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Texas Hold’em is by far the easiest
and the best poker game for any beginner to learn. A Texas Hold’em strategy
can be learned in a matter of minutes but understanding and obtaining a
solid Texas Hold’em strategy that would help you win on a consistent basis
will take time. I would suggest playing online, which offers a variety
of play money tables for players to practice on, until you're ready to
move up to the real money tables.
But before I get into the basic strategies
of how to play a solid poker game, there are a few factors in poker everyone
should take into consideration.
Affordability - Simply, if you can't
afford to lose at poker, then don't play at all. My solution for those
with a hole in their pocket is to practice their Texas Hold’em strategy
online with playmoney.
Playing for playmoney may be different
from playing with real money because most players don't care if they lose
their playmoney and tend to go all in with no hand at all. Playmoney will
teach you the fundamentals of Hold’em and you'll learn how to play a tight-solid
game, especially when dealing with those all-in playmoney maniacs.
No limit Texas Hold’em is a psychological
warfare. If you are not mentally prepared before sitting at a real money
table, then you shouldn't play at all. WITHOUT mental preparation at a
Hold’em game, you're pretty much throwing your money away.
Mental preparation isn't placing
yourself in a trance or a Zen-like state (Unless it does help, then by
all means). Mental preparation is focusing on winning, having a positive
attitude, and possessing the attributes all winning poker players have:
1. Discipline 2. Patience 3. A Plan
Discipline and Patience are two attributes
one must learn on their own. The Super Strategy Guide will help you develop
a Plan to play successful poker, specifically, Texas Hold’em. Without these
attributes, poker players will take advantage of you and in poker terms,
you will be considered as a "fish" in the game of Texas Hold’em.
Your Texas Hold’em image is represented
by your personality. Every poker player has a personality that can make
or break them at a poker game. Your Texas Hold’em image is a crucial part
of playing Texas Hold’em. Before I started writing this the section of
identifying your Hold’em image and your opponents, I read an article that
I've found really interesting that relates to this topic of table image.
A book author and professional Hold’em
player was playing Texas Hold’em at the Mirage in Las Vegas. A player left
his table and a man wearing shorts and a Hawaiian shirt filled the seat.
The poker author explains, "I immediately pegged this guy for another tourist.
After the tourist sat down, he was
telling stories and joking with the dealer and some of the other players.
He didn't seem to have a care in the world as he sat there talking and
playing."
Everyone at the table perceived this
character's Texas Hold’em image as a weak opponent, but this care-free
tourist was winning with his very tight and aggressive style of play.
As the poker author left the table
and went to the cashier to cash out, he bumped into his Hawaiian shirt,
dressed friend and introduced himself. He explains, "I asked him where
he was from and to my surprise he said he lived in Las Vegas. I mentioned
that he looked like a tourist. 'I know,' he said. 'Why would I want anyone
at the table to think I'm a local?'"
Michael Greens is a professional
poker player, that just finished writing his poker
book "Texas Holdem for Dummies"
If you liked this article and want
some more, you can visit Michael's Blog about texas holdem poker here:
Texas
Hold'em Poker book Blog.
Article Source:
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