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It is a must that you know how to size your bets right. Failure to know how could sometimes ruin everything, your hope and chances of becoming a winning poker player. Well, it is actually tough to ascertain the size of the bet you are going to place in a certain betting round. Sizing of bets is somehow confusing and you have to consider a lot of things. But according to the pros, this job can be made easier by knowing your reason/s why you are betting. Are you betting because you just want to make others call? Or you want to make others fold?

So Others Will Call

In in case you will be betting to make others call, then you should place a value bet. But it is a bit dangerous to place a value bet when your reason for betting is you want others to call. Before placing a value bet, it is best to know your opponents first. Know their prevailing disposition or inclination for calling. Get to know the kind of bets they typically call. Everything is a matter of getting knowledge and information about their tendencies.

So Others Will Fold

If you are betting because you want others to fold then be it. Such reason is the most acceptable reason. But what do you think should be the size of your bet if this is your reason?

Cited in some poker books, when one wants to bet to make others fold, then bet should be as little as possible. This makes sense, considering this may get the job done. But you must be careful in placing little bets as you may look like a fish to others. It is important that you get a feel what kind of players you are up against with.

You are a good poker player if you know how to read the hands of your opponents. But if you don’t know how, you are still like a work on progress.

It is your edge actually if you know how to read hands. But it is not necessary that you can read hands a hundred percent of the time, you just have to do things right.

Well, if you don’t know how to read hands, you can actually learn. You can start by simply knowing your opponents. Have patience in knowing how they play and how they react to unlikely happenings at the table. Most especially, observe what kind of hands do they usually keep or else fold.

Then after knowing your opponents, watch out for some tells. Be very attentive even to little tells. Look out for a tightening jaw, raised brow, or twitched lips. These can mean certain significant things. But as you watch out for these non-verbal gestures, never miss to observe the betting patterns so you could make right decisions.

Right after watching out for some tells, focus now on the hands that usually appear at showdown and trace back how they reached such phase. Check what happened at pre-flop, post-flop, post-turn, and post-river. Maybe you can then find out how.

Then, know the strategy of your opponents through observing their betting patterns. Their betting patterns may not give you sufficient information but they can help. You can make good predictions later if you understand them better.

As you try to learn how to read hands, be careful. You maybe not aware, but others are maybe trying to get a read on your hands as you learn how to. Aside from trying to read others’ hands, try also to read if others are trying to read your hands too.

Aggressive players are in every poker table. And they will surely knock you out if you don’t know how to play right when you are up against them. Thus, it is very important that you know how you should play and what’s the best defense when up against aggressive players.

Typically, it is best to play reasonable poker. Although you will get tempted to be one of those aggressive players, raise and re-raise often, it is still a good thing that you act with the odds in mind, in short still be reasonable.

Nonetheless, if you are a tight player, playing with those aggressive players can be very frustrating because they are oftentimes unpredictable. You wouldn’t know if they are betting just for the sake of betting or else they do really have a strong hand. But of course, you don’t want to be holding trash at showdown or waste your money on bad cards so you better act right when up against aggressive players.

If up against aggressive players, you can play tight but still be reasonable. Aggressive players tend to play on and on and just don’t know when to exactly quit. Thus, if you only play tight but still reasonable, you can actually caught them up easily.

Try to have good starting hands and provoke an aggressive player with a raise and then go on with a re-raise. That aggressive player will more or less be on tilt and eventually will react unreasonably. As a result, you will get a good pot in the end.

Take note that aggressive players can be a good source of chips if you just know how to play with them right. If by chance you win against aggressive players you will be rest assured you’ll be collecting a lot later part.

Mixing up your playing styles is actually a good strategy. Your opponents can’t easily read you and your cards. However, so you could ascertain which playing styles to mix up, you should know the condition of the table you intend to sit at.

First, consider if there are lots of players entering each hand. Then if such players usually stay in until the turn or river. If there is actually a lot of players entering each hand and they stay in until the turn or river then expect a table with predictable players and action.

You can also consider number of players who love raising preflop, betting on the flop and always try to stay in until showdown. And consider also if there is serious bluffing taking place. Observing the table before you decide to mix some of your playing styles is a good idea.

After knowing the condition of the table, finally determine which of your playing styles are you going to mix up. Nonetheless, you can set some internal rules on which styles to use more often however you can also try to do some things you do not usually do so your opponents can’t easily read you. Create an unpredictable image at the table to thwart your opponents.

Also, while at the table, observe the situation. Once table starts to tighten up or otherwise loosen up, consider also changing your styles. It is vital that you know how to adjust with the current situation at the table. Be aware that some styles only work for a tight table and there are also some styles for a loose one. If you still do not know how to make abrupt adjustments, then you should know how. This is a must in Poker, most especially if you want to be a successful player.

Texas Holdem is the primary version of the popular game Poker. You can find it being played in many casinos and even being played live on television in shows such as World Series of Poker and World Poker Tour. Thus, if you want to get started in making a career in Poker, it is important that before anything else, get to know first the basic rules for the primary version of Poker – the Texas Holdem.

Basic Rules for Texas Holdem

The Shuffle, Deal and the Blinds

Generally, dealer should use a standard 52-card deck. If in casinos, dealer doesn’t have to play. Then a dealer button or a round disc will move clockwise from one player to another with every hand. Then as the game continues, button marks which player would be the dealer.

Normally, Texas Holdem games begin with two players to the left of the dealer, the button. Before any cards are dealt, there should be “posting of the blinds” which means there should be money to be placed into the pot so play can continue on each hand. Oftentimes, the player to the left of the dealer or the “first blind” is the one to put half the minimum bet, and the “second blind” the full minimum bet.

Hole cards will then be dealt to every player, face down.

The Betting Round

Starting with the player to the left of the two who posted the blinds, a round of betting must take place. And when it’s time to bet, every player can call, raise, or fold.

The Flop

To prevent cheating at the table, “burning of card” should then take place. Dealer should discard the top card after the first betting round.

Afterwards, dealer should flip the next three cards which are called “flop ”face up. Five community cards will then be placed face up and then players can form the best possible five-card hand. They can use their hole cards.

Another betting round should then take place after the flop and it should start with the button.

The Turn or Fourth Street

Turn or Fourth Street should then follow, and the dealer should burn another card and play one more face up. Button then should start the third betting round.

The River of Fifth Street

River or Fifth Street must follow, and the dealer should burn another card before placing the final face-up card.

The Final Betting Round and the Winner

Final betting round should then follow and should begin with the button. In this round, remaining players will have to reveal their hands. Usually the player who made the initial bet or who made the last raise should be the first one to show his hand. Player with the best hand will win.

Hello,

First I would like to commend you for this nice site. Keep up the good work.

Well, I’m actually here to ask you something. I’m just a newbie and have actually tried playing small pocket pairs recently. The experience was really intriguing.

At a certain table, I had 22 with a similar flop of 2 6 T rainbow. Unfortunately, because other players who called preflop had 66, I didn’t win such hand. Also he called post flop. I thought I then bet the river but later on discovered things went differently, also called post flop.

After the flop I was really troubled. I was thinking what if someone started with starting hands like 55, TT, 52s, T5s and even T2s that was being slow played and could eventually beat me with a draw on the turn or else on the river.

Now, is it the nature of the betting scenario that creates the confidence to play small pairs or is it an odds or probability scenario? Any thoughts? By the way, any specific way I should play small pocket pairs? Most of the time, I play limit holdem tournament style.

Thanks and more power!

Regards,
Phillip
Phillip,

Small pairs in limit are usually playable, sometimes to a raise in later position. You still want to hit the flop hard with them. When you do flop your set, bet your hand aggressively. The odds of a player flopping a set is around 11% so don’t worry about another player flopping a set too. It happens and when they flop a bigger set, you will lose usually, but that is just part of the game. Most of the time, you will win a nice pot with your set.

Hello,

I’ve been playing $2-4 online for some time now and actually been trying so hard to be tight aggressive.

In a short span of time I’ve been into Poker, I’ve already experienced so many ups and downs and faced a lot of intriguing hands. There were three hands I can’t forget.

The first hand I lost to a straight flush, I have a full house. Second hand I don’t have directly anything to do but it was the very next hand and another straight flush was dealt. I’m curious how often such situation happens? Third and final hand, I had full house but lost to another full house pulled on the river by which was far better.

Well, first thought in my mind was that maybe I wasn’t that aggressive enough in terms of betting particularly on two hands I lost. But on the contrary, though I was aggressive enough the other player might still not fold therefore I could have lost even more.

Any thoughts?

Many thanks,
Jamez
Jamez,

Without more information, I cant say whether you were not aggressive in your betting of hands. In regards to back to back straight flushes, that is very rare, but is possible. I personally have never seen it happen. I’ve seen two in the span of 10 minutes, but not in back to back hands.

In regards to your betting, you may have pushed someone out of the hand, but depending on how the hand unfolded, you may have lost more money as well. To be honest, you had three highly rare situations unfold there. They happen, and when they do, you will lose money. They are so rare that I would just look at them as what they are, abnormalities. Congratulate your opponent for a fortunate hand and take his money later.

Hi,

For about 12 months now, I’ve been playing Holdem. Well, in live games, I can actually say what kind or type of opponents I have, weak, tight, aggressive/loose, etc. But when it comes to myself I’m quite not sure. I believe that when I play, I play really tight however once someone call me a tight passive player.

I can’t believe I’m a tight passive one as I always thought I was a tight aggressive player. I don’t know if I just don’t realize it at all, but I’ve never played a passive game, I don’t also pretend to be a pro and actually very open to suggestions, advices, tips, etc.

Any tips on becoming a tight aggressive rather than passive? Your help will be much appreciated.

Many thanks,
Drew
Drew,

A lot depends on how much you are betting and raising etc. Do you check a lot when you miss the flop with your big hands? Do you only raise when you have the nuts? Do you not play position? If you can answer yes to any of these, then you are a passive player.

Being tight and aggressive means getting strong hands and then betting them strongly. Betting out, check raising, using the occasional semi bluff, and value betting are all skills that tight aggressive players have.

Hello,

I want to know if do you play AA and KK differently in cash games, as opposed in tourneys. I know in cash games, particularly low limit, you can normally play aggressively without going very crazy and then bust several players out with a raise. Typically you win however you also lose sometimes but only a few bucks. In tourneys, things are very different particularly the blind structure that increase from time to time. Not to mention that winning a small hand later can be more profitable than winning a big hand early.

Now, say each player starts with $2000 in chips and blinds at 25-50. To make players fold when betting from early position it would take you at least $200 but it would take you more if you bet in early position with callers. You’re then up against a loose player and you’re not going to fold a re-raise with AA. Before the flop, you can easily be in for $800-$1000 chips. In case you lose, you’re out. And if you steal the blinds, $75, or even win $1000, then great! Later blinds will be that big.

Folding such hand sounds silly but have you ever think of folding such without even betting it early in a tournament to later (when the blinds are bigger and the advantage of stealing is higher) have a hand with a better risk reward ratio?

Hope to hear from you soon.

Many thanks,
Jullian
Jullian,

Regardless of whether it’s a cash game or tournament, you are going to play A-A and K-K very strong. Folding either hand preflop in a tournament is silly. If you are unfortunate to lose, it doesn’t matter if it is early in the tournament or later in the tournament, you are out. You don’t get either hand that often, so take advantage with them when you get them.