What makes me an expert on poker?
Well I started playing when I was about twelve years old
I have played in friends homes, taverns, back rooms at pool halls, bars, casinos and of course on the web, I have worked for Casinos. Been in charge of the floor at  a casino. Do I win , Yes I win more than I loose. poker winning must be figured by the month or year, no one can win every hand or every game.  Some nights it is best to quit and wait for another day. So Im not a professional poker player, nor am I an Expert but  I win  more than I loose by far. Here Im not only going to give you my thoughts  on Poker but I'm going to give you hints I got from professionals. Some will apply to all forms of gambling  including: Slots, Dice, and all other gaming. Will this help you win , maybe not, but it just might improve your game some.

So lets look at Poker, what is poker.  Well its  played with a deck of fifty two cards  using four suits: clubs, diamonds, spades and hearts.  each suit has thirteen cards: ace, duce(2), tray(3), 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, Jack, Queen, King. Jokers  may be added to the deck.
The Ace can be played as a one (1)  or  it can be played as the card higher than the king, or you could say 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, J, Q, K, Ace.  all suits have the same value, spades are not higher than hearts or clubs higher than diamonds  they are all the same. A suite is what we call: clubs, diamonds, hearts, or spades. each suite has 13 cards in it from the ace to the king.

Ok lets look at a deck of cards and how the  weight of hands are figured.

First of all there is no exact set rules to poker. The players sometimes make their own rules. make sure you know of any rules  the house may set. Example if using a joker  some call a joker wild with: Aces Straights and Flushes, some put in more than one joker or call jokers wild for everything. some call duces (2) wild. There are many versions of poker.

ok  what is a straight or flush what not... we will look at the hands  in order from low to high.
high card, a pair, 2 pair, 3 of a kind, straight, flush, full house, four of a kind, straight flush

Here are example games in which there are only two players  you and  an a player we shall call Joe.
the  games are in an order for  the lowest possible hand you could  win with, to the highest hand it would take in the hand to beat Joe.  If tow or more player should have the same hand, say two kings then the winner is decided by who has the highest card in their hand.