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
AK (Will bet turn unimproved)
AK (Will bet turn unimproved) Nearly all opponents who raise before the flop will follow it up with a continuation bet on the flop. Not all opponents however will fire the second bullet with an unimproved hand. When you get a rare chance to see a showdown when someone bets the turn with an unimproved hand, you should make a note of this and most important, write down what the bet size was in proportion to the pot size.
Noting that your opponent will fire multiple bullets
Noting that your opponent will fire multiple bullets with a non-paired hand is important, but it will be rare that you’ll be able to see them showdown a hand often enough to know the rate they do this. Of course if they are fire multiple bullets in nearly every pot they’re involved in, then you can be quite sure they make this play often. The more important thing that you can take away as a read within a short session against an opponent like this is how he bets his made hands versus his bluffs.