 THF Members Guide to Playing Poker
THF MEMBERS GUIDE TO PLAYING POKER
Strategies
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.
Submitted by - the professor
Checking the River - 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.
Submitted by - Teedough
Games
Omaha Hi-Low
Tournament Play
Being Patient - In the early stages of a tournament play only quality hands. Premium hands are what you should be playing. Large tourmaments will test your patience. In the last 3 days I have played 3 500 player tournaments. Placed in the money in all three, played 30% of the hands.
Submitted by - homeville
Last edited by theprofessor; 08-06-2005 at 06:29 PM.
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