1. Call That's right. Calling in poker can be a fatal error for many of the novice Texas Hold'em gamblers. To call is of course a normal thing but many of the beginner players do it for the wrong reason. Most often they call because they are feeling unsafe as they just don't know what cards the player who placed the initial bet has. If you are scared in such situations or if you feel like you have not that great chances then the better decision for you is to fold or just don't play Texas hold'em poker at all.
1. Call
That's right. Calling in poker can be a fatal error for many of the novice Texas Hold'em gamblers. To call is of course a normal thing but many of the beginner players do it for the wrong reason. Most often they call because they are feeling unsafe as they just don't know what cards the player who placed the initial bet has. If you are scared in such situations or if you feel like you have not that great chances then the better decision for you is to fold or just don't play Texas hold'em poker at all. Calling is generally a not very effective action. The usual actions you should take is to either bet or to raise. Calling is supposed to be used as a strategical approach in the occasions when you want to save some money, but not to call just with the pure aim that you may go lucky further in the game. I.e. if you have strong cards and you are warrant you have good chances then you either raise or bet. Here are a couple of good reasons why you you will want to do that:
- If you are trying to bluff so you can mislead your opponents.
- If you want to make sure there will be at least a couple more players that will eventually call or raise after you.
Don't get used to call. Play aggressively and attack your opponents all the time. That is the common way how the money gets earned in poker.
2. Go for serious wagers in the early stages of the play.
To play Poker with higher stakes may be very emotive as you can feel the shivers. To get the pot in Poker with high bets is quite emotive in case you haven't played that high bets before. To move to the higher stages of betting can be really tempting but can also be a very bad mistake in the same time. In case you rush in the game faster than needed then the likelihood for you lose your money is quite high as Texas Hold'em is generally a game of skills and needs time to be learnt.
Playing a small limit Texas Hold'em poker can be really quite boring but if you see it is hard for you to win even there then you don't go to the higher level! I can guarantee that in case you aren't able win in a low limit Texas Hold'em poker then it will be really hard for you to win in a game with high or no limits. Once you step on a $5/$10 table or higher you will find yourself among a selected group of good gamblers who have skills and aren't doing what they do just for fun. So my recommendation is that you better gradually move from tables with low blinds to tables with higher ones. You don't need to hurry up. Take your time and became a better. You will later have time to move to tables with bigger bets when you will have better winning chances and feel the loveliness of this great game.
3. Bluffing
Bluffing is a tactics in the poker game which the players use to confound their opposer. The aim is of course to earn money but there is one problem with this approach in low level poker. There is no need to try to confuse your opponents as the majority of them are inexpert players and bluffing just doesn't work well. Of course there might be some occasions when bluffing can be an adequate approach but you better mostly play aggressively and leave bluffing. Just set aggressive bets whenever you understand you have good hands and high chances. Bluffing is a must but mostly for higher level games. As more professional the tables become so more essential bluffing becomes. So at first start on low limit tables and leave bluffing for later!
