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
That's where making reads
That's where making reads and taking good notes on your opponents really comes into play. For example, if you've seen your opponent call two streets on a dry board, and then turn a small pair or bottom pair into a bluff on the river, then you're going to know that when you reach the river you're going to want to check/call a good portion of your medium strength hands to your opponent on the river, or bet small on the turn and river to induce a bluff.
Balancing Your Range
Balancing Your Range When you can play a variety of different hand ranges in roughly the same ratios, and in the same manner, then you've balanced your hand range. You're doing this in order to make it difficult for your opponent to narrow down your hand range. The wider and more balanced your range is, the more likelihood that your opponent will make a mistake versus your play.