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jamespintor
Rising Star
Bronze Level
When you start playing poker for the first time, many pitfalls await you. Here are 10 tips to help you get started as well.1. Play More Tight Before Pre Flop Increases A common beginner mistake is to play the same type of hands against an increase in the same way that you yourself would increase from your position at the table. Younger players can fall into the trap of paying a raise from a starting position on a full-ring table with KTs, AJo, or 76s. These hands are very playable being the first player in the pot in intermediate and final position, but a raise before us must be respected and seen as a narrow range, against which our fairness is bad with such hands. Make sure there is a large gap between the quality of the hands you will play as the first player in the pot and those that you will play after a raise before you.
2. Use Effectively Position
Be in a position makes a big difference in how playable and profitable a hand will likely be. It is not wise to pay Q6s small-blind of the same against a broad range of theft on the button. The lack of post-flop position and the player waiting to act after you ruin the expected value to pay. However, be on the button with Q6s and come folded to you is usually a very lucrative opportunity to make a raise. If the blinds are a little too tight or a little too passive, the combination of taking the pot preflop and the favorable position if paid creates a clear profit in the long run to increase with this hand.
2. Use Effectively Position
Be in a position makes a big difference in how playable and profitable a hand will likely be. It is not wise to pay Q6s small-blind of the same against a broad range of theft on the button. The lack of post-flop position and the player waiting to act after you ruin the expected value to pay. However, be on the button with Q6s and come folded to you is usually a very lucrative opportunity to make a raise. If the blinds are a little too tight or a little too passive, the combination of taking the pot preflop and the favorable position if paid creates a clear profit in the long run to increase with this hand.
