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
So your new hand equity
So your new hand equity if you bet in this situation would be 25% (your hand equity if you both saw all five cards) + 37.5% = 62.5%. You've increased the equity in your hand from 25% to 62.5%, just by betting. This is why aggression pays off so often in texas hold'em poker because every time you bet, you give your opponent the chance to completely forfeit their equity in the hand. Opponents are rarely drawing completely dead, so when you can get them to fold when they have an equity advantage, it's a huge +EV situation for you.
Metta World Peace
Metta World Peace Putting pressure on your opponents is a great way to force them into making mistakes, and hopefully, big mistakes. When you're making an aggressive action at the table, you want to have an understanding of how you think your opponents are going to react to your actions. Some opponents will continue to step out of your way no matter how much pressure you apply, and some opponents will over react after one or two aggressive actions. It's important to understand who these players are, and the plan of attack you have for table you're currently seated at.