Add your wisdom to the THF Members Guide

OK....since all of those who bothered to respond to my idea seem to like it....here it is. If you have any advice or strategies you would like to add to a comprehensive strategy guide post them here. Remember to keep them short and to the point. We dont want the guide to be overly large. If two posts are similar I will take the first one, but you can post a different theory on the same play. These posts will be edited into the "THF Members Guide to Playing Poker" and posted for everyone to read.

Here is an example of what it should look like.

Betting Strategy

Overbetting - Overbetting a strong hand effectively weakens the hand, especially preflop. This makes it likely that the hands you would like to call will fold and only a stronger hand will call you. It will cause your pots to be smaller when you win, and larger when you lose.

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DO NOT COPY ADVICE OFF OF THE WEB. WE HAVE STATED TIME AND AGAIN THIS IS AGAINST THE RULES AT THF.

I want this guide to be made from advice given from THF members, not a collection of articles copied from the web.


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Well here's my little section that has saved me from stumbling a lot of chips away in a multi table tourney. Let's say you are in a hand with only one opponent and have flopped top pair or 2 pair and your opponent has checked to you, in which you put out a good bet and you are called. This means more than likely he is on a draw and the next card off same result as he checks you bet and he calls again. Now last card off regardless if the card looks to have helped him or not he still checks to you. This is where I think checking is a good play. If he made his hand on river and knowing that you have bet every other round your opponent could easily be going for the checkraise, and you could be in trouble of losing more chips. However if he missed his hand there's no way your oppponent is gonna call the last bet with nothing, so a raise is pointless in my opinion. So check it down if he made a better hand oh well you made him pay for it, if he missed you still pick up a nice pot.

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Thanks Teedough and homeville, I have added your advice to the guide.

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PATTERNS IN YOUR OWN PLAY AND OPPONETS PLAY SHOULD BE STUDIED EVERY HAND. BETTING, CALLING, CHECKING, SMART COMMETS, ASKING A ?. ALL THESE COULD GIVE U INSIGHT TO A CRUCIAL HAND IN THE FURTURE. MOST OF ALL U NEED TO ELIMINATE YOUR OWN PATTERNS. CHANGE YOUR PLAY, MORE SO AGIANST A EXPERINCED PLAYER VS A BEGGINER. IF U WATCH U WILL FIND PLAYERS PATTERNS AND ALSO YOUR OWN. THIS IS WHY PATIENTS IS CRUICAL, BECAUSE IT WILL BORE U

if you get short stacked in a tourney, dont panic and think you have to push all of your chips in, especially early on if the blinds are low

If your a large stack in a tourny, don't get involved with another large stack, unless you got a premium hand. Playing agaisn't a large stack, and trying to push him around just ain't going to work, and you'll soon find your self the short stack in the tourny!

1. In a tough decision, remember: Pot odds/hand odds. If your pot odds are greater than your hand odds, call. In the end you'll be making money. However, if the pot odds are lower than the hand odds, you'll be losing money.

2. Dont get married to a hand. Play it as best as it can be played but if, in the end, you know or you're 99% sure you're beat dont be afraid to let go of the hand. Even hands like AA dont win them all.

3. Make sure you have the bankroll to play at the limits you play. I like to have a bankroll of about 200x the big blind, and I'll sit in with 40x the big blind. A nice rule to keep your bankroll secure is to leave the table if you lose either 2x the max buy in or 100x the big blind.

Don't second guess yourself. Folding a hand (unless its the nuts on the river which you would never fold) is never a bad decision. If you suspect your beat you probably are.