Poker Starting Hand Guides – How To Use Them
If you are a new player to online poker then you may find the various starting hand strategy guides that are available online and in shops to be extremely useful. One of the best things about these guides is that they provide the user with knowledge of the various problems and commonly committed poker "sins" which can, and often do, cost a poker player a lot of money. If you restrict your poker playing strictly to narrow hands and this limited range of playing positions then you are guaranteed to lose money in the long term.
The problem is that if you wait idly by patiently awaiting the "perfect game" then you may end up spending your entire bank before it comes your way. The laws of statistics and probabilities have identified that anything is within the realms of possibility, but you must balance this against the likelihood it will arise. Be careful when using these hand strategy guides because they can limit your thinking and your ability to think on your feed.
The major issue that will rise time and time again with a tight technique is that the remaining players will be able to gauge your strategy and work out your next move well before even you do. When you become that easy to read, you become easy to manipulate and will become a sitting duck for the remainder of the players who will suck you dry. At best, you will be forced to play a defensive game, forever on the lookout for the next ambush at worst….you will be fleeced of all your chips.
It is for this precise reason that it is imperative then that you are able to expand your knowledge of the different range of playing hands and where possible, the number of position plays as well. A particular example springs to mind: use a hand like Ten-Eight of hearts and raise with it, which will force the other players to show their own hands. Make sure that whilst you yourself are stripping your opponent's defences bare and are now firmly privy to everything that they are doing and planning, they are not doing the same to you. Keep yourself a man of mystery and no one will want to go toe to toe with you.
Follow these pieces of advice and apply them religiously and without falter….and you will stand a very good chance of winning a fairly large pot sometime in the near future which you can then use as leverage into the final table. Make sure you do not let your greed get the better of you, and you will find a far better result in the long term.
