Most players Texas Poker strategy completely relies on superior position, but you are leaving tons of money on the table by thinking like this.
Any solid Texas Poker strategy relies on good position. I myself continually advocate the use of superior position to take advantage of opponents, make your game easier to win and all around stack the odds in your favor. But is there an important point you are missing?
If you continually wait for a better position you might just wait yourself out of the game. Here's how it works.
Sure you are far better to be in position so after the flop comes, no matter what it is, you get to see what your opponent does before you make your move. If he raises out and you missed he could fold. If he checks and you missed you could still raise out to take the pot etc.
There are a million situations here but the point is, if you are first to move it is far harder to manage the hand because you have no idea what your opponent has. We all know that, so we'll continue.
Now if you land you hand pre-flop and end up having to make the choice to play out of position or fold, some players would choose to fold. Now not necessarily with more premium hands but let's imagine our whole range of cards.
With more marginal hands a lot of us would be inclined to fold. Too much risk, not enough leverage.
Now this is a great safe Texas Poker strategy but the problem is you'll continually restrict and constrict yourself into your suffocate in your own safety net. If you continually wait for the perfect cards, against the perfect opponent, in the perfect position, well, you'll be waiting a long time.
It's imperative you don't pass up a playable hand simple because you don't have correct position over you opponent.
Don't take this as a free pass to play out of position every time you possibly can, but do think about how you could possibly leverage you Texas Poker strategy to include more playable hands and snag killer pots by taking a little more risk.
Any solid Texas Poker strategy relies on good position. I myself continually advocate the use of superior position to take advantage of opponents, make your game easier to win and all around stack the odds in your favor. But is there an important point you are missing?
If you continually wait for a better position you might just wait yourself out of the game. Here's how it works.
Sure you are far better to be in position so after the flop comes, no matter what it is, you get to see what your opponent does before you make your move. If he raises out and you missed he could fold. If he checks and you missed you could still raise out to take the pot etc.
There are a million situations here but the point is, if you are first to move it is far harder to manage the hand because you have no idea what your opponent has. We all know that, so we'll continue.
Now if you land you hand pre-flop and end up having to make the choice to play out of position or fold, some players would choose to fold. Now not necessarily with more premium hands but let's imagine our whole range of cards.
With more marginal hands a lot of us would be inclined to fold. Too much risk, not enough leverage.
Now this is a great safe Texas Poker strategy but the problem is you'll continually restrict and constrict yourself into your suffocate in your own safety net. If you continually wait for the perfect cards, against the perfect opponent, in the perfect position, well, you'll be waiting a long time.
It's imperative you don't pass up a playable hand simple because you don't have correct position over you opponent.
Don't take this as a free pass to play out of position every time you possibly can, but do think about how you could possibly leverage you Texas Poker strategy to include more playable hands and snag killer pots by taking a little more risk.
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