Poker Strategy
Category: Poker
Having just won an online poker SnG at my current game of choice, 5 Card Draw, it struck me that so many players give you a way back into the game when they have you heavily outchipped. If I am in a dominant position, I like to apply pressure whenever I have any sort of hand and try and wear my opponents right down.
You only need a few hands in a row where your opponent does not pick up a hand to take the blinds and leave them dangerously short, regardless of how strong your own cards are. It is possible your opponent might pick up a hand and play back at you, in which case you can concede the hand and lose some ground if you do not pick up a strong enough hand to take them on with.
Players allowing me to survive until I pick up a strong hand has been the key factor in me turning a probable 2nd place into a win recently, although in my latest game, sheer aggression alone was not going to be enough to turn things around.
My opponent was calling a lot of bets before the draw meaning I had to wait for some sort of hand, but I was lucky enough to pick up a Straight against his Two Pair twice. That allowed a defecit of 2,500 to 6,500 to become victory in those two hands due to his inability to get away from a hand. The preflop calling that had suffocated my desire to play aggressively and pick up blinds, was what I eventually turned to my advantage, giving me the victory.
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