Poker strategy

There have been many books written about poker strategy and even if you would memorize all of them you would still not understand everything there is to know about the game.

The main thing you should aspire to is to make the correct decision and not worry about the result, the result part is totally out of your hands and comes down to chance and fate. You will be unlucky in many hands and just as lucky in many more, the key is to make as many correct decisions as possible and in time they will start to pay dividends.

Winning at poker is about being able to see the big picture and the long road ahead and not to be discouraged by either. This is what happens when you become frustrated and you start playing recklessly, which it is the main reason why people lose at poker. Even the best professionals suffer from it but try and remember that everyone has bad luck from time to time and none wins all the time, losing is just part of the game.

Basic help:

• The odds of you making a flush by the river if you flop 4 of the same suit is around 33 %,
• The odds of you making a straight by the river if you flop 4 cards to a straight is around 30 %
• The odds of you flopping a pair if you have two different cards in your starting hand is around 32 %
• The odds of you flopping two of the same suit if you hold two cards of that suit are around 11 %
• The odds of you flopping a flush are just under 1 %
• The odds of you flopping a royal flush are 19,599 to 1 !!!