Playing paid or free poker online is a game of skill, chance with a little luck thrown in for good measure.
After all, there are only 52 cards in a deck. And any 5 given cards will always win a hand. You could be looking at a completely awful hand of a pair of 2s, or [...]

Far too often, players play big hands slower than they need to be played. I see over-slow playing happen all the time in live games and online free poker tournaments. I’ll admit that I also make the mistake of trying too hard to trap opponents when a more straightforward manoeuvre would probably work best.
In my [...]

When I first started playing poker, and even free poker, I was sure that it was a sure fire way to lose money. That is, until I played in my first poker tournament in a live casino.
To my amazement I won the tournament and it gave me a real boost to continue playing. Years on, [...]

Have you ever wondered how to play certain chip stacks in free poker tournaments? Well, wonder no more, here are some pointers on how to play. We’ll cover playing with a big stack, average stack, and a short stack.
We start off by playing with short stacks. If you are a short stack play as tight [...]