Know When to Walk Away and When to Run
No matter how good you are at poker, there’s always going to be times when you hit up against some tough competition. Maybe you’re playing against a really aggressive guy and you can’t ever figure out when he’s bluffing. Or perhaps he just gets under your skin and always seems to know what you’ve got. Even though there are some techniques for playing against superior opponents that you can use to combat these sharks, there will come a time when its just better to run away. Su
Betting for Value on the Turn
Let’s say you’ve flopped a reasonable hand like top pair, made a continuation bet, and your opponent called. The turn comes and it checks back to you. What do you do? If you’re like many players, you’re probably going to check here. What if your hand isn’t good? What if the turn card made their draw or gave them a better hand? At the end of the day, however, these doubts come from irrational fears. When you actually look at it, there’s a lot more reasons to value bet the turn
Figuring Out Pre-Flop Bet-Sizing
Knowing how much to bet pre-flop is a crucial part of your overall poker strategy. Any edges that you can get at this point in the hand will reap rewards on later streets and, by the same token, any mistakes will have dire consequences down the line. Bet-sizing is a poker fundamental. It determines how likely people are to call, what ranges people will fold, your level of aggression, and even your image at the table. Here’s some quick tips for pre-flop bet-sizing. Add More fo
Fold the Small Blind
When you’re in the small blind and everyone limps around to you, what do you do? You only have to pay half a big blind to see the flop. If there’s a few other limpers in the hand, you might convince yourself that you’ve got great pot odds, that it can’t hurt to try and hit the flop, and the it’s such a small cost for a potential payout. Though completing the small blind is only sometimes correct, most people rarely if ever fold in this situation. But, when we stop to think ab
