Though really, if all your opponents were people who played it safe, why bother playing just leave the table imo.
I wouldn't leave if they're playing safe. All of the people at the table will definitely play for their own safety and they won't just leave just as you're thinking. But if you think that it's better for you to leave the table and look elsewhere then you do it. But that's not the best option IMO if you want to play with others through the same table. You all have the same chance of bluffing and winning in cards and it's all going to be depending on when you fold and when to call at most times. Adopting what others are doing will make you last in a table.
Topic: Poker Tips- what kind of strategies do you use when playing? - page 7. (Read 999 times)
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!
Ouch , age spolier lol.i couldnt agree more with you, texas hold'em was my favorite card games , it riquires skills and intelligence at once.
not just a game of 50/50 chance , there a lot of arts invented during the game.
and the most used strategy in my time is by doing semi-bluffing ... just to make your opponent confused between is that a real one or fake one... so they get lured to go allin while you are holding a straight flush. beautiful moment.
Though really, if all your opponents were people who played it safe, why bother playing just leave the table imo.
I wouldn't leave if they're playing safe. All of the people at the table will definitely play for their own safety and they won't just leave just as you're thinking. But if you think that it's better for you to leave the table and look elsewhere then you do it. But that's not the best option IMO if you want to play with others through the same table. You all have the same chance of bluffing and winning in cards and it's all going to be depending on when you fold and when to call at most times. Adopting what others are doing will make you last in a table. 
Though really, if all your opponents were people who played it safe, why bother playing just leave the table imo.
No, don't leave the table. If your opponents are like that, it means they are predictable. You can easily read their plays if they are always staying safe. They won't raise if they got a bad hand, for example, so you need to stay away once they start raising bigger amounts.
These are also the kind of players you can easily bluff in poker. You put a good raise and they will fold immediately. If you think you have the stronger hand, you can also easily catch them by simply calling every time they raise and then raise or even all-in in your last bet. They'll either be scared or they'll fight their weaker hand.
Situations like these were common and it do really sucks when you had seen the outcome or result which you would say up to your mind that you had eventually won if you had made out your initial thoughts and this is something a very common scenario or situation where poker players do experience on and even if you do have experience then mistakes like these cant really be avoided but when you are already
good at it on handling things out then you would do better than others and also its totally different when you do play against in person compared to online.
And that's why you really have to mix your play with bluffs, even those that are good cards, you need to mix them properly so that enemies would be properly distracted and wouldn't expect for a bluff to come to you. Not only that, it's also very important for you to take into account the strategy of your opponents since if you can identify when he's bluffing or when he's not, you can easily avoid worst-case scenarios and profit off of his bluffs by leading him on. Though really, if all your opponents were people who played it safe, why bother playing just leave the table imo. good at it on handling things out then you would do better than others and also its totally different when you do play against in person compared to online.
A player with a good hand makes a decision very quickly, and a player who takes longer than usual to make a decision obviously doubts his cards.
I cant fully agree with this assumption. If you think so, you might be tricked easily by your opponent. I think you need to watch some videos of poker competition where you can see many popular players in the same table. You'll see, even if someone own a very good hand and have lets say 90% winning chance, the player will not do it fast. Most will act like they are thinking about the probabilities or even they will act like they are doubting their own cards to trick their opponents.
Yeah I agree with you as well that this is absolutely not the case. By saying that, or playing with having that in mind, you're going to fall to bluffs really easily. One of the worst things you can do is be too aggressive and make your moves too quickly. That is just often a dead giveaway that you've got a good hand and you're likely to have people just folding on you and your good hand.
good at it on handling things out then you would do better than others and also its totally different when you do play against in person compared to online.
My poker strategy is that for a while I play just waiting for a good hand and not bluffing. As soon as I notice that the players at the table understand my strategy, I include a bluff in the game. I am not a professional poker player, but sometimes I can make good money. Playing poker I like to take risks as it is the risk that brings real emotions, but often I have to pay too much.
When I play poker offline, I watch the behavior of the players very closely.
For example, if a player dresses defiantly, speaks loudly, then he is prone to bluffing. Neat and taciturn people, as a rule, do not like and do not know how to bluff.
I have a good memory. Therefore, I memorize my cards. Many players look at their cards very often and their opponents look at them. Long-term observation of a player examining his cards makes it possible to understand what combination of cards he has in his hands. You need to develop your memory and memorize your cards right away. And then you need to bluff - depicting certain emotions.
There are many such psychological tricks in the game of poker.
How about your strategy when you play online poker? I'm sure you cant apply the same strategy because you cant watch the behavior of other players. You cant see their moves, their expression, etc. Avoid this question if you are not playing online poker.
This is why I hate online poker compared to in person. Bluffing is not that easy to do, and really I'm not sure it works at all. I mean a player could be taking some time to make their move simply because they spilled some soup on their lap or whatever. When you take bluffing out of the game, it just takes a good bit of skill out of it. This is kind of how it is when you play "fast poker". At the casinos near where I live, they have in person poker, but there really isn't any bluffing. Everyone just quickly makes their moves. Takes so much of the fun out of it.
A player with a good hand makes a decision very quickly, and a player who takes longer than usual to make a decision obviously doubts his cards.
I cant fully agree with this assumption. If you think so, you might be tricked easily by your opponent. I think you need to watch some videos of poker competition where you can see many popular players in the same table. You'll see, even if someone own a very good hand and have lets say 90% winning chance, the player will not do it fast. Most will act like they are thinking about the probabilities or even they will act like they are doubting their own cards to trick their opponents.
Yeah I agree with you as well that this is absolutely not the case. By saying that, or playing with having that in mind, you're going to fall to bluffs really easily. One of the worst things you can do is be too aggressive and make your moves too quickly. That is just often a dead giveaway that you've got a good hand and you're likely to have people just folding on you and your good hand.
I am not a good poker player therefore I tend to loose most of the times, therefore for me the best strategy is actually knowing when to quit.
Some people drag on the game too long because they feel like they are gonna make all the money back, whatever they have lost, which does make it really difficult for them to realize that being too emotional makes your odds of winning even lower.
Other than that I think if we put everything aside, the best winning strategy would be learning more and gaining more experience overtime, because it's not just a game of luck but a game of skill as well.
Some people drag on the game too long because they feel like they are gonna make all the money back, whatever they have lost, which does make it really difficult for them to realize that being too emotional makes your odds of winning even lower.
Other than that I think if we put everything aside, the best winning strategy would be learning more and gaining more experience overtime, because it's not just a game of luck but a game of skill as well.
My poker strategy is that for a while I play just waiting for a good hand and not bluffing. As soon as I notice that the players at the table understand my strategy, I include a bluff in the game. I am not a professional poker player, but sometimes I can make good money. Playing poker I like to take risks as it is the risk that brings real emotions, but often I have to pay too much.
When I play poker offline, I watch the behavior of the players very closely.
For example, if a player dresses defiantly, speaks loudly, then he is prone to bluffing. Neat and taciturn people, as a rule, do not like and do not know how to bluff.
I have a good memory. Therefore, I memorize my cards. Many players look at their cards very often and their opponents look at them. Long-term observation of a player examining his cards makes it possible to understand what combination of cards he has in his hands. You need to develop your memory and memorize your cards right away. And then you need to bluff - depicting certain emotions.
There are many such psychological tricks in the game of poker.
How about your strategy when you play online poker? I'm sure you cant apply the same strategy because you cant watch the behavior of other players. You cant see their moves, their expression, etc. Avoid this question if you are not playing online poker.
My poker strategy is that for a while I play just waiting for a good hand and not bluffing. As soon as I notice that the players at the table understand my strategy, I include a bluff in the game. I am not a professional poker player, but sometimes I can make good money. Playing poker I like to take risks as it is the risk that brings real emotions, but often I have to pay too much.
When I play poker offline, I watch the behavior of the players very closely.
For example, if a player dresses defiantly, speaks loudly, then he is prone to bluffing. Neat and taciturn people, as a rule, do not like and do not know how to bluff.
I have a good memory. Therefore, I memorize my cards. Many players look at their cards very often and their opponents look at them. Long-term observation of a player examining his cards makes it possible to understand what combination of cards he has in his hands. You need to develop your memory and memorize your cards right away. And then you need to bluff - depicting certain emotions.
There are many such psychological tricks in the game of poker.
It depends. Sometimes I come out aggressive in the first round of betting. That usually happens when I have strong hands. If you have an ace and a king for example you should try to raise a good amount to scare them away. I mean scare away those who have low cards who are waiting for the flop. But I could also use that even with low hole cards. That is still bluffing in a way but a different kind since the community cards are not opened yet. It is possible to gauge the strength of your opponents' hand that way.
It will not be a problem if you play aggressively if you have good cards but not many times you can have a good card in the poker games since you will get different cards in the next rounds. When we play poker offline, we can scare them away and bluffing them because we have good cards but in the online poker cards, I am not sure if you can do the same trick because we do not see the other opponent. Playing calm down will be better, whether you have good cards or bad cards, because the opponent will not think and hard to guess what cards we have. 
A player with a good hand makes a decision very quickly, and a player who takes longer than usual to make a decision obviously doubts his cards.
I cant fully agree with this assumption. If you think so, you might be tricked easily by your opponent. I think you need to watch some videos of poker competition where you can see many popular players in the same table. You'll see, even if someone own a very good hand and have lets say 90% winning chance, the player will not do it fast. Most will act like they are thinking about the probabilities or even they will act like they are doubting their own cards to trick their opponents.
Not a few poker fans who have bad luck, poker does need professional strategies and tricks, first I was involved in poker gambling my luck was not good, however, experience and learning from mistakes and defeats kept me a little bit away from it, at least 3 bet two for me.
As for the strategy I'm currently using and getting good results is.
• My cards really need to be understood several types of cards in poker games, for example: 3 Of Kind, Jack, Ace, Flush, Straight, Bluffing and many more that I need to understand.
• I am not in a hurry in making decisions and I must properly understand the opponent's movements.
• the choice of a poker table is also important for me, for me to be able to relax and still be able to play well and be patient as well as the best benchmark that I do.
As for the strategy I'm currently using and getting good results is.
• My cards really need to be understood several types of cards in poker games, for example: 3 Of Kind, Jack, Ace, Flush, Straight, Bluffing and many more that I need to understand.
• I am not in a hurry in making decisions and I must properly understand the opponent's movements.
• the choice of a poker table is also important for me, for me to be able to relax and still be able to play well and be patient as well as the best benchmark that I do.
When playing online poker we can't read emotions from the faces of opponents, so I try to pay attention to the amount of time it takes for a player to make a decision. A player with a good hand makes a decision very quickly, and a player who takes longer than usual to make a decision obviously doubts his cards. This strategy allows me to replace, in a sense, the analysis of players' emotions.
I am sure that this is a very dangerous and unfounded assumption, which often leads to large losses. If your opponent has a strong hand and is confident that he will win, then he will reflect on the size of the value bet, because if he incorrectly determines the strength of your hands and bets too much, then you will simply fold the hand and he will not get anything (in addition to what is already in the bank).
Of course this will not work 100% and is not the main factor to rely on when playing because there can be many reasons for increasing the decision-making time, but I try to pay attention to it and use it in conjunction with an analysis of the behavior of each player at the gaming table.
When playing online poker we can't read emotions from the faces of opponents, so I try to pay attention to the amount of time it takes for a player to make a decision. A player with a good hand makes a decision very quickly, and a player who takes longer than usual to make a decision obviously doubts his cards. This strategy allows me to replace, in a sense, the analysis of players' emotions.
I am sure that this is a very dangerous and unfounded assumption, which often leads to large losses. If your opponent has a strong hand and is confident that he will win, then he will reflect on the size of the value bet, because if he incorrectly determines the strength of your hands and bets too much, then you will simply fold the hand and he will not get anything (in addition to what is already in the bank).
My poker strategy is that for a while I play just waiting for a good hand and not bluffing. As soon as I notice that the players at the table understand my strategy, I include a bluff in the game. I am not a professional poker player, but sometimes I can make good money. Playing poker I like to take risks as it is the risk that brings real emotions, but often I have to pay too much.
This is a big part of poker strategy, knowing how to read the table and how others on the table are perceiving your style of play. For example if you are playing too many hands, you might raise on the flop and fold to a counter raise. If you do that several times and all the other players see it, then they might push on you at the next attempt they see. However you might use this sort of strategy to loosen players up or bully tight play, you might lead them along at times by acting weak and calling their re-raises - all the while having the nuts. Being able to mix up your strategy can be a very powerful tool. You should also be able to work out who the weakest player on the table currently is, otherwise it's likely to be you and you'll be leaking chips to stronger players.
If it is a good strategy, but sometimes it does not apply, I have seen how many players just move or make a gesture with their faces and they know what possible game they have, that is; Bad or Good, when you learn to have that perception, what you should do is know how to use that to your advantage, no matter what the player does or says, because it is already known, even if you show that you have a very good game, your arguments will fall. After the 2nd bet, they usually get very excited and that gives them away, in fact there are many players who when they get a good hand, it shows so much that the others end up checking and the player does not win anything.
When playing online poker we can't read emotions from the faces of opponents, so I try to pay attention to the amount of time it takes for a player to make a decision. A player with a good hand makes a decision very quickly, and a player who takes longer than usual to make a decision obviously doubts his cards. This strategy allows me to replace, in a sense, the analysis of players' emotions.
which its really hard to tell whether they are into something or just simply had bad cards.
We do make out some similar behavior when it comes on observing about their actions on the way that they are making decisions or on the duration that they do
put their cards.
It isnt precise but it does really work some of time but not an assurance thing.
The only winning strategy at poker is to be unpredictable to the other players.
Bluffing when they don't expect and don't always wait for the strong hand.
If your playing form some kind of a pattern,any good poker player can be able to predict when you bluff and when you have a strong hand.Patience is also a key for being successful at poker.
I've never played offline poker in front of other players,so I don't have experience there.I also don't have a "poker face" and I'm not that good at hiding my emotions.
I used to play online poker a lot,but I got bored.Now,I'm starting again.
Bluffing when they don't expect and don't always wait for the strong hand.
If your playing form some kind of a pattern,any good poker player can be able to predict when you bluff and when you have a strong hand.Patience is also a key for being successful at poker.
I've never played offline poker in front of other players,so I don't have experience there.I also don't have a "poker face" and I'm not that good at hiding my emotions.
I used to play online poker a lot,but I got bored.Now,I'm starting again.
My poker strategy is that for a while I play just waiting for a good hand and not bluffing. As soon as I notice that the players at the table understand my strategy, I include a bluff in the game. I am not a professional poker player, but sometimes I can make good money. Playing poker I like to take risks as it is the risk that brings real emotions, but often I have to pay too much.
This is a big part of poker strategy, knowing how to read the table and how others on the table are perceiving your style of play. For example if you are playing too many hands, you might raise on the flop and fold to a counter raise. If you do that several times and all the other players see it, then they might push on you at the next attempt they see. However you might use this sort of strategy to loosen players up or bully tight play, you might lead them along at times by acting weak and calling their re-raises - all the while having the nuts. Being able to mix up your strategy can be a very powerful tool. You should also be able to work out who the weakest player on the table currently is, otherwise it's likely to be you and you'll be leaking chips to stronger players.
If it is a good strategy, but sometimes it does not apply, I have seen how many players just move or make a gesture with their faces and they know what possible game they have, that is; Bad or Good, when you learn to have that perception, what you should do is know how to use that to your advantage, no matter what the player does or says, because it is already known, even if you show that you have a very good game, your arguments will fall. After the 2nd bet, they usually get very excited and that gives them away, in fact there are many players who when they get a good hand, it shows so much that the others end up checking and the player does not win anything.
When playing online poker we can't read emotions from the faces of opponents, so I try to pay attention to the amount of time it takes for a player to make a decision. A player with a good hand makes a decision very quickly, and a player who takes longer than usual to make a decision obviously doubts his cards. This strategy allows me to replace, in a sense, the analysis of players' emotions.
It depends. Sometimes I come out aggressive in the first round of betting. That usually happens when I have strong hands. If you have an ace and a king for example you should try to raise a good amount to scare them away. I mean scare away those who have low cards who are waiting for the flop. But I could also use that even with low hole cards. That is still bluffing in a way but a different kind since the community cards are not opened yet. It is possible to gauge the strength of your opponents' hand that way.
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