Understand the rules and basic strategies before learning how to master the tricks and tactics it takes to be successful at poker. Poker has never been more popular, whether in your local, with friends and family, online or at a casino. Learn the ins and outs from an experienced player and Times Poker Correspondent and take your poker game to the next level.

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Byron Jacobs is a successful online poker player who has also worked as a poker coach and content provider for numerous poker websites. He runs a poker publishing company, has written four poker books and continues to write extensively on all aspects of the game. He has had a weekly poker column in The Times for the past number of years.

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Master the strategies and gameplay of this ever popular card gamePoker is a game of skill, nerve and intelligent aggression. Join Times Poker Correspondent Byron Jacobs as he explains the strategies and thought processes used by winning players and take your game to the next level.

Poker has never been more popular, whether in your local, with friends and family, online or at a casino. Here's what you will pick up here:

· Get an overview of the rulesand basic strategy

· Master the fundamentals of ranges, betting, hand-reading, bluffing and bluff-catching

• Study real hands from cash games and high-level tournament poker

• Improve your decision-making, sharpen your instincts and understand poker psychology

• Digest in-depth commentary on every scenario through hundreds of articles previously published in The Times