I’m just getting back to the blogs after a tough weekend
on the felt. There were things I thought I did well, and things I didn’t do well.
I will learn from the mistakes I made, and move on. Sometimes the cards don’t
fall your way, so be it.
So you’re making good choices with your hand selection
now, right? At low stakes, it’s likely that most of the players around you are
not. It doesn’t vary much from the home game, to the charity events, to the
casino, at low stakes NLH. There are lots of bad players, who make poor
decision with their hand selection, and end up wasting even more money chasing
draws that cost them piles of chips over the long run. Wise up, and try not to
be that guy.
Where do you begin? Well quit chasing draws! I’m just
kidding, well as long as you are getting the right odds. At low stakes NLH, I
think more people use “pot odds” as an excuse for making bad decisions. It’s
comical. You know what I’m talking about, so don’t kid yourself. There is
always someone who peels off a large portion of his stack, chasing a draw, and
claims that “pot odds” compelled him to do it. Occasionally, I will ask them, “so
what exactly were your odds there?” I don’t recall ever receiving the right
answer. Seriously. It’s been my observation that “pot odds” are used as more of
a phrase, than as an actual calculation used to make profitable poker
decisions.
Pot Odds and Equity, are powerful tools when combined
with sound hand selection. Use them to your advantage and keep your stacks
going vertical. I’m not going to recreate the wheel here, or plagiarize someone
else’s work. Below are two hyperlinks, and I encourage you to visit them. These
two links, will explain it a hell of a lot better than me. There are a ton of
examples on the web, so if you don’t like these examples, Google has plenty
more available!
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