Wednesday, December 13, 2006

Learning to play poker



For the novice is important to try to simplify the things. When you enter of first in the "pot" rises five times the "big blind", if the "blinds" they are in $25-20 rises to 250 when decide to play the hand. This maneuver permits you to protect your hands, obliging your opponents to pay dearly to enter the "pot". For an experienced player is but acceptable to rise 2 ½ to 3 times the "big blind". The reason is that a good player takes better decisions than a novice. For the novice is better to see less "flop" because the experienced player carries him a lot of advantage in the development of them played. When someone has paid before you, the rule of 5 times the "big blind" changes to 7 times the "big blind", to $350 when the "B.B." is of $50. When there is ascent, resube 5 times the total of it finalizes bet if you have hand. For example, someone rose to $150 (3 times the "B.B."), he rises to $150 x 5 = 750. In the case that the resubida is but of the 30% of your total total of you put on file, when the "blinds" they are high, is better to go "all in", to wager all your put on file. Is your more powerful weapon, and is difficult to be defended against her. Your alone opponents can pay you with a hand of first category (TO-TO, K-K, Q-Q, TO-Kc). For the novice, to rise or to throw away is the best strategy. Seems very aggressive but is the best way to be successful for the unskilled player. To summarize you have to observe those simple rules:

The objective of the play of Poker is to organize groups of letters in different "hands". Each participant receives 5 letters and the purpose of the play is to obtain the highest hand.

Initiate us in the world of the Poker, the first thing that should know are the combinations that can be done with the letters and the values of the same. The values of the letters of Poker are:

* 10, J, Q, K = 10 points * Ace = 1 or 11 points * Other letters = Value indicated in their face (7 = 7 points)

The value of each move does not depend only of the value of the letter, but also depends on the stick of said letter. Both factors are determinants for the move of Poker winning.

* When you enter the "pot" of first rises 5 times the "B.B." * When someone has paid before, he rises 7 times the "B.B." * When there is an ascent before, he rises 5 times the total of the last bet. * When your resubida is but from 30% of the total of your you put on file sees "all in" (fund).

This strategy is not perfect, but permits you to simplify your style of play and to go but ahead in the tournaments.

The professionals do not use it but causes problems to be faced her because obliges them to depend but of the luck. As the novice is exactly what you want.

Errors of novices

If you can recognize you in this list, is time to change your play: Playing limits or you parted too high

Itself it cannot make correct decisions in the play when these wagering with the money of the rent of the house. You have to concentrate on the departure and not in the economic consequences. Playing in hard departures, with players but experienced.

Always it tries to play against opponents of your level or weaker. Be sat down to a table but face with more skillful players will carry you to the catastrophe. It lacks of patience

When you play poker are going to have long periods of wait to receive good letters. The novices begin to play hands by boredom that should not play. Themselves very patient. Playing too many hands

The majority of the novices they play many hands. They do not understand the good importance to elect hands, in good situations.

All the information on the poker is available in books and in the Internet. There is not you excuse for know not the basic thing of the play. "bluffear" too much

Many novices think that if they continue wagering its opponents threw away their letters. Quickly your adversaries will realize your strategy and will cost you. Playing many hours

One must limit to play the time that one feels warning and is in its better level. The novices have the bad custom to be remained many hours to recover their money, they play tired and they lose a lot but. Tomorrow is another day. Reflections on as to learn to play poker

For the novice or experienced little player, all these articles on the poker can seem repetitive or to contradictory in certain cases.

For example is recommended to play of conservative form when you are going to begin to play poker, with a board of quite strict initial hands, and later we speak of how play with a 7-8 c.

1. The novice does not know as to be faced to little situations spaces after the "flop" or in the 4ta and 5ta letter. Often he will cost a lot of money to continue in a doubtful hand, or he will not know to remove provecho when the "flop" he is favorable.is better to be limited to play letters that permit clear decisions in most of them played. 2. Little by little, to the extent that earns experience, the novice has to expand its arsenal of played. Itself it cannot be expected always TO-TO, K-K, Q-Q, or TO-K to play. It returns very predictable and its opponents do not pay when a hand rises. 3. All the large players play a great variety of hands. Especially in tournaments cannot be expected super hands to play. The "blinds" and "before" they are eaten the total of you put on file initial very fast. The better they have understood that one must be assets and to cause you put on file to arrive at the final table and to remain in the since they pay more money. 4. When you learn to dominate the way to play hands as 8-7c (c: of the same stick), is possible that do but money with this type of hand that with TO-TO or K-K.

So to the extent that you go learning can go testing played new but recalls:

* Always do it in good position (you finalize them) * Not you shipments paying ascents when are going to test somewhat new. * Always itself the aggressor, not the
attacked * Not arriesgues a lot until have a good idea of what are doing in each round of bets.