Getting rid of marginal hands

I’ve earned a lot of money in only five year while playing poker and still I wish to earn a lot of money. I always play the game with sincerity and I love to help beginners. Now I am going to tell you about vital aspect of poker that is how to get rid of marginal hands.

If the before-the-flop raiser in back of you folds reluctantly, he might well have raised if you had not risen! Your raise tends to get rid of marginal hands in back of you, sometimes including the original bettor, and puts you in good position for the remaining festivities. Sometimes everyone will fold. Occasionally, you will get re raised; but more often a really good hand (in front of you) will just call and wait to check raise on the later (double) rounds.

If you get re raised by the lead bettor and it is now one-on-one, there is much to be said for your folding or reraising! These hands quite often end without a showdown — that is, either you or your opponent backs down on the turn (when the betting doubles). One of the most typical sequences of events is that your raise narrows the field to just the two of you. Then you have to decide whether to compete after the fourth card. This is as much dependent upon what your opponent is like as it is dependent on what you actually have in your hand! If you suspect your opponent is pushing a draw (or two big cards), you might decide to “call him down” (or raise on the turn).

Mike Caro discusses the above situation in the now classic 12 Days to Hold ‘em $ucce$$ (1987, Day Eight Lesson) and is worth quoting:

“...anytime you’re trapped between the bettor and the previous-round raiser with medium power (i.e., a borderline calling decision), either raise or pass. Don’t just call.

“Very little is written about what to do when you’re between the bettor and an aggressive player. A good understanding of how to act in such situations is an essential ingredient in any professional Online Kasino og Poker Rom toolbox. When you really do have an appropriate calling hand, you should raise about one-third of the time; about two-thirds of the time, you should pass.

Remember, you seldom just call. You will fmd that it is not as frightening to raise as you might have expected. Maybe nothing good will happen the first few times, but over the years, you’ll discover that a raise will chase out the threat behind you much of the time! Often, that player will actually throw away the best hand!

“The times you decided to pass with these borderline calling hands, you didn’t sacrifice much. Analysis shows that hands most players consider borderline good calls add very little profit. The bottom line is that a raise now and then (when you’re considering calling) will often chase the player out behind you and put you in a commanding position against the bettor. If the bettor just calls now, he’ll likely check to begin the next betting round (if there is one). ... If you do decide to adopt this policy permanently, you might be giving your bankroll a break. It works!”

Players will notice

Note well that this type of aggressive “hold ‘em mentality” not only makes money for you when “it works,” but sometimes, even when it does not work! Many of the other player’s notice that you sometimes raise on speculation, which greatly helps you win more money when you do have a good hand. There are a number of competitive situations in hold ‘em, such as the above, where it seems “correct” to either raise or fold. It is often theoretically wrong to merely call if you need “the raiser’s edge” to play with Positive percentages.

Thus, there are essentially two ways to get the best of it when you bet or raise, namely either you have the best cards or nobody calls you. (There is also another way to win a hand on early betting rounds — by not having the best cards, being called, and then improving to make the winning hand.) When you are the caller, the only way to win is when you have the best cards (or to luck out and later make the best hand, if it’s not the final betting round). On any given hand, you may have some valid reason for just calling in one of these situations. But if you want to be a winner at hold ‘em in the long run, you must use aggressive betting and raising to gain these extra winning percentages and to have your share of default wins on your side of the ledger. It is extremely important to understand and often employ these two-way actions. Aggressive “hold ‘em mentality” tells us to fight fiercely for the “raiser’s edge”!

So if you want to play winning hold ‘em, you have to adjust your perspectives toward using aggressiveness! After you play hold ‘em for a while, hopefully you will “get into” the game and into this aggressive mind set which we are now calling “hold ‘em mentality.” Sometimes, you can actually “feel” it clicking in! Over the long run the individual hands become a blur, sound practices are rewarded by winning, and unsound practices are penalized by losing. Amen.