Everybody knows the old saying about Poker: it takes five minutes to learn the rules but a lifetime to learn how to play.
This is what makes Poker so fascinating: you never stop learning, you can always improve your skills; every game you play teaches you something new, every new opponent has something special. Poker is similar to any other game or discipline, it requires knowledge and experience. Unfortunately, we cannot offer you experience; you’ll have to gain it yourself, online or live, with your friends or against total strangers… But we can share our knowledge. Because it’s also what Poker is about: this is why two friends accept to become Master and student to each other, this is why professionals write books which will be read by thousands of amateurs afterwards.
Poker is a mix of strategy and psychology: in this section we will focus mainly on strategy. A beginner can understand the rules but we all know he doesn’t know anything about Poker if he doesn’t understand strategy! Above we were mentioning books: well, reading books is undoubtedly the best way for all players to learn the different concepts of strategy. Your friends can teach you a lot but when it comes to Poker, we can guarantee David Slanski or Dan Harrington should be your best friends!
In this section, you will find PokerEthical strategy articles. Each article is meant to teach you a basic concept of Poker. We actually tried to offer you Poker’s Reader’s Digest: every notion you can’t afford to ignore when sitting at a table. We can’t promise you these articles will turn you into Phil Ivey in a second but they will sure be the first step of your mutation from a fish to a shark.
If there's a term you are not clear with, don't hesitate to have a look at our poker glossary.
