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When new players come into no limit Texas Hold’em then they often struggle with the way that pots escalate. Let us look at an example here to show you what I mean. Unlike in tournaments then cash game players are frequently playing with 100bb or more during their session and on multiple tables if they [...]
Well its a new year and its time to roll in some new years resolutions. This year’s resolution for me is to build up my poker bankroll to the point that I can make the leap from casual player to rounder. Now how do I intend on doing this? Good question. Hopefully some of these tips will be able to work for you as well.
Think about it like this, regardless of how many tables a player is at or how terrible their internet connection is, they will eventually have a baseline between the amount of time it takes the computer to show them the buttons versus how quickly they check, bet, fold, etc. In most cases with multi-table players they’ll hit check as quickly as possible if they have a terrible hand to move back to the other table they’re at. If you happen to be playing multi tables as well and have the same opponent at two or more tables you may be able to use this information to your advantage as well.
A few years back a certain poker pro who will remain nameless got together with a few of his anti friends and decided to get smoking banned from the card room. Their reason was simple, they didn’t like the smoke in the room as it interfered with their game. Solution – ban smoking altogether from the card room. You can still smoke at the slots, blackjack tables, roulette wheel, and various other locations inside a casino, just not at the card table.
Recently I was looking at what made the difference between a winning session and a losing session for myself. I began looking at more than hand selection, and focused more on the why one session was so much better than another. I came up with a few different reasons why a session turned into a losing one for me.
There are two types of strategies you can go for in tournament poker – you can act as though any hand could be your last in which you’re going after the win or the loss, or you can play whats known as tournament survival strategy. In tournament survival your goal is simply to outlast your opponents so you can move your way up the payment ladder.
Dan Harrington introduced the Tournament M Value to poker players in his book Harrington On Holdem Volume 2 End Game. The tournament M value is a math equation you perform to determine how you should currently be playing at the poker table based on your current chip stack. Different size stacks represent different actions that need to be taken to win the tournament.
There’s nothing worse than having a tight opponent at the table. Well, actually, there’s nothing worse than having a tight opponent at the table when you’re playing in a home game with low blinds or a tournament where the blinds don’t increase very quickly. That’s if they have some chips, of course.
As you begin learning and more and more about poker, your intuition begins to sharpen. You become better at pinpointing opponent hand ranges, or in some cases even putting them on an exact hand. Every pot your opponent plays or doesn’t play gives you more information as to their way of playing poker. Each bet he makes reveals that much information for you to go off of. But as your intuition sharpens, you need to remember to listen to it.
Truth be told I haven’t seen as many poker home games that operate under regular old cash game rules (minus the rake of course, as that would be illegal) but they do happen. The first thing I want you to realize though is this won’t be like your usual cash game at your favorite card room, casino or online poker site. When you’re playing in a licensed card room you have the option to stand up and walk away whenever you’re up. When you’re playing amongst your friends at a home game, well, you’re supposed to be playing for fun first and winning their cash second so there are some different rules and expectations for you.
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