The article "When Knowledge is your downfall" is about casino gambling, it was created by Nicolas Fradet.
The recent scucess of the World Poker Tour is really great for
the poker world.
I don't guess anyone can argue the contrary.
It's getting more poeple in the pokerrooms, more players in
tournaments and it's sharpening poker's image as a game of
skill.
There's been a huge amount of pkoer scenes on television in the
last year.
Shows like CSI, Line of fire and Las Vegas all had a
character say poker is a great game where skill palys an
important part. Maybe some day we'll have the same recognition
as the bridge and chess players.
The fact that we get to see the player's hole cards on the World
Poker Tour not only makes for great entertainment, but it also
let's us dig into the mind and thought processes of sensational
players.
Armed with this information, the studious and
experimented player can raelly improve his game.
My friends and
I often say we are blessed to have started playing poekr years
before the WPT so we can truly understand what's going on.
For the new players, however, it can be disastrous. Raising with
J6o without grasping the reasoning behind it, cause your saw
Gus Hansen do it, can be pretty damaging to your bankroll. Moves
like this are often made cause a player is attacking a weaker
player or a smaller stack. And he uusally will have position on
him. You have to understand this.
When you see an expert player call a raise with a weaker hand
like 54s, it's simple to start doing the same thing. What you need
to get is that he's calling with a hand that's not likely to be
dominated and that he probably has great impiled odds on his
opponent.
He's calling with 54s and foldnig KJ. It's the
opposite of what typical palyer do. The reason is that he can
get hmiself in trouble with the KJ, if he's against AK, KQ, AJ,
JJ, QQ, KK, or AA. With 54s, should he hit 2 pair or better, he
can get a nice payoff with what should be the hottest hand most of
the time. There are so many details involved in a typical poker
decision that you can't get better at it by watching TV.
I've been noticing a huge increase in the number of these weak
plays by new plaeyrs.
Plyaers are moving all-in for $1500 in a
$60 pot. Players are bluffing calling stations. Players are
trying to bluly bigger stacks. Although being aggressive is
absolutely essential to your poker success, you have to be
selectively aggressive.
This means pciking your spots, picking
the right opponent, picking the right stack the right moment.
If you are new to the poker world, watch the World Poker Tour
mainly for the entertainment. Read the books, practice what the
books teach. Then read them again.
Once you become a winning
poker player, you'll start to grasp the concepts behind these
bold plays, and understand why they are made, and when you
should make them.
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