FREE MONEY! Poker Deposit Bonus Comparison

Everyone likes FREE MONEY right? Of course they do! Free money means more money for you to lose, loser! The poker rooms know this, which is why they are willing to give you money for playing. All over this great site and others, you will find rooms offering to match your deposit, usually 100% up [...]

Poker Room Review: Cardspike is a SCAM!

Hey losers, this isn’t how my normal poker sites reviews are going to look, but this is a special case. Usually, I don’t really care where you lose your money… Whether it’s Cake Poker (my recommendation for US players) or Chili Poker, or even the whacky 3D Pkr Room, it doesn’t matter to me to [...]

You SUCK at Poker! Try This Strategy

Hey loser, I think I saw you at a table the other day, whining because you were SURE that you had a good chance to win the pot and make some of your money back with a decent starting hand. Then the other guy “sucked out” and got triple Kings from the river! What a [...]

Know Your Poker Room’s Rake Rates

You might think that rake rates are completely irrelevant to winning money at poker online. After all, the room is going to a cut of the pot whether you win or lose, right? And in your case, you’re losing all the time anyway, so what does it matter? Well it’s not the most important part [...]

Poker Rake

Rake is the scaled commission fee taken by a cardroom operating a poker game. It is generally 5 to 10 percent of the pot in each poker hand, up to a predetermined maximum amount, but not only can this percentage be anything, there are other non-percentage ways for a casino to take the rake. Some [...]

2008 Poker Year in Review

Mr. Dikshit (no, I’m not making fun of him) ordered to pay up $300 million to the US government, Kentucky state failed at an attempt to seize domain names (seriously, they tried this), PokerStars attempted a world record, and more… Read all about this news at PokerNews. Looking specifically at poker legislation, PocketFives mentions Dikshit [...]

Links to Free Web Directories – Featuring Liz Lieu!

I’m just posting some reciprocal links on this page, to help get this site listed on some free directories. Gotta get the word out, am I right? To make an ugly post a bit prettier, how about a nice candid shot of the cutest pro poker player ever, The Poker Diva herself, Liz Lieu! Super Cute! [...]

Counting Cards in Poker to Determine Odds and Outs

Most losers I know suck at math. Not that poor math automatically makes you a loser (there are plenty of other things that make you a loser), but it can definitely work to your advantage in poker. One way it can help is by doing quick math in your head to determine your outs, in [...]

Poker Outs

In a poker game with more than one betting round, an out is any unseen card that, if drawn, will improve a player’s hand to one that is likely to win. Knowing the number of outs a player has is an important part of poker strategy. For example in draw poker, a hand with four [...]

Pot Odds

Be sure to read my article on counting cards to compare pot odds to outs! Pot odds are the ratio of the current size of the pot to the cost of a contemplated call. In other words, if the pot contains $100, and a player must call $10 to stay in the hand, then the [...]

Poker Jargon: Action Button

Action Button: A marker similar to a kill button, on which a player places an extra forced bet. In a seven-card stud high-low game, the action button is awarded to the winner of a scoop pot above a certain size, signifying that in the next pot, that player will be required to post an amount [...]

Worst Starting Hands in Texas Hold em

Hey losers, as far as strategies go, there are infinite ways to win at poker. You have most likely already discovered the losing ways (thanks for the money, by the way). There are a few hands that, when drawn, you should just fold and forget about even trying to salvage them. Here are some of [...]

Poker Jargon: Action

Act To make a play (bet, raise, call, fold) while in turn Action A player’s turn to act. The action is yours An eagerness to gamble. There’s plenty of action at this table All calls related to a bet. For instance, if you bet $10 and three people call that bet, you have $30 worth [...]

MMA Predictions: UFC 92

Along with winning money at the online poker tables, I also enjoy gambling on MMA matches. I have been an avid MMA fan for a long, long time (yeah, UFC existed before 2006 believe it or not, and there was this little thing called Pride FC where a lot of great fights occured). More often [...]

Poker Strategy: Slow Playing

Merry Christmas, losers! If you think I will be taking today off, you would be wrong. I need to get this blog filled up with information, so I have to write something at least once a day. I’ll be talking about all sorts of general advice and strategies every day, so make sure you subscribe [...]

Merry Christmas, Losers!

To all you geeks out there, I just wanted to wish you a very Merry Christmas, or Happy Holidays if you’re partial to other festivities. We all know that Christmas is all about receiving presents and being with loved ones, so I hope everyone gets what they want. Just don’t forget, it’s also a time [...]

First Online Poker Tip: Tilt

Hey losers, here’s a tip for you. I’m going to be offering general advice every other day or so on this blog (so be sure to subscribe to my RSS feed or sign up for the newsletter to the right). Sometimes I’ll be talking about general issues, other times I will discuss direct strategy. Today’s [...]

This is The Poker Jerk

Hi, I’m The Poker Jerk. I’m better than you at everything, especially poker. As someone who makes a living playing online poker 15-20 tables at a time, I think you’ll agree that I rule. If not, you just don’t know me well enough – Yet. That’s why I decided to start this poker blog. To share [...]

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