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BStevo985
Rising Star
Bronze Level
Hey guys,
first post so be gentle!
Now I don't consider myself an amazing poker player. But I like to think i know more than the basics (I'm talking about Hold 'Em btw). I've played for a while, watched a lot of poker and recently started reading some books on it (studied Super/System and now moving on to Poker Theory by David Sklansky)
I have a group of friends that I regularly play with. 4 or 5 of them play decent poker. When we play a small game I really hold my own and get a lot of victories.
However, when we get other of our friends involved and play an 8 or 9 handed game I never ever win, or even play well.
The extra guys we get to play these larger games know the rules of Hold 'Em, but that's really about it. It basically turns into a game of "who's got the best hand" because you basically get called all the time.
Does anyone have any tips on the best way to play these kind of players because it really throws me?!
Usually i just try and tighten up and when I get a hand that I know has them beat get as much money out of them as I can. But that never seems to happen often enough to win the game.
One of the other decent players always seems to be more aggressive in these games and wins a decent amount but it's because he gets called all the time and he has the cards to win!
Is it just luck of the cards in this situation or is there anything I can do to get an advantage in this kind of game? I'm getting a bit tired of losing these games and seeing players who most of the time I know aren't as good as me taking home £100 when we play
Help!
first post so be gentle!
Now I don't consider myself an amazing poker player. But I like to think i know more than the basics (I'm talking about Hold 'Em btw). I've played for a while, watched a lot of poker and recently started reading some books on it (studied Super/System and now moving on to Poker Theory by David Sklansky)
I have a group of friends that I regularly play with. 4 or 5 of them play decent poker. When we play a small game I really hold my own and get a lot of victories.
However, when we get other of our friends involved and play an 8 or 9 handed game I never ever win, or even play well.
The extra guys we get to play these larger games know the rules of Hold 'Em, but that's really about it. It basically turns into a game of "who's got the best hand" because you basically get called all the time.
Does anyone have any tips on the best way to play these kind of players because it really throws me?!
Usually i just try and tighten up and when I get a hand that I know has them beat get as much money out of them as I can. But that never seems to happen often enough to win the game.
One of the other decent players always seems to be more aggressive in these games and wins a decent amount but it's because he gets called all the time and he has the cards to win!
Is it just luck of the cards in this situation or is there anything I can do to get an advantage in this kind of game? I'm getting a bit tired of losing these games and seeing players who most of the time I know aren't as good as me taking home £100 when we play
Help!