Texas Hold Em Poker is Nothing But Luck

Did the title make you mad? If you have been playing
texas holdem for awhile, I'm sure it did. If you're
new to the game, you might have read the title and
think I'm about to tell you why texas holdem is all
luck, all the time. Sorry, no way.

Texas Holdem is a game of skill. This may be hard to believe
from the games you might play with your friends, but that
doesn't make it any less true. Sure, luck plays a role but
doesn't luck play a role in almost anything, not just texas
holdem?

Let's look at some of the decisions that need to be made
when playing a hand of texas holdem.

You have to determine which hands you are going to play,
and in what situations, including the size of your stack
and whether you're in early or late position, what the
bets were before you, etc. There's a lot to think about
in Texas Holdem before you even decide to get into a hand.
I didn't even mention that the style of the players at the
table (and the number of players for that matter) will play
a role in whether or not you play a hand.

Then, once you're in a hand, there's bluffing. Can you make
the other players at the poker table believe you have the
best hand, even when all you have is a 34 off suit with
a rainbow flop 6 10 K 8 A? Some players can do this more
often and more effectively than others, raking in pots they
just don't have the cards to win. Why? Because bluffing at
Texas Holdem is a skill.

While bluffing is a skill, so is reading, which is basically
the opposite of bluffing. Can you tell, by what your opponent's
actions are at the table, whether or not they really have a solid
texas holdem hand that can take the pot? Can you spot their "tell"
that lets you know whether they have those pocket ace's or nothing
at all?

I could go on and on. The variables in texas holdem that will affect
how you play each hand are just about endless. With a game like
roulette, you pick your number and color and hope for the best.
You can't affect the outcome in any way, unless you cheat. As you
can see from just the few examples above, this just isn't true in
texas holdem. So if you love the game and want to get better and
start winning some games, it is possible. You can become a better
texas holdem poker player.

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