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Texas Holdem is a game where you should pick and choose your battles wisely. Playing every hand will of course lead to winning more pots. But in between those wins will be
more losses as well. Playing the right hands, at the right time will leave you with more chips in your stack.
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That leads us to seat position. Timing is everything in some cases, and in poker it certainly counts for something. While some cards are playable under some circumstances,
they aren't under others. Seat position is a key part of the circumstances that dictate whether you should play a hand, or wait for a better opportunity to present itself.
Professional poker players can sense what their opponents have in their hands. When just beginning you may not be able to read your opponents with that level of skill, but if you
can take a moment to read the cards on the board, you can tell with certainty what they do not have. Reading the board lets you know what hands are possible, and from there
you can use other information from your opponents to gauge what hands are probable. And act accordingly.
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Poker Strategy
- Reasons to call
There are several reasons for calling a bet or raise, summarized below.
* To see more cards: With a drawing hand, a player may be receiving the correct pot odds with the call to see more cards.
* To limit loss in equity: Calling may be appropriate when a player has adequate pot odds to call but will lose equity on money contributed to the pot.
* To avoid a re-raise: Only calling (and not raising) denies the original bettor the option of re-raising.
* To conceal the strength of a player's hand: If a player has a very strong hand, he might smooth call on an early betting round to avoid giving away the
strength of his hand on the hope of getting more money into the pot in later betting rounds.
* To manipulate pot odds: By calling (not raising), a player offers any opponents yet to act behind him more favorable pot odds to also call. For example, if a
player has a very strong hand, a smooth call may encourage opponents behind him to overcall, building the pot. Particularly in limit games, building the pot in
an earlier betting round may induce opponents to call future bets in later betting rounds because of the pot odds they will be receiving.
* To set up a bluff on a later betting round: Sometimes referred to as a long-ball bluff, calling on an earlier betting round can set up a bluff (or semi-bluff) on a
later betting round.
Gap concept
The gap concept states that a player needs a better hand to play against someone who has already opened the betting than he would need to open himself. The
gap concept reflects that players prefer to avoid confrontations with another player who has already indicated strength, and that calling only has one way to win
(by having the best hand), whereas opening (or raising) may also win immediately if your opponent(s) fold.
Sandwich effect
Related to the gap effect, the sandwich effect states that a player needs a stronger hand to stay in a pot when there are opponents yet to act behind him. Because
the player doesn't know how many opponents will be involved in the pot or whether he will have to call a re-raise, he doesn't know what his effective pot odds actually
are. Therefore, a stronger hand is desired as compensation for this uncertainty.
Loose/tight play
Loose players play relatively more hands and tend to continue with weaker hands. Tight players play relatively fewer hands and tend not to continue with weaker
hands. The following concepts are applicable in loose games (and their inverse in tight games):
* Bluffs and semi-bluffs are less effective because loose opponents are less likely to fold.
* Requirements for continuing with made hands may be lower because loose players may also be playing lower value hands.
* Drawing to incomplete hands, like flushes, tends to be more valuable as draws will often get favorable pot odds and a stronger hand (rather than merely one
pair) is often required to win in multi-way pots.
Often players will find themselves in need of a card to complete their hand. These hands are known as drawing hands. When on a drawing hand, it's nice to know what the odds
of your ship actually coming in are. Armed with those odds, you're better able to play your hand correctly. So, see the drawing odds page for a chart that will tell you the odds of
completing your gutshot straight, flush, or three-of-a-kind. Information is power at the table, and this information is part of the basic skills that winning poker players possess.
Related to drawing odds is the concept of pot odds. When you know you're waiting on a card to complete your hand, and there's a bet before you, you'd like to know if calling
that bet is a good idea or a bad idea. If you're familiar with the concept of pot-odds, you'd be informed enough to make that decision. When you're ready to have that kind of
power at the tables, read the primer on pot odds.
Poker Play
- California lowball
This was the primary poker game played in California during the heyday of Gardena in the 1970s. It is still played today, though its popularity has somewhat
lessened since the introduction of stud poker and community card poker to the state.
Played as above, using ace-to-five low hand values, with a single joker in the deck. Always played with blinds rather than antes, so players may not check
on the first betting round (but may on the second round). A player with a 7-high hand or better who checks after the draw forfeits his right to win any money
placed in the pot after the draw. (In other words, you may not check a "seven" unless you intend to fold when someone else bets). Another common rule in
low-limit games is that a player who checks on the second betting round may not subsequently raise on that round. This latter rule is never used in games
with a pot limit or no limit betting structure.
Badugi
Sometimes spelled incorrectly as Padooki or Badougi, Badugi is a four card ace-to-five low lowball variant where traditional poker hand rankings are changed.
A Badugi is a four card hand where all the cards are of different ranks and suits. Any cards which match another card in rank or suit does not play and the
first criteria for evaluating hands is the number of cards which are playing. The following is the ranking of several example of hands from best to worst:
1. Ace of spades, 2 of clubs, 3 of hearts, 4 of diamonds: 4 card 4 high best possible Badugi
2. 4 of spades, 6 of hearts, 8 of diamonds, J of clubs: 4 card J high Badugi
3. Ten of clubs, J of hearts, Q of Diamonds, K of hearts: 4 card worst possible Badugi
4. Ace of hearts, Ace of diamonds, 4 of clubs, 5 of spades: 3 card hand, 5 high
5. Ace of clubs, Ace of spades, 4 of spades, 6 of spades: 2 card hand, 4 high
Badugi is usually played triple-draw, with a 1-1-2-2 betting structure, although it is sometimes played in pot limit or 1/2 pot limit structures.
Other forms of lowball
Five-card draw, with no joker, and deuce-to-seven low hand values is called "Kansas City" or "Low Poker" or even "Billy Baxter" draw in honor of the player
who dominated the world championship in the event for many years. The 7-high rule and the no check-and-raise rule do not apply. In the eastern United States,
the United Kingdom, and elsewhere, ace-to-six low hand values are common.
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