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3 Common Mistakes Poker Beginners Make

  • Published Date March 23, 2017
  • By ridhima arora

 

 

Playing only stronger hands and swiftly folding weaker ones. Not knowing the art of Bluffing. Continue playing low hands against a raise. I’m sure poker players out there can resonate with me on this.


Few of these early poker-playing mistakes are still visible in my gameplay. However, playing thousands of poker hands taught me a lot.

 

This blogpost is intended to help the new players to refrain from making the mistakes I made as they get started playing with the poker game.

1.) Starting Hand Selection

A common mistake that beginners make is playing too many hands instead of being selective enough with their starting hands.   


You should understand that not every or any hand can win. Although there is no denying that some hands are more likely to win than others and will help you win big, while others will help you lose.

So the takeaway is that you should choose to play the good hands over the bad ones. Following are some of the top 5 starting hands for the new players to the poker game to stick to:

  • AA

  • KK

  • QQ

  • AK (suited)

  • JJ

2.) Think about your opponent's cards

 

Cards dealt to you:

         
Community cards: 
 

After the flop round, you decide to bet more chips in the pot. And, why shouldn’t you? The hand looks promising.


Your opponent puts in a bet, too.
 

Fourth card:

 

So the turn gave you a pair, something you weren’t looking for. Still you went ahead and placed a bet. Your opponent did the same.

 

Fifth card:

It’s a Straight.

 

You got the card you needed. Brilliant. Time to go ahead and bet. Chances are your opponent will call, even if they suspect they're beaten.

But, wait a minute, your opponent wins.

 

Opponent’s cards: (Straight Flush)

You were so consumed playing your own cards that you completely ignore to notice your opponent’s play. All beginners need to learn this poker strategy of being able to work out why your opponent is playing in a certain way.

 

3.) Bluffing Too Much

Bluffing is all about reading your opponent's hand and disguising your own. Beginners think that poker is all about bluffing and fall into the trap of doing it far too much. Online poker players tend to bluff even more than live casino players.

For a bluff to work, your opponents need to think you have a strong poker hand. If you are always bluffing, you will become all too predictable.

I have shared my early poker-playing sins with you. What were yours? Let me know in the comments.

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