04.06.08
Posted in Poker Related at 11:31 pm by NigelB
When playing poker at a casino or even at a local home game, you always want to make sure you protect your table image. Whatever type of poker player you are you want to get that across to the table early and often because it may help you down the road.
If you are a tight player, you want to show the table that you are a tight player. Don’t get caught calling to the river with a marginal hand. This could definitely ruin your table image.
You might ask, “Well, why would you want the table to recognize that you are a tight player?” Tight players typically hold one key advantage at a table. They get the ultimate respect when they finally get around to playing a hand.
A tight player might receive the benefit of a doubt late in a game where an opponent is looking to make a bottom pair call or fold a hand. Typically if a player is deemed tight the opponent will recognize this, fold the hand and look for another battle to fight.
Moving to the other end of the spectrum if you are an extremely loose player that you definitely want the table to know this. A loose player wants to know that he/she will play any hand at any time.
This also comes in handy when the flop doesn’t reveal the best cards in the world for an opponent. Players will know that the loose player calls and bets with just about anything. This might scare other players away for fear that a loose player caught something on the flop.
The game of poker is an extremely psychological game and it is key to play with the minds of your opponents. Therefore, establish your identity early and often and it could pay off for you in the end.
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Posted in Poker Related at 4:26 am by NigelB
Here are the definitions of a few known poker terms for the novice poker player.
Live Cards
In texas hold’em, these are hole cards that you hold that still have the possibility of being paired. You may hear this frequently when there is an all-in call. The person that may be loosing at the time may say, “I’m behind but I still have live cards.”
Donkey
This is sort of a new poker term. A poker donkey is characterized by his or her poor poker play. A poker donkey may think that they are playing well but in reality they are just really lucky.
Check Raise
This is done by checking initially, but when the bet comes back around to you, you raise the bet. This is usually considered to be a trap that you are laying for a more aggressive player at the table. This also can be a great bluffing tactic.
Ante
This is a small bet that every player is required to make before the hands are dealt. This bet is in addition to the big and small blinds. Usually ante bets happen when the blinds are extremely high.
Runner Runner
This is a poker hand that is made with the turn and the river. Usually this is looked at as being extremely lucky and has nothing to do with good poker play. Hopefully you’re not making too many runner runner hands because it means you’re really not playing that well, but on the other hand, every poker champion did it with a little bit of luck right.
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04.04.08
Posted in Poker Related at 2:14 pm by NigelB
It’s a fact that you will not always be able to start out with a great hand in poker. People that don’t play poker and some novice players have the attitude that they will just wait on great cards, play the good hands that they get and rake in those Poker Chips.
This is a great strategy but there’s only one thing wrong with this statement, poker players are bound to have days where there are no good cards and you have to become creative.
That being said, you must learn to mix up your play every now and then when the bad hands are coming and learn how to represent a hand.
Representing a hand means that you may not have a great hand but you try to make your opponent think that you have a certain hand by your style of betting. I’ll give you an example.
Let’s say that you are dealt a suited 6-7 of clubs and you go ahead and call the raiser from your big blind spot. Immediately the opponent will think that you have a hand. Not a chance that they will think you have a suited 6-7.
The board flops a K-10 of hearts and a 5 of spades. Well, clearly you missed the flop completely but here is a prime opportunity that you can represent a flush draw.
If you bet big in this situation, maybe about 3 times the big blind your opponent will think one of 2 things. You may have flopped top pair or you are on a flush draw. Either way you are in good shape on the button.
If the turn reveals another heart you will be in prime position to steal the pot with a bet.
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04.02.08
Posted in Poker Related at 2:05 pm by Administrator
In the game of poker, information is everything. When playing poker, it is key to guard as much of your information as possible. For this reason, it is key to keep your poker hand concealed when you win a pot.
Many amateurs like to show their hands off when they win. Some like to taunt their opponents while others just like to be congratulated on making a good bet or good read.
However, by doing this you will be divulging precious information that may come back to bite you right in the butt.
Poker players are trained to remember key situations in a match. They key in on subtle things that you may not think mean anything. They will watch how you reacted when you got a certain hand (pocket kings for instance). They will remember how you bet your small pairs and draws. Did you scratch your face and do a terrible acting job when you had the nuts. All of these things are critical pieces of information that you want to keep to yourself. The less your opponent knows, the better shape you will be in.
So the next time you bluff someone off the nuts with a 10-3o, make sure you keep it to yourself. No need to gloat. Act like you’ve been there, rake your Poker Chips and move on to the next dealt hand.
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