Superior Texas Hold’em: Evolved Poker Strategy
Superior Texas Hold’em: Evolved Poker Strategy
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Table of Contents
Contents1 Introduction 2 Basic Poker 2.1 Hand Ranks 2.1.1 Five of a Kind 2.1.2 Royal Flush 2.1.3 Straight Flush 2.1.4 Four of a Kind (Quads) 2.1.5 Full House (Full Boat, Aces Full, Plein Maison, etc.) 2.1.6 Flush 2.1.7 Straight 2.1.8 Three of a Kind (Set, Trips) 2.1.9 Two Pair (Aces Up, Queens and Sevens etc.) 22.1.10 One Pair 2.1.11 Kicker Problems 2.1.12 High Card 2.1.13 Showdown Value 2.1.14 Having the Nuts 2.1.15 The Rule of Three 2.2 Game Play 2.3 Betting 2.3.1 Limit Hold’em 2.3.2 No Limit Hold’em 2.4 Game Dynamics 2.4.1 Hand Likelihood 2.4.2 Hand Rankings 2.4.3 Outs 2.4.4 Pot Odds 2.4.5 Pot Committed 2.5 Natural Flow 2.6 Bankroll 2.6.1 Homework 3 Intermediate Poker 3.1 Common Hands 3.1.1 Top Pocket Pairs 3.1.2 Middle Pocket Pairs 3.1.3 Low Pocket Pairs 3.1.4 Suited Connectors 3.1.5 Flush Hands 3.1.6 Ace-High Hands 3.1.7 Ace-Medium Hands 3.1.8 Ace-Low Hands 3.1.9 Low-Value Hands 3.2 Tricky Situations 3.2.1 The Trick with Straight Flushes 3.2.2 The Trick with Quads 3.2.3 The Trick with Full Houses 3.2.4 The Trick with Flushes 3.2.5 The Trick with Straights 3.3 Implied Pot Odds 3.4 Fold Equity 3.5 Table Image 3.6 Bluffing 3.7 Double-Up Tables 3.8 Bad Behavior 3.8.1 Buzzsawing 3.8.2 Angle Shooting 3.8.3 Collusion 3.8.4 Dirty Stacks 3.8.5 Lying 3.8.6 Cheating 3.9 Homework 4 Advanced Poker 4.1 Player Image 4.2 Basic Player Behavior 4.2.1 The Tightness Paradigm 4.2.2 The Aggression Paradigm 4.2.3 Hand Ranges 4.2.4 Advertising 4.3 Tight Aggressive Player (TAP) AKA the Shark 4.3.1 Strengths and Weaknesses of the Shark 4.3.2 Strategies against Sharks 4.4 Loose Aggressive Player (LAP) AKA the Maniac 4.4.1 Strengths and Weaknesses of Maniacs 4.4.2 Strategies against Maniacs 4.5 Loose Passive Player #1 (LPP) AKA the Fish 4.5.1 Strengths and Weaknesses of Fish 4.5.2 Strategies against Fish 4.6 Loose Passive Player (LPP) #2 - AKA Rock or Calling Station 4.6.1 Strengths and Weaknesses of Rocks 4.6.2 Strategies against Rocks 4.7 Tight Passive Player (TPP) AKA Weak Tight or The Landmine 4.7.1 Strengths and Weaknesses of Landmines 4.7.2 Strategies against Landmines 4.8 Average 4.8.1 Strengths and Weaknesses of Average 4.8.2 Strategies against Average 4.9 Unpredictable 4.9.1 Strengths and Weaknesses of Unpredictable 34.9.2 Strategies against Unpredictable 4.10 Adaptive 4.10.1 Strengths and Weaknesses of Adaptive 4.10.2 Strategies against Adaptive 4.11 Expanded Player Information 4.11.1 Risk-Adverse / Risk-Taking 4.11.2 Checks to lie 4.11.3 Bluff percentage 4.11.4 Desperation Shover 4.11.5 Fold Equity Shover 4.12 Homework 5 Strategies 5.1 Secrets of the Game 5.1.1 Information Warfare 5.1.2 The Interpretation Dilemma 5.1.3 Information not to use 5.1.4 Representation 5.1.5 Position 5.2 Table Strategies 5.2.1 Fishing Tables 5.2.2 TAP Tables 5.2.3 Average Tables 5.2.4 Maniac Tables 5.3 Intermediate Bluffing 5.4 Betting Strategies 5.5 Intermediate Betting Strategy 6 Logical Thought Process 6.1 Basic Facts 6.2 Opponent-based questions 6.3 Iocaine Powder 6.4 Player-based decision making 6.4.1 Unknown 6.4.2 Multiplayer pots 6.4.3 TAP Shark 6.4.4 TPP Landmines 6.4.5 LPP Fish 6.4.6 LPP Rocks (Calling Stations) 6.4.7 Average 6.4.8 Unpredictable 6.4.9 Adaptive 7 Patterns 8 General Information 8.1 Tournament Types 8.2 Blind Structures 8.2.1 Big Blinds Remaining (BBR) 8.2.2 Patience Factor 8.2.3 Tournament Phases 8.3 Tournament Betting 8.3.1 Information Betting 8.3.2 Overbetting 8.3.3 Pot Control Betting 8.4 The Secrets of Tournament Poker 8.5 Summary 8.6 Additional References 9 Cash Game Poker 9.0.1 Treat every hand like a business decision 9.0.2 Don’t gamble with profits 9.0.3 The Secrets of Cash Poker 9.1 Summary 9.2 Additional References 10 Online Poker 10.1 Poker Websites / Online Casinos 10.1.1 Online advantages 10.1.2 Online Disadvantages 10.2 Poker Data Software 11 Mental Preparation 11.1 Health 11.2 Focus 11.2.1 Your opponents are your enemies 11.2.2 Continual Improvement 11.2.3 Time 11.3 Patience 11.3.1 Timeouts 11.4 Perseverance 11.4.1 You will make colossal mistakes 11.4.2 You will make the right move and still lose 411.4.3 You will make all the wrong moves and win 11.4.4 You will need to temper your highs and lows 11.4.5 Family A Glossary B Further Reading Index
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