Beginner Mistakes

[moveon]

It does not take long to realise that every mistake you make on the poker table costs chips and money so been a beginner myself i would be gratefull to those that will kindly take the time out to point out common mistakes they see, or do on the poker tables your contributions will save us beginners a lot of pain,and empty bankrolls

[moveon]

i admit that one of my mistakes is over playing the hand very hard to fold

[ultimodragon]

Hallo bud,just a quick one,if ya new to the game make sure ya certain of hand rankings..even now i over play 2 pair and get shot down by a straight
look me up for a game or check my page..gl

[LfcFan]

One of the big ones is betting out of position,i still fall foul of this still,being first to act is a real disadvantage.
There are some good poker statigy threads on the forum,check them out
Gl on the tables and welcome to OP66

[THEBUDDHA66]

come and play on the stl tournaments on saturday nights you will have a really friendly game with some of the best players on op66

you can learn a lot from these guys without loseing a huge stack of chips


stl my friend

[rad6]

good advice from ulti and lfcfan, two good players on this site. watch the old timers play and they will give u a lot of hints on how to play a hand. that's how I picked up a lot of hints here. I agree with puff be careful of over playing your pairs and position is really important also.

Good luck and welcome to our family site. Cya on the tables

[moveon]

thanks i will take you up on your offers gl on tables

[DeanReeves66]

yep possition is very inportant. and also i see alot of ppl calling on draws when the odds are not great. and they lose most of there stack when they dont hit..
deano

[scgirl]

LOL....I thought that was my problem, I treat my "play chips" if they were real money.

I just need to learn how to play, I guess. I am trying to just play in the tourneys.....not workin' out to good however, keep forgettin' about 'em. Except Wombats, the bad thing is it's at 2am my time. (Tourney's are where you find the best game play.)


Sorry not a better tip for ya. Except just have fun. GL.....

[theguvnor]

Dont go mad betting pre-flop unless your short stacked,the odds may be in your favour before the cards hit the table but its a lottery anything could come down on the flop, try and see one first(flop) you will then have a much better idea of where you are

[scorpio21]

I think what may help is to sit out every alternate game and see if you have had won if you played the game? this way you will also be able to see others betting pattern.

[moveon]

thank you all for writing here

[Tb1rd]

Originally Posted by theguvnor

Dont go mad betting pre-flop unless your short stacked,the odds may be in your favour before the cards hit the table but its a lottery anything could come down on the flop, try and see one first(flop) you will then have a much better idea of where you are

Just thought I should point out here, yes do try and see a flop if you can for cheap. But sometimes be a bit smart, if you've got some god awful hand like Q4 off suit then fold it. That doesn't go to say only play purely premium hands, but try and play smart hands (suited connectors etc.) And play that way until you develop some solid and viable bluffing technique in which case it becomes little to do with the cards at all, merely how you play them.

[xLeCheif]

patience is definately one, always be patient.
try to exploit your opponents faults,
if they are a fish.. value bet more and more thinly..
if they are solid and tight, they will always fold to a bet if they have totally missed, so contination bets are key. gl to you.