Beginner poker strategy
It's Not All About The Cards We're now going to move on and look at when people call. This is important information that can help you accumulate and save chips. Before I get onto the assignment, I am going to show you a couple of real life examples as to how this can help you.Hand #1My opponent in this hand had shown obvious ‘chase with a draw’ tendencies.
Oct 4, 2008
OK, i finally did it. I finally moved up a level.I've played poker for three years now for real money, and I've won at every level. I won at 10-cent blinds, quarter blinds and, finally, 50-cent blinds, all of it playing no-limit. After winning a lot of money at 50-cent blinds, I've finally decided to start playing .50/$1 NL games on PokerStars.What's taken me so long?
Oct 2, 2008
It's Not All About The Cards In the last part, I had you spend some time observing and studying people's folding tendencies. Before I get into the next assignment which will help you use this information, I wanted to show you a couple of real life examples.Hand #1It was early in the tournament and all the stacks were relatively deep.
Oct 1, 2008
It's Not All About The Cards Slowly but surely we are advancing into discussion of advanced player and table dynamics. These next few parts are going to help you focus in on particular tendencies. Learning when people fold, call, or raise can help you better understand whether or not a particular hand makes sense and can lead you to make better decisions.
Sep 30, 2008
It's Not All About the Cards In the previous assignment, I laid out a complicated assignment that would help you learn to classify players. I went ahead and played a tournament using the assignment and am going to post the results here so that you all have something to use as a guide. Names have been removed to protect the innocent, and not so innocent.
Sep 27, 2008
It's Not All About The CardsNow that we have figured out how to classify the players, I believe it is important to understand the motivations and reasons players play the way they do. It is hard to understand this without going outside your comfort zone and experimenting.
Sep 22, 2008
It's Not All About The Cards In the last part, I classified the different players at my table. A reminder of what they were:Seat 1 = WeakSeat 3 = Combination between Calling Station and Maniac, loose aggressive player but because he seemed to be more active raising then calling I would lean towards the latter.
Sep 21, 2008
It's Not All About The Cards This will be the most complicated and difficult assignment for all of you to do. Write down questions you have and see if you are able to figure out the answers, if you can't go to the PokerWorks.com forums and leave a question for me and I'll get to it within a week or you can leave a comment on this article and it will appear in the forum.
Sep 19, 2008
It's Not All About The Cards Now that you have spent time studying players, the question is how do you utilize this information? Let's look at the seven key areas a little bit in depth.#1 - Hand Selection observation – this will help you determine the classification of the player. Are they loose, tight, or a very good player?
Sep 16, 2008
It's Not All About The Cards Poker can be a boring game, especially when you aren't getting any cards. Many players spend time in between hands roaming between tables, talking with their friends, playing with their iPod, or even taking a quick cat nap (don't laugh, I see it all the time covering tournaments).
Sep 13, 2008
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