Casino Games Guide

What can be your most frustrating experience while playing poker other than when your desired cards do not come up? This article is dedicated to bring to you the five major and most common mistakes that should be avoided while playing poker.

Playing by the conventions:  As the blinds increase hand values change. What you thought to be a marginal hand at 10/20 blinds could become a must play stealing hand at 100/200 blinds. You should play with utmost aggression throughout the bubble phase because it is the most easier to steal a pot before a flop during this phase than any other time during the game.

But unrestrained aggression at times can make you leave on the verge of making money but unbridled folding will make you lose money far more often.

Another mistake is rising more than the necessary. Many players instinctively rise a lot more higher than the big blind without considering on what stage the game is at the moment. Obviously, you wish to pressurize your opponent and for this you keep on increasing the raise with your strongest as well as your marginal hands in the favorable situations.

But you should remember that you must not raise more than three times the big blind. When you play drawing hands, you are making another mistake. As the blinds increase drawing hands lose more. Increasing the blinds mean fewer players per pot and the cost of seeing the pot also increases and this is considered unprofitable when you play drawing hands.

Another common mistake that you should avoid is playing against the extreme stacks. In the game the short stacks do not have anything else to lose and so they are constantly looking to gamble with a variety of hands. If you are a large stack you must not try to come between the short stacks and the pot.

Not unless you have a premium hand or you have the ability to raise them off their hands. Lastly, falling to play position is also a mistake to be avoided. Unless you are extremely week you will always wish to attack the big blind. Look at the other’s chip stack instead of paying attention to your own cards.