Poker Strategies
After receiving pocket cards, you are immediately faced with a choice: play your cards and either raise or call the blinds, or fold.
Practice Matters
If your opponent calls
If your opponent calls then you can lead the turn for 2/3rds the pot. You have possibly 1–2 over cards, a back door straight and 2nd nut flush back door as well. There are plenty of bad cards for your opponent’s range so that you can shove a lot of rivers as well if you miss hitting anything of showdown value.
The games today are becoming increasingly aggressive
The games today are becoming increasingly aggressive 3-betting, and 4-betting, something that only 4–5 years ago was not very common, is part of the norm now-a- days. Players are applying more pressure pre-flop, and becoming increasingly aggressive post flop. It's for that reason you're going to want to be an expert in how to play in re-raised pots pre-flop, since you'll likely be playing in a lot of 3-bet pots. We'll take a look at three primary 3-betting hand ranges and how you'll use them in common situations.