The play speed is measured by the aggressiveness or passiveness of the players. The fast play is aggressive, the slow one – passive. Good players change the play speed all the time and that makes them unpredictable and difficult to read. Some players use the slow play to trick their opponents. When they have very strong hands, they just check or call. This strategy gives them the opportunity to make more money and provokes their opponents to attack or bluff. Actually, the slow play is a misleading (deceptive) play with very strong hand.
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Tight play - To play tight means to play much fewer starting hands, to fold when the hands are not strong and to enter the game only with strong combinations. The tight play is the best strategy for most of the situations, especially when playing with loose aggressive players i.e. maniacs. At the same time, if most of the other players play tight, it will be better for you to be more flexible than to wait passively for stronger hand. In many situations, when starting with mediocre hands, it is better to fold when a tight player raises. With these type of players you better call only when your hands are strong enough. If you have very strong hand, do not be afraid to raise tighter players – in most of the cases they will not fold.
The passive player raises not often even if he has strong hands. Usually the passive player calls even if he has not very strong hand but he raises only when his hand is very strong i.e. he has at least three of a kind. If you use the passive style of play with passive players, you will hardly increase your profit. But if other players are playing aggressively, the passive style for you will be more favourable than the aggressive one.
Different types of games require certain kinds of betting. We can find different types of betting in Texas Holdem, in fixed limit game or in other types of poker. You can find some specific betting conditions if you are playing poker online too.
- Pot odds is favourable for you;
- You think that your hand is stronger than the hands of yor=ur opponents. You also think that you can answer a raise;
- You play with opponents who are ready to answer to whatever you bet even when they have weak hands;
- You have a good chance to improve your hand after a draw or free card;
- The player after you is a tight player and you open the game knowing that he aswers your bet rarely; [...] Continue Reading…