A Poker Guide for Beginning and Intermediate Players

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River My Nuts is a bit of a poker joke, but if you're new to poker it might take some explaining.

River (noun) the last card to come out in Texas Hold'em and Omaha Hold'em poker

To River (verb) to get the exact card you need on the river to change your hand from a loser to a winner

Nuts (noun) a poker term for the best possible hand that can be made with the cards in play

So if I have the best possible hand on the turn, and you get the card you need on the river to win, you have rivered my nuts. The expression sounds like it might be a euphemism for getting a kick to the pills, and for good reason. All poker players have their nuts rivered every so often, and when it happens it can feel distinctly like you just took a shot below the belt!

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A Poker Guide for Beginning and Intermediate Players

Poker! Poker! Poker!

Joe Cada wins poker's biggest prize It's everywhere. It's on your TV, it's on the internet, your friends at work or school are playing and talking about it. Now you want to know what all the buzz is about.

It's this simple: poker is fun. It combines strategy with luck and adds the thrills of gambling and social interaction. It might just be the most popular card game in the world. You'd like to play, but how do you learn?

That's where we come in. This website is about stepping new poker players through the process of learning how to play poker well enough to be feared at most any poker table. Most poker books and websites are written to elevate a decent player to expert status. River My Nuts is a new poker guide designed to get you from knowing very little about poker to becoming a winning poker player. If you know what the suits in the deck are named, you will be able to learn poker and become a skilled player simply by using this website.

Enjoy your poker journey!

Learning Poker

Girl studying her poker books

The human mind is a marvelous thing. It can learn in a variety of ways. One way the human brain can learn is from its experiences. When I was a boy I stuck a fork into an electrical outlet, receiving a helluva shock. My experience taught me right away to never do that again!

The mind can also learn things through the cognitive process of study. For this, no experience is required. I can learn about financial matters without visiting the Bourse or Wall Street. I can learn winning military strategies without being in a battle. I can learn about torque without turning a wrench.

Many new players believe that experience is the ideal way to learn poker. They could not be more wrong. Poker experiences are almost always poor teachers. For example, what if a new Texas Hold'em player gets pocket aces (the best starting hand in Texas Hold'em) and then loses a big hand? He gets a helluva shock. His experience tells him not to play AA again. It makes you lose big hands, right? Clearly this is ridiculous. The experience is misleading.

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Which Poker is Best?

Which poker is best?

Generally speaking, poker is a family of card games that share hand rankings and general betting rules. There are so many variations, however, it would be impossible to explain them all here. Instead we will focus on a few of the most common variants you may see as you are getting started as a poker player. You'll have to decide for yourself which version you enjoy playing the most.

1. Cash Games vs Tournaments

- Poker cash games are the most common form of poker. Each hand is an individual game, with the players wagering money, typically represented by poker chips. The winner of the hand gets the money in the pot for that hand. The cards are then dealt again and all players with money on the table are welcome to bet on the next hand. If you lose all your chips but want to keep playing you can buy more. Whether you are winning or losing you can stop playing at any time and cash out, exchanging your chips for their cash value.

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