If you are just starting to
play Texas Holdem Poker the best way to win is by not
losing. Remember that the single reason the people lose
money is that they play too many hands. The most common
reason that you are always losing when you play poker is
that you are playing in to many hands.
If you look at any two
pocket cards and add a little imagination you can make a
good five card hand out of almost anything. Is it going to
happen. sure it is but is going to happen such a small
percentage of the time that you will always loose in the
long run if you play these hands. Try playing only, what I
call the blackjack hands the next time you sit down to the
table. These are hands that add up to 20 or 21. Aces are 11
and face cards are ten with all the other cards their stated
numerical value.
When you are playing in the
free games be prepared to be called every time. It is almost
impossible to raise everbody out of a pot. Before you join
in one take a look at the Average Pot column when you sign
into the game. A high number in this column will indicate
that the folks who playing are not serious about poker and
call every thing with no chance to win. Playing in these
types of holdem games is good practice for developing
patience. If you do get a moderately good hand in the first
two cards and it is not improved dramatically on the flop.
Get out. With everybody calling right up to the last card
you can almost bet that it will be a great hand that wins
the pot.
Be aware that these people
are training themselves to be losers. Nobody gets a hand
delt to them that allows them to stay to see the flop every
time. But when they finally buy in to a real money game they
will have trained themselves to bet the come and see your
raises all the way to the river. It will have happeded often
enough that they pull the winning hand on the river that
they will be unable to drop out as long as they have the
vaguest hope of winning. Good for them. It's their
money...Soon to be yours.
What is intresting is to see
how they react to you and how much time it takes. After you
have sat into the game for an hour or so dropping hand after
hand. It still takes them awile to recognize that if they
call you they had better have a hand and not just the hope
of a hand. It is as if you are invisable if you do not play
in every hand.
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