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Texas Hold'em Strategy
General Hold'em Strategy:
Hold'em is basically HIGH card game. The players holding two
good high cards have the best chance at the best hand or a
draw to the best hand after the flop. Only play strong hands,
that will stand a raise or multiple raises, from early betting
positions. Play medium strength and other playable hands from
the later positions if you have a good chance of seeing the
flop at a reasonable price. Play strong high hands MOST of
the time, and play them very aggressively. Take all the raises
you can get. If you don't thin out the competition, you reduce
your chances of winning. Plus, your aggressive play before
the flop can add credibility to any strong play you might
want to use on the next round if a garbage flop falls and
you want to try a steal. Be ready to fold your high pair if
you get a lot of action with a threatening flop.
Definitions:
HIGH CARDS - A thru 10 (Aces, Faces and Tens)
MEDIUM CARDS - 9 thru 7
LOW CARDS - 6 thru 2
SUITED PLAYER HAND (S) - Both cards of the same suit.
NUT HAND - An unbeatable hand. Sometimes called a "lock".
FLOP, TURN. RIVER - The community cards in the order
of distribution. See top illustration.
FAST PLAY - Bet, raise and re-raise to get as many
other players out as possible.
SLOW PLAY - Just check or call along to keep other
players in the game to increase the pot odds.
CHECK-FOLD - Check when you can and fold if you are
bet into. Gladly accept all free cards offered.
Starting Holdem Hands:
The starting hands shown here are in general power order groups
with names that are easy to remember. More precise power ratings
of each of the individual hands is available on the "Best
of the Net" page, under "Texas Hold'em".
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The Strongest Starting Hands:
PAIR of HIGH CARDS - AA, KK, QQ, JJ, 1010
ACE and HIGH CARD SUITED - AK(S), AQ(S), AJ(S), A10(S)
FACES SUITED - KQ(S), KJ(S), QJ(S)
ACE KING - AK
Medium Strength Starting Hands:
FACE TEN SUITED - K10(S), Q10(S), J10(S)
MEDIUM PAIRS - 99, 88, 77
TWO HIGH CARDS - AQ, AJ, A10 (ace king ranks higher,
above), KQ down to J10
ACE and MEDIUM SUITED - A9(S), A8(S), A7(S)
MEDIUM SUITED CONNECTORS - 109(S), 98(S), 87(S)
Other Conditional Starting Hands:
LOW PAIRS - 66, 55, 44, 33, 22
ACE and LOW SUITED - A6(S), A5(S), A4(S), A3(S), A2(S)
LOW SUITED CONNECTORS - 76(S), 65(S), 54(S) (lowest)
Strategy Tips:
Fast play high pairs and very strong hands before the flop.
This puts more money in the early pot and encourages weak
and garbage hands to fold that could get a lucky flop and
beat you.
Don't draw to the low end or both ends of a straight. If a
9 8 7 flops, you want to be playing the J 10 and not the 6
5 or the 10 6. (The low part is commonly called the "ignorant"
end of the straight.)
Unconnected Medium and Low Cards are Usually Unplayable. This
includes suited cards that can't flop a straight. Both ends
of a straight such as 9 5 fall into this very weak catagory.
Play starting low pairs cautiously. 66 down to 22. Usually
not from an early seat and from the late positions, only when
the price is right. If you don't flop a set (trips or fours)
you should usually fold.
Play aggressively when you have a two way draw after the flop.
If you can make a straight AND a flush or trips etc., usually
bet/raise your hand.
Bet an Ace or two high overcards after a garbage flop (a three
suit "rainbow" with unconnected medium and low cards).
Usually fold if someone raises.
Watch out for uniform flops, like 8 7 6, they can easily turn
into straights that can overtake your high pair or other good
hand.
Check the raisers chips. Players that are close to all-in
often rush the betting just to get all their chips in a sink-or-swim
last hand.
Beware of Suited Flops that can make a completed flush. In
this case, you should usually hold the nut in that suit, or
have trips or two pair that can fill up..
Get caught bluffing once in a while. It is a way to vary your
play and not be too predictable. You win pots that you don't
deserve when your bluff works. You lose a few chips when it
doesn't work but it will get you calls from weaker hands down
the line when you have a strong hand and need the action.
Study your opponents, especially when you are not playing
hands and can pay careful attention. Do they find more hands
to play than they fold? Do they bluff? Can they be bluffed?
Do they have any "tells" (give away mannerisms)
that disclose information about their hands etc." Source:
http://www.pokersyte.com/holdem.htm
Party
Poker Tips and Strategy
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Add fish to your Buddy List
This is a pretty popular tip used by many of the good players
on Party
Poker. By checking your buddy list off and on,
you can see when your favorite maniacs are logging on to play.
Though you are unable to see exactly which table they are
seated at, you can manually search through the tables to look
for your target.
Click between game tabs to refresh
your table listings
This trick is useful mainly for SnG (sit and go / single table)
tournaments, which are notoriously quick to fill up. Many
times, you'll see "Wtng for 5 players" as the table
status, but when you click on the game, it will have already
started. This is due to the table status not updating quickly,
which you can force by clicking between tabs. Of note however,
is that Party
Poker has recently upped the refresh rate of the
tables substantially, so this isn't a major issue like it
used to be.
Keep player notes on opponents
The big things to note are: smart or stupid, aggressive or
passive, tight or loose, straight up or bluffs, bets out a
draw or not and what kind of hands do they play or pre-flop
raise with. Yes, this is a lot of information to note, but
it will help you in the long run.
Use a four color deck
This tip applies not only to Party
Poker but many other poker rooms out there too.
There's a reason poker sites offer four color decks, because
they are quite popular and for good reason. If you play poker
long enough, you're going to make mistakes. Everyone who has
played long enough has probably misread their cards at some
point or another (usually after a long stretch), especially
flushes. Using a four colored deck makes it much easier to
identify flushes (and more importantly flush draw threats)
and enables you to use your brain powers elsewhere.
Get hand histories when players don't
show their at the river
Great Party
Poker trick that I'm sure many people have figured
out. Many times on the river, only the winning hand is shown
- but you are very interested in seeing what the loser was
holding too. Simply click on the hand number at the top right
of the screen and request the hand history for that game via
email. Depending on how busy Party Poker is at the moment,
you should get an email with the history in a matter of minutes.
Scroll to the bottom of the history and you can instantly
find out what the other player was holding. I normally do
this in conjunction with player notes, to get me a good idea
of what a player is willing to play with on a river. Showdown
information is always the most critical, as you can analyze
their decision making process from the ground up.
Wait a full table rotation before
posting the BB
This tip is probably debatable by many of the players out
there. In my opinion, unless you know what you are doing,
this tactic will save you money in the long run by letting
you not only get mentally prepared for the game, but also
gives you invalable time to evaluate your opponents. The worst
thing that can happen is to get dealt a strong hand early
and then get caught in a massive raising war between two players
you don't know. They could be two maniacs for sure, but what
if one of them is a maniac and the other player is super-tight?
Most likely, that super tight player is holding the nuts while
you are bumbling by with top pair or two pair. Not a good
move. So be patient, take notes in the meanwhile and save
money in the long run.
Learn to leave the table
This is really just a general poker tip, but it still nabs
even the poker pros at times. At Party
Poker, if you find that you are being outplayed,
outclassed or just unlucky at the table, it's ok to leave.
Don't think about getting your money back or getting revenge
on the bastard that rivered you for the 3rd time now. If you
are losing money at your table, you do NOT have good table
image no matter what you might think. Not only are you not
in a good mood, which puts you on tilt (admit it or not),
but other players will be more likely to make plays against
you. This makes your game harder in more ways than you want.
With so many tables at Party Poker, just get up and go, it's
that easy.
Buy-in more than necessary at the
poker table
If you've been doing your homework, you'll know that you should
always sit in with at minimum 20 times the big blind at any
poker table. In the realities of online poker, this should
be more along the lines of at least 40 times the BB. Personally,
I like to sit down with practically 100x the BB. You should
think about doing this too. Why? First, don't ever be in the
position of holding the nuts and not having enough money to
raise the pot. I've seen this happen too many times, where
a guy will have flopped a full house in a $3/6 game, but only
have $12 in his bankroll. He could have made a killing if
it weren't for the fact he was playing with a small stack."
Source:
http://teamfu.freeshell.org/party_poker_tips.html
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