So you think your good
The biggest mistake made by most card players is playing TOO MANY HANDS. For example, tell me if this thought has ever crossed your mind... "It's worth calling the flop even though I have bad cards-- because who knows, I might catch three-of-a-kind... or two pair... or something really good!"
Every poker player has had this thought from time to time. Even the pros. But the problem is, thinking like this will cause you to LOSE BIG TIME in the long run. And the reason is because of the ODDS. Even though you might make a "great hand" once in every twenty flops, those other nineteen hands will cause you to lose MORE than you won. When you are playing for fun, money is not involved… but you don’t want to lose your bragging rights!
So here's the thing: The right odds calculator will show you EXACTLY how strong or weak your starting hand is... based on a PERCENTAGE and will show you the appropriate " Starting Hand Group". What this means is you will IMMEDIATELY know how good your hand is, as soon as the cards come out. For example, at a 10-man table pocket Aces has a hand rank of 100% and is GROUP 1. Pocket two's has a hand rank of 63.3%, which is in GROUP 7. (This is for hands to the river.) But let's be honest... understanding how "good" those hands are is EASY. You don't need an odds calculator for that.
But let me ask you, which of THESE hands do you think has the highest "Hand Rank"?
a.) Queen-9 suited
b.) Ace-5 suited
c.) Jack-10 suited
d.) Ace-Queen offsuit
If you answered B or D you are WRONG!!!!
If all the hands stayed hand C would be the best ODDS!!
However, if A and C were the same suits the odds would significantly drop. Also Hand C you would want a straight possibbly but hand A has one maybe two cards you need another odds killer.
If you are confused by this; practice makes perfect and while playing online it is easy to use a free odds calculator.
When your sitting at the WPT in 5 years please make sure to remember my site, and if all goes well i will see you there.
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