Sng - Betting tactics

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Sng - Betting tactics

1. Early in the tournament, don't gamble. There will be other players around you gambling, but gamble only if you have a premium hand as AA, KK, QQ, AK. For the first 3-4 blind levels, you should not play any other hands except these. If you have AA, KK, or QQ, try to get all-in before the flop. Your preferred plan with AK is to re-raise a raiser all-in and have him fold. If you see a flop with AK and you didn't hit a pair, you probably need to get out.

2. You can call with a pocket pairs, if it costs you to call is less than about 1/15th of your chips. For an example, if you have 1000 chips, if you can call for less than 60-70 chips, do so. Your plan is to flop a set or an overpair. If you dont flop a set or an overpair, you get out. If you flop a set, try to get all your chips in the middle. If you flop an overpair, you may be willing to get all-in or you may not, but be carefull.

3. If you are the second person to put in a raise, its usually not correct to raise the minimum amount. A good rule is to raise about the size of the pot. For an example, suppose everybody has 1000 chips, and its 20 to go. One person calls, the next makes it 40. If you have KK, you should not raise to 60. There are a few options here:

    a. Raise the pot. About 130 chips including the 10 and 20 chips blinds that are already in.

    b. Raise a large amount that will really commit your opponent to the pot after the flop. For instance a raise to 400-500 When the flop comes down, if theres no ace, then move the rest of your chips in.

    c. Raise all-in right there. Maybe somebody has AJ or QQ, fine.

4. When betting after the flop, your must bet about 1/3 or 1/2 of the pot. Otherwise, you are giving drawing hands the correct pot odds to call. If they hit their draw, they can now put you all-in, unless you have an unbeatable monster, for an example, you flopped a full house.

5. When you make a bet with what you believe to be the best hand, bet enough so that an opponent with the most obvious draw would be making a mistake to call. For an example, suppose you have QQ, and the flop is J-7-3 with two spades. You are concerned about the possibility of a spade flush draw being out against you. The probability of that person hitting a flush is about 20%, 1 in 5 times, on the turn card. And make sure you bet more than 1/5th of what somebody could win from you if he hits his flush on the turn.

6. Dont call with a draw unless you can get the right pot odds. Suppose there are 100 chips in the pot on the flop. You and your opponent each have 800 chips. If he bets 400 chips on the flop and all you have is a flush draw, you cant call. You are not getting the right price for it.

7. It is almost always better to be the bettor or raiser than the caller. So in general, you need a much stronger hand to call all-in than you do to bet or raise all-in.

8. If you are going to make a bet or raise, and you will be committed to the pot after that bet or raise, then go ahead and put all of your chips in. The only time this might be correct is if your opponent will make the big mistake, for an example, he wont call all 1000 chips right now, but he will call 800 chips now, and then feel obliged to call his last 200 after the flop. If hes that kind of player, it might be a correct play with a huge hand like AA.

9. When you get near the cash, many players will become extremely tight and play very conservatively, they will not want to be the last one to bust out before the money. Take advantage of this and steal blinds frequently. This will set you up with a good stack once you.

Comments (1)

Posted on Jul 29th 2008 by PI_Viceroid I liked most the advice 3, 4 and 7. wut happended with the images????? rabbit