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Being able to correctly analyze your opponent’s actions is a necessary skill for any poker player. Correct analysis will help you maximize your wins and minimize your losses, which is a fundamental goal of poker. Some things you must be able to do is realize when you are ahead, realize when you are behind, and realize when you have a chance to make your opponent fold a lesser hand.
I will give you an example of a recent hand [...]
In Limit Omaha tournaments, especially when playing online, you will feel pressured to call with a lot of hands, as a large portion of your table is doing the same, calling to see what they hope will be the perfect flop for their hand. The players are very loose and love to limp in, as very few people are confident enough to raise preflop when they know they’ll likely have five or six callers. Pressure will be placed [...]
One of the most difficult decisions to make in poker is to risk your entire chip stack. There is so much uncertainty in poker that it is never a comfortable decision to make. You could hold pocket aces and still be uneasy because you don’t know whether your hand will survive the community cards that are revealed. Anytime you push all your chips into the middle, there will always be the chance that none of them are [...]
Playing small pocket pairs can be a very challenging aspect of poker, because while they can form a monster hand if a set forms on the flop, which will happen about once every seven and a half times, they are also very easily beat by players who hold overcards and improve their hands with the community cards. Small pocket pairs are also weak if a big hand forms on the board, such as two pair, as the small pair [...]
Learning from mistakes is a crucial aspect in a poker player’s development. When a player loses a hand they have to understand why they lost it, honestly analyzing their play and the play of their opponents to determine the reason why they lost the hand. Sometimes, a player can lose a hand for as simple a reason as a river card strengthening an opponent’s hand. Other times, a player can make a critical mistake, such as making [...]
One of the most frustrating aspects for a young (and that’s not referring to age, but to experience) poker players can be when you go scrounging for all the information and advice you can get, only to find that while you might get some good advice, you have no idea how to translate that into a practical use at the poker table. One of the most common examples I see of this is the sage advice: “Observe your opponents.” [...]
Poker has gotten so aggressive lately that it seems insane. Between good aggressive players, many more terrible ones, and the ones who think they’re good but aren’t—it seems like poker tables are sometimes so bad that they become almost a complete crap shoot. One of the most important things to figure out is why the players are being aggressive. If they are being bullies or think they’re really good, but aren’t, then this type of knowledge can [...]
One of the most difficult things for a poker player to learn is when to make their move in a large multi table tournament. As someone who has won several multi player tournaments on four different web sites and several amateur in person tourneys, I have my own opinions on this question, but they come with the caveat: there is no hard and fast rule about when to make your move in a tournament, and I’d say that even [...]
One thing about the explosion of online poker is that it has made aggressiveness, even aggressiveness to the point of stupidity, a much more common occurrence at the poker table and especially at online poker games. There are several reasons for this tendency, and knowing the reasons why so many players are overly aggressive can help you know when to back off, and when to use this to your advantage. Knowledge of the game being played is always [...]
Having a good computer setup for online poker is crucial. You can get away with playing poker on nearly any computer, but a good setup will increase your comfort, productivity, ROI, and not to mention, style. Here’s a few tips on what to look for when setting up your computer for serious poker play.
The computer
When you’re playing online poker, you need to make sure your computer is running fast and smooth. There’s nothing worse then losing [...]
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