Poker Student Questions and AnswersKnow About the Importance of Betting for Value |
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At the Card Player Poker School we answer your questions about the game. If you have anything kicking around in your head, please don’t hesitate to ask by sending them in to [email protected].
Here’s a look at a few of the recent ones.
Q: Can you talk about the purpose of running it twice?
A: The idea behind this practice is to reduce the variance that comes with playing cash games. This is generally a good idea when some of the swings in the game aren’t exactly comfortable yet. Thus, running it more than once is especially beneficial in big pots. Sometimes it can be polite to give your all-in opponent the option, assuming the casino you are playing at allows running it twice.
Q: When I play at live casinos, often players will show their neighbor their hands before mucking. Are their rules against this?
A: When players are exposing their cards at the table, the should abide by the Show One Show All Rule. It is not fair that a select number or a single player at the table be privy to information about a players hand so, if a player expose one of his cards after the hand is over, all players at the table are entitled to see the hand.
Q: When playing home poker games, is it OK to use two decks of cards to deal a game when you have too many players?
A: No, in poker you only should use one deck of cards. If two deck of cards are used, the entire game, odds and hand values would alter dramatically.
Q: Can you talk about the importance of betting for value in cash games?
A: You shouldn’t be making your money solely from your monster hands or situations when you cooler your opponent. Betting for value is vital to your bottom line over the long run. For example, if you have top pair and a weak kicker in hold’em, depending on the opponent, you may be able to extract some money from middle pair. Learning how to size your bets in these situations is important. Sometimes you may want to price your opponent in, and at the other extreme you may want to over bet to make your hand look like a bluff. There is a wide range of options to get value out of a hand you think is best and that could get a call from worse. However, the general rule is this: Don’t be scared to bet vulnerable hands on the river (like the aforementioned example of top pair weak kicker), because learning how to value these types of situations will make you a winning player.
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