playing as the big stack in a poker tournament can be both nice, and also tough at points. Most players feel that it is their responsible to call the shorter stacks all-in’s when they shove. Realistically though, it’s actually your job to simply build your chip stack as much as you can, and make calls Read more…
Six Handed or Nine Handed?
When choosing the type of cash game poker that you want to play, the two most popular options out there are six-handed poker, and nine-handed poker. Nine handed is the standard and most common type of poker, and the type that most online poker players will choose to play in by default. This is almost Read more…
Playing Short Stack Pot Limit Omaha
Many of the biggest online poker players in the world specialize in playing Pot Limit Omaha. Whether it’s at the online poker tables, or the live poker tables in a casino, players take different approaches towards playing PLO, with one of the most popular being short stack Pot Limit Omaha. The idea behind short stack Read more…
Finding Your Niche in the Poker World
When playing the game of poker, whether it’s online or live, you’ll find that there are a ton of different options for you out there. Whether it starts with the type of game to play, the limits to play at, and even which type of a specific game to play (no limit, limit, pot limit). Read more…
Playing Poker Freerolls
First off, a poker freeroll is basically a chance for players to win some money without having to risk anything to buy-in. Freerolls are offered pretty often on online poker tournaments, and some players actually build their bankrolls by cashing in freerolls instead of depositing onto a site. Freerolls can range from a $25 prize Read more…