Poker Strategy
Poker is a popular card game that combines elements of chance and strategy. There are various styles of poker, all of which share an objective of presenting the least probable or highest-scoring hand. A poker hand is a configuration of five cards, either held entirely by a player or drawn partly from a number of shared, community cards. Players bet on their hands in a number of rounds as cards are drawn, employing various mathematical and intuitive strategies in an attempt to better opponents.
Given the game's many different forms and various dynamics, poker strategy becomes a complex subject. This article attempts to introduce only the basic strategy concepts.
Read more about Poker Strategy: The Fundamental Theorem of Poker, Pot Odds, Implied Odds and Poker Probabilities, Deception, Position, Reasons To Raise, Reasons To Call, Gap Concept, Sandwich Effect, Loose/tight Play, Aggressive/passive Play, Hand Reading, Tells and Leveling, Table Image and Opponent Profiling, Equity, Short-handed Considerations, Structure Considerations
Famous quotes containing the words poker and/or strategy:
“The poker player learns that sometimes both science and common sense are wrong; that the bumblebee can fly; that, perhaps, one should never trust an expert; that there are more things in heaven and earth than are dreamt of by those with an academic bent.”
—David Mamet (b. 1947)
“To a first approximation, the intentional strategy consists of treating the object whose behavior you want to predict as a rational agent with beliefs and desires and other mental states exhibiting what Brentano and others call intentionality.”
—Daniel Clement Dennett (b. 1942)