Useful Strategies
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The Poker Face An essential key to
mastering any card game is to not show any emotions on your face, or your
body movements, while playing the game. If you were to give away any hint
that you have a good hand, your opponents will back out of that hand
immediately. Conversely, if you were to express fear when you’re bluffing on
a hand, then someone could easily take you out. So, always be aware of the
way you act and feel free to fake people out. Looking confused or scared is a
good way to bluff when you have a good hand. |
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Pot Odds Pot odds is a term we
use when your chances of winning is greater than that of the percentage of
the pot needed to call. For example, you have a flush draw after the turn and
there is $10 in the pot. The person before you bets $2, 20% of the pot.
Statistically, it would be a good idea to call because of the pot odds.
Basically, if the amount to stay in the game is fairly miniscule compared to
the amount in the pot already, and you have a pretty good hand, it’s worth
the money to just call and see if you can quadruple, quintuple, or whatever
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Statistics Ever wonder how pro’s
can make such hard decisions on whether to call or not? Yes, being able to
read someone and tell if they are bluffing is priceless, but you can also
have a mathematical approach to it, too. The easiest way to calculate the
odds of getting the card you want is too to follow this easy equation: Percent chance that
you get the card you want = (number of outs/total number of cards left in the
deck) x 100 To figure out how many
outs you have left, decide what cards you need and count how many there are
in the deck, not including those already seen. When counting the total number
of cards left in the deck, count all cards that you have not seen and leave
out your hand and however many cards have been dealt face up. For example, if
you have two *Remember, this
equation will never be exact due to the fact that you cannot see every card
that has been dealt.* |
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