THOSE NO-FOLD’EM HOLDEM GAMES
My favorite type of Holdem game condition is a very loose, very aggressive game.
By this I mean the kind of game where seven or eight players see every flop, and it’s almost
always raised before the flop; most of the time there are four bets pre-flop.
The main characteristics are that the flop is almost never checked around, most flops are
raised, and three-player showdowns are the norm.
In a tighter or more typical game, the most common mistake players make is playing too many hands.
That’s not the case in a really wild and wooly game.
In this type of game, the most common mistake is playing top pair and overcards more
aggressively than they should be played.
Because of the looseness of the game, drawing hands can profit greatly from that kind of over aggressiveness.
This is because the odds on the bets for a strong drawing hand are almost always greater than the odds of making the hand.
This is a great sources of profit.
The value of suited cards, particularly suited connectors and suited Aces, goes way up in this type of extreme game.
Play suited cards, and as we discuss in the next chapter, if you flop a draw with them, play the draw very aggressively.
Pick the Right Table / Picking a Seat / Theories of Poker / Betting Theory: The Odds
A Theory of Starting Hand Value
A Theory of Flop Play: Counting Outs and Evaluating Draws
The Dynamics of Game Conditions / Table Image / Player Stereotypes
Women and Poker / Spread-Limit Games / Double Bet on the End Games / Kill Games
Short-handed Games / Tournaments / No-limit and Pot-Limit Poker
