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Texas Hold'em — the complete strategy guide

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ABC Poker Fundamentals

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Sizing Your Bankroll

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How to Bluff

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Recent review updates, including bonus terms and factual changes, with dates and a description of what changed.

Oct 26 Video Poker Strategy — Added the Video Poker Variance Calculator — pick one of 21 pay tables, your bet and how many hands, and see exactly how a session can end: the average result, the typical swing, the chance of finishing ahead or hitting a royal, and where the worst and best sessions finish.

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Oct 26 Video Poker — Added the Video Poker Variance Calculator — pick one of 21 pay tables, your bet and how many hands, and see exactly how a session can end: the average result, the typical swing, the chance of finishing ahead or hitting a royal, and where the worst and best sessions finish.

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Oct 26 Free Tools — Added the Video Poker Variance Calculator — pick one of 21 pay tables, your bet and how many hands, and see exactly how a session can end: the average result, the typical swing, the chance of finishing ahead or hitting a royal, and where the worst and best sessions finish.

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Oct 25 Video Poker Strategy — Added Video poker variance and bankroll, guide #10 — what variance and standard deviation mean next to the return, a chart of all 21 pay tables, a session explorer for any stake and 100 to 100,000 hands, the royal’s share of the swing, and why the worst 1-in-20 result is not a bankroll.

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Oct 25 Video Poker — Added Video poker variance and bankroll, guide #10 — what variance and standard deviation mean next to the return, a chart of all 21 pay tables, a session explorer for any stake and 100 to 100,000 hands, the royal’s share of the swing, and why the worst 1-in-20 result is not a bankroll.

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Oct 24 Video Poker Strategy — Added Joker Poker strategy, guide #08 — kings or better with one joker, the four pay tables and what separates them, a hand analyzer that prices all 32 holds, three hands where the safe-looking hold is wrong, and a 59-line 20/7/5 chart in two parts that plays within 0.006% of perfect.

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Oct 24 Video Poker — Added Joker Poker strategy, guide #08 — kings or better with one joker, the four pay tables and what separates them, a hand analyzer that prices all 32 holds, three hands where the safe-looking hold is wrong, and a 59-line 20/7/5 chart in two parts that plays within 0.006% of perfect.

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Oct 23 Video Poker Strategy — Added Max coins and the royal, guide #09 — what the fifth credit buys on a conventional pay table (the royal jumps from 250 for 1 to 800), a checker for any royal row, any two bets compared in dollars, the returns of 20 pay tables at both royals, and the two deals whose best hold changes with the royal.

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Oct 23 Video Poker — Added Max coins and the royal, guide #09 — what the fifth credit buys on a conventional pay table (the royal jumps from 250 for 1 to 800), a checker for any royal row, any two bets compared in dollars, the returns of 20 pay tables at both royals, and the two deals whose best hold changes with the royal.

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Oct 22 Video Poker Strategy — Added the Video Poker Strategy Calculator — enter any five cards and pick one of 21 pay tables, from Jacks or Better to Joker Poker. It prices all 32 holds exactly, shows what your own hold gives up, and how the same cards are played on every other table.

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Oct 22 Video Poker — Added the Video Poker Strategy Calculator — enter any five cards and pick one of 21 pay tables, from Jacks or Better to Joker Poker. It prices all 32 holds exactly, shows what your own hold gives up, and how the same cards are played on every other table.

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Oct 22 Free Tools — Added the Video Poker Strategy Calculator — enter any five cards and pick one of 21 pay tables, from Jacks or Better to Joker Poker. It prices all 32 holds exactly, shows what your own hold gives up, and how the same cards are played on every other table.

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