Showing posts with label Strategy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Strategy. Show all posts

Friday, January 14, 2011

Successful Playing - Change Your Tactics!

If you are interested in poker and want to become a better player, then you are exactly right. In this article, you will learn some tips and tricks on how to add variety to your own game and play more successful.

How do you really define poker success? You should always remember that success is in the eye of the beholder, and every player has a different view of it. For some players success is if they  haven't lost too much money at the end of the month. Others see themselves only as successful if they have earned a tidy profit in the same period. No matter which kind you belong to with the following tips you will achieve your goals faster and easier.  

When playing  in a casino and especially when playing online poker, there is always the element of bluff. In poker, it is very important that you can also bluff from time to time, if you have bad cards on the hand. Bur remember - you should always place your bets with a confident aura. Never play only your own cards - try and recognize the weaknesses of the your opponents and try to present yourself strong. 

You're thinking of course, that body language is not important, when playing poker online. That's wrong. It's because the body language can also affect the style of play and help your opponents. The opponents pay attention on the way you bet and can therefore recognize whether you have a good hand or not. In a real casino, the body language is of course much more significant than in online poker. 

If you dominate the game, you can also make use of software programs. This will also help to collect information on enemy against whom you have never played. The software also records statistics of these unknown players and this gives you an advantage later on, provided you are able to interpret statistics correctly. If you apply the tips above, you are certainly a better player. 

It may take some time until you can, for example, use the software or have set yourself apart with your own body language at the table, but you will then realize that it is easier to play when you have this additional knowledge.



Tuesday, December 14, 2010

Online Poker Tips - Analyze the Thinking Time

When you are an online poker player, then you surely know that it is not so easy to get a read on the other players. There is no longer the classic signs, such as blinking, where you could see a bad hand of the enemy. In this article you can learn how to analyze the time every player takes for consideration before making a move. 
What is the thinking time in online poker? When making a move, each player has some time before he must make a decision. Waiting too long causes his hand to be automatically folded. Don't worry - the time given by the computer in all poker rooms is so high that you can make the right decisions. However, there is always tricky situations where people need it a little bit longer. In particularly difficult situations, a player may even request some extra time. But how can you draw conclusions on the playing styles of other players by the time they take to consider their next move? As soon as you sit at a table, you should focus on studying the different strategies of the players and always have a look at how fast they are with their decisions. This is not always easy and not even possible for some players, but there is certainly a chance to find a weakness in their game and use it to your advantage. It is especially important that you always take a look at the speed of operations. You can clearly notice that some players play much more slowly when they have a bad hand. If you have found such a read once, it could become very profitable to play against that kind of player. But be careful! It is not always the case, and each player has a different technique and approach. It could also be that a player deliberately plays slow, to make you get the wrong impression about how strong his hand is. Therefore, it is always important to observe the time of the opponent for a longer period and find out if they deliberately use the time to lure other players into the trap. You can also use the thinking time to your own advantage. Even when you are bluffing, if you play a very fast game it would be interpreted as a signal that you have a strong hand and you are confident of winning the pot. Of course you should use that kind of strategy with extreme caution. Not every player can easy get bluffed, therefore you should choose the situations carefully. 
As you see with some practice, analyzing the thinking time could be very helpful when making a decision whether to call or fold a certain hand. Of course this is only one factor. It must be considered in combination with other factors and never be observed as a single.

Tuesday, December 7, 2010

Tips on How to Play the Preflop in Texas Hold'em Poker

Here is a summary of some Texas Hold'em Poker tips that will allow you establish your own preflop strategy. This will prevent you from playing too many hands and getting drawn in to Texas Holdem pots you just should avoid be playing into. You often ask yourself - should I be playing that pair of 7's preflop? That all is based on the current situation on the table.

Let's look at some factors that will have an effect on whether you play those 7's in your Texas Hold'em game.

Before everything else, you have to take into consideration the number of players involved in your game. The more players in the game, the harder the opposition is going to be. There will be a better chance of another player having a superior preflop Texas Holdem hand than yours. Furthermore, with more players involved in the game, there are further chances that another player will hit a hand on the flop.

Are the players in your game aggressive? Aggressive Hold'em players can lose. But they can as well knock you out of the game pretty fast. You'll want to play more conservative with aggressive players sitting on your table. The very last thing you want to do with aggressive players is try to bluff and go over the top of them without a hand. Your Texas Hold'em Poker night will come to an end rapidly.

How much chips you have, the size of the blinds, and whether or not you are playing limit or no limit Texas Hold'em, will all have a role in your decision how you play the preflop. This involves the hands you'll bet into, and how much you'll bet. You'll play the preflop in a different manner with a bankroll of $2,000 sitting at a $1/$2 table than if you are shortstacked at a $10/$20 table. In the first scenario, you can play aggressively.

Another factor is your position at the poker table. Whether you're in early position or late, especially preflop, will significantly have an impact on how much control you can have on the pot, as well as what hands you should play.

Your temperament when it comes to playing Texas Hold'em Poker will also influence how you play preflop? Do you play aggressively, betting frequently to see quite a bit of the flops? Or do you play tight and only play solid hands, which keeps you out of a lot of hands? You have to build your playing style.

As a final point, you'll want to have a basic information of your preflop odds in Texas Holdem Poker. Here's a quick guide to help you out: 
- a high pocket pair against a smaller pocket pair (like QQ vs. 77) will give you about an 80%/20% advantage preflop
- if you have a pocket pair and bet into two overcards (99 vs. AK) is basically the toss of a coin, around a 55/45 advantage to the pocket pair
- if you hold a pocket pair and bet into the same card with an overcard (99 vs. A9) you hold roughly a 65/35 edge 
- two over against two undercards, such as KQ vs. J10, will give you about a 60/35 advantage.

As you can see, Texas Holdem is most certainly a game of skill and strategy. There is a lot that goes into whether or not you even get into a hand preflop!