Moving Beyond the Top 10 Hands

By Eddie Parker

As a beginner at the game of poker, it is often suggested to stick to the top 10 hands. It is not however suggested to do so for an advanced or even intermediate strategy. Playing only the top 10 hands will make you a very predictable player and nobody will play with you. It is a good way to get started as a beginner but no way to be a winning poker player. If you are going to be a winning poker player then you better get ready to play more then just the top 10 hands.

Beyond the top 10 hands there are many other hands that are still very good to play. In some circumstances these hands may actually give you better odds than if you were playing a top 10 hand.

If you had pocket 7's and you were up against 4 other players with Ace King then I am pretty sure you would be very happy to be the one with 77. Of course, that is a very unreal example, but you get the point. You just cannot rely on only the top 10 starting hands to be successful.

There are occasions when a top 10 hand is best, yet there are other occasions where they need to be folded. You could be playing a big pot and have a 6-7 suited, while the other players have a KK or AA. In this case the two players with the pairs have lower odds than you do of winning. If you can stick with it, and the other players don't handle their bets appropriately, you could be in for a big win.

The best times to have the top 10 starting hands is when you are going at it with a player or two ahead of the flop. If you are going to go all in or put a lot of your money into the pot you want to be ahead when you do it. You cannot be ahead if you do not have at least a top 5 starting hand before the flop. After the flop it doesn't matter; from there the starting hand means nothing unless it hit.

Poker is a game of chance, but of course the chances can be calculated with reasonable accuracy. If you are interested in progressing as a player beyond the top 10 hands then you need to figure out the odds of each hand. Once you have done this you will know which hands are good to play against the others, and which ones aren't.

Anytime you have a hand and you are not sure what to do, you should leave that hand. While a 6-7 suited seems like a good hand, there are still times where it needs to be let go in order to save you from a loss.

Great poker players spend a lot of time studying pot odds, position and implied odds as factors that have a huge impact on hand selection. This is why most novice players stick to the top 10 hands, it doesn't require a lot of thought.

You must start somewhere and there is no better place to start then with the best starting hands. Once you are ready to move beyond the top 10 hands, you will see a high increase in profits and pot sizes and it all comes in time.

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Scene It? DVD Game Seinfeld Edition - Holiday Shopping Tips

By Harley Hamilton

The holiday shopping season is here. ScreenLife, the maker of the popular DVD game Scene It? Series has just released the Scene It? DVD Game - Seinfeld Deluxe Edition in time for the holidays. The game includes clips, trivia, and puzzles from all nine seasons of the how about nothing? Just pop the DVD in your player and start having fun.

The Scene It? DVD game released its first edition in August of 2004. Since then its popularity has grown, and so has its game topics. The Scene It? DVD Game Seinfeld Edition can make a great holiday gift for adults since many adults have followed the characters from their first season until their last and can quote many phrases from the popular TV show. We all remember the yada, yada, yada episode, as well as manssieres and man hands.

There are different ways to play the game. There are shorter or longer versions associated with playing the board game version, along with the clips on the screen. Or you may pop in the DVD and entertain your guests throughout the night with the Party Function on the Main Menu.

The start of the holiday shopping season is traditionally Black Friday.

For those that do not know what Black Friday is, it is the biggest day for retailers and consumer on sales. Retailers open very early and stay open very late. The prices of products are sometimes cut in half and you can get really great deals.

Buyers make sure you make a budget list for gift recipients. Compare prices from retailers, such as for the Scene It? DVD Game Seinfeld Edition. Be aware that some stores note in fine print that some product quantities are limited, do not offer rain checks or that product is not available in all stores. If you are at a store and a product is not on sale there but it is somewhere else, be sure to ask if they have price matching policies.

Another great way to save some money is by clipping coupons. Some retailers will take expired coupons or coupons from competitors. Be sure to ask what their policy is. Also ask about price adjustments. If you buy an item that day and it goes on sale the next week, they will give you back the difference as a credit or refund.

If you are shopping online, make sure that the site you are ordering from has the product in stock otherwise you might not get your item in time. Such games as the Scene It? DVD Game Seinfeld Edition are very popular, so you want to make sure that you buy the game early enough. Make sure to ask for gift receipts, as well as return and refund policies. If you are shipping gifts, ship them early enough so that they arrive at their destination in time. Happy holiday shopping.

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