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15, Monday October 2018

How to Know When to Bet in Poker

The first thing to know about betting is that you can only bet post-flop. There is no bet pre-flop. The blinds are forced bets which means the first aggressive action to enter the pot is a raise. Post-flop, on the other hand, there are no blinds or forced bets which means that the first aggressive […]

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10, Tuesday April 2018

How to Evaluate Your Starting Hand in Poker

Hey, I’m Nicky Numbers, I’m a professional poker player, and today I’m going to help you evaluate your starting hand. So you sit down at the table, you get dealt two cards, you peer at them, now what? Now you have a decision to make. So let’s look at a few examples. We’re going to […]

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18, Sunday March 2018

Poker Antes

Hey, I’m Nicky Numbers, Professional Poker Player, and today I’m going to talk to you about antes. Antes are a forced contribution that every player has to put into the pot to play each hand. You might be familiar with blinds, which are two forced bets which occur after the button. So say this person […]

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17, Saturday February 2018

Poker Blinds

Hey, I’m Nicky Numbers, Professional Poker Player and today I’m going to talk to you about the blinds. The blinds are two forced bets that occur right before every hand of poker. So one player at the table is going to be the dealer and they’re going to have this button in front of them. […]

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14, Sunday January 2018

How to Check in Poker

Hey, I’m Mickey Numbers, Professional Poker Player. Today I’m going to talk to you about checking. First of all, checking can only occur post-flop. It cannot happen pre-flop because the blinds are in place, which are forced bets. You can only check when no one has bet first. On the flop turner river, if you’re […]

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15, Friday December 2017

How to Bet in Poker

Hey, I’m Nicky Numbers, professional poker player and now we’re going to talk about betting. Betting can only occur post-flop, on the flop, turn, or river. It cannot occur pre-flop because the bets have already been done. The blinds are forced bets. You only have the option to make a bet when you’re first to […]

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20, Monday November 2017

How Much to Bet in Poker

Hey, I’m Nicky Numbers, Professional Poker Player and today I’m going to show you how to bet. When you’re betting, by definition you’re on the flop, turn or river. In other words you’re post-flop and the pre-flop action has already taken place. The reason this must be true is because pre-flop the blinds are forced […]

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28, Thursday September 2017

How Much to Raise in Poker

The first thing you need to know about raising is when you can raise and when you can’t because it’s so common for people to confuse the terms “bet” and “raise”. Pre-flop, there are blinds. Say in this example, the blinds are 25/50. Well, the minimum raise that you can make in pre-flop is twice […]

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24, Thursday August 2017

How to Raise in Poker

Hey, I’m Nicky Numbers, Professional Poker Player, and now I’m going to talk about raising. First, you have to identify when you can raise and when you can’t. It’s very common for poker players to misuse the terms “bet” and “raise” because it is slightly confusing. Because you see pre-flop, the blinds are forced bets […]

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07, Monday August 2017

Best Starting Hands in Poker

Learn what are the best starting hands in poker from poker champion Nick “Nicky Numbers” Brancato in this Howcast video. Hey, I’m Nicky Numbers, a Professional Poker Player, who’s going to talk to you today, about the best starting hands in poker. Now, when most people are talking about poker, they mean No Limit Hold […]

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