je recommande de jouer comme les pros que vous voyer à la télé

play as much as possible and i have found it better not to adapt to one style or to listen to other people all the time jsut paly as much as you can and try to find your own style

-Do not bluff period until you have played the game long enough to feel comfortable with bluffing. You figure this out by trying to bluff a couple times, noticing the results, and figuring out how u feel about bluffing in general. I personally believe bluffing is overrated.

-Know when to get out of hands. This one was hard for me because I didnt know how to handle absorbing losses. You have to learn to lose and continue playing with confidence. Once a hand is lost muck it and cut your losses. If you feel like you should fold, you should.

-Watch poker. This will teach you lots.

I agree with the last post knowing when to get out is everything...TRUST YOUR GUT!!!

When is Tight passive not the type of player that will not call many bets preflop?

try to win some cash

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hey bro. Listen you sound like a rank beginner so I'm going to give you some very basic strategic / tactical advice:

1)Poker is a game of IMPERFECT information. this means that you will inevitably make mistakes, accept it. However, take very good note of that word INFORMATION. It may not be perfect, but informtion is the name of the game.

- this means that you should ALWAYS be striving to figure out what your opponent has. Sometimes the best you can do is narrow it down to a range of possible holdings, but you're ALWAYS trying to figure out what your opponent has -- it's the whole point of the game.

2) To make money at the poker table you're playing with a double-edged sword. You can make money two ways, and make MORE if you use BOTH ways well:
- the FIRST is to trick your opponents into putting a bunch of money in the pot when you have the best hand.
- the SECOND is to AVOID being tricked yourself, thus keeping the chips you earn in your own stack.. where they belong.

* note: I'm using the word "tricked" a lot.. this mainly applies to higher levels of play. In essence though, the idea is NOT to put money in the pot when you have a losing hand.. and to get your opponents to put money in when you have a winning hand. (This sounds obvious, but believe me it's insane how many people don't grasp that concept starting out.)

Once you understand those two concepts your strategy becomes fairly simple: figure out what your opponents have both so you know how much you can bet that they'll actually CALL when you have the best hand and so you can save yourself money the rest of the time.

(Bluffing comes out of that information as well.. if you know what your opponent has, and you know the HE PERSONALLY, as a player, will not call any bet greater than a certain amount, then go ahead and bet that amount, he'll fold, and it won't matter what your cards were.)

I'm going to offer another couple of basic pieces of advice:

1) Read a few books on poker, you're looking to learn about concepts such as hand strength, position, outs and probability of winning, pot odds (expressed and implied), bluffing, semi-bluffing, and situational analysis.

2) When considering whether or not to make a bet ask yourself this question:
"what hands that I'm BEATING will my opponent call me with here?" AND "what hands that I'm LOSING to will my opponent fold if I make this bet?" those are the only two reasons to bet in poker EVER. If there's a crap load of hands that are beating you that will call the bet and a bunch of hands that you're beating that will fold.. what's the point of betting? you can only lose money! (In poker we call that a negative freeroll)
* note: in more advanced play there are a few exceptions to this rule and there will be situations where it doesn't apply (ex. "blocking bets") -- however fr beginners, it's best to just follow this rule until you know what you're doing.

3) I'm also just gonna add a note here on position: NEVER underestimate the value of position. They say it books.. but it is WAAAYYY more important than they make it seem. It can change your play entirely. For example, pre flop, someone raises in late position, I'm in the SB with AQs.. (now this is cash table play btw).. I would rather call than raise because I'm out of position. If an A flops, I would rather check-call than bet out or check-raise. Same situation, except now I'm on the button pre flop, I would re-raise (because I have position on him), if an A flops, I might get tricky and bet the flop and if I get a call then check behind him on the turn in order to induce a bluff out of him on the river. -- that's a little advanced for this thread, but the idea is to illustrate the MASSIVE difference position makes on the play of any hand.

If you can.. try to play in position as much as you possibly can.



Alright so lastly a brief summary of basic poker strategy:
1) Play straight value ("ABC Poker" that you learn about in very basic poker books -- usually aimed at beginners) until you have figured out something about your opponents, something they do when they're in a hand that tells you what kind of hand they're playing.

2) Once that happens, use your knowledge of situational analysis, position, and what you know about the players who are in a given hand with you (ie. what types of hands they probably have, who will likely fold, who likely call or raise) to get a little creative. (this is where bluffing comes in, this is where you can play more marginal hands because you know where you stand and what your options are better than when you first sat down at the table, this is where you can make the most money with your good hands by knowing how to get your opponent to call you or make a bluff into you)

One more thing, I just wanted to adress this issue because I've seen a lot of people commenting on televised poker on this thread in particular.

DO NOT, I repeat DO NOT copy what you see on TV. If you don't know how to play poker in the first place, you will NO CLUE, absolutely ZERO CONCEPT of what the players on TV are doing or WHY they are doing it. You are likely to get yourself into all kinds of trouble if you try to copy them.

It's a little like playing chess right next to a pro chess player who is also playing a game (against someone else).. What you're doing is just making the same moves you see HIM make.. there's just one problem: HE'S MAKING THOSE MOVES IN RESPONSE TO WHAT THE PLAYER HE'S PLAYING AGAINST IS DOING!! YOU'RE PLAYING AGAINST SOMEONE ELSE!! SOMEONE WHO'S MAKING COMPLETELY DIFFERENT MOVES!!

I honestly can't think of a faster way to lose.

Also guys, if you yourself are not a pro, a winning player or at least highly experienced, be careful about posting replies to questions like you know what you're talking about. You're gonna screw people over. If you ask yourself HONESTLY "Do I have more to LEARN about poker or more to TEACH about poker?" You'll know whether or not you should be posting replies, or posting QUESTIONS.

Good luck all.
Regards,
Ash.

If you are new to poker i recommend getting the fill feel of it first. Play preety much any suited connectors and ofcourse any pairs and any two face cards. Try to stay away from hands such as, 10 2, 9 2, 8 2....etc. Basically stay away from hands that are not connected and or low.