Tournament Strategies
After receiving pocket cards, you are immediately faced with a choice: play your cards and either raise or call the blinds, or fold.
Practice Matters
The intriguing thing about poker
The intriguing thing about poker though is that it's ok to be too aggressive, and sometimes too passive as well, as long as you know and can properly anticipate how your opponents will react to your play. In general though, it's much better to err on the side of too aggressive in poker, rather than too passive. This is why the mantra, "If you don't know what to do, then bet," gains credence. Because in poker, when a player folds their hand they give up 100% of their equity. It's rarely a bad thing to bet, as opposed to checking, which can create a plethora of issues for you now or on later streets.
Aggression (too passive)
Aggression (too passive) If you believe you are being too passive in your poker game, then you're usually correct. It's something a lot of beginning players struggle with. A lot of times it's an aspect of a person's personality which translates onto the poker table. If you're a naturally more passive, person pleasing individual, it may be more difficult to put yourself in situations to be aggressive, and be betting and raising to make your opponents fold. If you believe this is the case, then the best thing for you to focus on isn't about artificially trying to become more aggressive. Really the best way to improve in this area is to improve the math area of the rational deduction/math aspect of your game.