Texas Hold'em
More Texas Hold'Em Poker Tips
In today's article we are going to be addressing some Texas Hold'em poker tips. All the tips featured are going to be addressing cash games, although they can also be applied to sit and go's or tournaments as well. The main difference between cash games and tournaments is that players will come and go in cash games whereas in a tournament you have the same opponents until everyone is gone, but I'm sure you already knew that. OK, so here we go.
1. If you are playing against someone who is low on chips, you do not want to be trying to bully them out of a pot on the turn or river. You can try to bully someone out of the pot pre-flop but only do this with decent hands. It is easier to call their all in with a poor hand than it is to try and bully them. If you're raising a pot be prepared for them to move all in. You may get away with bullying pre flop once or twice but after that they'll push all in on you out of frustration. If your opponent was in the blinds and you didn't raise preflop, you can try to bully them on the flop. If they call your bully flop raise and you don't have a pair, it's time to stop bluffing, otherwise you're just giving them chips.
1A. Yes, there's a 1A. The same hints above apply to a tight player. A tight player is someone who rarely plays a hand. If they raise, stay out of the hand, unless you're holding aces. If you're holding kings, they probably have aces. Very tight players are close to impossible to take chips from once they have them. You have to let the blinds slice them down. If you don't give them action the blinds will eat them alive.
2. Look out for slowplays. This is actually more common in very low limit games than anywhere else. The player will check and call your bets. There won't be a check raise, just a check call. More than likely the player is slowplaying you. If it looks like a straight or flush is possible and you have someone check calling you on the flop and turn, chances are you're beat.
3. A player who bets the flop or calls a raise on the flop then checks the turn when the flop presented a straight or flush probability is more than likely on the draw. Let's go with an example real quick. Let's say the board comes 8c 9c kh. Player on the draw bets the flop, you raise, he calls, then he checks the turn. He's looking for that free card. He knows he's beat at this point but he's hoping to get that next card for free. You want to bet the turn if you think your opponent is on a draw. If you simply check the turn you're giving your opponent a chance to steal the hand from you and, in some cases, take even more chips from you on the river if he does indeed hit his card.
3A. The same rule about betting the turn applies for middle pairs as well if no one is betting. You don't want to give someone holding something like 10 2 offsuit the chance to catch a 10 on the river. Same applies for anyone hoping to draw to their face card. If you're giving someone the opportunity to outdraw you, you are guaranteed to lose chips and lose pots. By not betting, you're giving away blinds.
Remember that Texas Hold'em is a game of math and reads. The better you can identify what your opponent will do in a situation the more chips you'll win or lose. The better you do with math, the better your bankroll will feel in the long run.
In today's article we are going to be addressing some Texas Hold'em poker tips. All the tips featured are going to be addressing cash games, although they can also be applied to sit and go's or tournaments as well. The main difference between cash games and tournaments is that players will come and go in cash games whereas in a tournament you have the same opponents until everyone is gone, but I'm sure you already knew that. OK, so here we go.
1. If you are playing against someone who is low on chips, you do not want to be trying to bully them out of a pot on the turn or river. You can try to bully someone out of the pot pre-flop but only do this with decent hands. It is easier to call their all in with a poor hand than it is to try and bully them. If you're raising a pot be prepared for them to move all in. You may get away with bullying pre flop once or twice but after that they'll push all in on you out of frustration. If your opponent was in the blinds and you didn't raise preflop, you can try to bully them on the flop. If they call your bully flop raise and you don't have a pair, it's time to stop bluffing, otherwise you're just giving them chips.
1A. Yes, there's a 1A. The same hints above apply to a tight player. A tight player is someone who rarely plays a hand. If they raise, stay out of the hand, unless you're holding aces. If you're holding kings, they probably have aces. Very tight players are close to impossible to take chips from once they have them. You have to let the blinds slice them down. If you don't give them action the blinds will eat them alive.
2. Look out for slowplays. This is actually more common in very low limit games than anywhere else. The player will check and call your bets. There won't be a check raise, just a check call. More than likely the player is slowplaying you. If it looks like a straight or flush is possible and you have someone check calling you on the flop and turn, chances are you're beat.
3. A player who bets the flop or calls a raise on the flop then checks the turn when the flop presented a straight or flush probability is more than likely on the draw. Let's go with an example real quick. Let's say the board comes 8c 9c kh. Player on the draw bets the flop, you raise, he calls, then he checks the turn. He's looking for that free card. He knows he's beat at this point but he's hoping to get that next card for free. You want to bet the turn if you think your opponent is on a draw. If you simply check the turn you're giving your opponent a chance to steal the hand from you and, in some cases, take even more chips from you on the river if he does indeed hit his card.
3A. The same rule about betting the turn applies for middle pairs as well if no one is betting. You don't want to give someone holding something like 10 2 offsuit the chance to catch a 10 on the river. Same applies for anyone hoping to draw to their face card. If you're giving someone the opportunity to outdraw you, you are guaranteed to lose chips and lose pots. By not betting, you're giving away blinds.
Remember that Texas Hold'em is a game of math and reads. The better you can identify what your opponent will do in a situation the more chips you'll win or lose. The better you do with math, the better your bankroll will feel in the long run.
