Topic: Poker strategies (Read 245 times)

You're right. You say so yourself. Poker should be played as emotionally neutral as possible, although we are human and playing completely rationally 100% of the time is impossible. But the best players have great emotional control.

Have you tried to play several tournaments at the same time? That way you will be less bored. I'm talking about online tournaments, of course.


Again, yes. Put a solution to it. Don't repeat the same thing that you know doesn't work for you.


Start by playing on several tables, as I mentioned, I have the impression from what you say that you play only one.

You can also not use any strategy and just go with the flow, whatever is in your hand just follow the lead of it. If you're holding unwinning cards and you know that it has no chance to go with the other hands then just fold it. That's how it goes and if you think that you're in the mood and want to go all in with just a few cards down, then go with the risk. Actually, you can make your own strategies based on your mood and personality. The easier you do, the more enjoyment you'll get because each game for that table becomes more exciting.

What online crypto casinos offer poker tournaments? Because i've been only playing those via places like pokerstars and that's not a casino per se. Or are you talking about physical casinos in real life?

Spot on. My biggest failure on those games is the fact that i get bored. It takes too much time and often not much is happening in the game. It's basically grinding out worst players in the table. If you don't see that's happening, people are probably playing you out.

But most of the time, especially in online games, it's quite boring. All you can read is the history of the player and what kind of hands they have chosen to play and if they have raisen or called. That tells a lot but not as much as body language. Some people can fake their body language but most can not. If they are not taken any medication, drugs or booze, they will react to cards somehow. And that's not boring to watch. But i need to be focused for a long time, not drinking or thinking anything else, and that's hard part.

And the fact that i easily get frustrated if i am losing. All or nothing attitude raises in me and i lose. I figure that decent players can see that happening in me

This has been my strategy. If i find out how to not get bored or frustrated, i would think i would be rather good in poker. Now i am not.

The game is based on the gamblers betting and the mind make the decision of the betting amount and choice.The game is just like use your own strategies and you should use all the mistake made by your opponent on their terms.The terms is should be followed by both the players,if your opponent had skip any term.It will help to earn more money,but opportunity should be used wisely.If your friend had used one strategy,you should use the other strategy to over come in the game.The experience will play some additional benefit for sure,if your are more experienced to your opponent.So you had more opportunity to make a win.

Naturally. It wouldn't be a tournament if it went over and finished after a couple of minutes, especially since the changes in the table can also change the mindset of the players themselves, creating these so-called unpredictable actions every now and then, which is what honestly makes poker rather enjoyable even if you're playing with the same people for a couple of rounds.

It all comes down to luck if you want ROI though. You can probably cut some losses through strategies, but never profit off of them since getting a good pair or even having that opportune moment to bluff is all about luck, not just yours, but of the others as well. Can't exactly call a a bluff a win if someone else was lucky. The only thing here to mind is to keep your patience up really. Take the loss as a loss and don't let it get past that and influence your mindset. You're playing a tournament, not a single round after all.

That's for sure because it is a game that's being done with the use of our minds as well. And any strategy that you think will work and you'll be able to take advantage of your opponents through those said strategies, you'll have to adopt it. Whoever is the best on this mind game, those strategies are just like easy tricks that he can convert to his opponents on the other side of the table. And I think when you become better, you can apply that even in online poker but could experience some toughness in doing so.

I think the same thing, that's why I almost never play them.


Agreed.


It depends, in some rooms they have removed Sit & Go's and replaced them with spins, which have more variance and are more profitable for the casino. In the houses that still keep them what they have done is to raise the blind structure in a similar move: it is more variance and more profitable for the casino.


It's not bad what you say but you are missing commenting on the large volume of tournaments you have to play for it to be profitable. Playing a multi-table tournament of 2K players or more and coming first is purely a matter of luck no matter how well you play. What is not a matter of luck is to have consistent results that indicate a positive EV and that is known by playing many tournaments.

With this there is a problem is that the variance is much higher than in cash tables and players who had very good results long ago in the long term, after a brutal variance moved to a modality with less variance or simply left poker.

You still run into loose players on higher buyins, but far less and players actually respect the table image you give yourself most of the time. Poker is extremely hard to win a big tourney, but if you study everyday and note all the players you face you give yourself a chance for big money. I know people who have made 6 figure profits on cash games and tourneys.

Agreed.  Low limit tables are much tougher, and even low antenna NL tables as well.  You have people who don't know how to play so ypu get players that call everything.  When you end up with 5+ players down to the end luck isn't on your side and someone usually catches.  Higher Antes, easier to read.

Buyins you are mentioning here(anything under $3) makes for a very tough filed. For starters, you have a field loaded with mediocre players and even if you consider yourself fair to a good player, you will have to get lucky more than once in this type of field. Players will play aggressive with any pair, any 2 high cards, and lots of suited junk.

My advice, do not get too aggressive in these low buyins, you will likely be flipping a lot if you do. Run your AJ into k9 or something and have to hope you hold which most of the time you will not. Play passive and small pots. Build a stack off their bad play and later when it matters you may have a stack that you can push players around with.

I couldn't agree more that the important qualities you have mentioned are necessary for a successful poker player. Tournaments are a great way to practice these skills, as they require you to make decisions with incomplete information and under pressure.

Patience works not only in poker but also in almost all card games. I don't feel the need to play every hand; I wait for strong starting hands and favorable situations. Folding weak hands is often the right move.

"Playing the player" is one of the strategies I learned from an acquaintance who is passionate about card gambling. Paying attention to your opponents' tendencies is crucial because you need to spot patterns in their play style.

I don't focus on secrecy; it's often more productive to engage in discussions with fellow players to exchange ideas and learn from each other.

I'm not a frequent poker player, but I confess that I admire it.

What I would like to add here is... Steal Lots of Blinds, But Don't Exaggerate!!!

This strategy has been applied in online poker tournaments for many years and is still used a lot today because generally the small blind or big blind tend to win and most of the time, they do this without having anything in their hands. Therefore, a pre-flop raise is important, as long as you know that the small blind and especially the big blind have a more conservative strategy.
In this case, they will hardly get into a fight with you, but as I said at the beginning... you can't overdo it because if you do it all the time, one day you'll get caught and then the fun will be over. You need to show that you are raising when you have a good hand.

Every game will be the time consuming,but we need to think whether the consuming will give us the good return.If the time usage give the money return,we can do the gambling.The poker game need more skill as compared to other game,So the gambler should improve their game and ideology in the game.So the winning chance from the game will be more.The foremost thing is the gambler need to know the basics of the poker before playing it.The second part of the game will be the emotions,the emotions will play huge role in the poker game and in other gambling games also.The mistake should not repeated in the game .

I agree with your statement. However, there is one thing I want to ask about how you read or make predictions about your opponents. Meanwhile, what is being discussed is online poker games.

In a land-based casino, it may be easier for us to read our opponent's movements, one of which is by looking at their behavior and facial expressions.
However, the most important thing in playing poker is to understand all the existing rules and regulations and have good self-confidence. And this is very important because most of them make mistakes and play carelessly when joining the gambling table. because they are unable to understand the existing rules and have good self-confidence.

I believe bluffing is a kind of strategy and it doesn't guarantee winning especially if your opponent is aware of it, which is fair I guess. Also, its efficiency depends on the player who does it which is why I cannot see it as cheating, 'coz if it is, it should be applicable to anyone who would do it on the actual game.
Improving your poker habits doesn't only mean knowing rhe game more but also improvising what you have saw in it. Perhaps with poker, it was originally just being played as is but as time goe by card reading, bluffing, reading your opponents' reaction and such, were now being used to dominate opponents in this game.

I agree with everything you said. Reading your opponents and how they react but this is hard when you're playing poker online but when you do this offline and you're in front of each other, you'll have to do the art of reading their reactions and faces as it will help you decide.

Together with reading them, you have to be patient and calm so that's right as well. You'll need to be patient as you wait for how they move and as you observe them whether they're like a bluff guy or a risk taker or just folds when they don't have a strong card.

You're quite correct; discussing ways to improve one's poker skills may be very advantageous for both players and the poker community as a whole. Openly exchanging information not only aids players in their development but also promotes a sense of community among poker lovers. Players can improve their skills collectively through these interactions, which makes the poker world more exciting and competitive. Consider joining debates where players may openly exchange knowledge and experiences in order to advance as a community of poker enthusiasts.
I'd love to hear from fellow game enthusiasts about cheating.
While bluffing can be effective, it should be used sparingly and strategically. Overuse of bluffing can lead to losses.

Besides being able to read other players the ability to turn percentages quickly once new cards are out is the single most necessary skill.  Knowing pot odds goes a long way towards knowing when you should fold call or raise.  Starting hands as well.  Too many people play too many hands.  It's a losing strategy

Easier said than done, and besides every poker player knows this and anyone who took the time to learn the game fundamentally knows for sure that this is the way to go. What OP requires is a concrete strategy that amps his win rate without using any form of cheating or whatnot.  In my case back when I was heavy with Poker, is just playing aggressively. I call everyone and this especially works when you are used to playing less cards or with a smaller hand. It paints the impression that you're either calling everyone to which they could either retaliate or accept the challenge. Either way you can guarantee a larger percentage of win since not a lot of people expect aggressive plays especially since the pulse of the game right now is mostly based upon "playing the slow and steady matchup".

I have to agree,usually when I used to play Texas Holdem before I also always opted for sit n go tournaments despite them being very time consuming.Patience is an absolute must here beside you knowing all the basics of the poker game while for the emotions part we are all humans and we are driven by them,most of the times we make mistakes because of them but you cannot control them all the time,sometimes your heart says to go all in while your head says to wait and pass,it is a bit like in real life in love,the heart says different from what the head says.Overall though yes in Poker one can make a really big win as the pot in such tournaments is big and like you say with a mere 3 dollars one can win up to 1000-2000 dollars.