I don't want to waste my time not doing anything while im recovering, so i tried what i want to do which is to create a online poker account. There is a website that gives you a free $50 start-up that you can use to start online. You just have to read some of their tips and answer their quiz and you'll get your $5o. So to pass the quiz ive written some of the important things discussed:
BankRoll Management:
25bb rule
Make money in poker:
The secret of poker is: avoid making mistakes yourself while taking advantage of your opponents' mistakes.
Playing aggressively puts pressure on opponents, pressure makes them prone on making bad decisions. When they make bad decisions, you win their chips.
Common Mistakes:
They play too many hands and, as a result, many hands that are too weak.
They play too passively.
They have difficulty folding, and end up paying too much for speculative hands, for instance.
They bluff too much and at the wrong times. Often they unnecessarily inflate pots with pure bluffs.
They don't factor in their position at the table.
They don't practise good bankroll management and anxiety about their money dictates how they play.
What you do in contrast to be a winning player:
You only select hands that are worth playing.
You play aggressively.
You don't have a problem with folding, if the situation becomes unprofitable. You don't get “attached” to your cards.
You don‘t bluff much but when you do, you do it at the right time. You don't bluff when you're playing for a big pot.
You adapt your game according to your position at the table.
You manage your poker bankroll well and can make moves because you know they are profitable, without worrying about the fact that you might sometimes also lose the hand.
Table position
Early, Middle, Late, SBBB.
Everytime a table losses a player, you subtract from the early position i.e. 8 players 1 early postion 3 mid, 2 late, SBBB
STARTING HANDS: choosing the right hands pre-flop and doing the proper action pre-flop can make ur decisions after the flop easier.
Early Mid Late Blinds
BIG PAIRS Raise Raise Raise Raise
AA KK QQ
AK Raise Raise Raise Raise
JJ Raise Raise Raise Raise
Raised Call Call Call Call
Low pairs:
Unraised Fold Call Raise Call
99-22 Called Fold Call Call Call
Raised Fold Call Call Call
Middle Ace
AQ, AJ, Unraised Fold Raise Raise Raise
A10
Called Fold Fold Raise Call
Raised Fold Fold Fold Fold
Low Ace
A9-A2s Unraised Fold Fold Raise Call
Called Fold Fold Call Call
Raised Fold Fold Fold Fold
Suited Fold Fold Raise Raise
Face Cards Fold Call Call Call
KQ KJ K10 Fold Fold Fold Fold
QJ Q10
J10
Fold Fold Raise Raise
Face Cards (o) Fold Fold Fold Call
Fold Fold Fold Fold
Suited Conn, Fold Fold Raise Fold
10-9 9-8 Fold Call Call Call
8-7 7-6 Fold Fold Fold Fold
6-5 5-4
How to play hands pre-flop
When NO ONE has raised you and you have a raising hand, Raise 4x BB + 1 BB for every player that came in. See chart.
When 1 Person raised before you and you have a raising hand, Raised 3x the raise + 1 raise for every player that called the raise. AA KK QQ . For JJ TT call20.
When facing a MULTIPLE raise before you and you have a raising hand, Go All-In. AA KK.
When facing a RAISE AFTER you raised and got a raising hand, Go All-In. AA KK. For AK AQ, fold. For hands lower than AA KK, you can call and see the flop for a set if you and your opponent has more than 20x the raise. Call 20.
For min-raises, call if you already entered the hand.
How to play pre-flop
When NO ONE has raised you and you have a raising hand, Raise 4x BB + 1 BB for every player that came in. See chart.
When 1 Person raised before you and you have a raising hand, Raised 3x the raise + 1 raise for every player that called the raise. AA KK QQ . For JJ TT call20.
When facing a MULTIPLE raise before you and you have a raising hand, Go All-In. AA KK.
When facing a RAISE AFTER you raised and got a raising hand, Go All-In. AA KK. For AK AQ, fold. For hands lower than AA KK, you can call and see the flop for a set if you and your opponent has more than 20x the raise. Call 20.
For min-raises, call if you already entered the hand.
On the Flop
In No-Limit Hold’em the aggressive, thinking player who carefully selects the spots to show aggression, wins. Every bet and every raise should have a purpose.
If you raised pre-flop, you can become the aggressor because you represented a BIG hand. Now, you can put chips on the pot for value. On the flop these bets are called Continuation bets.
Know when a board is good for CBETS or not. Good to CBET when a high card, ace, pair is on the board. Its bad to CBET when the board is draw heavy. Try to bluff extremely tight players if you think the flop did not connected them.
When to bluff, when opponents are comfortable folding.
Protection: Protect your hand if your hand is vulnerable on the flop.
Dont bet if youre not holding the best hand.
Why not to bet
There are a lot of good reasons not to bet or raise, for example, when you have absolutely nothing at all. Three other good reasons not to bet are: pot control, bluff induce, and slowplay.
Pot control
Once you see the flop you should more or less know what kind of pot you want to play for. If you have a monster, you want to play for a big pot and go all-in if possible. If you have a weak hand, you don't want to see any big bets and would prefer to play for a small pot.
The saying goes: Big pots are for big hands, small pots are for small hands. When you don't have a really strong hand (top-pair is seldom a very strong hand), you don't want the pot size to get out of control.
This is what we refer to as pot control.
You can play for pot control when the board isn't offering any noteworthy draws and you are in position. In this example the community cards do not allow for any strong draws. You don't need to protect your hand on the turn.
If you check, this is what happens:
If your opponent does have a better hand, you lose less. You keep the pot small.
If your opponent has a weaker hand, perhaps a weaker pair of aces, a pair of eights or some other pair, he will often fold if you bet. When you check, you signal weakness, which might animate him to bet on the river, either as a bluff or because he thinks he has the best hand. Even if he doesn't bet, it is more likely that he will call a river bet that you make.
Slowplay
Whenever you play your hand as though it were much weaker than it actually is, you are slowplaying. Instead of playing as if you had a strong hand, you feign weakness and play the hand “slowly” and wait for later streets to bet or raise.
By under-representing your hand you can animate your opponent to overplay a weak hand or give your opponent the chance to pick up a playable hand.
Let's say you hit a full house on the flop. There aren't many hands your opponent could have that he would continue to play if you show aggression. By not betting, you give him the chance to either pick up something playable on the turn, or go right ahead and do something stupid on the flop itself.
Don't slowplay against too many opponents and don't slowplay on draw-heavy boards. Don't slowplay against passive opponents, either. You should only slowplay when you are certain that your opponent will take the bait and overplay his hand.
For most normal scenarios slowplay is the worst route to take. The reason is that there is a simple rule of thumb on the lower limits that you should never forget: your opponents are more likely to call a bet than to bet themselves. The reason for this was already mentioned: The average player in the lower limits is too loose and too passive.
*Nver slowplay a flush*
The weaker your hand, the more you should focus on pot control. The stronger your hand, the more you should focus on maximizing value. The more vulnerable your hand, the more you should focus on protection.
How should you play made hands?
Playing with made hands is relatively simple. If you have the best hand, you bet or raise. The weaker your hand, the more you need to pay attention to controlling the size of the pot. Try to keep the pot small with weak hands, and if your opponents offer too much resistance or make too much action, fold.
The more opponents you are facing, the stronger your hand needs to be. If there was no raise before the flop or if you called a pre-flop raise, you should have a really good hand before you get involved in any large post-flop pots.
Only slowplay with very strong hands. The more draw-heavy the board, and the more vulnerable your hand, the more important it is to focus on protection. Don’t let your opponents see the next community cards too cheaply.
Always try to find a balance between pot control and protection. You don't have to protect a marginal hand that could already be far behind.
Don't chase draws! If you have a flush draw on the turn, you will complete your flush on the river less than 20% of the time. You're wasting money when you call big bets on the turn. (So try to pressure your opponents by making a big bet on the turn)
If you raised before the flop, you can continue to play aggressively with a lot of draws, as long as you are only facing one or two opponents. You will, for example, almost always place a continuation bet on the flop when you have a strong draw.
When you are facing several opponents, or opponents who call every bet on principle, you can't bluff. The same counts when it comes to playing draws aggressively. You should only play a draw aggressively when you know your opponent(s) can fold.
Understanding the concepts of pot control and protection is very important. You don't want to play for a big pot with a mediocre hand. At the same time, you don't want to let your opponents see the next card for a cheap price when you have a vulnerable hand.
You should by now know that betting is only profitable when weaker made hands call, or when you protect your hand against draws. If you don't have the greatest hand and your opponent is giving you the chance to get to the river cheaply, take him up on it.
In general, the same rules you learned for pre-flop play can be applied to your play on the flop, turn and river:
Play tight and avoid marginal situations.
Play aggressively and take an active part in shaping the action instead of calling opponents' bets.
Play in position. Always look for the chance to play with position on your opponent(s), just like you do before the flop.
If you play by these principles you'll already have a considerable advantage over other players who you encounter at the low stakes. There is however a lot more to learn! As you move up in stakes, the games get more challenging. More advanced knowledge is needed to develop into a truly fearsome player.
These are some of the tips, very useful tips i read on the website (pokerstrategy.com) Hope these can help me a better player and more profitable player. Now ill be taking the test goodluck to me!
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