Positional Awareness in Poker
To say that position is important in poker is like saying having gasoline is important to driving an automobile. Knowing which hands you should play and how you should play them according to where you are sitting at the table in relation to the dealer button is one characteristic that distinguishes a winning poker player from a losing player. Yet many newer players have no idea of the importance of position in poker, or they simply chose to ignore it.…
Exploiting Bad Players’ Tendencies
By Alton Hardin | Published July 27, 2015 Below is an excerpt from my Fundamentals of Exploitative Online Poker eBook on Amazon.com. Introduction In this chapter we will talk about some specific exploitative poker strategies that you can employ at the poker table to exploit bad poker players’ tendencies. Specifically we’ll discuss exploiting the following tendencies: Playing Too Passively & Limping Pre-Flop Calling Too Much Pre-Flop Playing Fit-or-Fold Over-Valuing Top Pair Play Too Aggressively & C-Bet Bluffing Too Often Steal…