Royal Flush Poker

PacificPoker.co.uk – I make no secret of the fact that I do not carefully stick to what the poker books tell me I should, and whilst they certainly provide a useful insight into the game, there are some aspects of poker you have to learn the hard way.

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I would never say that I frown upon players who play this type of careful poker on a constant basis, indeed, those who carefully do what the maths dictates they should, will likely turn a good profit playing the game. Regardless of this, I do think there is a great deal of benefit to be had from playing the occasional weaker drawing hand. Personally of course, I am not unpredictable to the point of making wild bets on a constant basis, I simply like to nurture the illusion of recklessness.

I might for instance, call a raise preflop with (8,9) off suit, just so that I can hopefully show it. I also openly say how much I like suited connectors, and for good reason. I am anywhere near as happy playing suited connectors as I make out, but I know if that poker players have that in their mind, they can never look at any flop and feel truly confident that I have missed. Crucially, when you get players thinking that you are capable of anything, almost every flop begins to look dangerous to them, despite the fact that you have only played about three weak hands. The foundations to reading anyones hand lie in their betting, or reaction to your preflop raise. If you create the illusion that you are capable of calling a preflop raise with any two connected cards, you will always keep your poker opponents guessing.

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