Poker lessons I've learned 1: Don't play every hand.

[christovam]

Most beginners play a lot of hands. I had to be selective with my starting hands so I wouldn't have to make difficult decisions after the flop.

 

[bablovod]

I know one very good lesson, but I'll never be able to complete it
2.0. Play every hand.

 

[ROYALROAD]

So you're saying that if the previous hand was exciting, there's no need to reach for a hand you can't play?

 

[Igor G]

Most beginners play a lot of hands. I had to be selective with my starting hands so I wouldn't have to make difficult decisions after the flop.

Maybe you should write a book "Poker for Beginners"

 

[thedarkman]

Most players play far too many hands, period. This is one of the biggest reasons people lose consistently.

 

[sanyomm7400]

that is something i have learned the hard way. i have found the tighter i play the closer i get to the money. but on the other have i cant pay to hard that i stay small stack at the table or i stay under the average stack for the tournament

 

[christovam]

Eu conheço uma lição muito boa, mas nunca serei capaz de completá-la
2.0. Jogue todas as mãos.

I hope to be at the same table as you, because then I'll have a good hand knowing that you're betting everything.

 

[christovam]

Então você está dizendo que se a mão anterior foi emocionante, não há necessidade de recorrer a uma mão que você não pode jogar?

No. But there are a number of hands that are unlikely to take your opponent's chips without the luck factor. It is possible to play several hands in a row if the games are good.

 

[christovam]

A maioria dos jogadores joga mãos demais, ponto final. Essa é uma das maiores razões pelas quais as pessoas perdem consistentemente.

Exactly. And because they win some chips or doubles, they think that this type of game is correct but not very profitable in the long run.

 

[christovam]

Talvez você devesse escrever um livro "Poker para iniciantes"

I don't have that kind of skill. I would like to, but I can't.

 

[Gritz18]

Most players play far too many hands, period.

The poker master Genius spoke, who limps from the beginning of the table, and still wants to teach others.🤪😁🤣🤣

 

[christovam]

isso é algo que aprendi da maneira mais difícil. Descobri que quanto mais tight eu jogo, mais perto chego do dinheiro. mas, por outro lado, não posso pagar muito a ponto de ficar com um stack pequeno na mesa ou ficar abaixo do stack médio durante o torneio

In this case, it is common in fast games to bet too much all-in.

 

[christovam]

Falou o mestre do poker Genius, que manca desde o começo da mesa, e ainda quer ensinar os outros.🤪😁🤣🤣

I don't see these guys playing a lot of hands at the final tables...

 

[BelFish]

Sometimes I play a lot of hands for fun ))
But if things are going well in a tournament, then I always start playing very carefully!

Here, for example, is how I played at the beginning of this tournament )))
Preflop all-ins

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But after these hands I began to play very thoughtfully and carefully!

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[christovam]

Às vezes jogo muitas mãos por diversão ))
Mas se as coisas estão indo bem em um torneio, então eu sempre começo a jogar com muito cuidado!

Aqui, por exemplo, está como eu joguei no início deste torneio )))
All-ins pré-flop

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Mas depois dessas mãos comecei a jogar com muito cuidado e reflexão!

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In that case, you must play a lot of games thinking about doubling, and if you manage to double in one, then you start playing for real. I see that a lot, especially on 888poker

 

[bullkk]

There would be an opportunity to play every hand, I would play.

 

[christovam]

There would be an opportunity to play every hand, I would play.

But I find that very difficult.

 

[fundiver199]

Yes this is obviously the foundation of winning poker, and the most typical definition of a "fish" is someone with a much to high VPIP. And this is because, if your range is to wide preflop, this carry over to postflop, and you either end up folding to much, bluffing to much or getting to showdown with a weak range, that will lose to often. And you also create more reverse implied odds, where for instance you flop top pair, but someone else have you outkicked.

But it is a bit more complicated than that, since ranges are dependent on your position and previous action. For instance you are actually supposed to defend anything but offsuit junk, if you are in the big blind and face a small raise from late position in a game with antes, as will often happen in tournaments. And if you dont do that, this is also a problem, because then you will tend to get blinded away. So instead of "play tight" I would say, that the advice is to learn GTO ranges preflop, and then stick to them, unless you have a good reason to deviate.

But I will admit that for beginners it is generally worse to be opening hands like J4s from UTG than to fold them in BB facing a min-raise. So maybe I can go as far as to suggest learning to play tight first, and then open your range up again later, when you have more experience postflop. This keep your decisions more simple and reduce the risk of making expensive postflop mistakes.

 

[steve01991]

guys, anytime you are in a hand, its a risk. Even with pocket aces, i have seen them get busted. so what i am saying is to evaluate the risk factor and play accordingly.

 

[Mr.$t0k]

do you have good preflop range? can you load your range?