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
Don’t play poker
Don’t play poker if you have a lot on your mind, good things or bad. You must be able to focus on the rhythm of the game and on the actions of the other players in order to play properly. (5) Don’t be afraid to lay down a possible winning hand. (6) Check-raise the flop to get free cards. (7) Play tight if the pot has been raised and the raiser is not in a steal position. (8) Watch out for hands with Ace-Ten and King-Jack. When in doubt with these hands, against solid players—throw them away. These 8 tips proved to be very useful to an inexperienced player like me. These tips significantly improved my play at Texas Hold’em, all courtesy of my texas hold'em poker teacher Joe.
In addition to the tips on playing Texas Hold’em
In addition to the tips on playing Texas Hold’em Joe gave me some general advice for playing online hold'em poker in a casino. Joe was a very wise fellow: (1) Always tip the dealers, the waiters, the keno runners, etc. Be generous to the workers as they are just trying to make a living. (2) Learn to manage your chips. Know how much you have in front of you. Plan both a winning and losing strategy before starting to