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Regardless of
how many chips your opponents have accumulated, you still have a very good
chance of finishing in the money if you can make it to the higher priced blinds
with at least half the chips you started the game with: and the lower the cost
of the buy-in; the more true the above becomes. (Because of quality level
of player you will face. In other words, You'll come across a lot more players
who THINK they are good; than you will come across truly good players at
the lower buy-in levels). Not to beat this into the ground, but patience once
again,.... will allow these players to reveal themselves to you
Make yourself
throw away those A9 off-suits, and in fact I usually won't start playing a
starting hand with an ace unless I have at least AJ and I'm not really
comfortable unless its AQ or better.
If you choose
to play A9, or A5, etc, you are only inviting yourself to fall into a trap.
Suppose the flop is A J 2, if you choose to play you are likely going to get
beat by a higher kicker, or possibly a straight. In either case, your 9 is not
going to be of any help.
As long as
there are 8 to 10 players still at the table, you've got to play very
conservative because those better starting hands are going to be out there.
It is almost
never wise to slow play. The only time I would disagree with that statement is
if you have the ultimate nut hand that cannot be dominated by the turn or river
card possibly filling a stronger hand.
Quick
Considerations
any pocket pair preflop has a slight edge over any other hand, such as AK, or AK
suited. That said, if you don't all-in preflop, and the flop brings overcards to
your pair, say you hold a pair of 9s, and the flop is 7 2 K, you must consider
your hand carefully now because you likely have just moved into second place
with your pair of tens, to someone else's pair of kings. All too often I
see players that bet heavy preflop with a pocket pair of say 55, and then when
the flop comes two overcards, they amazingly will go all in, like
that's going to sway the guy holding AK from calling.
Either go all
in while your pockets are the strongest hand (this usually is preflop) or else
play for catching that three of a kind, but you can only do so as long as you
aren't asked to put a large sum of money to chase the trips. Never go all
in without at least having top pair (unless your shortstacked which is a
strategy all together).
If you are
unsure of what hands to play from what position: check out
Hold'em starting hands chart
Game stakes
strategy for Texas Two Card Hold-em poker- click here
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