FINDING THE RIGHT GAME

## GAME TYPE

On the Hero Poker
game software you can currently choose from four different types of poker
games.

No Limit Texas Hold’em

Fixed Limit Texas Hold’em

Pot Limit Texas Hold’em

Pot Limit Omaha

In order to find
the right game for you, take the time to try out each of the games on offer and
you will be able to find which game or games you enjoy the most.

Some players prefer
the limit or pot limit games as they are slightly slower than no limit. This is
mainly due to the nature of the betting structure which makes it more difficult
to force players out of the hand.

However it is considered
a steady game with less risk and less return and generally you can make steady
progress. Also if you are new to poker playing Limit Hold’em is a great way to
practice and learn without the possibility of losing much.

Pot Limit Omaha
(PLO) differs from Texas Hold’em games in that each player receives four hole
cards instead of two and must use two of their cards with three community cards
to make their final hand. With twice as many hole cards the hand combinations
in play increase making PLO an exciting game to play.

### BANKROLL GUIDELINES

Depending on which
game type you choose to play follow the guidelines below to manage your
bankroll.

No Limit Hold’em –
Minimum Bankroll should be approximately 20 buy ins or 2000 Big Blinds to the
table stakes. Follow the table guide below:

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Fixed Limit Hold’em
– Minimum Bankroll should be approximately 400 Big Blinds of the table stakes.
Follow the table guide below:

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Pot Limit Hold’em –
Minimum Bankroll should be approximately 20 buy ins or 2000 Big Blinds to the
table stakes. Follow the table guide below:

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As PLO is known to
have larger swings with the numerous hand combinations available it is
recommended that you have 30 buy ins for good bankroll management.

Follow the table
guidelines below:

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### MULTI-TABLING

What is
Multi-tabling?

Multi-tabling is a
way of playing online poker in which you play on more than one table at the
same time. Some poker players choose to multi-table because it’s faster and
more fun and of course enables you to increase your winnings and bankroll over
time.

If you can be a
winning poker player playing one table, you could also be able to be a winning
poker player at two, three, four, or many more tables at the same time.

With the power and
capabilities of the Hero Poker Game software your options are endless.

To start
multi-tabling simply click on more tables and take your seat and they will open
up in your screen simultaneously.

You can position
and size each table to suit your screen and in a way which you find comfortable
or simply click on the menu button at the top right hand corner of any table
and select “Tile Tables” and your tables will be instantly “Tiles” to fit your
screen.

## STARTING HANDS

It is a known fact
that pocket Aces are the absolute best hand to have before the flop in Texas
Hold’em, but ranking the actual exact winning percentage of each poker hand
against a random opponent’s cards becomes all too unclear. It is good to
actually see how specific starting hand combinations rank against each other in
terms of how much and how often they win on average.

Below is a list of
Texas Hold’em starting hands organized by relative strength. See how the cards
you play rank.

=== HOLD’EM STARTING CARDS RANKED BY
WINNING PERCENTAGE ===
The following
tables below contain every 2-card possible combination you can be dealt in
Texas Hold’em. The hands are arranged by largest hole card and first include a
section of pairs. Each hand will be followed by its long-term winning
percentage against a specific number of opponents holding random cards. To find
a hand, look it up by its largest card.

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Bottom line, the
lesson here is to hold strong starting cards and eliminate competition when you
hold a favorite. You can see the extremely low average winning percentage for
commonly played hands like Q10 or J9 offsuit so our advice would have to be to
stick to the premium hands as you learn the game. As you gain more experience,
you can experiment with those lower percentage starting cards but you will need
to be disciplined enough to learn when to continue beyond the flop.

Interestingly (but
not surprisingly), every hand wins less when you’re playing against more
opponents. Even the top two hold’em hands of AA and KK win, on average, less
than half of the pots when 4 or 5 players stay in. Your goal should be to
eliminate as much competition preflop and increase your odds of that premium
hand holding up.

The hands that you
want to encourage opponents with, such as low suited connectors, have such low
winning expectations anyway that you’ll need huge pot odds from the extra
callers to make them worthwhile. These are essential no-limit hold’em concepts.

### POKER HAND NICKNAMES

With the game of
poker literally becoming the most popular card game, poker hand nicknames have
become more prevalent than ever.

The following list
contains most of the popular poker hand nicknames:

#### POCKET PAIRS

AA

American Airlines

Rockets

Bullets

Snake Eyes

77

Walking Sticks

Sunset Strip

(TV show title)

KK

Cowboys

King Kong

66

Route 66

Boots

(for the slight
resemblance of a 6)

QQ

Ladies

55

Speed Limit

Presto

JJ

Fishhooks

or Hooks

44

Magnum

(the .44 Magnum
pistol was Dirty Harry’s gun)

Sailboats

1010

Dimes

33

Crabs

Treys

99

Phil Hellmuth

(won the 1989 Main
Event with two black nines)

Wayne Gretzky

(the Great One’s
number)

22

Ducks

(the 2 is similar
to a duck’s shape in water)

88

Snowmen

Piano Keys

(88 keys on a
piano)

#### UNPAIRED STARTING HANDS

AK

Big Slick

Walking Back to

Houston

J5

Jackson Five

Motown

AQ

Doyle Brunson

(the poker legend
hates to play AQ)

J4

Flat Tire

(what’s a jack
for?)

AJ

Ajax

105

Woolworth

(discount store
chain)

A10

Johnny Moss

104

Broderick Crawford

(his catchphrase in
"Highway Patrol")

A8

Dead Man’s Hand

(Wild Bill Hickok
was holding Aces and Eights when he was shot and killed)

102

Doyle Brunson or

Texas Dolly

(he won both his
WSOP Championship with this modest holding)

A3

Baskin-Robbins

(an Ace is also a
1, making 31 for 31 flavors)

98

Oldsmobile

(the classiest
model was 98)

KQ

Marriage

93

Jack Benny

(always claimed to
be 39 years old)

KJ

Kojak

Harry Potter

(J.K. Rowling)

76

Union Oil

(owns Union 76 gas
stations)

K9

Canine

Fido

75

Heinz

(for Heinz’ 57
flavor varieties)

K3

King Crab

Commander Crab

(a 3 is often
called a ‘crab’)

72

The Hammer

QJ

Maverick

(Jacks and Queen
from the ‘Maverick’ theme song)

63

Blocky

(from Doyle
Brunson’s Super System)

Q7

Computer Hand

(statistically,
this is the average winning hand in hold’em)

54

Jesse James

(he was allegedly
killed with a shot from a .45 pistol)

J6

Railroad Hand

(supposedly,
repeating ‘Jacks and Sixes’ sounds like a train on its tracks)

#### OTHER HANDS

AKQJ10

Broadway

222

Huey, Dewey

and Louie

(three famous
‘ducks’)

A2345

Wheel

AKQJ10

Nuts

KKK

Three Wise Men

AQQQQ

Quads

101010

Thirty Miles of

Bad Road

(Gilroy to San
Jose)

AQ1052

Golf Bag

QQKK

Mommas and

Poppas

AQ101010

Set

(using a pocket
pair)

Trips

(using a pair on
the board)

AK47

Assault Rifle

(named after the
Russian machine gun)

KQ1062

Paint