This contents needs latest version of Flash Player.BluegrassMusic and Gambling blog!HOMEPoker  – A game of both skill and chancePoker Practice | Posted by bluegrasJune 22nd, 2013To many gamblers, poker is the most entertaining game as it combines the best of to worlds. Unlike most casino games, poker is not just a game of chance where you have no control over the outcome. As poker is played against other opponents and not against the dealer there is a lot of psychology involved in the game, as players will try to manipulate each other in to making plays that will favor them. This can be done by for example not betting a lot of money when you have a really strong hand to try and lure your opponent in to trying to steal the pot only to raise his bet, or by over betting a pot when you don’t have a good hand to try and make the other players fold, commonly known as bluffing. For more information about poker strategy and bluffing techniques, visit poker portals such as Pokeronline.pw which has tons of reviews and guides for the aspiring poker player.But poker is not only skill, there is always an element of chance that can turn the worst hand in a pot into the favorite to win with just a turn of a card. This is what makes the game so exciting to many players. You can lose a hand that you have played almost perfectly, but you can also win when you make a bad play and should have lost by getting lucky. In other words, it’s a game where you can increase your odds of winning by making the best possible play in every situation, but your win can never be 100% guaranteed. Click here to find out more about odds in the game of poker.In online poker, you often hear that the preferred style of playing is called “tight aggressive”. This basically means that you should fold hands that are not good, to eliminate unnecessary risks, and then play hard when you actually do get a good hand before the flop. This can of course be mixed up with some occasional bluffing to take advantage of the fact that your opponents will think you have a good hand whenever you’re in a pot. Read more about this specific poker strategy on pokerz.es!Does this mean that you always have to stay tight aggressive in every situation on a poker table? Of course not! The whole idea of poker is that you should be hard for your opponents to read, so there is no way of telling what you are on. A good guiding line is to stay quite tight when there are a lot of players at the table. On a full table, with ten players, you should definitely play tight. You could often expect that there will at least be one or two quality hands per round and that means that an average hand won’t have particularly good odds before the deal. Therefore, save your money until you find an opportunity to strike, and when you do, make sure to be aggressive to get rid of as many hands in the pot as possible.On the other hand, when you are playing against two opponents or even head to head, it’s time to be way more aggressi