Strategies for Winning at Poker |
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| By Robert Eagle | ||||
| The good poker player knows that being predictable is a
death sentence. Using only one or two different plays leads
to having tells. A tell lets all the other players know
exactly what you are going to do and sometimes what you have
in your hand. It is known that aggressive playing is a key to success. Unfortunately, it is a double-edged sword as playing aggressively often leads to the other players knowing you are bluffing. Raising on a bad hand is an example of aggressive playing. An aggressive player bets forcefully on his first two cards and the flop. Being as the hand usually has to improve with the turn and the river cards; an aggressive player has to know that he can win. Also, aggressive players might be bluffing as advertisement for future hands incase he gets a higher-ranking hand later, he will sacrifice with a losing hand. Besides this, bluffing has other characteristics too. Due to the fact that he is actually holding a losing hand, a person bluffs to get the other players to fold. This is often successful and is called a pure-bluff. A semi-bluff is when a player bets aggressively upon only seeing the hole cards. This is called a semi-bluff because there is a chance that his hand might improve. In any case, if the semi-bluff works and the other players fold, or if they do not fold and the flop improve his hand, the player will win the pot. Another strategy is the check-raise play in which the player doesn't bet on a round until another player does, in other words, he checks. Then, after the other players bet, he will raise on their bets. As he has the other player initially thinking that he doesn't have a very good hand, this is a deceptive play because he is actually trying to get the other players to make the pot bigger. Being a deceptive play, the check-raise is a double edged sword. The check-raise play causes the player to allow the other players a chance to improve upon their hand whereas if he had just bet in the first place, it is possible that the other players would have folded guaranteeing his win. Even though having the players know you might have a stronger hand is not a good thing, it could help in bluffing. A form of bluffing that doesn't advance the game past the ante stage is a steal. The player will raise the ante if there have already been players who have folded stealing the pot from the person who is next in line. It doesn't win the player much money because it is done right at the ante, but it is a strategy that is usually reserved for a point in the game when the ante has become rather high. Drawing is a regularly used tactic in poker. A drawing play is when a player bets aggressively but tries to draw a good hand from the window. This does not work that well if there are other players who already have a good hand in their hole. An isolation play is when a player raises in order to make others fold leaving only one opponent left. This is usually done by a player with more chips to a player with the fewest chips of the players at the table. This is a form of deliberate elimination. When used together and consistently, but not in a predictable fashion, will help keep his opponents on their toes. Being eliminated early is a result of having tells or being predictable. Winning the final pot depends on hiding your tells from the other players. |
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