(The Unofficial) CC's 100 Greatest Poker Tips

[ChuckTs]

You gotta stir the pot to make the water boil...sometimes a table is so tight that you have to stimulate your own action.

I will often play looser than I normally do when I first sit down at a cash table to advertise a gambling image, and this gets my bigger hands paid off better later on when I tighten up.

 

[blade72]

It is important to analize a big pot that you have lost but it is just as important to analize a big pot that you have WON to make sure that you have maximised your profit .

Squeezing every chip that you can out of an opponent takes great skill and is an essential part of your poker play !

 

[Anzai]

dont let the average chip stack effect the way you play. If you feel like your way behind the average chipstack, play it cool and dont let it impede your judgement.

 

[Cupra 666]

Dont re-raise or push all in just because you think someone is trying to steal your blinds! pay attention,and if it happens often in pattern,make a move with at least, a half decent hand to back yourself up.

 

[KerouacsDog]

This is from Bombjack, and I'm not sure if he's posted it on here, if he has, apologies for the repeat!
When you are in BB and there's only you and SB still in PF, and it's SB to bet, treat it as if you are in a heads-up game. IE, if he raises you, do you have a good enough hand to call? If he calls to you, does your hand warrant a raise, or a check? Bombjack posted this tip the other day on another thread, and it was such a good tip I had to post it here.
All credit/reputation to Bombjack.

 

[beardyian]

This is one of my first and last things i think when im playing poker

Enjoy It

 

[ChuckTs]

(not sure if this has been posted before; sorry if it was)

Some people don't realize there are certain things to look for when choosing a ring table to play at. In online play, I look for small stacks, big pot size averages, and high % seeing flop. In live play, look for loose/aggressiveness just like in online poker. Something worth mentioning is that laughter and lots of social talking at a table generally means a more relaxed, looser game which means more profits for you.

 

[ChuckTs]

Mike Caro isn't called "The mad genius of poker" for nothing. Reading his books is a must.

Some video clips from his companion DVD of "Mike Caro's Book of tells":

http://www.poker1.com/absoluteig/mculib_videos.asp?categoryid=13

 

[ruffcut68]

So who has the low down on pot odds? Book recomendation or online resources? Suggestions please

 

[spore]

Beware the 2nd nuts, and if you've got the 3rd nut.. well, you might want to have that checked out.

 

[Gizzi315]

AA is just a pair and, as hard as it is, there are times it really needs to be folded.

 

[DukeDrew]

Good advice. Was in a Sit and Go at the Flamingo all in with trip Aces. Other guy had hit his set, then full-housed with 2 of my aces. He got up from the table and started walking until the &*^#$ dealer called him back.

If you think you're beat after the last round of betting on the river and your opponent shows his hand, don't just throw it in the muckpile. Just show your hand becuase you might have the winning hand and not know it. For example, I was up against one other player and the board showed:

. I showed . My opponent throws his cards into the muck pile saying "That beats my trip 5's." So, he had pocket fives but he didn't not realize he had a full house until after he threw his hand in the muckpile.

Result: I got the pot because he threw his hand away without showing.

 

[Stick66]

******* Tentative list now has 70. 30 more! Try to keep it limited to tips only and ones by members who haven't posted yet. (about 11,000. LOL)

 

[ruffcut68]

Same as my tag line. If you go go all the way or stay home. Just make sure you have the winning hand.

 

[beanaddict]

Watch the (actual) time and play night or really early tournaments, usually I've seen a lot of people want to play one more before they go to bed. They get tired or bored pretty quick. If your a night owl like me, it's a good advantage to have while they're trying to keep their eyes open.

 

[Vertigogo]

I'm new here but not new to poker. I'd like to point out that emotions change when playing a multi-table tournament, right before the bubble bursts. If you are less than 10 players from being in the money, you have to be aware of that fact.

This could mean a number of things. No two situations are the same. If you are the big stack, you might want to steal from the conservative small stacks. If you are a small stack, you probably need a monster hand.

What about if you have a medium stack? Last night I was playing a tournament for an 18,000 dollar package to the Ausie Millions down under. I was 4 places away from being gauranteed the package and I had a medium stack. I raised 3.5 times the blind with pocket kings and the player in front of me went all in. He had a bigger stack. I called, I lost. What did I learn? I didn't need to risk my entire stack. I never should have called a bigger stack that late in the tourney.

The moral is, pay attention to how bubbles affect people's play. He had pocket 8s and floped a set. He probably didn't expect me to call. Whether I should have or not doesn't change that fact that people change late in a tourney.

 

[djash1000]

Tip for online 10 handed no limit sng tourns.
Slightly different to most of the tips, but i use this, and it works a treat.

At the begining of the tournament (approx first 10 hands), unless you have a premium preflop hand, use the prefold button, other players dont notice you're there and when you play hands after this, they see you as an extremely tight player, and gains your bets and raises a huge amount of respect.
Also, after around 10 hands, you can have quite extensive notes on players betting habits.

sorry its a bit long, but thats as short as i could trim it, and it make sense.

ash

 

[y2kbird]

folding winners

sometimes you have to fold a winner , to be a winner, make no sense, yea i know, just a motto of mine, sometimes AA kk suck, due to lose peeps who play A rag, and hit two more of those rags on the flop

 

[joeblack045]

I unfortunately do not know enough about poker to be able to give any advice or tips! Still learning the basics...but when I do get good enough, i will be eager to share some tips

 

[KerouacsDog]

I unfortunately do not know enough about poker to be able to give any advice or tips! Still learning the basics...but when I do get good enough, i will be eager to share some tips

then stick around, cause there's some fantastic info on here

 

[Wulkan]

In agressive play the position is very important. The best is the last, the second best is the first. Between two or more players is hard to be agressive.
But don't forget, you can bluff out only good players. Don't try with morons!

 

[KerouacsDog]

In agressive play the position is very important. The best is the last, the second best is the first. Between two or more players is hard to be agressive.
But don't forget, you can bluff out only good players. Don't try with morons!

Never knew that, thats a top tip bud, about the aggression and position thing. Thanks

 

[myxiplx]

I'm a newby to Poker, but here's my tip:"Be careful when reeling in a fishy... every so often the buggers have teeth!"

 

[KerouacsDog]

I'm a newby to Poker, but here's my tip:"Be careful when reeling in a fishy... every so often the buggers have teeth!"

good tip bud, +rep you for it.
even those these fish draw a lot, sometimes they're gonna hit.

 

[vansmiff]

Don't become predictable