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To Be A Good Poker Player What Do You Have To Know?

Allegra-Osteen, 2007-08-10 08:07:00
Things like odds and probabilities and things, what else. Thanks

2007-08-10 12:12:04 Phillis-Morgan wrote:

You need to know ALOT OF things to be a good poker player.
But thats talk numbers first.
The most important mathmatical thing in texas holdem is pot odds.
You have to use pot odds when you hold a draw (like a flush or straight draw).
A draw is when you need one more card to complete the combo.
Anyways, have you ever had a flush draw, but someone went allin?
You know you need one more card for that flush so is it worth it to call to try to complete your flush?
The first step is to look at your draws and ask yourselves what your hands odds are.
To find your hand oddsyou should first find out how many outs you have.
Outs are the number of cards out there that are not used yet that will complete your draw.
Lets say you have a flush draw and you hold KsJs.
The flop comes out 5s10s2d.
You need one more spade for that flush to be complete.
You have 2 of them and the board has two of them.
That is 4 that are already used.
There are 13 spades in the deck and as i said 4 are already in use.
That leaves 9 spades that can complete your draw so you have 9 outs.
Okay next we need to find out what the chances of completing are draw is.
Here is an easy rule to remember.
Multiply your outs (9) by 4 and then subtract one to find your hand odds by the river.
Okay so with our flush draw with 9 aouts we multiply that by 4 and then subtract 1.
That is 35 % or 2:1 You can multiply your outs by 4 and then subtract by one for any and every draw ON THE FLOP.
Once you get to the turn you only have one more chance.
Now you can only multiply your outs by 2 but you can add one.
So now you have a 19% or 4-1 chance by the river to complete your draw.
Lets say the turn brings out 7c.
You would now use this rule.
Remember these rules arent completely accurate and maybe will be off a little.Anyways your hand odds on the flop would be 35% and 19% on the turn.
So what do you do with hand odds?
You are suppose to compare your hand odds to your pot odds.
If the pot odds are less than the hand odds it a good call, if its more than its a bad call.
Well now we have to know how to find your pot odds.
Lets go back to the previous example where you hold KsJs.
Thats say preflop you raise it 3 times the bb which is 2 with your hand on the button.
So you raise it to six and get 2 callers (both on the blinds).
The pot is now 18.
The flop comes 5s10s2d.
The small blind bets 10, the big blind folds, so what do you do with your flush draw??
Well lets look at your pot odds.
The pot is 28 (10+18), and it costs you 10 to call., Pot odds is the ratio to call to the pot.
So your pot odds would be 28:10 or close to 3-1.
It would be okay to call because your pot odds would be 3-1 while your hand odds would be 2-1.
The turn comes 7c.
The pot is now 38 and he bets 22.
Now you have to call 22 to win 60 or close to 3-1 again.
However your hand odds are 4-1.
This time your hand odds is less than pot odds so you should fold.
Well thats about it for pot odds.
If you dont understand anything check out this link, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pot_oddsAlso heres a good probability link, not 2 useful but you never know, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poker_probability_(Texas_hold_'em)
When you first start you want to play a tight game (play only quality hands.
Play only AA,KK,QQ,JJ,1010,AK,AQ, Thats all.
Once you get the idea start playing a couple worse hands like AJ,22-99, KJ and suited connectors.
Here is a good guide to what to play depending on your position: http://www.pokerjesusonline.com/starting_hand_chart.htmOnce you start using the guide for one month, stop using it and do your own thing.
Remember its just a guide and you want to adept to your oppenents.
Also your oppenent can read you like a book if you keep using this guide.
know when to fold when you are beat (like letting go of pocket aces on a coordinated board)Learn how much you should bet to manipulate pot oddsKnow how to capitilize on position.
I was just reading some above posts and one person gave really solid advice until i read THE EARLIER THE POSITION THE BETTER.
WRONG!!!.
The later the better.
You get ALOT more info.
Let me give you an example Thats say you hold KJ utg (first person to act preflop).
Its a 1/2 game and you raise it to 6 (normal raise preflop).
You get raised to 20 by someone on the button.
What do you do??
Well you arent ahead of anything that reraises and maybe even money with pocket 10s and lower.
You are down big time against any Ace with a jack kicker and higher and you are still down versus any ace.
You are down big time against any pocketpair higher than pocket 10's and against any king (KQ-KK).
But you decide that since you have a king you want to call.
The flop comes out K42.
You bet 20 into a pot of 26.
He calls.
Now you decide that since he just called he is weak.
You bet the 60 into 66.
He reraises you allin now.
You lost half your stack on a hand that can hardly beat anything good.
You are forced to fold now.
(You should have folded preflop and stopped betting after the flop is done) However if you had position you probaly would have saved at least 60 dollars on the turn.
Calling on the button with KJ isnt a bad move and calling the flop when the king came out wasnt bad (maYBe a raise to get information would be better) However, when he bet 60 you should probaly fold because as i said kj isnt too great a hand.
Anways position gives you a whole bunch more of information.
The worse the hand the better position you need !
Know how to play suited connectorsKnow how to bluff and semibluffKnow when to slowplay and when to just bet80% of the time you need to be agressive and betKnow your oppenents and their tells (betting and facial)Once you get the feel of the game, start varying your play.(like raising with suited connectors or trash hands like 7,10)thats all i can think of.
This article will expend on most if not all these points.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poker_strategyIf you cant find somne points i mentioned in this link just google it.
Build a Library and stock it with this once you get the above: some is limit some is nlanything Skalansky writes-really dependsBarry Greenstiens book ace on the river (Limit)Super/System 1 /2- Mixed gamesDavid Harrington's NL expert tournament strategy 1-3Phil gordons green and blue book (NL)
Well hope this helps :)
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2007-08-10 13:38:27 Hope-Elinor wrote: odds are all you need to know is remembering what cards were played.

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2007-08-10 09:06:45 April-Kunkle wrote: you have to be able to recognize your opponents tells, when they have a good hand and when they are bluffing. you also have to control your own tells so that they can not do the same ting to you.you gotta no when to hold em, and no when to fold em, learn to play poker free.

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