Day 134 ... Really interesting checking out other poker sites while I'm looking for good sites to swap links with - some are really dire and some are great but with some the ranking of them seems to have very little to do with how good the site looks or is. Don't know if thats good for me or bad really - I'm just going to plug away adding poker articles and try to make my site as interesting as possible then hopefully I'll climb up in the rankings. I think fair too many people seem to be obsessed with SEO and will do anything to get their site up near the top, I guess I should try to do both but I really haven't got enough hours in the day at the moment and playing last night actually reminded me that I like playing poker and I'm doing alot less of that and when I do it's far from successful at the moment so no play today.

Poker article of the day
Poker Starting Hands - Two cards 10 or higher - by scrawnybob

Knowing the strength or weakness of your starting hand (your hole cards) in Hold'em is one of the most important parts of playing Poker successfully. As a new player correctly selecting which hands to play and which to lay down even BEFORE the flop is probably the single most effective way to minimise your loses. Understanding exactly what possibilities your hand has will also gets you in the correct mindset if your faced with difficult decisions after you've seen the flop or when another player puts you to the test.

2 cards 10 or higher

a couple of paint or picture cards including tens are another hole in loose players games. If their suited this makes a big difference as you've instantly increased your outs (cards that could make or improve your hand).

Otherwise continuously betting on any two high cards hoping to hit something is just giving your money away.

Unconnected unsuited high cards eg. K 10 off are the worst temptation you can get - your prob better off with 10-J suited
why ?

With 10-J suited (suited connectors)

a) you've got a decent chance at a straight because they're connected

b) you've got a chance at a flush becuase they're suited

c) more impotantly - you've got far more chance of seeing your in trouble with it than 10 K and chasing a lost cause.

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