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 [Stone Cold Blog] Top Ten Worst Starting Holdem Poker Hands: But hands like J4, Q2, K3 are all Texas Fold’em hands. Even if you do pair your paint, chances are you will be outkicked at the showdown.

[urbangranola.com] Anatomy of a poker hand.: So there is $235 in the pot when he bet $185. As I said before, this is a great card for a couple of reasons: (1.) If he has something like Ace-King, it allows him to hit his top-pair, (2.) if I raise, it looks like I have a king and he may call just to try to split the pot now that it’s so big.

[foxwoodsfiend.com] A Few Hands That Didn’t Work So Well: So I’ve been playing a lot more poker and I’ve been experimenting with a lot of crazy lines lately.  Sometimes they work, sometimes they don’t but I take a lot of pride in doing crazy stuff that a lot of people might not do.  Trying to bluff a guy off trips in blind vs blind, trying to bluff Ansky off top pair through chat ownage, check/raise-4bet bluffing Jimmie23 in a 25k HU tournament and bet/folding the turn.  I like to think that doing stuff like this gives me license to do a lot of creative stuff for value, and at the very least I know that I can always answer yes to “But seriously, could I ever be bluffing here?”  So enjoy these failures:

[holdemforaliving.com: Strategy for Heads Up Play, Community for All] How to Make a Great Laydown: However, if you’re consistently laying down top two, sets, or even any two pair than you may be playing the wrong game. Hands of this strength don’t come around often enough in hold em for you to be making these laydowns UNLESS you’re .

 [The Punters Lounge - The World's Best Betting Forum] Mis-playing my opponent?: I felt this gave me some fold equity even if he had a big flush draw he couldn't call as the odds weren't good enough. But also my imagine was also quite tight - i don't often go AI unless i have the goods so i used all these thoughts to make a play.

[Free Online Poker Information] Texas Holdem Poker Online Strategy Guide - Best Free Winning Poker ...: Also do not forget that Texas hold em is a positional game, as the betting order is fixed for each round. This means that when you act last before the flop, you are getting a serious advantage of deciding what to do after all of your opponents have acted.

[Fleet Maker] Counting and Using Outs in Hold’em: You can’t always assume that just because someone bets that they have you beaten. If you are sure that they would only bet with the top pair, fold, but if you aren’t sure, and the pot is big, you may have to call the hand .

 [Dr. Poker Blog] Intermediate Poker Player Mistakes: Not only do you have top pair, yu might end up hitting trips or a two-pair. Sure, there is a good chance someone else will win the pot, but there is so much money in the pot that you should go ahead and call at least one bet.

 [Moniques Blog] Texas Holdem Sit And Go Tournament Strategy: If you are holding a pair, you will flop trips(three of a kind), about 1 in 8 times. If you hit trips on the flop then obviously you now have a great hand which will usually be good enough to win the pot.

[Chipstacked.com - Online Poker Strategy Blog] Strategy Snapshot: Caps Change Everything: He bets the turn to $7,400 and Ziigmund caps the pot to $23,800. durrrr, who has 14 outs against a pair of jacks, has no choice but to snap-call, getting almost 3-1 with his good draw and possibly even best hand with the history he and Ziigmund have together.

[Jon's Poker Blog] Home Game: At this point, I’m not sure I’m behind, but because of the stacks, I probably have the best hand on the side and may be able to win a big side pot if I can dodge an 8 or 9 on the turn and river. The turn was a 5 (bringing a 2-flush, but given the cards I can see, it could either have helped me, or changed nothing).

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