The subject of this article is basic Texas Holdem strategy; the common sense guidelines to smart poker that youd better know well, because your opponents sure do, and theyre using it against you right now. Here we go!
Fold
Forget about what you see on TV. In real Texas Holdem you will be folding more often than anything else. And if youre not, then youre probably playing too frivolously. Texas Holdem is about seizing opportunities, not barnstorming through every hand. If you stay in to the Showdown on more hands than you fold, we wager that your time as a Texas Holdem player will be brief.
Check
Overzealous poker neophytes will often fold out of a hand they could just as well have stayed in, if only theyd waited to see if everyone checked before them. Often everyone will check in a hand, and then you — having folded instead because you thought your hand unsalvageable — missed out on a chance to see your next card for free. Oops. If youre the first to bet and you want to fold, check instead (unless you plan to bluff and then, may the force be with you). Worst case scenario, someone bets after you and then you fold...
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