Best Poker Advice ever?
 

Ok, I want everyone to put down what the best poker advice they have ever received. You can put the situation, or just a sentence, I think this would be a good learning thread also

Re: Best Poker Advice ever?
 

Don't play poker

Given that a huge majority of people lose money playing poker this is sound advice for anyone. I just chose not to follow it [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]

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You should never ever.....or was it always.....I forget. Nevermind.

Onaflag........

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Ok....I will add some content to this thread, best advice ever - 'you should not be cold calling many hands, either re-raise or fold' (or something similar to that from HEFAP) - example where it paid off - last night 20-40 live str8 forward player open raised from MP, folded to me, I reraise with AQs, folds around - flop comes all blanks - I bet he folds'......

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The three keys to poker are patience, bankroll, and game selection.

Bob

*edited to include game selection

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The three keys to poker are discipline, bankroll, and game selection.

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Re: Best Poker Advice ever?
 

Raise.

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Raise.

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I second that.

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Ok....I will add some content to this thread, best advice ever - 'you should not be cold calling many hands, either re-raise or fold' (or something similar to that from HEFAP) - example where it paid off - last night 20-40 live str8 forward player open raised from MP, folded to me, I reraise with AQs, folds around - flop comes all blanks - I bet he folds'......

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Couldn't have said it better myself.

Re: Best Poker Advice ever?
 

Best advice......

Play fewer hands, and play those hands more agressively.

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You should do more folding than betting and raising, and more betting and raising than calling.

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Son, you've got to know when to hold 'em
know when to fold 'em
know when to walk away
and know when to run,
you never count your money when you're sittin' at the table

(everybody!)

there'll be time enough for countin' when the dealin's done.

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OK, my Top 10 Selected Pieces of Advice:

1. Read 2+2 books. SSH, HEFAP, TOP, and POP were all fantastically helpful.
2. Get PokerTracker. It's a bargain at 10 times the price.
3. Look for any reason to fold pre-flop, and any reason to bet/raise post-flop.
4. Slow play 1/5th as often as you want to.
5. Bluff 1/5th as often as you want to.
6. Chase 1/5th as often as you want to.
7. Fold to one bet on the river 1/5th as often as you want to.
8. Play with caution but without fear.
9. Never reveal EVERYTHING you know.
10.

Re: Best Poker Advice ever?
 

Patience. Position. Aggression.

Re: Best Poker Advice ever?
 

Non-self weighting strategy - learn it, know it, live it.

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I've received plenty in the past, throughout the different stages of my poker career. Here are some highlights:

~Newbie: If it's not a good blackjack hand, don't play it. Of course it took a while for me to understand that 7-4o is not what he meant.
~Intermediate: When in doubt, fold.
~Advanced: When in doubt, raise.

Re: Best Poker Advice ever?
 

A friend of mine years ago told me:

The game can't be beat, but you can beat the game.

Far be it that it's obvious advice, but it's something I've thought about ever since.

Barron Vangor Toth
www.BarronVangorToth.com

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"If I can win it, anybody can"

-Moneymaker

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Nobody ever got rich in limit poker making tough folds on the river.

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Patience, Patience, Patience.

Re: Best Poker Advice is also best life advice
 

The best advice I can give you is:

Some people dream about success,
others wake up and work hard for it!

Re: Best Poker Advice is also best life advice
 

To be successful in business, surround yourself with geniuses.

To be successful in poker, surround yourself with idiots.

/not mine
//it's all about the game selection

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Fold preflop. <font color="white">Take good cards to battle. Though any two can win, it matters if you start out ahead.</font>

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To be successful in business, surround yourself with geniuses.

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I like that, thats a good one.

Re: Best Poker Advice ever?
 

Patience pays off.

Be aggressive in the right situations.

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"Never go sky diving without a parachute"

funniest poker story ever!

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Always leave yourself an out. Take that as you wish. :-)

Re: Best Poker Advice ever?
 

keep learning...the fish are always plentiful at the top of the food chain

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if youre not motivated to work your ass off, then dont play.

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TStoneMBD's advice is excellent. For me, however, it's easily:

"Stop making so many stupid fucking mistakes, you pathetic tilt monkey."

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Never play limp in with weak hands out of position.

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Best advice I ever received:

1. Read many good poker books; study 2+2 books
2. Play tons of hands
3. Converse on 2+2
4. Play tons of hands
5. Get a coach
6. Play tons of hands

More poker specific advice...best I've ever received was from GoT who said that what this game boils down to is "weighted hand range calcs". Basically every poker book and every great player is a master at estimating hand ranges and acting accordingly.

M

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1. The toughest thing to do in Poker- Lay down a good hand
2. Get to know the table before making moves.
3. When you're in late position and pots are screaming to be bought, BUY THEM!
4. Patience
5. Patience
6. Patience
7. Patience
8. disciplined aggression
9. never never never never slow play A's in a ring game
10. better to win a small pot early than lose a large pot late.

class dismissed

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It was my third time playing holdem. I drove an hour and a half up the mountain to the casino in Blackhawk, CO to play some 2/5. An old guy sitting to my left, clearly sensing I was frustrated and entirely out of my element leaned over and whispered, "If you were him, and you just did that, what would you be holding? If you keep asking yourself that question and keep trying to answer it you'll get the hang of this in no time."

Not because the advice itself was some golden nugget but because it sparked me to begin "thinking" about the game rather than just playing it.

Pep.

Re: Best Poker Advice ever?
 

Read Small Stakes Holdem

Re: Simple
 

The best poker advice anyone could receive is this:

Make the decision with the highest long-term EV.

Here goes
 

Good post.

First, and foremost, it's fold . What could be more simple or more critical to most games than this concept? Easily 95% of the world's poker players would be better if they folded more.

The second best piece of advice I've ever received is raise . It's amazing how much more equity you buy as the aggressor in the pot. Once you've learned how to fold, learning how to raise makes you so tough to play against.

And finally... if you can't spot the sucker in 15 minutes at the table, you're it.

-Eric

Re: Best Poker Advice ever?
 

Raise or fold.

You have to have a good hand to raise, but you have to have an even better hand to call.

Re: Best Poker Advice ever?
 

just to clarify, i think the worst advice ever given, or at least the worst advice listed in this thread is the terrible cliches such as;

"raise or fold"
"never coldcall"

Re: Best Poker Advice ever?
 

Be nice to your fellow players.

Re: Best Poker Advice ever?
 

Don't lose.