Post by Admin on Sept 24, 2014 12:19:13 GMT -8
scaredAce
FOLLOW THIS SYSTEM!
I invented this in 1989 and it is proven to make you a better player if you discipline yourself and ONLY play Premium hands!!!!!
Various "experts" may disagree on the relative importance of different factors in becoming a successful Texas Hold 'Em player, but high on everyone's list is the ability to make correct decisions about which starting hands are worth playing.
While one can err in the direction of being too tight (i.e., playing too few hands), most observers would agree that beginning Hold 'Em players are much more likely to err in the opposite direction and play too many hands. In all poker variations, especially at the lower limits, the newcomer will pay a higher penalty for being too loose than being too tight. Given this proclivity to play too many hands and the unpleasant consequences of this behavior, it is probably excellent advice for the beginning player to pay special attention to the task of identifying hands that have the best chances of winning the money. There will come a time when other factors, such as the desire to be deceptive, the need to "play the players," post-flop strategies, the significance of position, the importance of "table image," etc., will need to be mastered, but these are complex and subtle issues that are very difficult to quantify.
Fortunately for the novice, one skill that lends itself to fairly easy quantification is the question of determining worthwhile starting hands. What follows is a very easy method of using simple math to objectively identify winning hands.
STEP ONE: Add the value of your two cards using the scale below:
Ace= 16 pts. King= 14 pts. Queen= 13 pts. Jack= 12 pts. Ten= 11 pts.
all other cards are worth their face value, e.g., a two is 2 pts., a nine is 9 pts.
STEP TWO: If your two cards are paired, add 10 points to the total.
STEP THREE: If your two cards are both of the same suit, add four points.
STEP FOUR: If your cards are connected (i.e., next to each other in rank, as with a Jack and Ten, a Jack and a Queen, etc.) add three points.
STEP FIVE: If your cards have a one card "gap" (e.g., a Queen and a Ten, a Jack and a Nine, or an Ace and a Queen, etc.) add two points.
STEP SIX: If your cards have a two-card "gap" (e.g., an Ace and a Jack, a Queen and a Nine, or a Jack and an Eight, etc.) add one point.
STEP SEVEN: If you are in middle position add three points, and if you are in late position or on the button, add five points.
STEP EIGHT: Call a bet with 30 points or more, and raise or call a raise with 34 points or more.
By limiting yourself to these hands you will always be playing premium cards.
FOLLOW THIS SYSTEM!
I invented this in 1989 and it is proven to make you a better player if you discipline yourself and ONLY play Premium hands!!!!!
Various "experts" may disagree on the relative importance of different factors in becoming a successful Texas Hold 'Em player, but high on everyone's list is the ability to make correct decisions about which starting hands are worth playing.
While one can err in the direction of being too tight (i.e., playing too few hands), most observers would agree that beginning Hold 'Em players are much more likely to err in the opposite direction and play too many hands. In all poker variations, especially at the lower limits, the newcomer will pay a higher penalty for being too loose than being too tight. Given this proclivity to play too many hands and the unpleasant consequences of this behavior, it is probably excellent advice for the beginning player to pay special attention to the task of identifying hands that have the best chances of winning the money. There will come a time when other factors, such as the desire to be deceptive, the need to "play the players," post-flop strategies, the significance of position, the importance of "table image," etc., will need to be mastered, but these are complex and subtle issues that are very difficult to quantify.
Fortunately for the novice, one skill that lends itself to fairly easy quantification is the question of determining worthwhile starting hands. What follows is a very easy method of using simple math to objectively identify winning hands.
STEP ONE: Add the value of your two cards using the scale below:
Ace= 16 pts. King= 14 pts. Queen= 13 pts. Jack= 12 pts. Ten= 11 pts.
all other cards are worth their face value, e.g., a two is 2 pts., a nine is 9 pts.
STEP TWO: If your two cards are paired, add 10 points to the total.
STEP THREE: If your two cards are both of the same suit, add four points.
STEP FOUR: If your cards are connected (i.e., next to each other in rank, as with a Jack and Ten, a Jack and a Queen, etc.) add three points.
STEP FIVE: If your cards have a one card "gap" (e.g., a Queen and a Ten, a Jack and a Nine, or an Ace and a Queen, etc.) add two points.
STEP SIX: If your cards have a two-card "gap" (e.g., an Ace and a Jack, a Queen and a Nine, or a Jack and an Eight, etc.) add one point.
STEP SEVEN: If you are in middle position add three points, and if you are in late position or on the button, add five points.
STEP EIGHT: Call a bet with 30 points or more, and raise or call a raise with 34 points or more.
By limiting yourself to these hands you will always be playing premium cards.