FUN WITH POKER

Playing Caribbean Stud Poker Online means a lot to me and it’s not just a game but it’s a passion for me. But many people play this game just to make money no matter how it comes but I play this game. But I always used to help the beginners and share my knowledge with them. Here I want to tell the importance of hands in poker.

The next hand was dealt, and this is what Freddie, still Hushed with his earlier victory, saw: Fred’s prospects are bright. He has a better than even chance of making the straight at this point with only one of his straight cards exposed. His chance of straighting is very close to four out of seven. Fred considers raising. He wants to sweeten the pot. Jim bets and when it comes Fred’s turn he has reached no conclusion. He calls. Fred’s next card is the 30. Al bets 30 cents with a pair of 7s. Jim bumps it to 60 cents. Fred, who was still wondering about raising before the betting started, is now relieved of the problem and merely calls. Frank drops. Freddie now draws the 3 of clubs, giving him a pair of 3s. He frowns. AI checks. Jim bets. Fred and Al call.

Fred’s final card is the ace of clubs. Fred is annoyed. He started with an excellent draw to a straight. It hasn’t come in. Here is Freddie’s hand:

Al checks and Jim bets 30 cents. Fred starts to fold. He looks at his hand once more, with a startled double-take. He has drawn a flush! Fred raises. Al drops. Jim calls.

Freddie wins a big pot!

On the next hand Fred draws 10, 8, and 6. He stays and gets a 7.

One 9 is exposed. His lucky streak might materialize. He is already ahead for the night, and another win will sweeten it. Fred stays all the way, trying for an inside straight, and doesn’t make it.

The pot cost him close to $2, as a pair showed early and there was a raise to 60 cents on one of the bets.

Was Freddie lucky or unlucky? Actually he drew better than average cards, so in that sense he was certainly lucky. He won one large pot and one small one out of six. He played three of his losing pots all the way and dropped early in the remaining hand. He ended up about even. This was one of his better sessions. Imagine the results when he draws poorly.

Let’s experiment. Assume AI played Fred’s cards in the preceding six hands and see what happens.

Hand 1: Al would stay to the first card on K, J, 10 . In fact he would play it all the way, just as Fred had.

Hand 2: AI, of course, would win a big one. He never bets out of turn. He never bets an incorrect amount. He has a fine feel for the table. On the fourth card the ace high would bet. Jim would call or raise with kings over. Al would start to fold and then “stay for one more.” His buddies know he is an actor, but they get confused anyway. He would raise later.

Hand 3: On J., 9, 6, he would drop and go for a pastrami sandwich.

Hand 4: AI would fold immediately and top the sandwich with a can of beer.

Hand 5: Al would probably raise on the four straight and maybe raise on subsequent rounds. He would win a bigger pot.

Hand 6: He would fold 10, 8, and 6 and observe.

Summing up, Al would lose three 10-cent antes and one expensive pot; he would win two big ones. When he draws good cards, he wins. He sometimes wins when he draws poor cards. And when he wins, he wins big; his losses are usually small.

   Poker is the game where every one wants to chance their luck. If you are going to take risk in poker then you are in with a chance of making your dreams come true.

   If your image is tight-aggressive and you are playing against several loose and easy-to-outplay opponents, you may add hands such as J- 10 suited, 10-9 suited, and medium high pairs. Medium pairs and medium-high suited cards of adjacent ranks can be played from early positions if opponents tend to be loose but not aggressive (they call often but seldom raise). Note well the dangers of being either outgunned or out-positioned (or both) when you play AQ, AJ, or A- 10 from early positions (even in loose games where these hands may be profitable). Even when your opponents in later position have lesser hands than you, their superior positions may give them an overall advantage. Why play at a disadvantage? You should not voluntarily enter into situations where you rate to be an underdog.

    As the early positions become less early, you will be tempted to add a few more hands to your arsenal of playable holdings. There are frequent arguments over whether you should first add AQ, AJ suited or 10-10. But here is a key fact about hold ‘em. None of those hands are really profitable from a very early position jfyou are facing sophisticated aggressive competition.

Structural imbalance

    Hold ‘em is a game of late position! Hold ‘em is not structurally balanced. If you must make yourself visible for psychological reasons by adding hands to your early position power grouping, do not expect to make a profit specIcally on those added hands.

   Extending the spectrum of hands you are willing to play from an early position is justified mostly for image and psychological reasons! Obviously, if your opponents know that you only play super top-notch hands, your playing effectiveness greatly decreases.

    But note well that however loose the game and however weak the opposition, it is clear from all perspectives that non-paired, non-suited, medium-quality hands should not be played from an early position. And in many normal to “good” hold ‘em environments, you should not play the following unsuited hands (and anything worse) from early position: A- 10, KJ (play AJ only in normal to weak games). Yes, we know many of you consider these to be “good hands” and perhaps “raising hands!” Only in very loose games!