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