Key Skills To Playing Poker

[kompressaur]

I will elaborate more later as im away for some smoke but while i have them to mind these are the things that you need to learn to be competant at poker-

1. Playing Tight
2. Folding Early
3. Incorporating Position & Strategy
4. Reading Hands
5. Avoiding Traps
6. Winning Without the Best Hand
7. Inducing Calls & Bluffs
8. Playing The Players

copyright Barry Teanabaum

[Scottieboy08]

Agree with all apart from avoiding traps komp. Sometimes they are unavoidable, especially when you both have a big hand. The others in a simple sense are true though.

[AnothrSpacecat]

9. Avoiding Betfair Poker no matter how much money they throw at you for free. You'll get dealt nothing but garbage.

[kompressaur]

You sound bitter Spacecat and you know thats not true. Maybe they just hate you

Just to mention the avoiding traps Scottie. I was just thinking on a basic level like everyone checking when an ace flops and then everyone suddenly thinking that suddenly the ace doesnt exist and betting 2nd top pair like a madman only for someone to show an ace at a later street

[Scottieboy08]

Thinking the ace doesn't exist is a very nasty trait komp I understand what you mean though, what you will see sometimes is a player (good or not) call down with an ace. If they are good, it usually means they are pot controlling (with a hint of inducing a bluff, not the same thing as trapping imo) as they still only have one pair.

[kompressaur]

I fell for it till it was pointed out to me i think Scottie

another key skill for a beginner is on how to close the game window after youve been knocked out making a stupid call. the fear of seeing 'LOL' and 'What a donk!' is enough to depress any poker noob and it is a key skill imo.