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Building Better Poker Strategy - Poker Psychology And The Art Of Deception
If you raise 5x BB on a good hand, 3x BB (to slowplay) on AA and KK and 6x BB when you're bluffing, an astute player will be able to read you very quickly.

One of the things you need to do to become a successful NL Hold'em poker player is learn how to bet. Sounds easy right? Everybody has heard that you should bet more than check and raise more than call, etc etc. But, too often players will bet without having a reason for betting. There should be a reaction that you hope to get from your opponent(s) by betting and your betting should convey something to them, be it true or false. If your bets do not fall into these categories, then you are making them in the wrong places for the wrong reasons.

Contrary to popular belief, poker is more of a sport, rather than a game. It is indeed more than just gambling. Anybody can play poker, but to be really good at it, you need a lot of patience, skill, and determination. As they say, it takes a few minutes to learn to play poker, but it takes a lifetime to be really good at it.

click here betting strategy These kind of players can be a great source of income to the more experienced types of poker players (often referred to as 'sharks') as they often make some very basic errors and cough up a lot of chips in doing so. However, playing against fish isn't always as easy as it sounds. Once you start playing against them on a regular basis, you'll discover a very strange thing: the better you play, the less successful you'll be.

For low entry fee online tournament players I saw this book as a glimmer of hope in that someone may have put forth some thought in to how to actually win tournaments consistently at that level. It seemed to me though that playing "small ball" poker with clusters of players who have little regard for position and the real value of hole cards might be an interesting experience, but not profitable.

Now, you need to know all your pot odds and outs. This way you can calculate how much probability you do in fact have of winning. Knowing your pure chance of winning is the best first step to being able to win.

Write out your plan or strategy. A key component of this should be a list of the pocket cards you will play and from which position. When you know upfront which cards you are going to play you don't have to waste time at the table deciding whether to play or not.
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