i’m going to the casino for the first time..cash game poker strategy?
by poker pete on Thursday, March 11th, 2010 | 6 Comments
i’m going to the casino tonight for the first time to play poker. i’m going to play no limit. any tips for a good game?
Please come to my game at Bay 101 in San Jose.
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be very careful. if you are an experienced player you will be shocked how many bad calls you get. my best advice would be to wait to bluff until you figure out a great spot and scared opponent. the suck outs and terrible beats come more often than you would expect. to sum it up, i would recommend waiting for the top ten for the first couple rounds until you are comfortable and figure out some of the players at your table.
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Have you ever played poker in a live game before? If not, be prepared to lose your shirt. Go there with the expectation that you’ll probably lose and just go to have fun and enjoy the game. Play the lowest stakes you can until you start to feel comfortable with the game.
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Please come to my game at Bay 101 in San Jose.
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have a look here for a few really good poker guides in pdf form
http://www.dashelc.com/online-gambling-guides.html
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Be very prepared. Playing no limit poker can get you into some real trouble if you lack self control and especially if you haven’t done it before. Take a limited amount of cash with you, leave your credit cards and bank cards at home if you are the type of person who will spend more and more as the night progresses. No Limit Hold’em after the blinds are posted, players can bet all of their chips at any time. Minimum raise:The amount of the raise must be at least as much as the previous bet or raise in the same round. For example, if the first player to act bets $100, raisers must raise at least another $100 (for a total bet of $200), unless they don’t have enough chips to do so, in which case they are ruled to be “all-in.”
Maximum raise: A player’s entire stack (amount of chips on the table).
Strategies also depend on the players you are against. Tight Passive players do well in fixed limit games but not so good in a no limit poker game because they don’t get any full value out of their winning hands. If you are playing against a tight passive player Bluff at the flop on a regular basis, Put in a raise preflop and attempt to take down the pot at the flop itself. When they represent a hand fold, if they only bet a small amount they are likely on a draw or holding a weak hand and you should stick to your hand if you are in posession of something at least moderately decent. If they are betting alot then it is likely they have a good hand. Ensure that you take full advantage of your control, do not go over the top with your bluffing though. Still fold preflop if you have nothing good. If you do make a bluff on the flop, think before you make another bluff on the turn. You can win a fiar bit of money from these tight passive players when you have a good hand. Basically they can quickly be led into calling stations or folding stations and if one of them is making plenty of money against you wheb they are a calling or folding station then this is a sign that you are definately doing something seriously wrong. These types of players are a dime a dozen and you will be sure to play against a few of them at some point.
Loose-passive players are another type of player, these players have to hope that people continually bluff into them, because they frequently call with the second-best hand. Calling with the second-best hand is a recipe for disaster at no-limit games. You won’t often see loose-passives playing no-limit hold’em, because they lose money too quickly playing the game. If you are fortunate enough to have a loose-passive player at your table, just win money off of him by making mid-sized bets when you hold a good hand.
Maniac loose-aggressive: These guys will buy a fair share of pots. However, they will often get themselves trapped, and they will lose their stacks in one or two hands. What separates these players from good loose-aggressives is that they lack discipline. They love the action of no-limit so much that they get themselves trapped too easily. These types of players are rare.
Strong loose-aggressive: These guys seem like they are horrible maniacs, but in reality, they are a very dangerous form of player. They will certainly lose a lot of money in pots, but they also will buy a lot of pots and win huge ones. The way these players win is mainly by getting a good read on the opponent, and then making a well-timed bet.
One trick I use to beat these guys is to take them down in one big pot. Since they will play a lot of hands, especially shorthanded, they’ll often play hands that lend themselves to being the second-best hand. Once I catch them in this situation, I just have to make sure I don’t let them go too easily. Another tip is to make sure you are playing in a game where the money is not too meaningful to you. You should not let these players scare you financially when they make a large bet or raise. You need to be able to play back at (reraise) these guys or call them down.
These players only do well when people have large stacks. If you or the loose-aggressive player has a small stack, you are at an advantage because their ability to bluff is limited.
Tight-aggressive: This is my style and the strategy that I’ll teach. The tight-aggressive’s main problems are that he may get bluffed out too easily and that he may be too easily read.
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http://www.pokertips.org/strategy/nl-primer.php