Best Poker Advice ever?

[pzhon]

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If you are going to call anyway, BET.

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That is overused. I find it quite profitable to induce bluffs from hands that wouldn't call if I had bet.

[CanKid]

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"Don't bet if you're only going to get called by a better hand"

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Appreciating the merits of tight play, this advice seem too tight. I would argue that if you're playing with good cards, betting and, in particular, raising generates the greatest long-term value.

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what?

[SA125]

If someone is new to poker and really serious about making a long term commitment to it, I'd say "looking at it as one long game" is the best thing they could learn.

Luck will even out and skill will eventually get the money over the long term. It's true, but how long is the long term?

Poker is played in a public forum. Everyday new people are competing with you for the money. Luck doesn't come in equal doses and can vary greatly for each individual.

You can put in a lot of effort thinking about and studying the game. You can play a lot and get the experience. In poker, luck will always have a tremendous effect on your results.

If you're a scratch golfer, a 25 handicap hacker will never beat you h/u. That's not true in poker and can be very frustrating.

[AAAAdam]

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"Don't bet if you're only going to get called by a better hand"

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Appreciating the merits of tight play, this advice seems too tight. I would argue that if you're playing with good cards, betting and, in particular, raising generates the greatest long-term value.

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what?

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There are different ways to interpret your initial statement. Which do you mean?

1. Don't play bad cards.
2. If you're in a hand and you're sure you're beat or that pot odds are unfavorable, then don't bet. I'm guessing that you mean that if anyone then bets into you, you'll fold.
3. (Tight) If you think you might be beat, then don't bet. This is the one that I initially responded to as being too tight.

Sorry if my initial response was unclear.

Adam [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

[memphis57]

Lefty-loosie, righty-tightie.

Oh, wait, maybe that was the best auto-mech advice. I'm not sure.

[PokerProdigy]

In my opinion the best poker advice is that "poker is hard work." This is something I just learned, even though I have been playing for about a year and a half. This is great advice because I now understand that if I want to be good (and I'm NOT talking about being great either, just good enough to crack some of the medium limit games and make 20-30 dollars an hour) I will have to work VERY HARD, tons of experience, analysis, reading, studying, etc...

[DireWolf]

"The only way to become good at poker is to give up the rest of your life, Let 2+2 become your only friend. Sit at your computer 24 hours a day. Eventually drift into OOT."

[CanKid]

I more meant the river situations where a bet will only be called by a better hand, applies in many games.

[Hoi Polloi]

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"It depends."

Once you realize it depends, you've taken the only step that matters. The rest of your development is figuring out why it depends and what you should do about it.

At least, that's my take on it.

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That's one of the best I heard.

[Hoi Polloi]

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"Never masturbate while playing online."

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How about in a live game. It creates certain image that your opponents won't soon forget.