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Here's a tip for you players that are still new in the field.

Don't see your chips as money, instead see them as a tool to win your opponents chips.

Don't play every time you have an ace in your hand. However, play an ace if it's accompanied by a card of the same suit or by a 10 or higher.

(The biggest mistake most players make is to act too quickly - Take your time).

:dirol

I would say that it also depends and how many is at the table. Ace is very good if you are 3-4 players or below at the table. 5-6 then it's more about the second card in your hand.

I would say that pre-flop you have to raise as much as possible no matter your position. This hand also becomes weaker the more people in the pot, so raise.

Not raising pre-flop with AA in a limit game is a big mistake.

Of course you would also have to focus on the flop which cards comes up as well as what the other players may have.

Let me hear what you think about this ?

Just got my status whopped in a tournament, I had king and 8 in a heads-up.

With king and 8 and a third card on the flop, I went all-in to steal the chips from pre-flop. thought I wouldn't get any calls. The other guy had connected suits (spades) and got a flush on turn.

I would probably done the same thing again. Let me also say that the other player and me was the only activity on the table where everybody else were sitting out. We checked and called all the way to the flop almost every hand.

Would you do the same with the background information I have added?

No, I don't like the all in. If nothing else, I am betting there to get more chips in the pot. It's tough luck that he had the flush draw, but any other time that is a very strong hand so why would you only want the chips that were in the pot preflop?

I struggling with a long string of suck outs. Last 5 of 5 pocket KK's lost to draws, after raiseing pre-flop. Lost 4 out of 5 pocket AA, again raising preflop. These arent small min rasies, generally 4-5 times the blinds or higher.

Most group 1 hands cant hit.

I'm tilted and its effecting my play. I'm starting to put everyone on the nuts, thus making me run scared.

How do u play throught these runs of bad beats😟

Thanks for your comments

Obviously poker is a game of skill but it is also a game of luck. We all have runs where every river seems to be the one card that will kill your hand. But I am sure there have been times when you seemed to get every break in the world. The cards one if fst;

What do you think of the 3 different limits:

Limit
No limit
Pot limit

Which one do you play the most ? and why ?

But at the showdown you see that neither of the 2 other players have one, grrrr!!

These 2 other players bet pretty wild during flop and turn so I made this decision.

These things will happen, it's just a matter of forgetting and moving forward.

Have you ever felt that someone on the same table as you actually gives you bad luck or bad cards ?

Many times :dirol

I use the most common form of poker 'Limit'.

Have you ever been to ixgames poker school ? Read poker articles and tips to improve your game along the way.

Read --- play poker --- and tweak

If you are really interested in improving your game play you will after following those 3 instructions read --- play poker --- and tweak, start to memorize the things you read earlier into the game plan.

Of course it's not as easy as that, but it's a very good plan to start improving your game play if you havn't evolved much from the beginning.

It all depends on, where on the skill scale you are.

A more skilled player have already understood poker concepts and will need more complex articles to be able to improve.

Anyway there's lots of poker articles inside the poker articles area. With even more advanced articles on it's way. One of the best things to improve your game is to actually play it. Start on low limit tables and keep playing there before you feel mature enough to raise the limit.

If you are losing money on low limit tables over-time you are not ready to move on.

Nice post! Very informative and helpful. Thanks! Keep it up! 😉

I would say that it also depends and how many is at the table. Ace is very good if you are 3-4 players or below at the table. 5-6 then it's more about the second card in your hand.

I agree. But for me, when I have an Ace in my hand especially when accompanied by a face card... I would act quickly so that players would think that I'm just flopping but I'm not. hehe 😉

Salute,

after two or three hours of playing poker your mind lets your eyes see what your brain wants. So, always keep an concious eye on the cards. Keep your mind clear and awake.

Why do I write this advice? It's simple: I played a straight slow where no straight was. The Queen missed. The other player moved all in, I smiled, he won, I howled to the moon...

Probably one of you played his cards like I did in this match? I look forward to your answers.Welcome:

Cheers,
Nic

It happened also to me... after long hours of playing my eyes and brain seems to get so tired. I missed some of my chances... better to have a cold drink by your side to freshen-up your mind.... 😉

Small pocket pairs are generally pocket pairs 8 and under. There are several ways of playing small pocket pairs. Most of how to play these hands depends on position.

If you are in early position and you catch a small pocket pair you generally want to just limp in or call a small to moderate raise. Basically here since you do not have any leverage because you are in bad position you need to spike your pocket pair. If you don’t it is usually best to toss the hand. The exception to this would be if your low pocket pair is higher then the bard then you need to take a stab at the pot and see if you can take it down before over cards start to hit. So if you have a low pocket pair and you are in the blinds or in early position just limp in and try to see a cheap flop if you spike your hand and hit trips make as much money out of the hand as you can. If you don’t hit trips its generally best to just fold. That is why you should not call big preflop raises with this hand because if you do youre going to find yourself committed to a hand that has a low chance of winning because basically you only have two outs so youre chances of winning are very very low.

The other way to play low pocket pairs is when you are in good position meaning close to the button or on the button. From there you can leverage your position to take the pot down. So lets say you get pocket 8’s and you are next to the button. There you would make a raise preflop to see where everyone is in the hand. If someone goes over the top of you, you have to put them on a hi pocket pair or AK, AQ depending on the players. So if they just call you are probably up against over cards something like KJ, A10, or KQ. So now you know where you are at. Also if you get lucky enough to spike the 8 with maybe a K or an Ace on the flop you are going to double up on this hand because if you have a guy in the Hand with AK chances are the 8 isn’t going to scare him and now you have a good hidden hand that you can win a huge pot with. So lets say you make a 5 to 10 times preflop raise from there and you get one caller. The flop comes A 5 9. Should you make a bet again even with the over card on the flop. Since you get to see what the caller does with your good position. If he checks to you, you definitely want to represent the Ace by making a strong bet. If you get reraised its probably time to bail and minimize your losses. Now if you get lucky enough to spike the 8 you are going to win a huge pot especially against AK or AQ.

So in my opinion these are the two ways that you can play low pocket pairs.

Does anybody know where i can download good reading material on snow ball strategy (by Daniel Negreanu i got his book).