hands

[Guest]

hi i am new here and love the forum.i was just wondering, when you are playing people in real life, how can you guess what other people have? how do you know?-thanks

[Jordan 1]

By reading the board.Learning what type of hands certain individuals prefer to play.Learning what type of hands certain individuals play in certain situations.Betting patterns.Knowing your opponent in general (the more detailed the better obviously).The better you know your opponent, the better you can put him on hands. Reading the board is also important in becoming a better "hand" reader. Most all of this comes from experience, so the more you play, the more you can expect to be able to "learn".- Jordan

[CardKillah 0]

Read. Read. Read. Reading books helps alot, other then that it's just experience from playing.Hold 'em, and Advanced Hold 'Em by David Sklansky are good books.The Psychology of Poker, Small Stakes Hold 'Em, and Inside the Poker Mind, are good books.

[LeeDanger 0]

I think the most important thing for a beginner to learn is basic statistics and probabilities. This is the first step to learning what kind of hands your opponents have. Understanding probabilities helps a player learn the odds of an opponent having a better hand than yours. Other than odds I think paying attention to players betting hands gives you a very good idea of what your opponent has. If you pay close attention it doesn't take long to understand how particular players play certain situations.

[jayboogie 0]

Often times especially with bad players, they'll do the same thing over and over again. For instance if there's a 2 of a same suit, many bad players will raise everytime they have this draw. Now of course this strategy isn't so bad, but more often than not these players are drawing to a low flush and they'll bet the turn as well when checked to them instead of getting a free card to make their flush. When you know a player does this, you punish them by re-raising and betting strong, making them outdraw you without the pot odds to do so. Many times you'll see bad players do the same thing repeatedly and it's not hard to pick up once you get some experience at the tables.

[speedz99 145]

Wow. Everyone used to be really nice.This post now would get 5 flames and 14 sarcastic responses