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Transcript Hey, I’m professional poker player Nicky Numbers and I’m going to talk to you today about poker etiquette, most importantly, what not to do at the table. The first thing I’m going to talk about is how you bet, how you call, and how you raise. Let’s say you have some chips in front …

Transcript Hey, I’m Nicky Numbers, Professional Poker Player and today I’m going to explain to you what the term “on the button” means. When you’re playing Hold ‘Em, there’s a button that one player at the table has in front of him. This player is the simulated dealer. When they have the button, the two …

Transcript Hey, I’m Nicky Numbers. I’m a Professional Poker Player and I’m going to talk to you about position in poker. What exactly do people mean when they say position? Position primarily takes its form in one of two ways. The first is pre-flop and the second is post-flop. Pre-flop position has everything to do …

Transcript Hey I’m professional poker player Nicky Numbers and now I’m gonna talk to you about check raising. The first thing to know about check raising is what it is. A check raise is when you check, your opponent makes a bet, and you raise them. So in order to be able to check raise, …

Transcript Hey, I’m Nicky Numbers, Professional Poker Player, and I’m going to help you learn how to size your raises. The first thing you need to know about raising is when you can raise and when you can’t because it’s so common for people to confuse the terms “bet” and “raise”. Pre-flop, there are blinds. …

Transcript Hey, I’m Nicky Numbers, Professional Poker Player, and now I’m going to talk about raising. First, you have to identify when you can raise and when you can’t. It’s very common for poker players to misuse the terms “bet” and “raise” because it is slightly confusing. Because you see pre-flop, the blinds are forced …

Transcript Hey, I’m Nicky Numbers, Professional Poker Player, and I’m going to help you learn when you can bet in Hold ‘Em. The first thing to know about betting is that you can only bet post-flop. There is no bet pre-flop. The blinds are forced bets which means the first aggressive action to enter the …

Transcript Hey, I’m Nicky Numbers, Professional Poker Player and today I’m going to show you how to bet. When you’re betting, by definition you’re on the flop, turn or river. In other words you’re post-flop and the pre-flop action has already taken place. The reason this must be true is because pre-flop the blinds are …

Transcript Hey, I’m Nicky Numbers, professional poker player and now we’re going to talk about betting. Betting can only occur post-flop, on the flop, turn, or river. It cannot occur pre-flop because the bets have already been done. The blinds are forced bets. You only have the option to make a bet when you’re first …

Transcript Hey, I’m Mickey Numbers, Professional Poker Player. Today I’m going to talk to you about checking. First of all, checking can only occur post-flop. It cannot happen pre-flop because the blinds are in place, which are forced bets. You can only check when no one has bet first. On the flop turner river, if …

Transcript Hey, I’m Nicky Numbers, Professional Poker Player and today I’m going to talk to you about the blinds. The blinds are two forced bets that occur right before every hand of poker. So one player at the table is going to be the dealer and they’re going to have this button in front of …

Transcript Hey, I’m Nicky Numbers, Professional Poker Player, and today I’m going to talk to you about antes. Antes are a forced contribution that every player has to put into the pot to play each hand. You might be familiar with blinds, which are two forced bets which occur after the button. So say this …

Transcript Hey, I’m Nicky Numbers, I’m a professional poker player, and today I’m going to help you evaluate your starting hand. So you sit down at the table, you get dealt two cards, you peer at them, now what? Now you have a decision to make. So let’s look at a few examples. We’re going …

Transcript Hey, I’m Nicky Numbers, a Professional Poker Player, whose going to talk to you today, about the best starting hands in poker. Now, when most people are talking about poker, they mean No Limit Hold Em. The best starting hands in that game are, big cards, and big pairs. So, hands like Ace, King. …

Transcript Hey, I’m Professional Poker Player, Nicky Numbers, I’m going to talk to you today, about the worst hands in poker. Now, a lot of what you’ve seen on poker on t.v. and in movies, has looked something like this. You see a player, sitting there, with five cards in front of them. That is …

Transcript Hey, I’m Nicky Numbers, Professional Poker Player, and today, we’re going to talk about poker hand rankings. What, beats what. Most of the time when you see hand rankings, you see them displayed for all forms of high card poker, rather than what you’re really interested in seeing, which is Texas Hold Em. But …

Transcript Hey, I’m Nicky Numbers, Professional Poker Player, and today, I’m going to talk to you about the rules of poker. Hold em is a game where each player starts with two down cards. However, before they even deal, there are two players that are forced to put out bets, known as the blinds. There …

Transcript Hey, I’m Nicky Numbers, Professional Poker Player, and now I’m going to help you learn how to make and keep a good poker face. Now, a poker face is kind of a general term for stoic behavior at the table giving your opponents the minimal amount of behavioral information possible. The idea is that …