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Bad Beats
Strategy in Online
Poker - How to Avoid
Bad Beats
Bad
beats strategy is
important to
incorporate when
playing online
poker. How to
avoid bad beats is
essential in
winning. Here
are some important
points to consider:
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Move away from
low limit games.
Low limit games
allow players to
stay. Low
limit games
allow players to
stay in the game
in many cases
with just small
bets or calls,
if however they
were up against
a $30 raise and
they have a bad
hand they are
much less likely
to call then if
your limit raise
was just $2.
At the end of
the day you have
to remember that
everyone can
play their cards
the way they
want, if you
raise $10 pre
flop with pocket
Aces there is
nothign stopping
someone going
all in and
calling you with
their 4-7
suited! Yes it
is probably very
stupid of them
but if the cards
come out and
they make a
Flush and you
make 3 of a kind
then admittedly
you should feel
hard done by but
it's the way it
goes sometimes!
in the game in
many cases with
just small bets
or calls, if
however they
were up against
a $30 raise and
they have a bad
hand they are
much less likely
to call then if
your limit raise
was just $2.
(source:
PokerChatForums)
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A
point from a
Mike Caro
article that has
stuck with me
regarding bad
beats strategy
in online poker
and how to avoid
them goes
something like
this: if you're
encountering a
lot of poker bad
beats, it's a
good sign and
means that
you're playing
well. Huh? If
you think
backwards, this
completely makes
sense. You
suffer bad beats
after you have
the best hand
when all the
money goes into
the pot. If
you're
repeatedly the
favorite when
most of your
money is
committed then
you're playing
proper poker.
Forcing your
opponents to
need a miracle
card to beat you
every time is
exactly what you
want in the long
run. You should
take every
opportunity to
commit all your
chips against an
opponent on a
draw. While it
may be little
consolation
after suffering
your umpteenth
straight bad
beat, try to
think
objectively and
realize that you
still made the
right play.
Don't alter your
strategy simply
based on
short-term
results.
Modern poker
players are
certainly faced
with an
increased level
of bad beats due
to the massive
amounts of
inexperienced
players and the
faster pace of
online games.
That being said,
the game's never
been more
profitable for
those who can
psychologically
overcome
short-term bad
luck.
(source:
BeatTheFish.com)
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Bluffs are an
important part of
the game also – but
please, please… make
your bluffs LOOK
like you have done
the math and are
playing the pot
odds. If betting way
to high you shout to
heaven “BLUFFING” –
and to little – you
still give away free
cards.
- so a bluff also
needs to give bad
pot odds to your
opponent with the
options shown.
Important about
bluffing is
first to build a
table image
around you, as a
very tight
player, that
only plays
premium hands...
and bet HARD
when they hit.
You know how it
is... sitting at
a table with
someone that
only plays a few
hands - and
every time they
end at showdown
- they show a
great hand.
Seeing this for
some time,- and
it become very
difficult to
call there
bets... and NOW
they can bluff.
Furthermore -
when they bluff,
they do it in
the same style
as playing there
normal strong
hands... AND -
they only bluff
when they have a
live hand with
fair outs for
improvement - so
that IF they get
called, they
could still end
up with a great
hand.
So in short...:
* You can bluff
when the
opponents dont
think you do
* If you bluff -
dont show the
cards and
destroy the fine
image you have
of beeing a
tight player
* Bluff when you
have outs to
improve the hand
* If someone
reraise your
total bluff -
fold so the hand
wont end up
beeing shown....
or reraise big
if you think you
can scare him
away.
 Some
players love to
show a bluff,-
in the hope to
put the opponent
on tilt. This
might work - but
at the same time
you have
destroyed your
tight image to
all the other
players at the
table... and
this will bite
your ass later.
(source:
WassOnline)
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Originally
published to
Gambling911.com
May 29, 2008
9:23 am EST
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