As we have already told, poker has a very long history behind it: from the banks of the Mississippi, where it was a common pastime, to the dusty frontier cities of the Far West such as Dodgecity and Tombstone, to modern tournaments and the spread of online versions.
Many cards have passed on the green table, but one thing does not change, today as then: the constant advent of new people who are passionate about the different variants of poker and decide to test themselves with a game that requires, in addition to pinch luck, also and above all strategy, experience and cold blood.
5 tips for poker beginners
Thanks to the Internet, it is nowadays easier for a beginner to find the basic information to take their first steps in the world of poker: thematic books, expert advice, even movies help too.
For novices looking for advice, here are 5 valuable tips to write down:
Hand selection
At the first contact with the green table it happened to everyone (or almost) to want to play all hands: in reality, the best approach is to make a careful selection of the hands to play. It is also essential to evaluate everything based on one's position , which makes the hands take on great value or makes them decidedly avoidable.
The amount of raises and bets
Another element of great importance, especially when starting out, is the amount of pre-flop raises and post-flop bets: correct size between raises and bets are the basis of good poker. Here, too, a careful evaluation is needed: a raise 50x preflop is, for example, to be avoided, especially when your starting hand is worth a lot.
Limpate in excess
A mistake that you tend to fall into when you are at the very beginning: to enter the game by making only pre-flop calls without other previous raises , from any position and, often, even with not great hands. If you want to open the game, the advice is to do it with raises, not limping: it is an assist to your opponents, who easily frame you as a passive player, and a sign of weakness.
Do not fold ever
In poker, you shouldn't blindly fall in love with your hands. It is good, then, to remember that, as it is necessary to carefully select the hands pre-flop, similar attention must be paid in the post-flop, where there is the option, often overlooked, of folding. When you are starting out, you tend not to fold , that is to decide not to participate in the hand anymore, returning the cards to the dealer, even when the hand no longer has a chance of success along the board. That's a mistake: sometimes folding is the best way to not lose too many chips.
The position
Among all the concepts to be learned when approaching the world of free online poker games, the position is undoubtedly one of the most complexes: you have to prepare yourself properly, study, get some experience and even some inevitable mistakes to fully understand the importance. of the position at the table. Sometimes it is even more important than the cards themselves: a raise from Under the Gun , that is to the left of the big blind, exposes for example, to considerable risks compared to a raise made from the button, that is sitting to the right of the small blind. Judging what to do based on where you are is essential.
