Royal Flush Poker

It can sometimes be difficult for less experienced players to hide their shock or delight when they suddenly make a very big hand, and although it is exciting when you flop a flush or a full house for instance, your first thought shouldn’t be ‘wow I have really hit the jackpot here’ because this isn’t necessarily the case. The moment those cards fall as good as you could possibly have dreamed, your work as a poker player then begins. One of your first thoughts at this point should be ‘what sort of cards could my opponents be holding that would keep them interested in this hand’ because if you have (A,Q) in a holdem game and the flop comes down (A,A,Q) there really arent many cards your opponents could be holding that would keep them interested in this hand. I would strongly advise playing your hand slowly in this situation, when it comes to your turn you would do well to look casually disinterested and check, give your opponents a chance to bluff at the pot.

There has certainly been more than one occasion which I have seen where a player makes a huge hand and ends up winning just the blinds because they don’t consider the fact that their opponents may well have nothing, and so in their excitement they just raise, and everyone else folds. If you play your hand very slowly though you immediately give your opponents a chance to improve their hand, also you don’t need to raise to protect your hand if it is as strong as our previous example for instance. If by any chance your opponent does happen to have made a playable hand then rest assured they will soon let you know when you don’t show strength and they begin to feel they are in front, that’s when you start being able to build a pot. The real golden rule I would feel, is that if you have an unbeatable hand, then make sure first and foremost, that you don’t force the other players out of the hand. If you let another card or two come off to help them improve their hand, and none of your opponents bluff at the pot then you can’t really do much about that, but always give your opponents the chance to make the first bet.