Online No-Limit Texas Hold'em Poker for Beginners - Part 12
Conclusion
Thanks for reading my book. You should feel you are a much better Hold'em player now. The End Game section is the section that will save you the most time in learning and make you the most money.
Texas Hold'em is a pretty simple game. It does have many nuances that aren't obvious to the beginning player. With the information I have given you, I hope you become wildly profitable and kickback some to me. Or win a WSOP and tell everyone starting out to read this manual.
I will go over the basic points I have given you, and if you have missed any of it, go back and re-read it. These are the "rules of the game", the important points, and need to be followed EVERY TIME you sit down to play. Whether an SNG, a Home Game, a Ring Game, or a tournament, these points will always give you a better chance at success.
Basic Rules to Playing Winning Hold'em
- Play only games you are comfortable with the stakes. If you feel you have too much money at risk, you won't play your hands correctly, or aggressively.
- Play only good starting hands.
- Raise your good stating hands pre-flop.
- Limp-in with bad, or mediocre hands ONLY at the low blinds and ONLY play the hand if you get trips, 2-pair, or a 4-card flush or straight draw.
- Play your position. It is much smarter to raise pre-flop from a late position than from an early position. From a late position or, even better, the button, you can play worse hands and get away from them with less expense.
- Know your hand groupings, but also keep an eye out for small suited connectors. You can win BIG pots with the connectors.
- ALWAYS beware of a flush. Especially if playing at PartyPoker. If 5 or more people are in to see the flop, odds are ONE of them will be drawing to the flush.
- Bet aggressively with good hands. BET YOUR HANDS!
- Try to win most hands after the flop.
- With only 4 or 5 players at the table, start playing the END GAME. Raise, and play, everything quicker and consistently.
- In an SNG, DON'T BE 4TH!
Thanks again for taking the time to read my book. I hope that I have helped you get a better grasp of the inner-workings of Hold'em. If you internalize all that I have written here, YOU WILL be a GOOD Hold'em player.
More importantly, your game will be honed for tournament play. Partypoker.com has a couple of $5+1 tournaments every day. The one I play most often is the 1:45AM Central Time game. They usually get close to 1000 participants and the winner gets around $1000. They pay up to 125-150 spots most of the time.
Generally, it takes over 4 hours to finish one of these tournaments. I finished in the top 70 the last time I played and it took 3+ hours to finish there. You will NOT find a better, cheaper tournament to learn how to play Hold'em and see the amount of hands you will, for a cheaper price.
If you ultimately want to play in the WSOP someday, you have to practice your tournament play. Ring game experience is good but it just isn't the same. To be good at tournament Hold'em, you have to practice tournament Hold'em. That's why I advocate playing the Sit-N-Go's as I do.
I use the SNG's as my moneymaker's. It's a LOT easier to beat 9 other players than 19 or 29 or 999. If you want more of a "tournament feel" without having to sit and play for hours, play a two or three-table SNG. You will still get the experience of other players, or yourself, moving to different tables at various times, but you will only still have to invest an hour to an hour and a half of your time to win.
Whatever stakes you choose, and whatever style of play, whether Ring Games, Home games, or SNGs/Tourneys, I wish you the best of luck in all your Hold'em endeavors. It is a FUN game. Playing it correctly makes it more fun because you win more often.
Winning is fun!
If you feel this book has helped you, I would gladly accept any testimonials at my email of august@onlinepokerbook.net The best testimonials will most likely be added to the website.
If you have any further questions about anything contained in this book, or otherwise Hold'em related, email me. I will be glad to help in any way that I can!