Most poker players understand that in order for a call to be correct you have to have correct pot odds. They also know that to arrive at those pot odds, you take total cards left in the deck compared to how many actually help you. Those cards that help you are called "outs". The tricky part that many players do not do correctly is getting an accurate count of their outs. Here are some tips for counting your poker outs.

Know what you have to beat!

Before bothering with counting outs, you have to...
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Several of the “tells” I have listed here are useful in both online and offline poker.  However, since we lack the ability to read opponents physical expressions, these tells that are available to us become that much more important.

First, let us define a “tell.”  A “tell” is a habitual action by another player that gives you a clue as to what he is holding.  In offline poker, a widening of the eyes is often a “tell” of a very strong hand.  That is one reason you see so many po...
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