Selecting The Table At Texas Holdem Poker
By Gabriel James, Fri Dec 9th
This article is focussed on Texas Holdem Poker in the Limitvariant and the selection of tables before you begin to play.
Are you looking forward to playing a game of Texas Holdem Poker?Not sure of the best way to get started with the greatestadvantage point? One of the first steps is the table selection.
Concerns About Table Selection At A
Texas Holdem Poker Game
There are some questions to ask before sitting at a table.
When do you want to play? If, like most people, you have a jobworking 9-5 then you are looking at evenings and weekends.
Perfect!
This is when most recreational players are at the poker tables.You don't want to be playing during the day because that is whenthe professionals put in some of their hours. Also, there are alot of retired folks who want to scratch out some pin money.
The average retired player is probably around sixty-five orolder. This would be considered a rock - peddling the nuts andplaying tight. You can't make much money, if any at all, fromthese guys.
Stereotypes in this day and age are not considered to bepolitically correct, but in poker if you want to save or winmoney, it's a good place to start and your view can always bechanged. We will be writing more on psychology and playerprofiling another day.
The Saturday Night Texas Holdem Poker Game
It's decided then we are going to play on Saturday night - thebusiest night of the week and that guarantees action. We walk infor the first time and hear that beautiful sound. The sound ofriffling chips. Action is everywhere but where do you sit?
If it's your first time you want to sit at the lowest limitavailable. Usually its $0.5/$1 ($2/$4 if you are playing landbased) limit Texas Holdem. There will be a few tables running soyou need to know what to look for in picking a good table. Youshould judge a table by two yardsticks:
1)How loose/tight is the game? 2)How aggressive/passive is thegame?
Referring to number one, you want to play in loose games becauseyour opponents are playing more weak hands to see more flops andget lucky. The more mistakes your opponents make, the more youwill
