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
Think about what hands your opponent could have
Think about what hands your opponent could have and you will avoid the standard situation weak players face constantly because they can’t fold a hand that is high on the hand-ranking chart when the board comes out scary. Don’t fold something like top pair, top kicker when you certainly have your opponent’s range crushed.
Do Not Play Robotically
Do Not Play Robotically When you play online, it is easy to fall into a routine in which you always play a specific starting hand the same way. It is easy to stop thinking about your opponents and only pay attention to your cards. You must constantly analyze why you are making a decision. If you start ignoring information, such as your opponent’s pre-flop raise percentage or stack size, you will start making mistakes. Eventually, you will go into autopilot, which will turn most profitable players into break-even players and most break-even players into huge losers. This doesn’t just happen to online players, either. If you play live tournaments and focus on things other than the poker game, you can easily go into autopilot as well.