Pot control - Part 1

Successful No-Limit Hold'em players know that it is of critical importance, most of the hands the size of the pot to control in the.

If you have control, you reduce the number of your error, increase the number of opponent's errors and manipulate the odds slightly in your favor.

There are four basic ways to gain control over the hand:

The five most dangerous starting hands for beginners

Poker is brutal -. "This phrase countless times I have heard and told to lose. How much truth is there is see, you very well when inexperienced players while watching, as with the five most dangerous hands they start.

Some hands are harder to play than others. The following examples illustrate the problems for beginners and professionals. The big difference between the two is that professionals are able to fold these hands much more quickly without investing too much money in the pot.

Hold'em preflop for beginners

In a full ring No Limit Hold'em game is the right hand selection of the first crucial step to profitable play. Decisions on the flop, turn or river you may need to meet only once or twice per round, but pre-flop decisions you make in each hand. These can cost a lot of money - or save. 

Money you save is in the long run as good as money won. Save yourself so unwise bets and do not play these more marginal hands. It is quite difficult to create guidelines for pre-flop hands. There are so many different factors that one must note that many players probably argue that it is simply impossible even. I will be careful, therefore, to tell you, you should play this hand, and those not. Rather, I will give you the information to hand, you need to make the right decisions at the table.

No-Limit Strategy: Position Play

Anyone who hands than a few No Limit Hold' em played more familiar, certainly the mantra "the position is critical."

However, few understand what it is so important, or rather, what situations and how the position of their greatest influence on a No Limit game has.

There are several situations in which the relative position of a player exerts a special influence - both at the hand history and on the output. This is especially true if you:

No-Limit Texas Hold'em: Basic starting hands

Introduction

If you start No-Limit Texas Hold'em play, it is best to avoid marginal hands, as this is only connected with a lot of rates, which makes you vulnerable. Have you never played NL, we recommend that you limit yourself to only pairs AA-22 to play AK and AD. With these pages you will not find in many dangerous situations again and you can still win big pots. Playing only these hands requires a lot of discipline, because you will not get involved in many pots. Play with this strategy, you have a lot of time to study the game and watch the players while you play.

This table shows minimum required hands per position in a halb-engen/halb-aggressiven game.

Required minimum starting hand in no fewer Pott

Middle or bottom pair on the flop play

How to play a middle pair or bottom pair on the flop?

Introduction

If you can not hit with one of your cards (hole cards) on the flop, the highest, but average or low card, it is called Middle or Bottom Pair. For example: You hold A ♠ -4 ♠ and the flop is Q ♥ 4 ♣ 2 ♥  Q ♥ 7 ♠ and 4 ♣ one. Both pairs are similar in principle to treat, so we go to the small differences here, not closer. Beginners are playing such hands frequently wrong. One can however improve with a little math using simple.

We go into each of the below scenarios from a multi-way pot (several opponents), and from the fact that at least one of your opponents holds a higher pair.

Poker - Key skills

Discipline

In order to win consistently at poker, the most important skill is discipline. Actually depend on all the other skills of discipline. You must have the discipline to a good hand, a good game, wait for the right opportunity, etc.. Discipline means that you do not play in games where you lack the advantage that you do not play hands you get in trouble, you manage your money like an expert and that you learn from your mistakes. It is imperative that you constantly monitor your emotions and show no negative behavior. Play under any circumstances if you are confused drunk, tired or emotional. You should ask yourself whether, when you play in top form.

Texas Hold' em: Variable game

Introduction 

It is very important to vary their own play to be less simple to calculate. If you ever call with weak hands, and increase steadily with strong, your opponents will remember this and so you have an advantage over.

Free Card 

If you are sitting in late position, you can embed on a draw on the flop when checked was up to you. Your opponents will probably check on the turn after that, so you can watch for free on the river (if the turn does not improve your hand). This saves you money when you make your draw and do not increase your profit if you take. At a check-raise on the flop, the situation changes, however, since you now have to invest more money to continue if you want. On the other hand, you now have more information.

The advantages of online poker

There are many advantages to online poker play, such as:

24 / 7 availability

large variety of games

Fast games

Possibility of playing in multi-tables

Fewer bushels

Staying at home

no other players stare back at you as a beginner

The most positive aspect of online poker is the speed and availability. Online poker is faster than live poker and there are always games running on. Another advantage is the ability to multi-tables, to be able to play more hands per hour and hopefully make a bigger profit. The number of poker variations and games is much greater.

Pay attention to restrictions on payment

The standard raked hand is any hand where the player has received cards and a certain amount of rake dealt from the pot, usually between $ 0.25 - $ first The player does not have to bet into the pot, take only cards. Important for low-limit players is when there is a condition with a $ 1 rake, this means that there is hardly a pot and qualify the offer lapses. reach with a standard 5% rake the pot must be at least $ 20, which only rarely at $ 0.5-$ 1 and $ 1 - $ 2 limit Texas Hold'em happened. In general, there are about 60 hands are dealt per hour at each table full ring. This will provide about 45 dealt hands per hour at full ring tables with the raked standard hand-rule, since about 75-80% of the pots to be won (as the flop and the pot-minimum requirement for achieving Rake). To release a standard bonus as $ 100 with 10 winning hands per bonus dollar you need to reach 1000 raked hands, what you can do in 20-25 hours if you play at a table, or in 10-13 hours if you are playing at two tables .