This can work to your advantage in two ways. First, if your hand is on the weak side, you might be able to see one more card without having to put more into the pot.

Second, if your hand is strong, you could convince an opponent or two that it's weaker than it really is. Also known as The Turn and The River , respectively, the fourth and fifth community cards give you two more chances to either get out of the pot before you lose even more money—or increase your winnings.

At this point, it's likely there will only be one or two other players still in the pot with you. The best advice here is to be cautious.

After fourth street, don't stay in the pot hoping for a straight or flush, unless you can do so on a check that is, without putting more chips into the pot.

Although there will be times when you would have drawn the straight or flush, they will be outweighed by the times you wouldn't.

The bottom line is this: Don't allow yourself to get sucked in too far with a weak hand. That said, there is a point where the investment you've already made virtually dictates that you hang in there.

Hard to argue with Doyle or Ted, both legends of the game! Number 8 is almost the most important of them all. I sometimes have sleeping problems, but tonight I slept really well, and what a difference it made, when I sat down at the tables this morning!

As you say, would an even remotely serious athlete prepare for a match by going to a party the night before, drink a lot of alcohol and go to bed at 4am in the morning?

Of course not. For sure Lars, sleep makes a huge difference. I try to avoid playing on the days I don't get enough sleep.

I need 6 hours minimum to play my best. I agree Tom, poker is a long term game and it is so important to always remember that, especially when the downswings hit.

Now look, I know that playing live poker isn't an option for everyone. For instance, I live in Thailand. There are no casinos in this country offering Texas Holdem.

Sie haben J-J. Vor Ihnen wird erhöht, es folgt ein Reraise von einem weiteren Spieler. Sie sollten nicht noch mal erhöhen, sondern nur mitgehen. Es besteht die Möglichkeit, dass einer der beiden Q-Q oder besser auf der Hand hält.

Viele Spieler können andere Spieler sehr gut lesen, nicht zu letzt wegen ihrer Preflop Strategie. Sie sollten also nicht immer streng nach Protokoll spielen.

Diese Abweichung von der Grundstrategie ist als eigenständige Strategie zu bewerten, da es gilt, den Gegner über die eigenen Karten in Unkenntnis zu halten.

Tells sind kleine Gesten oder Bewegungen, die der Gegner interpretieren kann. Verraten Sie sich nicht durch nervöse Fingerbewegungen oder durch das plötzliche Schwingen langer Reden.

Es werden die ersten drei Gemeinschaftskarten Flop aufgedeckt, die alle Spieler für die Bildung einer Kartenkombination verwenden dürfen.

Nun ist eine solche Kartenkombination bereits möglich, es sind ja fünf Karten für jeden Spieler im Spiel. Folgen Sie am Flop mit einer schlechten Karte und hier meine ich nicht die schlechten Starthände, sondern ungemachte Hände.

Was soll gespielt werden. Top Pair das höchste Paar sollten Sie anspielen oder erhöhen, ja nach Beikarte. Straight Draws sollten nicht gesetzt und erhöht werden, lediglich den Einsatz eines Gegners sollten Sie callen.

Eine Mörderhand sollten Sie evtl. Unkontrolliertes Erhöhen zeigt den anderen Spielern an, dass Sie eine sehr gute Hand haben und diese werden das Spiel mit hoher Wahrscheinlichkeit verlassen — Sie haben kaum etwas verdient.

Vor Ihnen wird gesetzt, Sie sollten sich verabschieden. Es besteht die Gefahr das der Gegner vor Ihnen oder ein Gegner nach Ihnen denn seine Reaktion auf den Einsatz kennen Sie noch nicht eine dritte 10 oder ein zweites Paar auf der Hand hat.

Selbst wenn das As im späteren Verlauf noch kommen würde, können Sie sich nie sicher sein, an welcher Stelle Sie stehen. Im Flop liegt A Ihr Drilling ist nun eine sehr gute Hand.

Ein hoher Einsatz würde die Spieler vertreiben, ein zu niedriger gibt den Spielern die Möglichkeit, die Karte billig zu verbessern.

Abgesehen davon müssen Sie nun versuchen, diese Karte zu vergolden, also Geld in den Pot zu holen. Understanding how wet or dry a board is and adjusting your strategy correctly is the key skill at play in this scenario.

For more information on board textures, see this excellent article. A continuation bet, as its name suggests, is when you follow up on your previous aggressive action with another bet.

For example, you raise pre-flop and then continue to bet on the flop. Continuation bets are extremely useful postflop poker strategy for two reasons:.

The rate at which you continuation bet should be, on a very basic level, determined by the wetness of the board.

The dryer the board, the less likely your opponent hit and therefore the more often we will want to bet so that we can take down the pot.

But we should also be more prone to bet when we have a chance to win the pot when called. In other words, we have pot equity in the form of a draw or overcards.

We opened to 3bb from UTG and got one call from the Button. On the flop of 9h7s3s, we have an inside straight draw and two overcards.

Thus this is a good spot for a cbet as a bluff. We expect him to fold hands which are better than ours.

However, if he does continue, we have a good chance of making a stronger hand with a J, T or 8. But in this case, it is almost a perfect situation for a bluff.

Both check to us on the flop. This situation is a clear spot to value bet value betting and bluffing are discussed in the next section.

The flop is relatively wet, and two players can draw out us with straights and flush draws. Therefore, we want to charge them to see them next card.

We can get lots of value and win a big pot by betting; thus this is an excellent spot for a value bet.

Cbetting for value is a fundamental aspect of our postflop poker strategy and is one of the primary sources of profit at small stakes. Ensure you understand and utilize continuation betting fully by reading our in-depth article.

We raise a limper with 98s and get a call from the BB and the player who limped. Thus it is not a good spot to continuation bet cbet , and we should check behind and fold to any future bets.

Continuation bets can also apply to the turn and the river. For example, we refer to betting the flop, turn and river as a continuation bet.

People often give up when they do not hit anything so take advantage of this fact. Shallow stack poker means we have fewer chips on the table and hence we can win fewer chips from the weak poker players at the table.

The shallower your stack depth, the more likely you should be to go all in. Stack depth has a profound effect on your preflop and post-flop poker strategy so ensure you are aware of your stack depth at all times.

For example, it would be appropriate to allow yourself to get all in with post-flop with top pair good kicker such as KQ on K72 if you had a stack depth of 40bb; however, not if you had a stack depth of bb or greater.

Always be aware of your stack depth before entering a pot. Before playing a hand pre-flop, you should be checking the stack depth of you and your opponents.

Checking stack depth ensures you understand how many chips are at play. Hence your effective stack size can vary from hand to hand, and you must adjust your post-flop poker strategy accordingly.