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Joining a Poker
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Poker Betting Limits |
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Pick a poker table that
you can afford. Remember
that you'll be posting
blinds in at least 20%
of the poker hands if
the poker table is a
10-seater and more often
if the poker table seats
less. If your bankroll
is $50, you wouldn't
really want to play at a
$5-$10 poker table.
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Poker Limit vs No-Limit
Tables |
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Getting sucked into a
drawing poker hand can
be devastating to your
bankroll at a no-limit
poker table. If you're
drawing to the nut flush
holding the Ace and
another suited card
against someone on a
set, you can end up
calling some expensive
poker bets only to miss
the flush on the river.
You may even end up
having to go all-in and
bankrupt. At a fixed
limit poker table you're
protected against this.
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Poker Table Texture
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Before you sit down,
take some time to watch
the action and learn
about the poker players.
Try and spot the really
loose poker players, the
poker maniacs, the tight
aggressive poker
players. Knowing whom
you're up against can
prove invaluable in a
showdown. |
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Poker Seat |
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Once you've got an idea
of the poker players at
the poker table, try and
get a favorable seat
relative to the
different types of poker
players. You'll want the
unpredictable, wildly
aggressive poker players
on your right, so that
you can get out of a
marginal poker hand
before it becomes too
expensive. Timid and
passive poker players
are great to have on
your left, as the former
will fold when you bet
aggressively as a bluff
and the latter will call
anything, but will
seldom raise. |
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Poker Time - Have Time
on Your Side |
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Don't rush in for a
quick half-hour poker
session. You won't have
the time to study the
poker players before
joining the poker table
and if you play a tight
poker game, you'll
probably end up posting
a few blinds, maybe
having a look at a few
flops and possibly
winning a poker hand.
More often than not, all
you'll be doing is
adding to the pot for
others to win. Budget at
least an hour. |
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Poker Attitude |
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Be positive - but be
prepared to lose.
There's an old poker
truism: "You can't play
with scared money."
Before you join a poker
table, accept that you
may lose the money you
take with you. If you
can't accept that,
you'll end up playing a
more timid poker game
than you should. If your
opponents pick up on
this, they'll regularly
drive you out of poker
pots you could win by
intimidating you with
their stacks. You need
to play poker sensibly,
but in order to win you
must not be afraid to
lose. |
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Poker Mind |
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Your greatest ally at
the poker table is
discipline. Conversely,
ill discipline will part
you from your money
faster than anything
else. If you've taken
the trouble to learn
about starting poker
hands, you'll know that
you'll be folding the
majority of poker hands
you are dealt. Nothing
is more frustrating than
throwing away a poor
starting poker hand only
for the flop to bring a
pot-winning set had you
held on. What you have
to remember is that this
will happen less often
than not. Statistically
you will lose money by
holding on to poor
starting poker hands in
the hope of catching the
flop. You need
discipline to stick to
your poker game plan, so
prepare yourself for
this before you join the
poker table. |
