Poker
<div class="IPBDescription">Any pros?</div>I've begun looking into poker a bit lately, following the craze. Only been playing free rolls (Hold 'em) though, way too scared of getting addicted if I started playing with real money.
Anyway, I keep getting owned, so I was wondering if we have any pros on this forum maybe? Perhaps you could care to share some tips with the less adept, or maybe recommend a book on the subject? Right now I guess my biggest fault is doing really stupid things, hoping to get lucky. So I've come up with a rule of thumb:
YOU NEVER EVER GET LUCKY.
I've heard somewhere that 90% of the poker players lose more money than they win, but hey, I'm very willing to waste a bit of my time to get in among those last 10%. <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/wink-fix.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=";)" border="0" alt="wink-fix.gif" />
Anyway, I keep getting owned, so I was wondering if we have any pros on this forum maybe? Perhaps you could care to share some tips with the less adept, or maybe recommend a book on the subject? Right now I guess my biggest fault is doing really stupid things, hoping to get lucky. So I've come up with a rule of thumb:
YOU NEVER EVER GET LUCKY.
I've heard somewhere that 90% of the poker players lose more money than they win, but hey, I'm very willing to waste a bit of my time to get in among those last 10%. <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/wink-fix.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=";)" border="0" alt="wink-fix.gif" />
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I don't consider myself as a pro, however i play poker alot...
I really can't request any books.
And what do you meen with "Stupid things hoping to get lucky"?
Like going all-in on with like <35 as high card or something?
ive won my fair share of money from them though and lost a good share haha
<ul><li>Never fold. Fold is another word for "I give up"</li><li>Bet one dollar more than whatever they do. They'll obviously figure your hand is that much better than theirs.</li><li>Keep an ace up your sleeve. I mean that very literally.</li><li>Never bet more than you're willing to lose, unless you have a really good hand, then bet it all, because there's no way you can lose with an ace and a queen.</li><li>If you cover up most ofa "hearts" card except for the very bottom, it can look like a diamond.</li><li>It's only cheating if you get caught.</li><li>The minute you're ahead, go to the bathroom. While you're there, get a friend to call you. Once you get back, answer the phone and say you have to leave because your mom died.</li><li>Don't actually have your friend kill your mom though</li><li>Also next time don't say it's your mom</li><li>Say it's your dad or something</li><li>Bring Monopoly money, but only the green ones. The pink stuff won't fly.</li></ul>
Cheater ATTOCK !_! grab his boxen and throw it out the door j/k
just remind me to never play with you haha.
Poker is as much skills that it is in Idiot (card game)
I don't consider myself as a pro, however i play poker alot...
I really can't request any books.
And what do you meen with "Stupid things hoping to get lucky"?
Like going all-in on with like <35 as high card or something?
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Yeah, something like "The odds say I have a pretty good chance at winning this hand, let's go all in!". As I said, it's guaranteed to make you lose. <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/tounge.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":p" border="0" alt="tounge.gif" />
Tricks I've learned:
-It's good if you have a pair
-It's really good if you have a pocket pair
-It's even better if your pair is the highest possible pair on the table come to flop
-Always keep an eye out for possible flushes/ straights. If someone bets high and those possibilities are out there, be careful. Unless of course you have either of them. Then raise him.
-Try and learn the habits of the people you play with, assuming you do the same group frequently
-A good trick for easy money is go in big on the flop in the first 2 rounds, espically if you have anything in your hand from J-A. Most people won't want to match anything on the first round. Easy money if they fold.
-Maximize your profits when you are SURE that you are going to win. Highest 3 of a kind on the table, no straight/flush possibilities, etc.
-A good way of doing this is better very low, making the other person think you are only doing it to stay in. If they bet high, raise them even more. But only enough that it is in their best interest to stay in. So not more then they raised you. If they follow your low bet with another low bet, or only match it... oops. Raise them a little bit to get them to stay in.
-Understand that most people don't WANT to lose any money. So they won't take many risks. It is your job to create this risks and cause them to fold.
-Folding is not a bad thing. However never do it before you see the flop, there is nothing worse then finding out that you had 3 of a kind 2s and folded.
That's about all I can think of right now, eh.
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As for books, I've heard good things about Zen and the Art of Poker, by Larry Phillips. I haven't read it myself.
The only real thing I can tell you is that you can't win by being timid. If you are winning, it means you're being agressive, or you're getting lucky. Figure out where your comfort level is, then play at a table whose stakes are below that, so you can make bets that are outside of other people's comfort zones. If people are regularly making bets outside of your comfort zone, then move to a lower stakes table. It means you're folding on winning hands too often.