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Texas holdem help
SilentKnight
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Okay, I play Texas holdem alot....and one guy almost always raises ALOT pre flop. Is there any good strategy to combat that....or is the only way to pay up and hope to catch something on the flop?
He can hold almost everybody at bay because no one wants to call his huge pre-flop raises unless they have VERY good cards. And he almost always becomes chip leader right off the bat from taking the big and small blinds so many times.
Dont mess with Texas
He can hold almost everybody at bay because no one wants to call his huge pre-flop raises unless they have VERY good cards. And he almost always becomes chip leader right off the bat from taking the big and small blinds so many times.
Dont mess with Texas
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No limit.
No this isnt online. Its with my group of friends. The thing is we almost never know if hes bluffing because he never shows his cards(which is the smart thing to do...I do it too). We have to pay to see them....and its usually alot.
And if we do call him and re-raise hell usually push us all in.
Dont mess with Texas
"Not many like us, in fact very few, and most of them are dead" LtCol Pratt - USMC
Maybe ill be able to take him down once I have a 50 BMG round for good luck.[:D] His luck charm is a .45 ACP.
Dont mess with Texas
And if by chance you can't pay the mortgage next month tell the wife you thought he was bluffing.[:D][8D][;)][}:)]
And if by chance you can't pay the mortgage next month tell the wife you thought he was bluffing.[:D][8D][;)][}:)]
SK is young, under 20 for sure, and has no wife or mortgage. He's free to bet it all. [:D]
Tell him point blank its not "liked" by anyone, and would be appreciated if he stopped....or put a limit on the pre flop bets...
If being polite fails, tell him to knock it off or he wont be playing any longer....
Lil' Stinker's Opinion
Easy way to do this. Have everyone fold when he raises huge ammounts pre flop. He just gets his money back and no more playing. He will get the picture.
He would have both the big and small blinds. I would get a OK hand and reraise "all in" on him. Once he learns he can't push the table he will stop trying to do it.
Yup he gets the big and small blinds. And after a while he becomes the chip leader by a pretty big margin and bullies everybody around. Once and while somebody will call his raise but hell actually have a good hand and win. Its hard to read him....and he can read us pretty well. And once in a while somebody will call his huge bets and actually win and hell become the short stacked player and we will eventually knock him out. But that doesnt happen too often.
quote: Since it is "friends" and not online, why not just tell him?...
Tell him point blank its not "liked" by anyone, and would be appreciated if he stopped....or put a limit on the pre flop bets...
If being polite fails, tell him to knock it off or he wont be playing any longer....
There is no way I or anyother player will ever do that. No limit Texas Holdem is pretty much the only pure game left. What hes doing is perfectly fine with me and everybody else...its part of the game...im(we're) just having a hard time finding a way to beat him.
Dont mess with Texas
quote:Easy way to do this. Have everyone fold when he raises huge ammounts pre flop. He just gets his money back and no more playing. He will get the picture.
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No limit Texas Holdem is pretty much the only pure game left.
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This is absolute b.s. Hold'em is just popular because it can be played fast and makes for good TV. If the World Series of Poker wasn't televised, nobody would give a crap whether you were playing 5 or 7 Card Stud or 5 Card Draw.
Regarding the guy stealing the blinds, y'all just have to cowboy the hell up and bet big (even all-in if necessary) when you have good cards. He's bullying you and treating you like his b**ches because he knows he can (evidenced by y'all folding all the time). If he keeps betting big and you have good cards, start betting back over the top of him. It'll start making him think twice about bluffing.
Well if its perfectly fine, then why complain?....
quote:Okay, I play Texas holdem alot....and one guy almost always raises ALOT pre flop. Is there any good strategy to combat that....or is the only way to pay up and hope to catch something on the flop?
Lil' Stinker's Opinion
But mpolans has a good idea - play 5-card draw poker for a while. That'll totally screw with the guy's betting habits. [:p]
But mpolans has a good idea - play 5-card draw poker for a while. That'll totally screw with the guy's betting habits.
Ive been playing for about 4 years now. I usually just play to have a good time and hang out with the guys....not to win big money. But winning money is always nice.[:D]
Im not complaining BlackRoses. I just tips on ways to beat him.
ETA. Because I left some important words out.
Dont mess with Texas
We havent played 5 card draw yet...but 7 card stud takes forever and is very tricky! You really have to think alot and carefully with 7 card stud.
Dont mess with Texas
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If I were you I would make every effort to always sit on his immediate left. I would want to see his move every time before I made my action. You will have to make some uncomfortable calls, and be prepared for him to come out firing when you have both flopped crap. DON'T RAISE HIM PREFLOP!!! You can re-raise on the flop if you want, but don't get in a peter measuring contest with him, because he obviously knows his stuff, and will lead you straight to ruin. The funny thing is, SK, HE MIGHT NOT BE BLUFFING AS OFTEN AS YOU THINK PREFLOP!!! He is probably just aggressively betting his medium strength hole cards frequently, then coming out with big guns on the flop, and looking at your eyes when he does. It's not hard to see fear.
Another Note(only applies if his tells correspond): Usually his type is very egotistical and arrogant. That type almost always have tells that will show you whether or not they are bluffing pre-flop. Any kind of elaborate chip toss, arm coming up high to make a bet, applying pressure to the chips after he sets them on the table, smacking the chips down on the table, or making direct eyecontact during his preflop betting should be a good indication that he is aggressively playing a weak to medium strength hand. You can punish that by betting the face cards that come up on the flop, and reraising preflop(although the latter will cause him to change his play and make him less predictable in latter games).
So to refresh:
Always sit directly in front of him(his left) when you can.
Play him differently if he is raising early or late--in front or behind you. Fold more when you havn't seen him act yet. Call more when you have. Don't raise him very often, watch what happens when others test his waters(I'd even encourage friends to reraise him--better their money than yours). And remember, he probably isn't bluffing as often as you may think PREFLOP; however, he is probably bluffing more often than you think on the flop.
Call more, bet less. Let him bet your good hands, but frequently bet the river regardless.
Watch for his arrogance tells--those are the easiest to spot. And, don't forget, he's not the only player at the table. If you spot his tell, you would be an idiot and a sucker to share that information with anyone.
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