Learning The Time To Fold In Internet Poker
Posted on 10. Sep, 2009 by Simon M Skinner in gaming
Knowing when to fold is something that many players have a tough time learning. Because they obviously think their hand is the winning hand, they neglect to think about what their opponent could possibly have.
At many online casino games, certain players usually “bluff” even though their hand is worthless, but you don’t want to gamble with your entire pile of chips unless you know you have the best hand the table could possibly give anyone; if you don’t take heed, you could be out of the game.
Knowing when to fold is an important strategy in all online casino games, but it is especially important in online casino games that are “no-limit”. If you don’t fold when you should, you will find yourself out of games quickly and not experience much success when it comes to winning. Texas Hold’em games are notorious for “bluffers” as well as hands that beat yours with the turn of a “river” or final card.
It’s also harder to know when it’s a good idea to fold in an online casino game, because you can’t read the other players’ facial expressions or body language, or hear what they’re saying. However, you can learn to “read players” if you gamble online by seeing if you notice a pattern in their betting.
For example, after several hands, is there one player that goes “all-in” constantly, without ever folding a hand? If this is the case, chances are a good poker hand will beat him. On the other hand, sometimes a player that constantly folds, and then goes “all-in” probably has one of the best hands at the table, and you should fold, if yours is a mediocre hand.
All good players know when to fold. With Texas hold ‘em, you have to see what cards are in the center of the table and then determine what the possibilities are from those. For example, if the “flop” is three suited cards, somebody may have a flush at the table. With three consecutive cards, somebody at the table could have a straight. With three of a kind, there may be a full house at the table, etc.
If you don’t think about these possibilities, you may just lose. However, if you can make one of these hands on the “flop,” you also have to consider that someone else may have done so to, and their hand could be higher value than yours. With online casino games, the playing field is not equal if two players get a straight. Instead, it’ll go to the player with the highest valued straight.
The kicker card can also determine who the winner is going to be in an online poker game. A lot of players forget about this and may lose everything if this is true. Just as one example, if you have an Ace and a Queen in your hand and another player has an Ace and a King in his hand, he will win if the flop brings a pair of aces. That will mean you have a pair of aces, true, but the other player’s King “kicker” is going to ensure that he wins.
You need to know when to fold with online casino games, and to do that you need to learn how to read the other players and guess at their potential hands. If you can do that, you can also guess which may beat yours.
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04. Oct, 2010
There are a number blogs that have information on this subject, but I found yours and it has done a great job, cheers.