| I like to keep my fellow players off balance when | | | | afford too. Tight players usually can't stand to |
| I am playing Hold Em tournaments. I play quite a | | | | lose the coin flips because they haven't increased |
| few hands. I might raise when in position or I | | | | their stacks enough because real premium hands |
| might limp in. I might check raise from early | | | | don't come along often. |
| position with just suited connectors. I might flat | | | | I started out years ago, a very conservative |
| call with any 2 cards. My aim here is to knock a | | | | tight player. I did ok, usually even or small losses. I |
| lot of my competition out of the pot and pick up | | | | never really got ahead much. Then I studied the |
| a bunch of smaller pots, thus, building my bankroll | | | | way Doyle Brunson played, and a few others. As |
| and my wild table image. | | | | you know, Doyle will play anything almost |
| Sometimes, or actually, a lot of times, when you | | | | anytime. I decided I wanted to be more |
| get in and raise or limp with suited connectors or | | | | aggressive. What I found out is, to do this, drop |
| small pairs, you miss the flop totally. Been there | | | | down to the lowest levels you can play online and |
| done that. Now the game begins. If you are first | | | | learn that way. A lot cheaper to learn. Try to play |
| to go, I bet always. Not a lot, but I bet. If you | | | | 6-8 hands every 10. Don't play the true junk like |
| act later, see how others bet. If there is a larger | | | | 72, 83, 92 etc. By playing a lot of shaky hands, |
| bet and some calls, you might want to get out | | | | you learn how to do it. You learn a lot more |
| here. You took your shot and got out cheaply. | | | | about poker being aggressive over conservative. |
| When you do open the betting after the flop, a | | | | Any idiot can play AA or KK or AK but to be |
| half to two third of the pot is a decent bet. Not | | | | truly successful and move up to a higher level, |
| risking too much to try and grab it. | | | | you need to know how to play 44, 98, 10 10, etc. |
| Now, when you do hit the flop good, nobody has | | | | It's fun also to play a lot of hands when it isn't |
| a clue as to what you have. Lets say you have | | | | costing you much. You learn how to play when |
| the 76 of hearts and flopped 543 with 2 hearts. | | | | you miss the flop, how to steal some blinds, when |
| You now have the nut straight and a flush draw. | | | | to bluff, if you're a being bluffed, and how to read |
| You are in great shape to suck some chips up | | | | players and keep track of betting patterns. |
| especially id someone else hit something on the | | | | It has worked for many pros like Daniel Negreanu, |
| flop. Now you bet out a bit, not too much but | | | | Gus Hansen, Doyle, Gavin Smith, Phil Ivey, and |
| enough to make them hurt a little to call. You get | | | | the list goes on. I now can play 2 styles |
| those chips when you win and you are now | | | | comfortably. Aggressive or Conservative. Both |
| increasing your tournament stack greatly. You | | | | styles have their place and time in the course of |
| now have a major advantage. You can get in | | | | all tournaments. |
| some coin flip situations and if you lose, you can | | | | |