March 5, 2008

Online Poker Tricks To Extracting Chips

by Robert Eagle

Internet poker is can be a lot of fun. Everyone gets their share of good hands and bad. The key is to not press your luck. So many people will get great starting hands and not play them effectively enough. For example, let's say you are playing no limit texas hold'em and you are dealt pocket kings, This is the 2nd best starting hand in the game.

You raise the blinds up four times and one person calls you. The flop comes and a king hits the board. You bet five blinds again and you are not called. Twenty hands later you get pocket rockets and you go all in. Nobody calls and you win the blinds. Big deal.

Hours later, and you get KK again. You are a little over zealous and you push all in. this time you get two callers. Your opponents aren't scared of you. To your excitement, 2 people call you. You are up against AQ suited and TT. You have the best hand pre-flop and you wait to see what happens.

The flop comes and it's TAQ. You went from best hand to worse just like that. You are not happy. The turn and river draw blanks for you. Now, instead of being up a few dollars, your bankroll has just taken a sever hit and you are down a lot.

"Online poker is rigged", you scream to yourself. Well not necessarily. Your poor play is what got you into this trouble. You played your first two great starting hands with mild aggression and got called one time. You played your third hand very aggressively and got two callers. This reason this play wasn't so great is because of pure math.

You didn't get enough action on your first two monsters. You definitely didn't get paid off. You attempted to get paid off on your 3rd great starting hand, but it didn't pan out. You could have waited to see the flop before you pushed, but your lack of patience got the best of you.

Although you are the favorite in the third hand with kings, you can't and won't win every hand, every time with AA and KK. Had you bet only 5 times the blinds and hopefully have only been called, you would have been able to see the flop before committing more of your chips.

The nice thing about seeing a flop before committing all of your chips is to see if an Ace hits. Many weaker players play any ace online, and it's the worst thing pocket kings can run into. If that ace does hit with two other players, it's usually fold time baby.

Experts have scrutinized the outcomes of internet poker hands. The outcomes have shown nothing out of the ordinary. In fact, the outcomes have almost perfectly matched the stats of randomness. Some people think that internet poker hand outcomes are almost too perfect.

If you have a one in three chance of making your hand, keep track of it. If you are on your 4th draw and haven't hit the first three times, now is a great opportunity to semi bluff and push. The odds are now in your favor and you will have most of your chips in at the right time. Never give up and you too can become a poker star.

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