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Texas Hold'em Poker Tournament Strategy - Setting A Trap
In any poker tournament whether it is a live tournament or an online tournament some factors are the same. The blinds will increase at set increments. Usually online you will see more hands then in a live game therefore it is not uncommon for the blinds structure to be shorter. For example live poker tournaments will range from 15 minutes to 60 minutes blinds. When the blinds increase slowly the structure will be more geared towards skill. The shorter the blinds the more luck will be needed or you will need to be more aggressive sooner to keep from being blinded out.

Being on click here is often considered to be the best betting condition. Why is this? Well simply because you get to see how everyone else is betting before you make your decision. Here's an example of using the button to your advantage. You are on the river and you have top pair. There has been a lot of betting so far but on the river everyone checked around the table. A carefully placed bet here can secure the pot for you. A good amount is around half the pot size if you want people to call and about the size of the pot if you are trying to scare people off of it.

Be decisive in your betting. No one likes to wait as you hesitate with your bet. Betting quickly also gives your opponents less time to read your habits.

Check Raise: This is also known as trapping. The check raise works by acting weak in hopes of hiding your strength. With any luck, this will encourage a bluff or at least a misinformed bet from your opponent to get him to put his chips to the pot.

poker betting strategy You will eventually get it right more times then you think. "He has a pair of queens" or "I think he is drawing for a straight" are examples of what your internal chatter should sound like.

You raise a little to get to the flop and he calls and follows. The flop comes, A-4-3. Your opponent raises! Put yourself in this position. Your opponent has just lead out on the flop when an ace drops.

The exact tip is to never ever check and never ever call. What's that? Never. Yes never. When you play this aggressive style you only ever raise or fold. And if someone else re-raises you and it comes back to you, you can only re-raise them or fold.
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