Good players can let go of any emotional attachment to their pretty-looking hands. Average players get married to their aces or kings instead, and can't let them go even when they know they are beat. 1. Think About Ranges, Not Hands
One of the easiest ways to spot the difference between average poker players and elite ones is by how they think about what their opponent has. Average poker players try and put somebody on a specific hand. Advanced poker players think in terms of ranges. A range is essentially the entire spectrum of hands somebody can have in a specific situation. For example, player X can have a flush, top pair, middle pair, bottom pair, a draw, ace-high or a complete air-ball bluff. Good players understand that player X will show up with this entire range of hands with various frequencies. They try and figure out those frequencies and then make the best play. Average players try to put an opponent on exactly {a-Hearts}{j-Hearts} (or some other specific hand) because that's "what their gut tells them." 2. Ditch Your Favorite Hand A lot of people have a favourite hand. I know that every time I get dealt the old {9-}{7-}-suited my eyes light up and I want to play it so bad! However, in reality, I know that {9-}{7-}-suited is a mediocre hand. It makes sense to play it in some spots — late position, for instance, in an unopened pot. But it should almost always be folded in early position. If you currently have a favourite hand, that's fine — most people do. But don't give it preferential treatment and make bad plays with it. 3. Adopt a Consistent Strategy Another big key to becoming a great poker player (and perhaps one of the most important poker tips you should know) is consistently applying a winning strategy. It is not okay suddenly to change things up (e.g. to open with {9-}{7-}-suited from early position) just because you are bored or tilted. All of your learning, experience and study over the years has given you a body of knowledge telling you how to play this game profitably. But it only actually matters if you apply it at the poker tables all the time. Every hand counts and every session counts. 4. Always Have a Reason Big-time winning poker players will sometimes break from their standard, successful strategies, but always for obvious reasons. An average player might start raising {9-}{7-}-suited in early position because he is bored or wants to make something happen. An elite poker player will raise with this hand in this position on occasion because he notices the table is playing passively and there are a couple of recreational players in the blinds. There is a clear reason then to believe that raising {9-}{7-}-suited in early position (typically a fold under normal circumstances) might be a profitable play in this situation. If you can produce a well-reasoned argument why deviating from your regular strategy might be more profitable, then it is okay. It is the "because I feel like it" or "I am bored" reasoning that has to go. 5. Know When to Fold Your Aces Another clear difference between average poker players and great poker players is the ability to fold an overpair. You know that little sick feeling you get when you have {a-}{a-} and a tight opponent raises all-in on the turn? You make the so-called "crying call", and he turns over the set yet again. You need to start paying attention to that feeling a little bit more often. 6. Realise Tilt Only Hurts You Tilt is a destroyer of bankrolls, dreams and poker careers. I can't tell you how often I receive emails or comments from people who describe to me how they've tilted vast amounts of their bankroll away when things went badly at the poker tables. The reality of poker is that sometimes things will go badly for you, and there is absolutely nothing that you can do about it. 7. Don't Play in Bad Games One more way average players regularly sabotage their poker results is by stubbornly playing in games that are full of decent-to-good regulars. If you can't find somebody at the table who is playing very poorly, then you have to ask yourself why it is that you are even there. If you only play poker for the mental challenge or recreation or pleasure, then this is fine. This poker tip doesn't necessarily apply to you. But if winning is at all a priority for you, then you need to remember you don't turn a significant profit in poker by pushing tiny edges against good poker players. You win big by playing against players who are making significant fundamental errors and giving away their money over the long term. 파워볼365인포
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