The Poker Academy Session 3: How To Think About A Poker HandA Session By Session Look At The Poker Academy's No-Limit Hold'em Tournament Course |
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Last time we looked at session 2. Let’s move on through the course.
Session 3 — How To Think About A Poker Hand
Those expecting a session on postflop play were thrown a curve ball by site instructors Rep Porter and Rick Fuller with a crucial lesson on the information given when various action fits together in a hand.
“Before we can get into that postflop play, we really need to talk about how you think about a poker hand,” says Fuller. “When you play a pot out, it’s important that you think about the entire course of a hand, both the information that you gather leading up to that point and having an idea about how the hand is going to play out from that point forward.”
One of the biggest concepts for new players to wrap their heads around is the fact that every poker hand tells a story. The actions you take need to be consistent throughout the hand. You can’t just arrive at the river and suddenly decide to bluff, because your bluff will lack credibility. But if you’ve been representing a strong range of hands the entire time, your bluff will be more successful than not.
There are six total instruction videos in this session, including the meaning of different actions and the purposes of different actions. Here, the instructors define the common language terminology and then break down why a player makes each of his decisions.
After a question and answer session with Dana Workman, the duo gets mathematical by defining stack to pot ratios, which can vary greatly from hand to hand depending on preflop action.
“Being able to tell how much risk someone is taking is measured by determining how much of their stack they are putting into the middle,” says Porter.
Porter and Fuller then breakdown how to think about your opponent’s range. It’s not as easy as staring them down and putting them on a hand. The instructors explain how the line a player takes will narrow their range. Of course, the same can be said of the actions you take in a hand as well, so the session is closed out by stressing the importance of balance and consistency to disguise your own range.
Next time, we’ll take a look at Session 4, Deep Stacked, Multi-Way, Postflop Play.
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