Today we are going to be going over a few Texas Holdem poker tips that will help out your cash game. These can also be applied to tournaments and sit n go’s as well, although they’re geared more toward grinding for hours at the cash table. For those who are unaware, in a cash game you are able to pick up and go when you want whereas in a tournament or sit n go you are playing until one player has all the chips. All right so let’s get started.

1. If you are playing against someone who is low on chips, you do not want to be trying to bully them out of a pot on the turn or river. You can try to bully someone out of the pot pre-flop but only do this with decent hands. It is easier to call their all in with a poor hand than it is to try and bully them. If you’re raising a pot be prepared for them to move all in. You may get away with bullying pre flop once or twice but after that they’ll push all in on you out of frustration. If your opponent was in the blinds and you didn’t raise preflop, you can try to bully them on the flop. If they call your bully flop raise and you don’t have a pair, it’s time to stop bluffing, otherwise you’re just giving them chips.

1.1 Basically the same hints mentioned above also apply to a player who is a “rock” at the table. These “rocks” play only premium hands and stay out of most pots. If they’re raising, you know they have a premium hand. If you have aces, play against them. If you’re holding something like kings or queens, I’d still be weary. If you let them take chips from your stack, it’s going to take hours if not days to get those back. Stay out of their pots. Let the blinds chop them down to size. If no one plays against the rock, the rock can never build up a stack.

2. Keep your stack intact by avoiding the slow-player at the table. You can usually figure out if someone is slow-playing you based on their betting patterns. It’ll go something like this from early position, check, call, check. If they’re in late position it’ll just be call, call, with a possible bet on the river. These slow-players capitalize on the aggression of their opponents. They’ll let someone bet into them with a made straight, three of a kind, or flush. If you’re watching other hands going on at the table you should be able to pick up on who is slow-playing pretty quickly. Make a note of it next to their name so you remember not to go overkill with the bet pot button against them. Your stack will thank you for it.

3. If your opponent’s betting pattern looks something like this – check, re-raise or raise (opponent re-raises) call, then there’s a check on the turn when a straight or flush draw is on the board your opponent is more than likely drawing to a hand. In this case you want to bet the turn to not give your opponent the chance to draw to a free card. Part of making a decision on whether or not to call is based on pot odds. If you bet the turn, and bet big, your opponent is left with a decision to make. If he calls, his odds are off and he’s playing losing poker. Even if he hits that under 20% hand, you’ll be winning 80% of the time and you can always surrender on the river if you see that straight or flush come out. Reading your opponent’s hand based on betting patterns is a very easy tell to pick up on.

3.1 An opponent using the same betting pattern in the above example may also be holding something like middle pair hoping to catch two pair or trips or they holding a face card and are looking to make top pair. Again you don’t want to give them that free look at the river. Bet the turn, make them pay to see another card.

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