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[kingjulian1]

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[notthemessaiah]

an important factor in poker that is often overlooked is ego. the ego can be manipulated to provoke a chipfight and put people on the tilt. keep your own ego in check and don't get into a chipfight without the cards to back it up.

[Breezy064]

If you suck as bad as I do, as soon as you are over what you started with...QUIT! I'm actually starting to earn chips all by myself!

[thorno]

don't take to much advice from others,
listen to what ppl hav to say but don't go and change your game 100% cos of some advice, just change bits of it, play about with new ways of playing but always keep playing 90% of your own game. some ppl are just to easy to read cos they hav changed there game to follow advice thats been given on this site, and for god sake ppl stop raising 3x big blind when you hav high pocket pairs.

[kingjulian1]

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[Tb1rd]

alright i got some tips .. im not a poker master but i know some stuff.

cards to play
techniqually any hand has the potential to be a winning hand. But just because at one point in your life youve seen a flop like 2 7 7 doesnt mean should play 2 7, infact if you can help it never play that hand.

While the blinds are low i like to get a head start in tournies/mini's and the like by playing either a few odd balls like 67 suited (just to mess up the others read, or purely premium hands, some times it can pay to lose but dont be excessive with the odd balls or you'll lose excessively ,got it you want to aim to play any cards higher than pocket 5's ( this including quite strong hands like j9 - j 10 suited)
As the blinds get higher youll want to play stronger hands and start limping in less, but also playing less hands and rasing big with the hands you do play, see it almost like betting for the hands you didnt limp in on. This doesnt go to say go all in as soon as you see a hand like QK (unless of course your only up against the blinds due to no callers and your willing to take a gamble)
To put yourself in good stead and go for gold you want to play a perfect game while the final table is full, win every hand you play and win big, be very passive-aggressive but dont get caught up and taken out by a shark. If you can play a perfect game by playing purely premium hands of 1010 and upwards and win big it makes the headsup game at the end of it all alot easier. Youve only played big hands and youve bet big when youve got them, your headsup so the guy has seen you play and seen every win youve had, if you can solidly apply pressure without losing it all your a shoe in. This means you can start to bluff a little (but again dont get carried away he will eventually get a read on you and call and dominate you.) You want to also stay in the mind set of 'If i cant raise it i wont play it'; Folding out on him before hes even had a chance to bet can be the difference between winning and loosing, because he might have just woke up to AA.

Switch it up some

Too many times have i seen people knocked out or myself get knocked out due to the fact that everyone on the tables is reading me like a book for two year olds. You want to mix it up between very aggressive, very tight and sometimes even being the tables pet gold fish, although i dont recommend the latter . This will throw the read of you completely off balance, youll have less callers,to your raising making the strength of your (should be) already strong hand even stronger, and during the betting phases between streets your oponant/s will have no idea what your playing. This being said remember to always protect your hand, deffinately switch your play up, but if youve got the winner while the board is showing a draw kill and take down that pot as soon as possible, you dont want to ge caught up and lose chips because you slow played the winner, got trapped and eventually beaten by a straight or something when you could of won a small pot; any profit is still profit.

blinds and plans

I like to plan ahead in my game of poker, before i even know whos on the table with me or any other factor that could change my game, i look to see exactly how many people are in the tournament or on my table. In a big tournament with each player having roughly 1500 chips (give or take 500) you want to get 1000 chips per ten players so on the final table youve got the average amount of chips, it doesnt matter if some one has got a freakish amount of chips on the final table, because the blinds alone are enough to change it all; also if there are people with a freakish amount there is also going to be players who have just scraped it to the final table.
This will also stop you getting blinded out, it happens all the time, half way into a game atleast 10 people are started to get blinded out for many different reasons (theyve played poor hands, got trapped by their own ego and lost bigey've only played one pot and got a mediocre sized win and are now getting drained of there chips or they simply havnt had a hand yet. For all the reasons former to this this is why you have to switch it up and also make a plan) The blinds are going up every 6 minutes in a big tournament so you want to win atleast once before A) the blinds come round to you and B) bbefore the blinds go up. This will ensure two things
1) youve got atleast enough to pay for the blinds
2) your in good stead for the remainder of the tourney.

In a mini tourney (sit and go to the new comers) you want to apply the same technique for the blinds and your winning structure. Except this time you want half the chips off of everyone sat at the table. If you calculate 10 people at a table all having 1000 chips your going to want atleast 5000 chips by the time it gets to heads up. (this also goes for final table of big tourneys if the game starts off with 50 people all with 1500 chips that means theres roughly 75,000 chips in play. at the final table you want at least 7500 to be at an average chip stack and when it comes to heads up your going to want 37500 chips)

Cards to play at different levels of blinds

-level one: 10 - 20 through to level 3 - 4 (50 - 100) (*= suited) (~= play at your own risk)
.55
.66
.77
.88
.99
.1010
.JJ
.QQ
.KK
.AA
.AK*
.AK
.AQ*
.AQ
.AJ*
.AJ
.A10 .... basically any ace will do the job for starters, you wont lose much as its only early in the game (but if its a lower ace be cautios and restrict yourself to mainly suited low aces)
.QK*
,QK
.QJ*
.QJ
~Q10*
~Q9*
~j10*
~J9*
~ most suited connectors higher than 67 (unless of course you are trying to switch it up as stated above .. but again be very careful and DO NOT GET SUCKED IN THEN K.O'ED)

medium level blinds (5-8) (roughly 100 - 400)
limit yourself to any ace higher than A 7, do not any longer try to play the odd balls as now ther is almost 100x more at stake.
play anypocket pair above sixes (limp in with an pocket pair if you can but if you get a raise make sure you get rid of the anything below a 6 - 7) also play -
AK*
AK
AQ*
AQ
AJ*
AJ (through to A7 as stated previously)
QJ*
KJ*
KQ*
the only loose hands id might play depending on the possition and the table feel would be 10 9*
anything higher than 10 9 should be good as long as there are no high bets or not too many callers

800 - +

usually when there are only 10 - 20 people left in play, this is when you really want to be turning up the heat and playing like a true poker god, you want to be milking people for everything theyve got because the blinds alone are going 1/150 of the chips in play at least, this doesnt sound like a big profit but those 800 or so chips are going to come in mighty handy, and considering 800 is the minimum bet youll see players checking alot more and a lot less people chasing straights, so this is the time you want to play very strong BUT NOT LOOSE. stick to pocket pairs and J10 suited upwards nothing weeker you want to first off portray yourself as an expert and second off have enough chips to even think about going for gold.

Four things to remember

1) MAKE A PLAN TO ENSURE YOU DONT GET BLINDED AND SO YOU CAN HAVE A CUSHION TO FALL UPON IF YOU ARE TO LOSE'
2) BE MALEABLE. THIS WILL STOP PLAYERS READING YOU LIKE A BOOK.
3) PLAY ONLY THE HANDS THAT ARE STRONG WHEN THE GOING GETS TOUGH, YOU WANT TO BE ABLE TO HAVE WIGGLE ROOM AND ENOUGH TO PAY FOR THE BLINDS
4) THE REASON I LOSE ALOT IS BECAUSE I GET LAZY, IMPATIENT AND AHEAD OF MYSELF. DONT DO THIS BECAUSE YOULL SOON FIND YOURSELF KNOCKED OUT.

As i said im no poker master, and im only just on one of the toplists so everything that ive said above could be the worst type of play ever, however i do win sometimes and generally when i stick to what ive said above .

(sorry if it all seems abit weighted toward tournament play, thats pretty much all i play these days )

ok thats all ive got i guess, good luck on the tables everyone

EDIT ALWAYS ENSURE YOUR STACK IS ATLEAST 10 TIMES THE BB

[DarthYoda]

never go all in b4 the flop

[Breezy064]

Originally Posted by DarthYoda

never go all in b4 the flop

I won a lot of hands last night because idiots were doing that. I won one on just an ace high and another on a pair of 2s.

Thanks for the chips guys!

[kingjulian1]

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[loveschips]

Originally Posted by king-julian

okay, sorry i've been gone. i was placed in the dungeon by none other than my own sheer stupidity.
heres a bit of info that anyone who plays poker online can use:

choosing a table:
things to look for when choosing a table are the columns where it says plr/flp. you dont want to see a low # here. i think a low # is anything under 72-75. i try to find tables that have 75% or higher. another great tidbit is you don't have to join the table right away. even if there is only one seat and somebody else takes it, just wait and watch. learn your opponents betting patterns. this way you have more info on how they play before you even sit down. you can never have too much info.

its so good to be back upstairs

Good Advice King J, I sometimes like to watch before joining a table and see how the table is playing, opponets betting, etc. Welcome Back King J, whoop.

[cobra_xes]

Great advice King J welcome back and just because you are down playing heads up does not mean to play with agressiveness to get back on top. Play with your head and you will get back in it slowly let the other player make the mistakes.

[kingjulian1]

just putting out a line for required reading material-

david sklansky - hold 'em poker
" - poker by the book
doyle brunson - super system 1 and 2
" - online poker
lou krieger - the poker players bible
" - 52 great poker tips
daniel negreanu - power hold 'em strategy
phil hellmuth - texas hold 'em
" - how to throw a tantrum

that last one is a joke haha

happy reading

[Carmine555]

Originally Posted by DarthYoda

never go all in b4 the flop

Bad advice. There are times when you DEFINITELY want to go all in before the flop. High pocket pair (KK, QQ, JJ,....) UTG or no raisers ahead of you, all-in for sure. Yes, you may get beat, but worth the risk.

[bradwatts]

well wat ive learnt is tht on hi tables they seem to just bet big and they have nothing i had a pair of 2s and won 500k because they all bet with nothin . 500k is alot to me mabee not to others but to me its huge

[kingjulian1]

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[craigsimnett]

What are the major differences between tourney play and ordinary play for chips?

I know there's a difference 'cause i don't very often win in tourneys but feel that i've done well at the tables!

could someone (wiser than me) enlighten me.

[Tb1rd]

Originally Posted by craigsimnett

What are the major differences between tourney play and ordinary play for chips?

I know there's a difference 'cause i don't very often win in tourneys but feel that i've done well at the tables!

could someone (wiser than me) enlighten me.

What do you mean by 'ordinary play for chips' cash games or sit and goes?

I find the difference between a sit and go and a tournament is that in a tourny you want to pace yourself and keep to a good plan of action. Wereas in a sit and go/ mini tourney pacing yourself isnt as needed, sure play the same as you would in a tourney but youll be more aggressive at times because there isnt the length factor or the fact that your going to need as much of a cushion to sail you through the next few tables and blind levels, as there are less players involved ina mini tourney, naturally.
Also, wereas in a mini tourney you play to win, in a multi table tourney your playing to progress, you are supposed to eliminate a player before you win, if that makes any sense. I'll clarify; in an all in situation where three players are at the hand and one is all in, its almost etiquete to check it down to the river, as to not remove the chance of the winning hand eliminating someone; put eliminations before winning, get it ?

the difference between a tourney and a cash game is the general mentality and complete difference in play. They are almost oposite, for example in a cash game you hold the option to rebuy at any given time, so you can throw your money around as much as you wont without being booted from the table, its a constant pay to play battle, also you take out the 'winner' factor; there is no end so aslong as theres someone to play with you can carry on forever or until you go bust. However in tournament you DO have to pace yourself, you buy in , get your chips and thats it, you must use what you have to guide you to victory, thus making you play tighter for fear of a loss or streak of losses, which inturn dramatically changes your chances of winning or making a come back.

So thats my take on the differences; however it is online and there will always be some ... body that will play willy-nilly and not care; just go mental, because, hell, what have they got to lose; right?

[kingjulian1]

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