Wed, 08/10/2011 – 00:42 – PokerPages Staff
Online poker tools are a great way to play over the Internet. Whether you’re just starting out or a professional poker player, read on to find out which tools you should be using to help improve your game and achieve higher winnings.
Hold’em Indicator
This is one of the most established poker odds calculators around. In fact, it’s renowned as being the best on the market. It consists of a wide range of prominent features and is easy to use. As well as being able to collect hand histories efficiently it also lets you see your opponent’s mucked hands.
Poker-Edge
With this poker tool you can access a huge database of online games. Poker Edge is constantly taking in new data and, by allowing you to track your opponent’s stats and game, you can easily increase your chances of winning.
Poker Calculator Pro
This Texas Hold’em odds calculator lets you gain access to player information, stats and odds and outs all in real-time. You can change the settings to suit your style of gaming and it’s a vital addition to cash games and tournaments.
Poker Crusher
Poker Crusher can be used in more than a 100 poker rooms and is capable of tracking over one million hands at once. Players can gain access to a wide range of information in real-time, including stats and detailed analysis, to greatly improve their poker game.
Calculat’em Pro
This poker tool is considered one of the most advanced poker odds calculators to be found on the internet. Developed by Texas Calculat’em, it’s used by more then 25,000 players and provides a number of great features, for example it shows the odds calculations for pots, your hand odds and outs as well as a wide range of betting tips.
Fri, 03/25/2011 – 20:14 – PokerPages Staff
Here is an overview of the ranking of poker hands for the beginner poker player. A beginner poker player needs to know which poker hands outrank the other hands. It is important because the rank of a poker hand is decided by the difficulty and frequency with which the hand shows up in play. Therefore the highest-ranking poker hand is the least likely to be a common occurrence during a game.
The highest-ranking poker hand is a Royal Flush. A-K-Q-J-10 are all of the same suit. One notch down is a Straight Flush that is any sequence of five cards in the same suit other than a royal flush. Next is four of the same card, one from each of the four suits; an example would be Jh-Jd-Jc-Js. A full house is the next ranking hand. A full house is made up of three of one denomination and two of another. An example would be 7h-7d-7s-3d-3c. A flush is next, and is made of having all the same suit, but no consecutive five cards run. An Example would be Qh- 10h-8h-3h-2h. A straight follows here and that is a sequence of five cards, but not of the same suit. An example would be 10s-9d-8h-7s-6c. Three of a kind, two pair, a pair and high card complete the ranking of hands.
Beginner poker players can learn more about playing poker by visiting PokerSchoolOnline, the best source on the internet for poker related learning. Afterwards, why not test those skills by playing free at PokerStars.net. Also, check out the PokerPages section Poker Information and Poker Articles for more poker betting, tips, bets, and strategies.




