Poker: The Complete Guide To Poker – Learn Strategies To Dominate Poker And Texas Hold’em

Hold’em in depth:
No matter, if people may tell you that
any two cards can win it all depends on
the flop turn and river, while it may hold
a little bit of truth the statement would
apply to only those who are playing
believing in luck as a factor and not
including skill in their playing technique.
The first two cards are the most
important cards and if you maintain a
certain discipline and play only with
certain cards on the long run you will
have a more successful win rate than you
would playing with any two cards. Yes
there may be cases where in after you
fold you may end up with the wining
hand but then, you did not lose, as you

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did not bet. However playing with poor
first two cards and losing is when your
bankroll starts diminishing.
Prior to a flop, in Texas hold-em there
are 169 different combinations that you
could get as your first two cards, this
number is assuming you take cards like
AK of hearts equal to AK of clubs. The
significance of these cards may change
drastically after the flop, for e.g. if the
flop has three hearts the person holding
the AK of hearts gets a flush where as
the other still holds only high cards, but
prior to the flop they would hold the
same value.
Also 
to 
further 
simplify, 
these

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combinations can be further segregated
in to only 5 categories.
1. Pairs
2. Connecting cards
3. Gapped cards
4. Suited connecting cards
5. Suited gapped cards
So 
keeping 
the 
above 
5 
basic
combination in mind when ever you are
playing, you now need to understand
which of these are playable and which
not. Trust me all are playable depending
on your position on the table.

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Table position:
Your position at the table at the time you
have been dealt the card also plays a
significant role in what cards you want o
play with, the positions are fairly
simple, early, mid and late. Simply put
are you the first to act when cards are
dealt? If yes, you are in the early
position else mid or late. Depending on
your position we will run through a few
combinations that should help you
decide if the hand is playable or not.

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Early position:
In this position you need o have strong
hands, these are the type which we do
not come across very often but when we
do, generally we end up being a
favourite to win the pot right from the
start.