The Turn

The turn is the hardest round of betting in Texas Hold Em. Bets are doubled, so any mistake you make will be compounded by the size of the bet. Also, if you are going to bet on your hand on the turn, you will probably have to bet or call a raise on the River. This is where it starts to be expensive to stay in a hand.

Generally speaking,if you think you may have the best hand, you want to stay aggressive on this round of betting. Since you have already committed chips on the Flop, you hopefully have a strong hand. The last thing you want to do is to give your opponent a free card by checking on the turn. A free card might make your opponent's hand the winning hand. Make them pay for those draws.

You also need to consider how many oponents are in the hand with you. The more players in a pot, the greater the chance that you will be beaten. This being the case, you should only be in 3 or 4 way pots with very strong hands. The only exception would be if there is a great deal of money in the pot. In that case, you might be getting sufficient pot odds to call a bet.

You can also begin to put your opponent on a hand. If there are 2 suited cards on the table, you can be sure that someone is on a flush draw? If there are 3 suited cards on the table, they probably have made their flush. You might be drawing dead.

A board with high cards, especially suited, can also be a problem for your hand. Unless, of course, you have some of those high cards. A pair on the board can mean that someone has Trips (3 of a kind) or a Full House. These are all warning flags for your hand.

Texas Hold Em sounds very simple, however, it takes a lot of time at the table to pick up the nuances of the game. This site was created to help the average player improve their game. We'll help you with which starting hands to play, and how to bet. We'll show you how position impacts your starting hand selection, how to calculate pot odds, and wheter to call, raise, or fold. We'll help you determine your poker strategy. One that you will use to make more money. We'll even identify trap hands, which look good, but usually cost you big money. So... shuffle up and deal!