Beware cockiness when you start multi-tabling poker
Plus, spread limits, ring games, representing a hand, and short stack options....
EARLY MISTAKE TO AVOID There’s a part of the male personality which always assumes it can do something before it has learned how. The joy-rider who can do a hand brake turn but not before he’s customised his bodywork via a lampost. The guy who can hit a “double top” after ten pints and bursts the barmaid’s right implant. In poker I see way too many cocky online players say they are doing so well at single table games they’re “going to multi-table”. Multi-tabling is for very experienced players who are spending at least thirty hours a week playing online poker at a reasonable betting level. There’s a wonderful saying by Benjamin Disraeli which some 2006 rapper should re-mix for a new anthem: “The most dangerous strategy is to jump a chasm in two leaps!” Keep it in mind.
FREQUENTLY ASKED POKER QUESTIONS Q: What is a spread limit? A: Online games that advertise a range of bets in any given round which have a set minimum and maximum amount. You can’t bet below the minimum or more than the maximum.
Q: What defines a ring game? A: It’s simply a non-tournament cash game.
Q: I read a lot of poker guide books which talk about “representing” a hand. What does that mean? A: To represent a hand is to bet deceptively in a manner which suggests to opponents you have a much better hand than you actually do. Obviously it’s a bluff but usually it is launched when the community cards are indicating that someone “might have” a given pair of hole cards which will team up very successfully with the cards on display. A canny bluffer will bet at this point to “represent” the fact that he has those cards, even though he doesn’t.
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Q: What are my options if I find myself seriously short stacked in a freeroll? A: Okay, let’s imagine you’re on the button or a couple of seats from it. Late position allows you to play on the basis of the action in front of you. If you only have one of two players in front of you and neither of them go all-in, you yourself should go all-in. The proviso is that you need to be holding any pair or an Ace with a good kicker. If you find yourself with three or more players in front of you then you should only go all-in with mid to high pairs or Ace with a suited kicker. Should you find yourself in a situation where there’s a lot of action on each hand, you’ll have to fold and allow the opposition to kill each other off. If you’re in mid or early position you should give strong thought to going all-in with any pair as long as no-one has gone all-in in front of you. You need the opposition to be busting out so that you can move up the food chain.
