WHAT’S TOKING? There are literally hundreds of thousands of online poker players these days who have never played a “live” game in a bricks and mortar casino. One of the many advantages that online play has over live action is that there is almost no limit to how low bets can be set. Ultimately of course you can play online for free with “play money” games when you’re starting out something that would be out of the question in a casino. Another huge advantage is that you don’t have to tip the dealer in an online game as you would in any live casino game. This protocol is called “toking” and if you find yourself invited to a swanky card room at an established casino for the first time take your lead on the kind of tip offered from the players around you. There are no set rules but a tip is always expected.
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THE ACE KING DEBATE I’m as guilty as most other poker pundits for portraying the Big Slick (Ace-King) as an excellent start up in the rights hands and under the right conditions. If you read the poker forums these days however there is now a momentum of new players supporting the Anna Kournikova analogy for Ace-King (Looks good but rarely wins anything). Having explained a few days ago how I think Ace-King should be played I stick to my guns and hold out as evidence the fact that all the complaints are coming from “new” players. The point to emphasise is playing Ace-King “under the right conditions”. Slipping up on the Big Slick is easily done if you haven’t taken the time to watch professionals play it. Leave it alone until you catch on to its viability otherwise heavy pre-flop raising with no result can and will damage fragile confidence.
PUTTING PLAYERS ON A HAND So what does it mean to “put a player on a hand?” It simply means your instinctive guess, based on what intel is available before you, about the hand opposing players may be holding. An easy example would be if a player who has for some while been playing with extreme caution suddenly raises heavily pre-flop. Of course it could be his first bluff of the night but in the majority of cases you would “put him on” a high pair: King-King. Queen-Queen. Jack-Jack or even pocket rockets (Aces) if he’s got really lucky. Another example might be a player making a large raise after a flop of medium value non consecutive cards which contains two same-suited cards. Your instinct should be to “put him on” a likely flush draw. You get the idea. The kind of hand you are able to perceive your opponents to be holding immediately colours how you play your own hand and is one of the most important aspects of good poker play when you are starting out.
