When I was learning to play poker, I tried to play as much as possible. It seemed to me that it was contributing to my progress.
However, I was wrong. I progressed, but slowly. At some point, I stopped progressing and even began to degrade as a player.
I have developed bad habits and patterns in the game. At the same time, I perceived them as a necessary part of my game. The training saved me.
I started to study poker theory. I read books and watched YouTube videos. I made it a rule to analyze each of my games.
This allowed me to level up my game.
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All comments in this thread reflect the variance that you can get in any poker game.
The way they think, the way they play, who is right playing NLH; regardless of how they think and consequently how they play, the River.
-/Does anyone know without going to Google Search why it is called the River/- /rhetoric/
The way they think, the way they play, who is right playing NLH; regardless of how they think and consequently how they play, the River.
-/Does anyone know without going to Google Search why it is called the River/- /rhetoric/
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I fully agree with you, bluffing is a very important part about poker. If we don't bluff then we are losing too many hands and will not be profitable in the long run. Only playing the nuts is not enough to win back the blinds and turn a profit in the long run. With 10 players at a table we are only winning on average 10% of the hands by playing the nuts, if we start bluffing we can increase that number. Also if our opponents start to pick up the fact that we only play the nuts we become exploitable. In a heads up match the chances are that both you and your opponent didn't connect on the flop, with both players behind it comes down to who wants to bluff and buy the pot. This doesn't mean of course that we should be bluffing all time, if we play too loose than the others will notice it too. It is important to switch between playing nuts and bluffing all the time to be less predictable.
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85.2 percent of the hands were decided without a show of cards.
Of the remaining 14.8 percent, almost half were won by a player who didn't hold the best hand but instead had induced the player with the best hand to fold before the showdown
There are 1,326 starting two-card combinations in a standard deck, and you can play any of them. But there's a skill in knowing 75 percent of the combinations are garbage. Only certain hands should be played from the various table positions.
Of the remaining 14.8 percent, almost half were won by a player who didn't hold the best hand but instead had induced the player with the best hand to fold before the showdown
There are 1,326 starting two-card combinations in a standard deck, and you can play any of them. But there's a skill in knowing 75 percent of the combinations are garbage. Only certain hands should be played from the various table positions.
You are right, we can't bluff all the time, it's important to switch your game style through the game... to do this in the right way you need to observe other players, to test them with few plays, you should know how to align all that with the cards you are holding and the cards on the table (flop, turn, river)... and who plays poker for longer will always run into some fool ready to pay some crazy cards and to get lucky on the river! Sometimes we can't run away from that!
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.
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.
In my opinion, the main problem of poker is the low skill ceiling. For example, in chess it is infinite (at least it is beyond human capabilities), while in poker it is relatively easy to achieve and in a duel between top players everything will be decided by luck, not their skill.
As for mastering poker, after such unfortunate cases that you described, it seems to me that the player should learn to understand what distance is and evaluate the correctness of actions not from the point of view of a particular hand, but from the point of view of profitability at a distance.
Strategy is a must in terms of playing poker, but it is also quite important to develop one's logic and mathematical skills to predict and read the movements of your opponent. Having a poker face or to intimidate your opponent is also a skill must have, it's also a battle of emotions no matter what hand you have. You must certainly deal with it intuitively to make money out of poker.
How are you going to intimidate people from the other chairs if you're playing it online? Is there a way to do that? not unless it's another poker platform that will give you some emoticons to trigger the other players whenever you win or every time they lose. I've played that type of poker but it's not with real money and it's only chips that doesn't have monetary value but it's enjoying to poke and intimidate your opponents because it's either they leave the table or do the same to you.It is almost impossible to do it online, what you can do if you play online poker is to maximize your own knowledge/skill about your card and your chance based on the flops.
It is possible to evaluate how other players play but it is hard because we cant see their real movement and expression. Most of the time, we will be only do guessing whether players are bluffing or not.
In poker, good combinations of cards are rare.
However, sometimes they fall out. Such chances should be used to the maximum. In these situations, it is necessary to dramatically increase the size of the bank. This can be done in a simple way. Without trying to resort to trickery.
It also happens that you are missing one card. If you get this card, then you have a strong combination. What to do in this case? In this case, you need to bluff!
This is a chance to increase the bank and wait for the card you need. Your winnings in this case will be the maximum.
First and foremost, some people find it difficult to calculate the probability of having these kinds of card combinations. Of course, bluffing is a skill; it is occasionally effective, but it is not for everyone; yet, attempting to bluff can influence the outcome of the game; however, if you already have a good combination, there is no reason to doubt it. It's better to try than sorry.
Exactly.
Poker is indeed a very difficult game especially if you're professionally playing it since you can't cheat on a casino unless you're with the house. The probability itself is very hard to execute in a game, because you'll get nervous and will start to panic especially if you're competing with people who are in the same level as you. So, sometimes the bluff is the only thing that will save you from losing.
As I wrote about it, if you don't know how to bluff here and there you will not be able to win anything in the long run! Simple statistic, I had moments in games where I couldn't win with a normal hand, I can't get anything... the hands I won are just from scaring others with rises and reraises, it's always risky but it was like the only way for me to get some chips and stay in the game!
We play our cards as we think it's the best at that moment, for sure "sometimes our play will pass, sometimes it won't!" that's poker... the better you are in choosing your hands to fight for and win and the ones you should avoid will make you a better player!
I fully agree with you, bluffing is a very important part about poker. If we don't bluff then we are losing too many hands and will not be profitable in the long run. Only playing the nuts is not enough to win back the blinds and turn a profit in the long run. With 10 players at a table we are only winning on average 10% of the hands by playing the nuts, if we start bluffing we can increase that number. Also if our opponents start to pick up the fact that we only play the nuts we become exploitable. In a heads up match the chances are that both you and your opponent didn't connect on the flop, with both players behind it comes down to who wants to bluff and buy the pot. This doesn't mean of course that we should be bluffing all time, if we play too loose than the others will notice it too. It is important to switch between playing nuts and bluffing all the time to be less predictable.
Go for a walk, drink wine or beer, have sex.
Not sure if this is the best advice when it comes to Poker because it will likely make us more tired and less concentrated. When I am playing poker I try to not drink alcohol. In the past I played some session after drinking and usually just lost money. Drinking and gambling is usually not a good mix, at least for me. Coffee or energy drinks are much better.
The best online poker players are poker fans. They are passionate about poker. However, you cannot play poker 24/7. Psychological fatigue will appear.
Poker is a game in which the player does not have complete control over the game. Much depends on luck.
Sometimes it's annoying.
How do you know that you are mentally tired? You need to monitor your feelings and actions.
For example, you started talking to yourself. This is bad. This is a sign of fatigue...
Every time before you start playing, ask yourself the question: “Do I really want to play? Am I ready to continue playing if I have bad cards? " The poker fan plays for the love of the game, not just to make money.
If you have no desire to play, then it is better to take a break from the game.
Go for a walk, drink wine or beer, have sex.
Poker is a game in which the player does not have complete control over the game. Much depends on luck.
Sometimes it's annoying.
How do you know that you are mentally tired? You need to monitor your feelings and actions.
For example, you started talking to yourself. This is bad. This is a sign of fatigue...
Every time before you start playing, ask yourself the question: “Do I really want to play? Am I ready to continue playing if I have bad cards? " The poker fan plays for the love of the game, not just to make money.
If you have no desire to play, then it is better to take a break from the game.
Go for a walk, drink wine or beer, have sex.
In poker it is NOT the cards you have, it's the cards people THINK you have. There are several things you can do to make them think you have very strong cards, sometimes you will, sometimes you won't. You can scare people off pots easily early on, or after say an ace shows up on the turn with 359 on the board, by betting say 1/3 the pot. IF they have the ace, so be it, you fold to their next bet. More often than not they will have one of the other 46 cards in the deck.
As I wrote about it, if you don't know how to bluff here and there you will not be able to win anything in the long run! Simple statistic, I had moments in games where I couldn't win with a normal hand, I can't get anything... the hands I won are just from scaring others with rises and reraises, it's always risky but it was like the only way for me to get some chips and stay in the game!
We play our cards as we think it's the best at that moment, for sure "sometimes our play will pass, sometimes it won't!" that's poker... the better you are in choosing your hands to fight for and win and the ones you should avoid will make you a better player!
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.
In poker it is NOT the cards you have, it's the cards people THINK you have. There are several things you can do to make them think you have very strong cards, sometimes you will, sometimes you won't. You can scare people off pots easily early on, or after say an ace shows up on the turn with 359 on the board, by betting say 1/3 the pot. IF they have the ace, so be it, you fold to their next bet. More often than not they will have one of the other 46 cards in the deck.
Strategy is a must in terms of playing poker, but it is also quite important to develop one's logic and mathematical skills to predict and read the movements of your opponent. Having a poker face or to intimidate your opponent is also a skill must have, it's also a battle of emotions no matter what hand you have. You must certainly deal with it intuitively to make money out of poker.
How are you going to intimidate people from the other chairs if you're playing it online? Is there a way to do that? not unless it's another poker platform that will give you some emoticons to trigger the other players whenever you win or every time they lose. I've played that type of poker but it's not with real money and it's only chips that doesn't have monetary value but it's enjoying to poke and intimidate your opponents because it's either they leave the table or do the same to you.It is almost impossible to do it online, what you can do if you play online poker is to maximize your own knowledge/skill about your card and your chance based on the flops.
It is possible to evaluate how other players play but it is hard because we cant see their real movement and expression. Most of the time, we will be only do guessing whether players are bluffing or not.
In poker, good combinations of cards are rare.
However, sometimes they fall out. Such chances should be used to the maximum. In these situations, it is necessary to dramatically increase the size of the bank. This can be done in a simple way. Without trying to resort to trickery.
It also happens that you are missing one card. If you get this card, then you have a strong combination. What to do in this case? In this case, you need to bluff!
This is a chance to increase the bank and wait for the card you need. Your winnings in this case will be the maximum.
First and foremost, some people find it difficult to calculate the probability of having these kinds of card combinations. Of course, bluffing is a skill; it is occasionally effective, but it is not for everyone; yet, attempting to bluff can influence the outcome of the game; however, if you already have a good combination, there is no reason to doubt it. It's better to try than sorry.
Strategy is a must in terms of playing poker, but it is also quite important to develop one's logic and mathematical skills to predict and read the movements of your opponent. Having a poker face or to intimidate your opponent is also a skill must have, it's also a battle of emotions no matter what hand you have. You must certainly deal with it intuitively to make money out of poker.
How are you going to intimidate people from the other chairs if you're playing it online? Is there a way to do that? not unless it's another poker platform that will give you some emoticons to trigger the other players whenever you win or every time they lose. I've played that type of poker but it's not with real money and it's only chips that doesn't have monetary value but it's enjoying to poke and intimidate your opponents because it's either they leave the table or do the same to you.It is almost impossible to do it online, what you can do if you play online poker is to maximize your own knowledge/skill about your card and your chance based on the flops.
It is possible to evaluate how other players play but it is hard because we cant see their real movement and expression. Most of the time, we will be only do guessing whether players are bluffing or not.
In poker, good combinations of cards are rare.
However, sometimes they fall out. Such chances should be used to the maximum. In these situations, it is necessary to dramatically increase the size of the bank. This can be done in a simple way. Without trying to resort to trickery.
It also happens that you are missing one card. If you get this card, then you have a strong combination. What to do in this case? In this case, you need to bluff!
This is a chance to increase the bank and wait for the card you need. Your winnings in this case will be the maximum.
Strategy is a must in terms of playing poker, but it is also quite important to develop one's logic and mathematical skills to predict and read the movements of your opponent. Having a poker face or to intimidate your opponent is also a skill must have, it's also a battle of emotions no matter what hand you have. You must certainly deal with it intuitively to make money out of poker.
How are you going to intimidate people from the other chairs if you're playing it online? Is there a way to do that? not unless it's another poker platform that will give you some emoticons to trigger the other players whenever you win or every time they lose. I've played that type of poker but it's not with real money and it's only chips that doesn't have monetary value but it's enjoying to poke and intimidate your opponents because it's either they leave the table or do the same to you.It is almost impossible to do it online, what you can do if you play online poker is to maximize your own knowledge/skill about your card and your chance based on the flops.
It is possible to evaluate how other players play but it is hard because we cant see their real movement and expression. Most of the time, we will be only do guessing whether players are bluffing or not.
Some players preferred to instantly play in the casino rather than staying in their room learning about poker. Experience is the best teacher, as what the saying says, being in an actual match is much better than visualizing what you are reading or watching. However, it is risky of course, but so is gambling.
Investing in Altcoins is the same, without any knowledge about it, you're also at risk like gambling.
If they prefer to play in the casino, that could be good because they can get real experience with the real players to see how they play and maybe they can get something from experience. Yes, experience is the best teacher if they can learn from that but they need to learn in earnest to become a pro player. They can learn about the strategies from another player while applying them later in the next few days. Investing in Altcoins is the same, without any knowledge about it, you're also at risk like gambling.
That is why before we do something new to us, we need to spend some time learning the basic thing about that so we can know what we need to do and the learning process will never stop, even if we know many things.
Spending time to learn is the best practice if you want to increase your chance in winning, it's true that by experienced you'll be able to enhance your skills, by looking from how poker players do their drills you will understand those things that you have read or watch from any videos that you see online.
Gestures and the way players performing are the things that you will have to learn when doing this game offshore, with an actual opponent in front of you, you will enhance your skills in reading or anticipating what kinds of strategy to use.
Some players preferred to instantly play in the casino rather than staying in their room learning about poker. Experience is the best teacher, as what the saying says, being in an actual match is much better than visualizing what you are reading or watching. However, it is risky of course, but so is gambling.
To the newbies, visualizing the actual game is normal but that's not enough to feel the game itself. As the common thing in gambling, risk is always with poker and any other gambling game you play.Investing in Altcoins is the same, without any knowledge about it, you're also at risk like gambling.
True, investing and gambling without common knowledge to what you're about to take is like you're throwing money without thinking. 
Some players preferred to instantly play in the casino rather than staying in their room learning about poker. Experience is the best teacher, as what the saying says, being in an actual match is much better than visualizing what you are reading or watching. However, it is risky of course, but so is gambling.
Investing in Altcoins is the same, without any knowledge about it, you're also at risk like gambling.
If they prefer to play in the casino, that could be good because they can get real experience with the real players to see how they play and maybe they can get something from experience. Yes, experience is the best teacher if they can learn from that but they need to learn in earnest to become a pro player. They can learn about the strategies from another player while applying them later in the next few days. Investing in Altcoins is the same, without any knowledge about it, you're also at risk like gambling.
That is why before we do something new to us, we need to spend some time learning the basic thing about that so we can know what we need to do and the learning process will never stop, even if we know many things.
It's kind of understandable why it's a lot easier to bluff in online since there's a lot less pressure due to the fact that you're actually playing online, instead of f2f with someone. If you aren't someone used to seeing a person look at you face to face in a tense situation, then I wouldn't consider it weird that you're having a hard time bluffing.
When we talk about bluffing, some people can hide their expression and calm down, no matter their situations, because they learn about how the human body can show their expression at that time. They do not need to wear black sunglasses to hide their eyes because they are experts hiding that. But in online poker, you will not feel easier to bluff them by using your money because we do not see how their expression is, and that is difficult to predict their card.This is one area that I feel like I am very good at. It took some time playing poker to be able to learn how to be good at bluffing and keep a straight face but eventually I sort of got in to this mode where I would just stare straight at the cards, never really looking at anyone else, and I made sure to always do this every time that I was in a battle with other players. I think one of the main things is consistency as to make sure you're not giving yourself up by doing some sort of habit.
Poker is a unique gambling game because we need to master controlling the emotion, knowing how to use the innocent face so the opponent can not identify our card. That is why not many people can become pro poker players because they need to learn many things before improving their skills in a poker game.
Seen some poker players to that, it must take a lot of time and practice to master the skills, the gambler has to have high risk intelligence before taking the bets. If it's just investing in altcoins, you can just invest in funds you can afford to lose. With Hero call, you are about to lose it all.
How does one respond to the uncertainty as to whether he'd do a call or not? Having cards with a high chance of winning too I guess.
Having cards with a high chance can be on our side but we can not expect that can happen many times. So before we play deeper or learn more details about poker, we need to know the risk, consequences, and all other things because learning poker will not be easy as it said.
Some players preferred to instantly play in the casino rather than staying in their room learning about poker. Experience is the best teacher, as what the saying says, being in an actual match is much better than visualizing what you are reading or watching. However, it is risky of course, but so is gambling.
Investing in Altcoins is the same, without any knowledge about it, you're also at risk like gambling.
Strategy is a must in terms of playing poker, but it is also quite important to develop one's logic and mathematical skills to predict and read the movements of your opponent. Having a poker face or to intimidate your opponent is also a skill must have, it's also a battle of emotions no matter what hand you have. You must certainly deal with it intuitively to make money out of poker.
How are you going to intimidate people from the other chairs if you're playing it online? Is there a way to do that? not unless it's another poker platform that will give you some emoticons to trigger the other players whenever you win or every time they lose. I've played that type of poker but it's not with real money and it's only chips that doesn't have monetary value but it's enjoying to poke and intimidate your opponents because it's either they leave the table or do the same to you.It is almost impossible to do it online, what you can do if you play online poker is to maximize your own knowledge/skill about your card and your chance based on the flops.
It is possible to evaluate how other players play but it is hard because we cant see their real movement and expression. Most of the time, we will be only do guessing whether players are bluffing or not.
Strategy is a must in terms of playing poker, but it is also quite important to develop one's logic and mathematical skills to predict and read the movements of your opponent. Having a poker face or to intimidate your opponent is also a skill must have, it's also a battle of emotions no matter what hand you have. You must certainly deal with it intuitively to make money out of poker.
How are you going to intimidate people from the other chairs if you're playing it online? Is there a way to do that? not unless it's another poker platform that will give you some emoticons to trigger the other players whenever you win or every time they lose. I've played that type of poker but it's not with real money and it's only chips that doesn't have monetary value but it's enjoying to poke and intimidate your opponents because it's either they leave the table or do the same to you. It's kind of understandable why it's a lot easier to bluff in online since there's a lot less pressure due to the fact that you're actually playing online, instead of f2f with someone. If you aren't someone used to seeing a person look at you face to face in a tense situation, then I wouldn't consider it weird that you're having a hard time bluffing.
When we talk about bluffing, some people can hide their expression and calm down, no matter their situations, because they learn about how the human body can show their expression at that time. They do not need to wear black sunglasses to hide their eyes because they are experts hiding that. But in online poker, you will not feel easier to bluff them by using your money because we do not see how their expression is, and that is difficult to predict their card.This is one area that I feel like I am very good at. It took some time playing poker to be able to learn how to be good at bluffing and keep a straight face but eventually I sort of got in to this mode where I would just stare straight at the cards, never really looking at anyone else, and I made sure to always do this every time that I was in a battle with other players. I think one of the main things is consistency as to make sure you're not giving yourself up by doing some sort of habit.
Poker is a unique gambling game because we need to master controlling the emotion, knowing how to use the innocent face so the opponent can not identify our card. That is why not many people can become pro poker players because they need to learn many things before improving their skills in a poker game.
Seen some poker players to that, it must take a lot of time and practice to master the skills, the gambler has to have high risk intelligence before taking the bets. If it's just investing in altcoins, you can just invest in funds you can afford to lose. With Hero call, you are about to lose it all.
How does one respond to the uncertainty as to whether he'd do a call or not? Having cards with a high chance of winning too I guess.
Having cards with a high chance can be on our side but we can not expect that can happen many times. So before we play deeper or learn more details about poker, we need to know the risk, consequences, and all other things because learning poker will not be easy as it said.
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