Poker Tips- what kind of strategies do you use when playing?

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Quote from: paxmao on November 03, 2021, 06:29:17 PM

Bluffing is great if done correctly. I would argue that you need to bluff in at least one of every twelve full rounds, if not you will become too predictable and will deter others to bet when you do so.

Bluffing is of course core when it comes to poker in person or online but what's strange to me that I did not hear of this twelve round business. Though, i admit it does seem to be effective and sure enough there's no point in bluffing if the hand you get is the worst you could have.

It would be interesting to see if people already devised their bluffing rounds or if they just do it when they feel confident as and when they get a relatively good hand. Trickery is important but I'm of the opinion that you must have a basis also.

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Quote from: Smartprofit on November 04, 2021, 06:54:56 AM

Let's discuss the features of playing poker during tournaments where there are many game tables. Many standard poker strategies do not work in this situation.

In particular, long-term observation of the behavior of partners is largely pointless. They are constantly changing.

During the game, you can meet weak opponents (this is good). However, during the game you can meet very strong and experienced opponents (this is very dangerous).

You also need to play in the finals often. This will maximize your profit.

First of all, if you wish to discuss poker tournaments tell me what is the buy-in? Let's not compare free-roll tournaments with the ones where you actually need to have money for buy-in... free-roll poker tournaments are not poker, just to be clear on that!

What do you mean by "You also need to play in the finals often."? Mostly getting into the money (ITM) requires you to be on the final table, it's not something you can choose, you need to fight for your seat!

During the game, you will meet all kinds of opponents, and in my experience, it's easier/simpler to play against experienced opponents! Weaker players often make crazy moves! Nobody can follow them!

In the end, poker strategies work more in tournament games (free-rolls and low buy-in games not included) than in cash games! Especially in tournaments without re-buys and add-ons! It's true poker, you have starting chips and you play with them you risk them, there's no chance for a whale to come by and rock the game with constant re-buys (he will win eventually and get a winning streak)!

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Quote from: paxmao on November 03, 2021, 06:29:17 PM

Bluffing is great if done correctly. I would argue that you need to bluff in at least one of every twelve full rounds, if not you will become too predictable and will deter others to bet when you do so. However that needs to be tuned to the game in question and with the understanding of the level of the players involved. Bluff at the wrong moment and with the wrong people at the table and it will bite you back hard.

Yeah, it's great if you're doing it if needed. You don't have to bluff most of the time but if you do, make sure that you're doing it properly. There are poker players that are good in it.
But knowing if the player has been bluffing most of the time, I think that you'll find it out when you're also looking at how they react with their cards. This might not be noticed by many but if you're like that, then you'll get to see and can predict that to happen if you get the pattern of the other hand does it.

Bluffing too much will cause your opponent to guess your action, so it's not always a good idea to bluff. If you truly want to win a poker game, be unpredictable in the game such that no one can consistently defeat you in a poker room. It's simple to defeat someone who is incredibly predictable and can't even bluff; even if your cards aren't very good, you can still win.

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Quote from: Smartprofit on November 04, 2021, 06:54:56 AM

Let's discuss the features of playing poker during tournaments where there are many game tables. Many standard poker strategies do not work in this situation.

In particular, long-term observation of the behavior of partners is largely pointless. They are constantly changing.

During the game, you can meet weak opponents (this is good). However, during the game you can meet very strong and experienced opponents (this is very dangerous).

You also need to play in the finals often. This will maximize your profit.

This is the elimination game, if I'm not mistaken (meaning if you lose all your money, you cannot go back to the game even though you'll get more money), but this only applies to poker tournaments, different in an actual poker in which you could gamble how much do you want, and it's more thrilling since you're gonna use your own money, unlike in poker tournaments that uses chips and you'll only allowed to exchange your fixed amount of money (that they allowed) for it, once you've lost it, you lose.

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Let's discuss the features of playing poker during tournaments where there are many game tables. Many standard poker strategies do not work in this situation.

In particular, long-term observation of the behavior of partners is largely pointless. They are constantly changing.

During the game, you can meet weak opponents (this is good). However, during the game you can meet very strong and experienced opponents (this is very dangerous).

You also need to play in the finals often. This will maximize your profit.

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Quote from: paxmao on November 03, 2021, 06:29:17 PM

Bluffing is great if done correctly. I would argue that you need to bluff in at least one of every twelve full rounds, if not you will become too predictable and will deter others to bet when you do so. However that needs to be tuned to the game in question and with the understanding of the level of the players involved. Bluff at the wrong moment and with the wrong people at the table and it will bite you back hard.

Yeah, it's great if you're doing it if needed. You don't have to bluff most of the time but if you do, make sure that you're doing it properly. There are poker players that are good in it.
But knowing if the player has been bluffing most of the time, I think that you'll find it out when you're also looking at how they react with their cards. This might not be noticed by many but if you're like that, then you'll get to see and can predict that to happen if you get the pattern of the other hand does it.

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Bluffing is great if done correctly. I would argue that you need to bluff in at least one of every twelve full rounds, if not you will become too predictable and will deter others to bet when you do so. However that needs to be tuned to the game in question and with the understanding of the level of the players involved. Bluff at the wrong moment and with the wrong people at the table and it will bite you back hard.

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Quote from: Smartprofit on October 20, 2021, 02:18:57 PM

Poker is not really a game of chance. This is a game in which the player with certain skills wins. Poker masquerades as gambling, but the best poker players are calm and cold-blooded people.

Poker is classified as a game of skill, however unlike other games of skill in which your luck plays no factor poker is one of the games in which your luck can play a very prominent role, but even then over the long term the best players should impose themselves over the bad players.

However this characteristic of poker is why it is so difficult to master, because even when you do everything right and you have a 99% chance of winning the hand, your opponent can get exactly the card they need and win.

I share his way of thinking, in fact I am a person who has been in some tournaments and I have had winning hands and suddenly another player came out who had the best hand and won, just when I thought I had already won everything.

No matter how calm you have, no matter how patiently and sometimes the best strategy, just when you think that everything will turn out well, you cannot trust it because you can lose a lot of money, then in part the strategy and knowing a lot if it helps, but the luck factor is too important, of course the situations are not limited to that, sometimes with hands that are not so good you win, but the problem for me in poker when you know enough is to trust.

This has happened to me as well and it is never a good thing to be on the receiving end of those losses, personally I prefer tournament play over cash games, because in cash games the size of the players stacks are always different and we know that if a player has more chips they can pressure you with their play and bluff more often so you need to change your strategy.

But when you are in a tournament everyone begins what the same amount of chips and this gives you more time to play accordingly to your default strategy and you only need to switch gears once some important disparities between the distribution of chips begin to appear.

Yes, in fact when everyone starts the same with the same amount of chips, it is also very good that they show the chips that win and those that lose, usually when a player is about to lose it is easier to remove him from the tournament, than Many times the remaining players conspire so that you can lose faster, at least that was what I saw at the time that betcoinpoker was, and it was not a bad thing, because the more information you have as a player the better, because more control of the balance available or token there.

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Quote from: bitzizzix on November 01, 2021, 01:16:33 PM

there are many free poker game applications that you can find and to improve your ability to play poker even though the sensation is different at least you can deepen the poker game, and not only that you can also practice patience and calm while playing and also bluff at the right time.

Free poker applications/software where you can play poker without any risk is good to learn about how the game works only. It will not help you to practice your patience and calm because no money is involved. You have no fear of losing money, most of the time you will play with your instinct only when you play free games. The best way to practice your patience and calm is to play real games although with small stake only.

When a beginner wants to learn about poker, he can try to use poker software available on the internet, and even he can find the software in Playstore to start playing based on the lesson he got before.
That will help him prevent losing the money since the games will give him chips to start while he can learn about poker games for more details.
But if he thinks that he needs more experience playing poker games, he can start to join in the real poker games but he needs to use his money to play.

While using a Software to start playing poker (Actually even Facebook offers Poker playing and you'll learn playing with your friends to see strategies) but still it is best to Play and lose in actual game so you will value each bet you made , losing small amount each bet will bring more knowledge to us .

Lucky those new gamblers now that there are so many option to play without losing money, In our time ? for you to learn ? you must lose a lot before finally get the best idea how to deal with poker lol.

Ah, yes, I remember Facebook having poker called Zynga because I used that app in the past.
I do not play more on that site but that could be a good place to learn and practice poker.
With practice poker in a real play, you will get experience and knowledge which can help you to improve your skills.
But we must control our bet and not attempt to use more money if we are still learning.
As long as we can learn poker without using money, that will help us to know about the game.

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To play online poker successfully, it is very important to properly equip your game room. This should be a separate room - otherwise it will be very difficult to concentrate on the game.

The key word is comfort.

You need a very comfortable chair. The game can last 12 hours. Take care of your spine!

You also need a great gaming laptop with a good screen resolution. I prefer laptops with a good IPS matrix. Amoled is more harmful to eye health.

From time to time you need to get up and do exercises. Exercises for the neck are especially helpful. Neck massage has a beneficial effect on cerebral blood flow.

All household chores are best done in advance. Poker requires maximum concentration.

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Quote from: bitzizzix on November 01, 2021, 01:16:33 PM

there are many free poker game applications that you can find and to improve your ability to play poker even though the sensation is different at least you can deepen the poker game, and not only that you can also practice patience and calm while playing and also bluff at the right time.

Free poker applications/software where you can play poker without any risk is good to learn about how the game works only. It will not help you to practice your patience and calm because no money is involved. You have no fear of losing money, most of the time you will play with your instinct only when you play free games. The best way to practice your patience and calm is to play real games although with small stake only.

When a beginner wants to learn about poker, he can try to use poker software available on the internet, and even he can find the software in Playstore to start playing based on the lesson he got before.
That will help him prevent losing the money since the games will give him chips to start while he can learn about poker games for more details.
But if he thinks that he needs more experience playing poker games, he can start to join in the real poker games but he needs to use his money to play.

While using a Software to start playing poker (Actually even Facebook offers Poker playing and you'll learn playing with your friends to see strategies) but still it is best to Play and lose in actual game so you will value each bet you made , losing small amount each bet will bring more knowledge to us .

Lucky those new gamblers now that there are so many option to play without losing money, In our time ? for you to learn ? you must lose a lot before finally get the best idea how to deal with poker lol.

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Quote from: dustboy on November 01, 2021, 02:30:43 PM

Quote from: bitzizzix on November 01, 2021, 01:16:33 PM

there are many free poker game applications that you can find and to improve your ability to play poker even though the sensation is different at least you can deepen the poker game, and not only that you can also practice patience and calm while playing and also bluff at the right time.

Free poker applications/software where you can play poker without any risk is good to learn about how the game works only. It will not help you to practice your patience and calm because no money is involved. You have no fear of losing money, most of the time you will play with your instinct only when you play free games. The best way to practice your patience and calm is to play real games although with small stake only.

When a beginner wants to learn about poker, he can try to use poker software available on the internet, and even he can find the software in Playstore to start playing based on the lesson he got before.
That will help him prevent losing the money since the games will give him chips to start while he can learn about poker games for more details.
But if he thinks that he needs more experience playing poker games, he can start to join in the real poker games but he needs to use his money to play.

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There are two ways to learn how to play poker.

The first is the method of learning theory. Practitioners have formulated the rules for effective play. You study them. From this, the quality of your game grows.

The second way is trial and error. You don't study theory, you just play a lot of poker with different opponents.

Both of these methods have their drawbacks.

There are many poker concepts you can learn, but in a real game it will be difficult for you to apply them. You will not know what is most effective in practice.

In the second case, you will act confidently, but your playing style will be very monotonous.

It is advisable to combine these two learning methods.

Keep your poker sessions very short. And you have to be completely focused on the game. And after the game, you need to study theory and ask yourself the question - which of this can I apply in the next game?

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Quote from: dustboy on November 01, 2021, 02:30:43 PM

Quote from: bitzizzix on November 01, 2021, 01:16:33 PM

there are many free poker game applications that you can find and to improve your ability to play poker even though the sensation is different at least you can deepen the poker game, and not only that you can also practice patience and calm while playing and also bluff at the right time.

Free poker applications/software where you can play poker without any risk is good to learn about how the game works only. It will not help you to practice your patience and calm because no money is involved. You have no fear of losing money, most of the time you will play with your instinct only when you play free games. The best way to practice your patience and calm is to play real games although with small stake only.

This is quite a good tip also to practice and work your skills on it, patience is a virtue in this kind of game and literally mind-skill based game. But, there is a disadvantage if you play like this always because you won't get used in the environment due to playing AI or it doesn't involved in gambling. Due to this reason, you can't still enjoy it because you can't be stressed and have the feeling of fear because you're gambling your own money with it. Calmness is good but it won't get you anywhere around those environment, eventually you need to get out and practice while playing real players and bet on your real money.

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Quote from: dustboy on November 01, 2021, 02:30:43 PM

Quote from: bitzizzix on November 01, 2021, 01:16:33 PM

there are many free poker game applications that you can find and to improve your ability to play poker even though the sensation is different at least you can deepen the poker game, and not only that you can also practice patience and calm while playing and also bluff at the right time.

Free poker applications/software where you can play poker without any risk is good to learn about how the game works only. It will not help you to practice your patience and calm because no money is involved. You have no fear of losing money, most of the time you will play with your instinct only when you play free games. The best way to practice your patience and calm is to play real games although with small stake only.

practicing patience in free poker applications is a different sensation no money no anxiety and it's boring to me ,I so remember personally have played poker for a long time from free one like tourney then sitting at a small to medium table on maybe IDN platform it's very different sensation ,I agree you are very right

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Play Fewer Hands And Play Them Aggressively

That might be one for newer players Im not sure but you dont have to a play a bad hand hoping it improves, be decisive in the majority of your decisions. Chances if it starts out bad, its not improving or even worse you get some low pair or similar and place actual money on something others can beat.
Play with patience and you can do far better when you do go all in, obviously your intent must be disguised to some extent if you can. I'd add dont always raise on good cards, you can just wait a round it helps throw people off a bit.

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Poker is very interesting game with different strategies in playing, it is not just game one play with luck, it is a game that requires skills. I so much like the game

Strategies that vary from the experience of the player. And it's not really just a game of luck but you need to think wisely before folding or checking.

Luck and skill are a combination in poker games, but poker players who have high skills will win games relatively more often than poker players who rely solely on luck, and experience will also support when we meet opponents who have previous similarities.

there are many free poker game applications that you can find and to improve your ability to play poker even though the sensation is different at least you can deepen the poker game, and not only that you can also practice patience and calm while playing and also bluff at the right time.

Well, those poker players that do really rely on their luck, won't stay long at any table. You have to be good and not just skillful in playing it. Because it includes mind games that will make you think whether to be content and fold or continue and even if there's a high risk with your card and you don't know what's with it for your opponent. As for the poker apps, you have to look for those that really makes you experience the actual poker game even it's just game.

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Quote from: ChiBitCTy on October 29, 2021, 09:55:21 AM

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When I started playing poker, I was faced with the fact that it is psychologically difficult for me to bluff.

Yes, I played well with a good hand. But I played badly with a bad combination of cards. I was comfortable with a small bank.

It's just fear. Human emotions.

At the time, I was reading Frank Herbert's novel Dune. There, the main character Paul Atreides uses special psychological techniques for self-improvement. In particular, he used such a tool as the litany against fear.

I began to practice reading this litany before each game and the fear went away.

I learned to bluff big.

This is an interesting point you bring up here. There are simply a lot of people who aren't good at physically hiding their emotions which certainly hurts their in person "game". It took me a bit of getting used to the game before I felt like I was a pretty good bluffer. That's pretty cool that you were able to overcome your issues with bluffing and end up mastering it!

I love to play a game called Mafia. This game is aimed at developing bluffing skills. I don't know if this game is played in other countries, but in Russia, Ukraine and Belarus, this game is very popular.

This game was invented by a Russian-speaking person in the 80s of the last century.

The players are given cards. Cards are specific roles - civilians, mafiosi, police officers, doctors, maniacs, etc.

Day is the time of civilians who have a chance to find the mafiosi and execute him. And the night is the time of the mafia. At night, the mafia destroys its victims.

During the day, there are discussions between the players. In these discussions and debates, the art of bluffing is honed.

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Quote from: ChiBitCTy on October 08, 2021, 09:53:52 AM

I fell in love with poker when the whole Texas Hold'em craze started around 2003-4ish range. I was in college at the time and man we played every single night for months on end. Bought a chip set as well which I still have. Unfortunately I haven't been playing as much as I'd like to lately, but plan to start getting in to playing more soon. I'm just curious what kind of strategies you guys employ when playing? I know there aren't a ton of tricks one can use, but there are some out there. I guess there's also a big difference when you're playing in person ( bluffing strategies ) vs playing online. I'd like to hear tips/tricks/strategies for both!

I think one good tip for anyone starting out in the world of poker and with a serious intention to commit to it long term is keeping a diary of progress. Bankroll management is a strong part of a successful poker player and understanding variance is often overlooked. Understanding your winning and losing sessions will be crucial to developing. You might have played the hands exactly as you should have, but it could still lead to a short term loss. The fact is that you played them, using calculated odds and ideally being able to get a read on the skill level of the players around you. If your diary after a few months shows progress, then it might be worth continuing - but you will have to constantly be learning and adapting to get better.

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Quote from: bitzizzix on November 01, 2021, 01:16:33 PM

there are many free poker game applications that you can find and to improve your ability to play poker even though the sensation is different at least you can deepen the poker game, and not only that you can also practice patience and calm while playing and also bluff at the right time.

Free poker applications/software where you can play poker without any risk is good to learn about how the game works only. It will not help you to practice your patience and calm because no money is involved. You have no fear of losing money, most of the time you will play with your instinct only when you play free games. The best way to practice your patience and calm is to play real games although with small stake only.

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