Rush Poker - Strategies For Full Tilt's New Poker Format

Rush poker is a brand new and exciting form of poker which is taking the online world by storm. Unique to Full Tilt poker, it was designed from the ground up to make online poker faster and more fun.

Rush poker is usually played as no limit Texas Hold'em and the game is played as normal apart from one important difference; as soon as you fold your hand you're moved to a new seat, and dealt new cards. No more folding preflop and waiting for 8 other people to play out a hand. Now if you fold, even before the action gets to you, you see a new hand within seconds. In fact, players are now able to play 300, 400, even 500 or more hands per hour without having to multi-table!

In terms of strategy, playing rush poker is very different from your average ring game. First of all, you get virtually no chance to read your opponents preflop so your decision making is based more on your hole cards. Secondly, players will much low ranking hands quickly so you'll know that post flop most players will have high hole cards (or maybe a low pair, suited connectors or Ax) which means if you have something like 77 in the hole and hit trips on the flop, you'll probably get paid off big time! Just be careful not to let the big blind see the flop for free, so raise rather than limp in.

You'll also find that since players are so fold-happy you can win lots of hands simply by raising and reraising. Your opponents are more likely to fold a marginal hand than usual, because they know it won't be long before they have a better hand. Take advantage of that, and keep the pressure on!

Rush poker has been called the "greatest innovation since the introduction of Internet poker". That might be over the top, but its certainly a fun and interesting new format which is getting a lot of attention, drawing in loads of loose players, and is a definite opportunity to make a nice profit.