Free Online Poker Games Guide To Playable Hands And Table Position
Whether you play free online poker , money games or both there are come common sense guidelines that you should try to play by. Follow them and you will do good in most games as long as you are not playing to far out of your skill level.
Hands you can play before the flop
The obvious bests would include AA, KK, QQ, and JJ. Other strong hands are AK suited, KQ suited, and usually including QJ suited.
Table Position
The first thing you must always do is take note of what your location is in relation to the dealer.
The further away from the deal, in an ordered basis, the more leeway you have when it comes to hands you can safely play. For example, pocket 10′s right after the Blinds players is generally not very safe. A pair of 10′s in such an early position is not a safe hand to play as anyone coming after you with Jacks, Queens, Kings or Aces is very likely to beat you. Overall, in early position it’s a very risky one.
However, if you are in later position, your pocket 10s type hand strengthens a little. You have been able to see activity from other players, and if say there have not been many calls and some folds then the 10s become a better % prospect and it may be worth risking it in the hope of a nice flop. If there is a lot of betting before you, even if only calling the big blind, chances are someone before you is holding something stronger, and it would be wisest to fold.
The same is applicable to more risky hands, should I be last or nearly last bet, and there haven’t been many calls and zero bets, I will play pocket 5′s – 10′s, or perhaps a 3,4 suited to 5,6 suited and hope for a straight or open ended straight on the flop.
The simple fact of poker is that any hand prior to the flop is a risk, I’ve lost pocket A’s many times, but these tips will hopefully help you to manage the risks and know when its safer to play those mediocre hands. Poker hands involve lots of probability so if you stay with the more likely ones then you should come out ahead over time.
To learn how to play poker for beginnersand practice playing hands and position it’s a good idea to play free poker to try and figure things out before risking real money.
April 26, 2011
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Posted by Jam Man
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