Posted by admin @ 12:00 AM, Thursday Jan 22nd, 2009
Category: Poker
www.ladbrokespoker.com – When considering this in it’s broadest sense, poker players will always have days or sessions where they lose money, and this is quite normal. You should be prepared for this and always bear in mind that your aim is to win more than you lose, rather than winning every hand you play.
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It is important to remain emotionally detached from any big losses you incur, and if you are playing winning poker in general, continue playing that way regardless of any bad sessions you might occasionally have.
Although we always want to be increasing our bankroll as players, these times when we take a loss should not be overly troubling. If the amount of money you have lost is more than you can afford to, then you need to start playing for less money on smaller tables to build your bankroll up.
On a more localised level, there will be points during any given hand where you have invested some money into a pot, and found yourself in a position where you feel you are behind in the hand. Sometimes attempting a wild bluff will work, but most of the time, you’re going to cost yourself money doing this. Try not to chase hands that will cost you too much to do so, and always be prepared to let your hand go if you feel you are beaten. this is something which less skilled players always seem to have trouble with, often blinded by the apparent strength of their hand.
Posted by admin @ 12:00 AM, Tuesday Jan 6th, 2009
Category: Poker
Ladbrokespoker.com – There is a certain way of playing poker that I like to call ‘textbook play’ and many players use this to good effect. For the most part, there is nothing wrong with playing this way, and the only problem is that you become predictable.
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Playing textbook poker to me, is never bluffing at a pot fully, tester bets when it is checked round at most. Also this type of player will always raise when they hit a hand, no matter how well they hit. Everything they do is carefully worked out as the right or wrong play, and as a result, they never have any real variance. As I said before, this is no bad thing in some circumstances, but if you play the same players each week, I think you weaken yourself because you always do the same things for the same reasons. Personally, I prefer to mix up my play as much as possible without being reckless or foolish.
Sometimes if I hit well, I will slow play my hand, sometimes I’ll move all in, and I have been known to raise preflop with (7,8) suited, and limp in with (A,A) provided there are only two players behind me. The aim of this is of course to leave players feeling that I could have almost anything, in any given situation. I feel that is a key aspect of poker, and one which ‘textbook’ players lack in their game.