Archive for February, 2007

01 Feb

My Thoughts on Slowplaying

The other day I was playing at my weekly 100/200 no limit home game with some friends when I was dealt QQ in early position. My home game is quite a loose-aggressive game, so I decide to raise the pot to 1000 chips. Normally this would be a slightly large raise, but I know this table is loose, so I know […]

11 Feb

A Few Reasons to Raise

An important concept about poker, something all poker pro’s know, is that a winning player is a raising player. If you want to make the money, you have to put it in the middle!
There are a few reasons to raise. Of course you raise to make the pot bigger and thus more money for you, but there some more reasons […]

14 Feb

More Reasons to Raise!

Another import reason you should raise is because it is a great way to gain information about your opponent’s hand. And, odd as it may seem, it helps you save money on bad hands! 
Let me give you an example.
Say you’re playing a €5/10 No Limit game. You are holding KK on the button, which means you have last and […]