Poker School

At the start of my video interview with Robert Iler, I had a confession to make: “I’ve never seen an episode of The Sopranos.” He chuckled, “Well, I’m probably about eight episodes ahead of you; they made us watch the first episode of every season at the premiere.”

Lee Jones tells a tale about one of poker’s most infamous players—Chris Moneymaker.

Poker has many different strategies and techniques players can use to get an advantage over opponents, but none is more coveted than learning to identify poker tells.

Lee Jones takes a stroll down memory lane, and talks to one of poker’s greatest female players—J.J. Liu.

Through a story of his own experiences, Lee Jones—our self-confessed poker lover—reassures us that folding AK is OK, and it can help our overall game.

Find all you need to know about poker chip tricks! Some can be mastered with a steady hand and good reflexes, while the more advanced ones require a lot of practice

Lee Jones recalls stories from his rich poker past, playing live poker and a couple of unforgettable moments when things got weird at the table.”

When you first sit down to play poker online, one of the first decisions you have to make is how many opponents you want to face? This article talks about what's best to play!

You’re on the river, heads-up, and last to act. Furthermore, you’ve got a strong hand; a hand that beats many decent value hands. Maybe, even, an extremely powerful hand—the nuts or close to it. What do you do next?

A classic true story to start off with - longest poker session ever played. We’ve probably all been in one of those, where it seems like you might need a haircut when the session is over!

Ever faced an opponent who makes a minimum bet? How do you deal with it? What does it tell you about your opponent?

Why do antes matter? In another Lee Jones blog post, he takes a look at antes, and their effect on how you act in a tournament. That’s handy, isn’t it? The Bounty Series and Eagle Cup are coming soon…

When is it time to push or fold in poker, Lee Jones gives his views looking at different poker situations!

Gwen is a perfectly normal poker player. She has a wife, a couple of kids, and a good job with colleagues she respects and enjoys. But like the families and colleagues of many poker junkies, they don’t fully get this poker thing.

Mike Sexton has spent a lifetime making poker and poker players better. In this post, we pay tribute to Mike and his contribution to poker!

How far can you strip the game of poker to its bare bones and still have a game that is reasonably called “poker”?

Have you ever thought about actually getting on Twitch and streaming your online poker play?

Nahrain “2Rivers” Tamero won the 2020 World Series of Poker Event #31, ($1,000 buy-in No-Limit Hold’em) for a $310,000 payday. Lee talks to Nahrain about her experiences of winning the title and about women in poker.

Lee Jones talks about why there should be a price to pay for listening to a bad beat story and why!

Today we take you on a journey of one specific area of Global Poker—our trophies. What we do for our players is very important to us, and specifically with our trophy offering—judging by your responses to them—it’s clearly important to you too.

Lee Jones talks about a common poker behavior, that maybe we are all guilty off when playing poker online?!

Stack size plays a crucial role in poker and directly affects available strategies. We discuss how to optimise your strategy depending on your chip size!

The Biggest Bluff by Maria Konnikova, Lee states that it will be regarded as one of the finest narratives about the game ever written!

Lee Jones tells the story of the first time he saw legendary proto-grinder Annette - “Annette_15” - Obrestad play poker online?.

Our beginner's guide to playing poker in 2020, covers a range of topics including all the basics you should know before playing, from where to play to popular poker phrases.

One book that came just before the dawn of the Moneymaker/TV era, and another book that describes seeing that dawn and the insane days that followed. And one extra dessert treat just because…

Progressive knockout tournaments have just launched at Global Poker and for many they are a great unknown. They have become a massive hit in the European-centric global poker market and look poised to become the dominant format in online poker

Good bankroll management may improve your overall success at the tables. So in this article on bankroll management, we want to give you some guidance on how to give yourself more longevity in the game.

The river is the final stage of Texas Hold'em and can often be the most crucial part of the game, because it can either make or break a player's hand. Hence the name; you either sink or swim.

In the first part of this travelogue, Lee Jones described his arrival at the World Series of Poker at Binion’s Horseshoe in 1994. Find out what happens next…

In this post, Lee Jones talks about his two favorite poker books of all time - Biggest Game In Town and Big Deal!

It’s highly likely that at some point during your next poker tournament you’re going to find yourself on a medium or short stack. Let’s talk about how to manage that situation and prep yourself to move up the chip ladder.

Find out how not to flitter away your chip stack with Global Poker’s very own poker aficionado, Lee Jones.

A trip of a lifetime to the 1994 World Series Of Poker with Lee Jones. Lee regales us with a tale of (mis)adventure and Erik….Seidel!

Online poker and virtual worlds — usually require users to register before they can begin to play. What might happen if I share my personal information online? Here are tips to protect against fraudulent behavior!

One of the most popular games in 2020 is Short Deck Poker, and this close variation of Texas Hold’em is quickly spreading across the globe.

Texas Hold’em and Omaha Poker are two of the most popular poker games being played today, whether that’s live or online.

Omaha Poker and Texas Hold’em are two of the most popular poker variants on the market. They have many similarities in terms of rules and gameplay, but a few subtle differences that separate them.

How do we play our best game and maintain emotional equilibrium when the poker storms are ripping sails from the mast of our boat, threatening to blow in the windows of our financial cottage, and other scary analogies?

Johnny Moss was a Texas road gambler who won the World Series of Poker main event twice (in 1971 and 1974). Let me regale you in a tale of me & Johnny Moss...

Welcome to Omaha. And specifically, Pot Limit Omaha, or “PLO” as it’s known the world around.

This is a post for people who get poker. Or, want to get poker!

Poker all boils down to 2 key principles: Folding & Position

So, you want to start a home game. I mean, why wouldn’t you want to start a home game? Home poker games are some of the most fun you can have, and it’s incredibly easy to start one.

Organizing a poker night can be a daunting task at the best of times, especially if you have never done it before. To that end, here are our 10 Tips To Host The Perfect Poker Night.

3 Card Poker is one of the simpler and faster versions to play and is available at almost all casinos. Find all you need to know about 3 card poker here!

The following 5 movies each have something special that makes them stand out from the crowd; a scene or general feel to them that shows the filmmakers understand the game they were portraying in their films.

Poker blinds and buttons date back to the earliest days of the games in the old saloons and other houses of ill repute that were the precursors for modern casinos. The markers became a simple and easy way to show everyone at the table whose turn it was to post the blinds, and deal.

A crucial skill to learn if you want to be successful at poker, is how to read other players and notice subtle changes in their playing style. Known as 'Poker Tells', these changes in behavior can unintentionally broadcast what cards someone has to the entire table.

Vegas have their own unique chips that have been a favorite of collectors for years, but how can you tell when you've got a real Las Vegas token and not a cheap imitation?

Poker chips, also known as Casino tokens, are small disk-like objects that are used for betting instead of regular currency.

Poker can be a daunting game to play when you first start, keeping track of all the different hand rankings, strategies and rules can feel like an impossible task.

Luckily Global Poker has found plenty of alternatives to play poker without chips. Read this post to check out the best options.

Texas Hold’em is one of the most popular Casino games to play at home with family and friends, but most of the time, it's a difficult task to figure out how to divide the chips.

A rebuy tournament allows players to buy more chips during the early stages of the game, unlike in a regular game where anyone who loses all their chips is eliminated from play automatically.

Online Sit'n'Go poker tournaments are usually played between six to ten players and can last anywhere from twenty minutes to an hour or two. The buy-in is a fixed rate, and everyone receives the same amount of chips.

A satellite tournament in poker is a qualifying event. Winners of these satellites usually win the buy-in fee to a larger events. At Global Poker we run weekly satellites where you can win entry into our main events!

A re-entry tournament is a tournament in which players are allowed to buy back in if they are eliminated, up to a certain point in the tournament. There are various types of re-entry events. In some events, players are allowed to re-enter an unlimited number of times up to a certain point.

A bounty poker tournament has most of the same rules and gameplay as a regular game of Texas Hold‘em, but with one key difference, there is a bounty on everyone's head.

Multi-table tournaments are made up of many different tables; the precise number can vary from a handful to a few thousand, depending on the size of the competition.

Flip tournaments consist of fast-paced hands that remove all the decision making out of the game. A flip is an adrenaline rush; you will either win or be devastated at the bad beat.

Poker is not an easy game. It’s easy enough to learn, but it can be tough and to be truly successful requires guts and smarts. However, there are five poker hands that are difficult both for beginners and pros. The big difference however is that the pros know how to fold these hands much quicker.

One of the first things you’re going to want to know when starting out with Texas Hold'em is what the winning hands are. Here are the 10 winning hands in Texas Hold'em, going from lowest (High Card) to highest (Royal Flush).

The betting order in Texas Hold’em depends on what stage of a hand you’re at. The order changes from pre-flop to post-flop and is different in heads-up play as opposed to a hand involving three or more players.

Playing poker tournaments is a great way to learn the game, pressure-free. On top of an education, if you do well at tournaments you can also win some prizes. Here are seven ways to improve your tournament performances.

What separates the average players from the good ones, is the ability to manage the unpredictable nature of the game and make decisions that lead to a profitable outcome. Find out what it takes here!

The turn is the fourth community card to be dealt in Texas Hold‘em. Players now have six cards with which to make their best hand (their two hole cards, plus the four community cards on the table). Following the exposure of the turn card, all players have an opportunity to bet, check, raise or fold.

Blinds are compulsory bets (or fractions of bets, in the case of the small blind), which two of the players must put into the pot for each round in order to keep their place at the table.

Variance refers to the statistical measure of how results differ from expectations. Commonly used as an essential tool in scientific theory, it’s not surprising that it’s also relevant in poker.

The “flop” refers to the three cards dealt face up after the first betting round. These are the first community cards dealt in the round – cards which all the players can use to make their best hand.

What are the odds? You’ve heard people say that many times, at or away from the tables, but here we’re looking at what the odds really are. We’ll take you through the details of working out what your hand’s odds are, which will help your decision making and consistency. This will improve your poker game for sure.

We all have those moments where we know what someone else is thinking. Sometimes it’s a friend, family member or a complete stranger, but there’s a moment when you know what they’re thinking. But sometimes we don’t have a clue what someone else is thinking, and further there are other times when we think we know what someone else is thinking, but we think we know what they think we are thinking. If you’re confused, you’re quite right to be.

If you’re new to poker, it’s possible you’re experiencing a range of emotions - excitement at playing something new, awe at how great the game is, and maybe even a little bit overwhelmed because there’s so much to know and learn. It’s a blend of experience, knowledge, luck, skill and strategy. And that’s what makes it the best game; there’s always something more to learn, and every hand has the potential to teach you something new.

The poker learning never stops, that’s why it’s the greatest game! As your skills improve and your desire for more challenging games increases, you’ll naturally move up in stakes with the games you play. To keep things simple, let’s start with the most important street in poker – Pre-flop. This is where you’re going to use your skills, strategy and tactics to do the most influential work for you. Let’s have a look at what you should be considering pre-flop to improve your game.

On Global Poker we offer Ring Games, Sit and Go’s and Tournaments. So which should you play? The easy response would be, “All of them”, but not everyone will enjoy every type equally. We would definitely recommend you try all of them, because it’s the best way to find out what you like a don’t like. There are advantages and disadvantages to all games, and here’s a breakdown of each type to help you get the most from your Global Poker experience.

Poker is the perfect blend of strategy, skill, and risk, requiring mental aptitude, endurance, and tenacity. You need to know how to manage risk and capitalize on opportunity. Ring games are just as you imagine – poker you play for cash. You know this if you’ve ever been to Vegas, Reno or Atlantic City, but you’re less likely to have seen online poker offering the chance to win prizes before.

Poker can be a complicated and intimidating game, especially when first learning. One wrong move can see players lose their entire chip stack instantly. If players persevere and learn some simple basics of the game, then poker can be an enjoyable and rewarding experience. To that end, here are 10 tips beginners can use to help learn the basics and start playing.

If you google the term ‘Poker Tournament Tips’ you will find lots of different advice people are trying to give you. Some of it is good and others, not so good. To help you improve your poker tournament play the Global Poker team has put together a few tips to be mindful of when you are deep in a poker tournament!