Champions of Poker

Hello,

I want to share with you the way I play. Hope to have some feedbacks from you about it. Thanks in advance.

I usually play tight the first level of the game. I want to create and then establish a tight image. I don’t want to lose chips of course so I always try not to be the underdog.

On the following levels, I will then try to loosen up. Make bluffs here and there and then will go all in after being dealt of AA, KK, Aks, or the like. I love when people don’t have any idea where I’m at and what I’m up to, most especially when they call though with not so good hands.

Honestly, I find the way I play sensible. It worked well. However, there’s one problem and that’s about bringing myself to play K10o when four people are left to act behind me. It’s so hard to do so.

Any thoughts?

Thanks!

Brent
Brent,

If you can limp in and see a cheap flop, you can play this type of hand on occasion and hope to hit the flop well. If you can’t get in cheap, fold.

Hello,

For more than a month now, I’ve been playing holdem online. Just weeks ago, I decided to improve my skills as I already considered the game fun and exciting. I started to add more hours to my playing time and then make some adjustments with how I see my cards. I also stopped focusing on how other players play. Well, all my efforts eventually paid off. In a WPT tourney, I ended having the 7th place.

Luckily, I got then the chance to see your site. Thanks to you and your site as I was able to learn not only what the good cards are but also what the bad ones are. I was also able to learn how to play, when to play, so on and so forth.

Because of the many things I learned, in a $1 tourney just recently, I was the 2nd placer out of 1300 players who joined. And in a $5 tourney early this morning, I was in the 24th place out of 900, not so bad I believe.

Despite the achievements I got, I still have some questions to ask. One of the most intriguing to me actually is the one about closing the deal. How do you actually close the deal? In the two recent events where I got the 2nd and 24th place, I had high chip count later part. I tried to play loosely then and tried two bluffs as well. I’m thinking of posting and folding then but I’m not sure.

Hope to hear from you soon.

Thanks!

Engelbert
Englebert,

In the later part of the tournament you need to punish the short stacks and force them to either play for all their chips or lay down. Don’t get into too many big confrontations with big stacks unless you have a strong hand. Otherwise, try and see flops cheaply and punish your opponents when you hit the board strong.

When you get to the last few players, open up your hand ranges a bit to try and take the win. Two big cards, any ace, any pair, and large suited cards are strong hands 4 handed through heads up. Otherwise, continue to play small pot poker and see cheap flops.