Making a poker decision

Playing poker for more then a year, with a big variancce of results, some pretty good. I now want to know more about making a pokerdecision.

What are you guys and gals doing when making a decision.

Do you use the same procedure every time line by line.

Do you think some more randomly thoughts that just strucks your mind.

What do you think is most important.

Lately, I do not think anything, just look at my HUD when making decisions or using chart push/fold....

Complex issue! I'm all important but much depends on situation! However, when the final decision on tense situations I try to feel what my heart says even. And not only the logic of the mind and mathematical logic variables.

tothbopo said:

Playing poker for more then a year, with a big variancce of results, some pretty good. I now want to know more about making a pokerdecision.

What are you guys and gals doing when making a decision.

Do you use the same procedure every time line by line.

Do you think some more randomly thoughts that just strucks your mind.

What do you think is most important.

Click to expand...

Well first you should be watching and reading the table . what are the table dynamics ? what players are entering the pot and from what position . is there any one playing a lot of hands , raising a lot preflop , ect ..........

I dont always get the exact same reads or position to be playing anything with the same procedure every time a decision needs to be made because theres always some thing different and position isnt always the same .

No random thoughts. I always have a reason to do or play how ever it needs to be played. that comes with more experience that you will get .

Most important thing is to stick with the good basic structure preflop with starting hands and position with. Be trying to read the table ( try to understand what and why the other players are in the hand for preflop) you will start to catch on to them that repeat their play and in position too .
when you start to catch on with this other things will start to stand out and you will get more reads and even have better ideas on how to play other players .

Have a Good Day and Good Skill at the Tables

In theory your options are very simple. In each situation you must have a reason for doing what you are doing. For example, imagine you were coaching a player, give him a reason behind your decision.

When we are looking to bet there are effectively two or three reasons we bet.

1. We bet for value because worse hands can call a bet.
2. We bet as a bluff, to make better hands fold.
3. We bet to conserve our equity and end the hand (this is far more marginal and shouldn't be used often). An example of this would be c-betting 77 on a 28K rainbow board. It's unlikely a worse hand will call or a better hand fold, however we probably have the best hand, we don't like a lot of turn cards and we are easily bluffed off the hand if we check. So we can bet to try and end the hand and prevent free cards.

In general stick to the first two rules. Make sure you know why you are betting or raising.

Every time i am working by my own strategy,but sometimes i must to change it,i
learned basic poker rules with the live tournaments but usually i play on pokerstars and the strategy in the internet and live poker are different.

there are lots of strategies but we must first make the decision of the cards and the fact that the hands and handed out as well as play rivals after all bluff also helps important not to succumb to emotions

I try to take into account a lot of things while making a decision. A lot of factors come together in trying to make the right decision.

Firstly depends if we are playing a tournament or Cash game. Huge amount of difference in the way both are played especially when it comes to No Limit Holdem. Then table dynamics - whether we are playing 9 handed or less.

Then what kind of players are we up against. Making player based decisions are key. But that is just not enough. You need to take into account stack sizes especially in a tournament, combine this with being in different positions and trying to make best use of it. Making good math/equity based decisions also helps.

So if you are asking which one is most important then there is no such thing.
They are all connected and they are all equally important. You just cannot rely in one of them and ignore the rest.

Obviously it's not easy to think about and concentrate on so many things in making every decision for long periods especially for those who multitable a lot of things. I have no idea how they do so many things simultaneously. Even one tabling i make so many mistakes so - trying to improve. Hopefully one day i'll be very good at it. :captain:

suby_rafael said:

I try to take into account a lot of things while making a decision. A lot of factors come together in trying to make the right decision.

Firstly depends if we are playing a tournament or Cash game. Huge amount of difference in the way both are played especially when it comes to No Limit Holdem. Then table dynamics - whether we are playing 9 handed or less.

Then what kind of players are we up against. Making player based decisions are key. But that is just not enough. You need to take into account stack sizes especially in a tournament, combine this with being in different positions and trying to make best use of it. Making good math/equity based decisions also helps.

So if you are asking which one is most important then there is no such thing.
They are all connected and they are all equally important. You just cannot rely in one of them and ignore the rest.

Obviously it's not easy to think about and concentrate on so many things in making every decision for long periods especially for those who multitable a lot of things. I have no idea how they do so many things simultaneously. Even one tabling i make so many mistakes so - trying to improve. Hopefully one day i'll be very good at it. :captain:

Click to expand...

Thank you for the words.

Yes a lot of stuff is flooting around in the mind by every decision and yes when multitabling you must forget something in every decision.
My focus is on mtts.

Some people make decision by randomly thinking others follow certain steps.

I would like to know more about those steps if anyone do that.

Yes i suppose that comes under making player based decisions.

Adapting to different playing styles is key. Like if you know a player does put out a c-bet on the flop more often then you can try to raise this bet without having a strong hand yourself and try and take the pot down there itself representing a strong hand. (you might have to take his/her hand range and the board texture into perspective).

Other times for example when you are confident that your opponent just has a pair at best then you can float with the intention of taking a stab at the pot at later streets when you suspect he is going to check - fold.

Similarly 3betting a wide range in position to isolate players who almost never 4bet unless they have a monster holding can allow you to take the pot there itself or play post flop in position.

Other players who are very aggressive you can let them hang themselves by allowing them to bluff off their chips by not making the mistake of betting into them when you already hold or make a strong hand.

Similarly against players who are calling stations do not try to slow play a hand, just keep barreling for value even on the river. Also trying to bluff such players off is not a good tactic.

So i guess this is what you mean by "randomly thinking others follow certain steps" and playing accordingly. Make sure not to overdo these because just like you are trying to outplay them by countering their playing styles or tendencies, everyone else at the table (or atleast some of them) is/are trying to figure out what you are doing and trying to counter your play.:bebored:

I play poker for 4 years in front of easily and quickly make decisions also fell during 1-2 years, however, I have learned something and now my chance calculating it and decides that maybe important to play a hand in which you have a chance, and one that is not where the luck to be wait hoy come down the river card

when playing let ppl think they know your style, such as thinking a lot when having strong hand, than with the same hand play loose, it complicate other players

In my case - more than 40 % of desicions *feelin* that my hand good ,and it will be winners hand

You will probable find everyone treats Poker with a similar attitude, ranges positional play etc & after a year or so I was starting to open up this "Recommended Range from the perfect position". I put some of the so called "standard" play to enjoy the game a bit more.

But when it comes to decision making ... its on the fly, forever changing.
For me its the Maths side of things that completes the puzzle.

Poker intuition

There is such thing as Poker Intuition but it comes with years.