5 Texas Holdem Tips!
Texas hold Em tips!
Texas Holdem Tip #1
Don't Fall In Love With Your Start
Another very hard lesson to learn. Who doesn't find it nearly
impossible to fold two queens, or AKs? Or even a pair of tens?
Who doesn't hate the idea of folding on the turn after flopping
two pair? Or a set? Everyone wants to see these great starts to
the river. Problem is, there are other people in the game.
Though it may make your eyes light up when you get top pocket
cards, or have three of a kind after the flop, these hands are
no guarantee of winning. Failing to re-evaluate the strength of
your hand at every step of the way is a sure way to lose a lot
of money.
Texas Holdem Tip #2
Stop To Think
Too often players act without thinking, getting carried away by
emotion instead of considering a bet calmly and rationally. This
happens especially in live poker, where you may feel vaguely
defined urges not to "be a coward," "take a shot," or "to go
big." These urges often are setting you up to lose. Texas holdem
tip always, when confronted with a big decision, pause to review
your reaction, your instinct. Very often our natural instincts
need to be rerouted into poker instincts. For the beginner, this
process involves a full stop, and an open-minded consideration
of the situation. Good players feed on the "natural reactions"
of the less skilled. So don't react. Think.
Texas Holdem Tip #3
Consider The Pot
Something I often see, but will never understand, is players
using all-in bluffs to win tiny pots. This, to me, is the height
of bad poker playing. Pot odds are a huge part of the game. When
you're taking a risk, you want to be entirely sure you'll be
justly rewarded for it. That's why some players can make a
living at holdem. They know the odds, and know consistently
staying in on gigantic pots, and quickly giving up small pots,
will pay off in the end. This concept is closely tied to
expected value (EV). These good players may lose the big pot
nine out of ten times, but the tenth time more than pays for the
other losses. Factor the current and potential size of the pot
into every decision you make.
Texas Holdem Tip #4
Strong Players Bet Big On BIG Hands
This is why they're strong players. If you've made your hand,
and are up against a tight player who's raising you big, take a
good look at the board. Possible flush, straight, full house?
Chances are she's hit something. The best players bet big when
chances are very slim that they can be beat. This means you
should very often take their implicit advice and get
out--especially as a beginner. Unless you've got the nuts, or
near it, yourself, that is. In that case, raise the hell out of
them.
Texas Holdem Tip #5
Be A Rock, Except...
This is the best texas holdem tip I can give you. Being a rock
is a very good way to start out. Though it may seem unexciting
to some, who long for the high-stakes stack-pushing (highly
edited) drama of the TV-poker world, poker is a game of inches.
A waiting game. Throwing 80% of your hands, at least, is the
only way to win in multi-player games. Bet only on the best
hands, semi-bluff very occasionally, and bluff almost never.
This is a winning recipe against 90% of the poker players you'll
meet at low-limit tables. As a beginner, consider yourself a
hunter sitting calmly in a blind, waiting hours for prey to fly
overhead. If you go the other way, take your shotgun and go
walking around in the jungle, very often you'll get eaten by a
lion.