Castilho
Rising Star
Bronze Level
Hello Poker players!
This is my first new Thread so please be kind hehe
So, when comes to FLOP, everybody knows that the percentage of hitting the flop is really low and almost all the time you and your opponent won't hit.
The pre-flop bets are really important. I'm new on poker but i recently made it 4° place in a USD 2.2 buy in tournament (normal time) in pokerstars and made USD 150.00
In the beginning of the tournament i was very tight defensive, beting/raising with just good cards.
After some time, the table kept with the same players and it took a while longer to redraw the sits.
Note that in online and presential poker tournaments is important to always observe your opponents actions, but more important than that is to know what the players on table thinks about you.
After winning some hands with showdown and showing my hand's power, people at table started to respect me more than usual.
So it was at that time that i saw the opportunity to become super strong and i wasn't even the stack leader at that table.
I started to bluff with position with some low cards like A2/A5/56/67/78/910 all suited. Usually on Small and Big blind or dealer positions.
And not just pre flop to get the blinds. People on Big Blind / Small Blind usually defend their positions with low cards combinations like 67 Suited / 89 suited / 910 suited / a5 suited or some figures that you have to be aware like J10 / KQ.
Knowing that, i usually raise 2x the big blind so in order to see the flop, the player would have to pay the double that he would.
When the flop comes (10, figures to Ace), you may do the continuation bet and you can bet a little bit more than half the pot. This usually works better with a history of good hands seen by your opponents.
With that, they knew that i probably had that ace card, or king or some pair at least.
This should work out because the chances the flop hits for them is really low and if you have a history of showdowns with high cards you may be good and take a really good stack.
OBS: You may not do this all the time, so it will became really easy to detect you are bluffing.
The good part, is when you do this, you may hit the flop or some kind of draws or even the nuts. When this happen, some good actions is to slow play and make a check/raise after flop.
In this particular tournament it worked really well for me.
I hope these can help you guys in some way.
OBS: This is my first post and i'm from brazil and don't speak so well English. But in order to create something original i decided not to use Google Translator and used my yesterday tournament to give you some examples of it worked with me. :angel:
This is my first new Thread so please be kind hehe
So, when comes to FLOP, everybody knows that the percentage of hitting the flop is really low and almost all the time you and your opponent won't hit.
The pre-flop bets are really important. I'm new on poker but i recently made it 4° place in a USD 2.2 buy in tournament (normal time) in pokerstars and made USD 150.00
In the beginning of the tournament i was very tight defensive, beting/raising with just good cards.
After some time, the table kept with the same players and it took a while longer to redraw the sits.
Note that in online and presential poker tournaments is important to always observe your opponents actions, but more important than that is to know what the players on table thinks about you.
After winning some hands with showdown and showing my hand's power, people at table started to respect me more than usual.
So it was at that time that i saw the opportunity to become super strong and i wasn't even the stack leader at that table.
I started to bluff with position with some low cards like A2/A5/56/67/78/910 all suited. Usually on Small and Big blind or dealer positions.
And not just pre flop to get the blinds. People on Big Blind / Small Blind usually defend their positions with low cards combinations like 67 Suited / 89 suited / 910 suited / a5 suited or some figures that you have to be aware like J10 / KQ.
Knowing that, i usually raise 2x the big blind so in order to see the flop, the player would have to pay the double that he would.
When the flop comes (10, figures to Ace), you may do the continuation bet and you can bet a little bit more than half the pot. This usually works better with a history of good hands seen by your opponents.
With that, they knew that i probably had that ace card, or king or some pair at least.
This should work out because the chances the flop hits for them is really low and if you have a history of showdowns with high cards you may be good and take a really good stack.
OBS: You may not do this all the time, so it will became really easy to detect you are bluffing.
The good part, is when you do this, you may hit the flop or some kind of draws or even the nuts. When this happen, some good actions is to slow play and make a check/raise after flop.
In this particular tournament it worked really well for me.
I hope these can help you guys in some way.
OBS: This is my first post and i'm from brazil and don't speak so well English. But in order to create something original i decided not to use Google Translator and used my yesterday tournament to give you some examples of it worked with me. :angel: