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Here are some insights of mine, very amateur player. Of course we are talking about No Limit Texas Hold'em.
THis is beginners tips.
What makes a player a good beginner or even level up from beginner is simply how they play the flop. Or pre-flop. Too many players play way too many hands, and go in with crappy cards. Basically what it means is, that you are paying money when odds are heavily against you. Especially when there are 10 players in a table. The number of players determines your play preflop, and your position (and the amount of stacks and blinds).
The later you are to act, the more you can play. When you are in early position, you don't want to play all nice value cards, and certianly never weak aces.
WHY NOT TO PLAY WEAK ACE:
Say you have A4 off suited. It looks good to you, because you got an ace. Don't fall in love with this card, it will be your doom the more you play these kind of hands. Forget 'any two cards can win'.
This hand is very weak, especially in 10 player early position. If you hit a flop like 4 8 J, it becomes deadly. You only have the lowest pair, even if you have a high kicker (ace). What you should realize is that an ace is very common card and more likely than not some other player will have an ace too, and if you play early on, and raise too little or god forbid call it, someone is likely to have a better kicker, that 8, J or higher pair. Basically the number of outs for you is low, and the number of outs is basically your odds.
Lowest pair on table is not a good hand, trust me. It's a danger hand too because if you hit another ace for you turn card or in the river (4th and 5th card), you have pair of aces. You think it's very strong, but in fact it's not. Chances are someone else is having that ace too if they bet on you from later on position. Then you have the top pair, but VERY WEAK kicker. So no matter how it turns out, don't play it because you'll find yourself in trouble more often than not. Don't commit to a pot with weak ace. A simple rule is just not to play it when the table is full of folks, or ever, except when heads on.
Another tip, remember, it's all about how you bet. Forget the any two cards can win. It's all about how you bet, and to determine that, you knwo your outs and odds, and you know how others have been betting so you can determine what other are going for, let's just forget that they might bluff or be slow playing your sorry butt.
So for a beginner, how to play your preflop is what I'd say is the most important thing, and how to play from there on is expert level playing. I suggest you never just simply call preflop. Play conservatively, don't play too much hands, save your ammo, and create the image of tight player. Play only good hands for starters, and when you have those good two cards such as AA, AK, KK.. suited or off suited, you come out blazing. Don't just call it. Raise. If there's 10 people in the table, you need to raise.
The worst beginner mistake is to give free cards to other players, who then make their draw, flush, what ever, and basically win you at the end when you were winning first. It was your pot to win. And if you have the best possible hand, AA at first, don't go all-in. You don't want to stop others making mistakes. Let them do their mistakes.
The problem of the best possible hand:
With beginners, you want to get some action with your pocket rockets (the nuts, the best possible hand), but don't just check and give free cards to everyone, who might at the end beat your huge hand. Bet. The usual bet at the beginning of a game with 10 players varies but let's say 4 times the big blind is pretty usual. Get few people going with you. Otherwise you just steal the blinds, and didn't make much profit with your monster hand. So you want someoen with you. Don't give then free cards at this point either. Make them pay. Make them pay every round, unless you're trapping them. But let's forget about trapping and the more intermidiate strategies, just raise. Don't call, raise.
The best situation is to push others make the decisions and mistakes. Play them, don't play your hand, play them. The best situation would be you betting normally with the pocket rockets, and someone re-raising you with good amount of chips. Now they are committed to the pot. IT comes back to you, now you can move all-in, depending how you lkie to play. Now, the opponent is thinking, you raised pretty normally, and now he's coming back to you with all-in from your re-raise. He is committed to the pot. It's pain in the ass to just give it to you for free, without not even seeing the flop, after you re-raised!
You want your opponents in this situation as much as possible. Play right. Make profit from good hands.
Because you will lose hands even if you play correctly. But make others pay for their mistakes as much as possible, and you're a winner in the long run. It's just like stocks, don't sell them too early, don't buy them too expensive, why make little profit when you can make a lot of profit.
Here's my few beginners tips, let's have some more from experienced players and I'll give few more!
Butyama!
Here are some insights of mine, very amateur player. Of course we are talking about No Limit Texas Hold'em.
THis is beginners tips.
What makes a player a good beginner or even level up from beginner is simply how they play the flop. Or pre-flop. Too many players play way too many hands, and go in with crappy cards. Basically what it means is, that you are paying money when odds are heavily against you. Especially when there are 10 players in a table. The number of players determines your play preflop, and your position (and the amount of stacks and blinds).
The later you are to act, the more you can play. When you are in early position, you don't want to play all nice value cards, and certianly never weak aces.
WHY NOT TO PLAY WEAK ACE:
Say you have A4 off suited. It looks good to you, because you got an ace. Don't fall in love with this card, it will be your doom the more you play these kind of hands. Forget 'any two cards can win'.
This hand is very weak, especially in 10 player early position. If you hit a flop like 4 8 J, it becomes deadly. You only have the lowest pair, even if you have a high kicker (ace). What you should realize is that an ace is very common card and more likely than not some other player will have an ace too, and if you play early on, and raise too little or god forbid call it, someone is likely to have a better kicker, that 8, J or higher pair. Basically the number of outs for you is low, and the number of outs is basically your odds.
Lowest pair on table is not a good hand, trust me. It's a danger hand too because if you hit another ace for you turn card or in the river (4th and 5th card), you have pair of aces. You think it's very strong, but in fact it's not. Chances are someone else is having that ace too if they bet on you from later on position. Then you have the top pair, but VERY WEAK kicker. So no matter how it turns out, don't play it because you'll find yourself in trouble more often than not. Don't commit to a pot with weak ace. A simple rule is just not to play it when the table is full of folks, or ever, except when heads on.
Another tip, remember, it's all about how you bet. Forget the any two cards can win. It's all about how you bet, and to determine that, you knwo your outs and odds, and you know how others have been betting so you can determine what other are going for, let's just forget that they might bluff or be slow playing your sorry butt.
So for a beginner, how to play your preflop is what I'd say is the most important thing, and how to play from there on is expert level playing. I suggest you never just simply call preflop. Play conservatively, don't play too much hands, save your ammo, and create the image of tight player. Play only good hands for starters, and when you have those good two cards such as AA, AK, KK.. suited or off suited, you come out blazing. Don't just call it. Raise. If there's 10 people in the table, you need to raise.
The worst beginner mistake is to give free cards to other players, who then make their draw, flush, what ever, and basically win you at the end when you were winning first. It was your pot to win. And if you have the best possible hand, AA at first, don't go all-in. You don't want to stop others making mistakes. Let them do their mistakes.
The problem of the best possible hand:
With beginners, you want to get some action with your pocket rockets (the nuts, the best possible hand), but don't just check and give free cards to everyone, who might at the end beat your huge hand. Bet. The usual bet at the beginning of a game with 10 players varies but let's say 4 times the big blind is pretty usual. Get few people going with you. Otherwise you just steal the blinds, and didn't make much profit with your monster hand. So you want someoen with you. Don't give then free cards at this point either. Make them pay. Make them pay every round, unless you're trapping them. But let's forget about trapping and the more intermidiate strategies, just raise. Don't call, raise.
The best situation is to push others make the decisions and mistakes. Play them, don't play your hand, play them. The best situation would be you betting normally with the pocket rockets, and someone re-raising you with good amount of chips. Now they are committed to the pot. IT comes back to you, now you can move all-in, depending how you lkie to play. Now, the opponent is thinking, you raised pretty normally, and now he's coming back to you with all-in from your re-raise. He is committed to the pot. It's pain in the ass to just give it to you for free, without not even seeing the flop, after you re-raised!
You want your opponents in this situation as much as possible. Play right. Make profit from good hands.
Because you will lose hands even if you play correctly. But make others pay for their mistakes as much as possible, and you're a winner in the long run. It's just like stocks, don't sell them too early, don't buy them too expensive, why make little profit when you can make a lot of profit.
Here's my few beginners tips, let's have some more from experienced players and I'll give few more!
Butyama!
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