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PokerGuru
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Mini POKER LESSON 5: When to HOLD or FOLD
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My beloved poker scholars:
This may be the most valuable lesson I have presented to you
so far. It is also the most personal, because this is
exactly how I, myself, ALWAYS decide how to play my starting
hand (hole cards) in Texas Hold'em poker. Without
exception! Even if at some time it doesn't "feel right", I
assure you that never deviating from it is what has made me
and kept me a poker pro with enough success to live my life
the way I want to live.
It took me a long time, after I started playing seriously,
to work this out and then test it over the period of an
entire year. The reason it took me so long was because I
developed it as my own method and it differs quite a bit
from any other method or strategy or chart that I have been
able to find. In fact, I threw away and forgot all those
other "guides" when I discovered that using my own did this:
It more than doubled my yearly earnings year after year
without ever needing any change made to it whatsoever.
Now I present it to you, my fledgling future pros. As I do
so, I promise you that I will swear on anything at all that
you are the very first human beings I have ever divulged my
secret to. The loyalty and effort you have shown me, along
with that special mystique of any PCer who stays a PCer, has
convinced me that I would never be able to live with myself
if I did not acknowledge how deserving you are of being the
ones with whom I leave this special secret I have kept.
It makes me very happy to present it to you now, to use
however you see fit, to further your ability to achieve a
richly independent life -- through brainpower.
Of course it will not do it alone. You still have to do
what you have been doing -- learning the best way to master
all the other aspects of poker. Knowing how to play the
first two cards has to be combined with knowing how to play
the other five cards! In a variety of situations!
That is a good thing about my starting cards strategy -- it
will work in ANY situation.
Now you can take pencil and paper and individualize the
following chart of mine. You can arrange it on a card in
whatever way makes it easiest for you to learn and remember.
You want to have a picture of it firmly planted in your
mind, so you don't have to rely on a paper chart while you
are playing.
With all that being said, my dear friends, here is probably
my own best secret, unveiled:
TEXAS HOLD'EM HOLE CARDS: WHEN TO HOLD THEM
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A - Suited: Hold it down to 5
--- unsuited: Hold it down to 8
K - Suited: Hold it down to 5
--- unsuited: Hold it down to 8
Q - Suited: Hold it down to 8
--- unsuited: Hold it down to 10
J - Suited: Hold it down to 8
--- unsuited: Hold it down to 10
10 - Suited: Hold it down to J
---- unsuited: Hold it down to a pair
9 - Suited: Hold it down to J
--- unsuited: Hold it down to a pair
8 - Suited: Hold it down to Q
--- unsuited: Hold it down to Q (or a pair)
7 - Suited: Hold it down to K
--- unsuited: Hold it down to K (or a pair)
6 - Suited: Hold it down to K
--- unsuited: Hold it down to K (or a pair)
5 - Suited: Hold it down to K
--- unsuited: Hold it down to K (or a pair)
4 - Hold it only if it is a pair
3 - Hold it only if it is a pair
2 - Hold it only if it is a pair
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About Staying with a Pair of 4's, 3's, or 2's
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Play all 3 pairs the same. Which is:
Check: anytime
Call: only if the bet is low and there have been no raises
Raise: Only if you're working a bluff |
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char1984
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31.05.2008, 03:57 |
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Thanks for the lesson poker guru and I like to take them and store them in my favorites so I can know right where they are and read them for reminders |
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PokerGuru
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31.05.2008, 12:06 |
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WOW Char!
What a great idea!
I'm sure lots of other members are thankful to you for the great idea! I sure am! |
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broxi
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31.05.2008, 17:22 |
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hi another great lesson thanks guru...one bit i dont understand tho is K - Suited: Hold it down to 5
--- unsuited: Hold it down to 8....... 5 - Suited: Hold it down to K
--- unsuited: Hold it down to K (or a pair) ....as it seems to me you are saying at first only hold a k and 8 unsuited at the least but then you say hold a 5 unsuited down to a king....or am i just picking up what you mean wrong as usual lol |
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sharon030161
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whewwwwww. i really need some lessons for sure. |
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slotmom
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Well I have to say I sure learned something again tonight first was at chat and now reading this . Thank you Guru for all your hard work to make us all a better poker player ty ty |
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PokerGuru
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broxi wrote: › hi another great lesson thanks guru...one bit i dont understand tho is K - Suited: Hold it down to 5
--- unsuited: Hold it down to 8....... 5 - Suited: Hold it down to K
--- unsuited: Hold it down to K (or a pair) ....as it seems to me you are saying at first only hold a k and 8 unsuited at the least but then you say hold a 5 unsuited down to a king....or am i just picking up what you mean wrong as usual lol
Broxi, my dear one, please forgive me for not seeing your post until now!
I am very impressed with you and now know that you really know how to study and learn ..... because it took some concentration to catch what you did!
Yes, indeed, I certainly did make a mistake! And I am so glad you caught it.
I guess I should have looked at my own notes instead of typing straight from my head.
Not only was THAT a mistake, but what I REALLY would like to teach you all....for extra insurance......is to treat 6 and 5 the SAME WAY YOU DO 4, 3, and 2.
That is because between the time I first figured this strategy and the present moment, the knowledge of all those playing online poker has grown tremendously!
NOW, when I play online, I play no card under a 7 unless it is paired!
Thank you for pointing my error out to me and I hope all my PCers will read this new updated post!
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Scoo
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thank you for the lesson |
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broxi
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guru no need to apoligise for not seeing a post as we all know you are busy and always do your best |
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Dear Poker Guru.
I'm a low level, fixed limit player. I've always felt intimidated by the no limit play, simply because, even at low limit, some players bring a lot more money to the tables than I do, and they're only to quick to bet the pot, even before a card is shown, then throw it all in at the drop of a hat. I find it all really intimidating.
I’ve been to my local bookstore and asked for the best poker book they had. I was given a book by Doyle Brunson, which I think was called ‘Super System’ at a whopping £28. With due respect, it had far to many pages in it for my liking. By the time I was on page 150, I’d forgotten what I’d read on the first 100. I’ve tried other, more simplified, larger paperbacks. One even used the months, and seasons of the year. It was all a bit silly. This lesson is by far the most simple system to follow, and it was free.
Thank you very much indeed.
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