Blind stealing is a skill to be learned. This not only prevents the blind from eating our stack, but let us be going to the next level with some comfort. But to steal a boat must take into account certain factors:

1) The size of the stack of our rivals. This will give us a guideline of who can steal the pot. A small stack can see our desperation increases, a big stack because they will lose too much about it. The ideal is to place a bet of between 15% and 20% of our opponent’s stack. If we go further, it is likely to leave, if we go less likely to see our commitment as it is cheap.

2) We must understand that the chips have a relative value. If we have 50,000 chips and lose 1,000 for a bet, does not affect us really. But if we lose 2,000 to 1,000, is practically a death sentence in the tournament. This means that if we have a big stack, we can strategically use the advantage it gives us, especially to intimidate the small stack.

3) David Sklansky explains the concept of “gap” . The “gap” is the difference between the hands with which you can climb, and hands that can call a bet. In general, we need a much stronger hand to raise that to just a bet. At times in the tournament, the gap can be quite large, resulting in situations where we can gain a lot of blind, just rising in the pre-flop. the time this tends to happen is in the middle stages of the tournament. If we are in a short-handed table, the better, then.

4) In the early stages of the tournament , probably not many will steal blinds. Many opponents bets will neutral because the blinds are still relatively low in relation to the size of the stacks. To exploit this situation, we should do the opposite: to see the flop cheaply against many rivals. Returning to the concept of “gap”, it varies greatly in different stages of the tournament and begins to expand around the 3 rd or 4 th level of betting, because they see a rise can mean a real threat to the stack. Nearing the end, the gap can be really great, because, in general, all players get super tight. The survival tactics in poker tournaments are, at this point, fundamental. Of course it’s smart to not risk losing a good stack. But if you exaggerate with this concept we can get stuck. This is the time to steal blinds and increase the amount of chips when everyone wants to preserve and not risk.

5) We must forget the concepts and strategies we use to playing limit hold’em. Although the tournament is played in Limit format, we can not play the same way as in a full ring game. On the one hand, if we do, we become predictable. On the other hand, limit the amount of playable hands and opportunities to steal the blinds.

Suppose we have two possible hands to choose from: 7-8 suited, or AJ offsuit. Logically, the decision will depend on many factors, not the value of the cards: the playing style of the table, our position, bets that have been made, and more.

Let’s look at several possible scenarios:

In the first, all pass and we are on the button. In the second, we are also the button, but 5 players are betting. In the third situation, we are in middle position and there are only 2 players who have seen the bet. In another situation, we are in the big blind and only have one opponent who has raised in early position. Finally, everyone has left the hand, except the player on the button raises, with us in the big blind.

Now see what happens in each of these situations:

In the first case, AJ is certainly the best hand of the two, and can be played perfectly in a shorthanded pot . In the second situation, the choice is not so clear. Most players prefer AJ, because one hand is most likely (statistically speaking) to win a boat, 7-8. However, the winning players are not necessarily those who win more pots. Obviously, if we play each hand to win more pots received a more conservative player, but we need a stack really great. When we play against an opponent who plays almost every hand, the ideal would sit at his left, and we will try to isolate it.

7-8 hand the same suit is a hand that can play well when several players at the table. If you do not pay much to see the flop, we have the possibility to connect a set, a flush or straight draft. If we are in last place, we can even raise the bet on the flop, if we are connected.

But AJ’s hand is not as good when there are many players at the table. Only 3% of the time get connected on the flop, and if we get a pair with J, it can also serve players with aces, Ks and Qs. With 6 or 7 competitors, it is not impossible that one has a better hand.

In the third situation (in middle position and against 2 rivals), the AJ is the best hand. There is a multiplayer boat , so we should up the ante and try to eliminate the remaining rivals. If we are in a game in which the rivals are players who are systematically increases, then 7-8 may also be a good hand.

If you’re in the big blind against a single opponent who has raised the ante in early position, AJ can be a problem. If the flop an Ace, we have a kicker that does not ensure anything. If a J, we may be facing a overpair. Even if the flop comes AJ we have the worst hand. With 7-8 of the same suit do not have all these problems: if we get a pair on the flop, and all of the flop cards are low, there is a chance that the player who has uploaded a hand like AK, for example, which case ours is the best hand. In this case, everything depends on the flop cards.

In the last situation described, being in the big blind against a player on the button that has upped the ante, AJ is the best option because our opponents may have risen at a variety of hands.

As seen, the best hand is always on the situation. Therefore it is very important to have a reading of rivals in order to make the right decisions.

To learn how to make the best decisions, it requires much practice. It is best to play free online poker , learn the best strategies without any risk.

In general, especially if we play at low limit tables , we only have on hand if we have one of these starting hands: trips, a couple or three cards that can form a straight or a flush. Obviously this is not automatic, since, depending on our experience, our position, our rivals, and our image in the table, there will be another type of hands that can play. But if we are beginners in this game, if we keep it simple we can build a good basic strategy for Seven Card Stud.

Receive trips hand is quite difficult. If we receive a hand and, almost certainly win, but not play brilliantly. The ideal is to slow play for other players into the pot. But if we are sure that at least one of our competitors will see our commitment, we can play them quickly, aggressively. This could try when there are multiple players in the hand, and there is a possibility that some see our ascent. On the one hand, there will be more money in the pot. On the other, the boat will be interesting enough for more than a rival view our bet. Half of the time we receive one trips we can improve our hand, so that we always agree that the game progresses to the next street.

If we get high pairs (10 and up) we raise from any position most of the time, and even do a re-raise, if we believe we have the best pair. We take the hand of those who attempt to gamble with marginal hands just for the sake of getting a card. We do not want to have the opportunity to build a better project than ours. Our move will depend on how we know our rivals, and what we have been able to deduct on their range of hands.

The middle and lower pairs can be profitable depending mainly on our position in the table and the kicker. In a game where the ante is high should we go if we have top pair and top kicker, especially if we have the chance of getting heads-up against top pair. If you have two suited cards, no question that we raise. The middle and lower pairs can also be playable on loose tables, with several players in the pot, and when he or expect anyone else to go to re-raise.

In a loose game, a flush is a good game if we are likely to get a fourth card on fourth street and if only one or two suited cards on the table. If there are 3 suited cards on the table, the only option is to leave. If the game is tight, we leave with our flush, unless two cards are high, are likely to connect, and no more than a suited card on the table.

The straights are even more playable than flushes. In a game Seven Card Stud loose, if we assume that there is at least four players on fourth street, then we will see an increase if we can put together game with at least 2 of our cards, and the board do not see the letters need to complete the straight. The high straights 3 cards are better than low because in the fourth street can become high pairs.

If the game is too loose or too passive, we can play 3-card hands that have high or two high cards of the same suit, but with caution.

1) If you’re thinking of making a lantern , we must first look at the stack of our opponents: if you have already put almost all his chips into the pot, re-raise our non-frightening, really, to leave his hand. Conversely, if you have a marginal hand is most likely to make all-in , and will only win if we have a decent hand. 90% of the players in this situation see our re-raise.

2) When you first enter a poker table , play tight until we analyze the style of play of our opponents. Then, we adapt to your game, either tight or loose . In the first case we can bluff and steal blinds if we play aggressively. In the second case, we will not risk playing tight tabs unnecessarily against players who will see all our bets.

3) This is the first board of Texas Holdem : do not play too many hands. If you do not have a good hand, do not risk chips to see the flop, since the odds of connecting are low. See only bets on the pre-flop if you’re in last place and have a decent hand.

4) When a rival passes, and we bet, and the rival is our bet, most likely you do not have a strong hand. With an increase we can leave in the next round of betting . If you do not leave is because he has managed to connect on the flop. In this case, we will be cautious.

5) Calculating pot odds is essential, but so is to study our opponents. Psychology can serve us as much or more useful than mathematics.

6) A great starting hand can turn into a losing hand if the flop brings high cards or connected cards. Leaving one hand unsafe reduce losses.

7) The lantern is a great tool in poker, but can become a trap if we do not have to defend himself. Do not expose to difficult situations is the best decision. It is preferable to leave and lose some chips that jeopardize our stack in a bold hand.

Take the initiative can make us win a lot of boats. Post a bet and make us abandon our rivals will win pots. If we just see the stakes of the rest, we must be sure to have the best hand. Otherwise, we will be involved in boats with several players, and many possible hands better than ours.

9) Do not forget the advantage that gives us the position . We can get information about our opponents and act accordingly.

The small ball strategy is to play a lot of starting hands in an apparently aggressive, with constant increases, but always small, to give a loose player. Obviously, this is just an image. To use this strategy we have, as players, two conditions: one is to read very well to rivals, and second, have an excellent post flop play. So it is a poker strategy not recommended for beginners.

The small ball poker strategy reduces the variance that cause the big pots in poker tournaments. An experienced player will use this strategy frequently in the early stages of the tournament to minimize the effects of luck. The idea is that your ability will allow them to accumulate chips without risking your stack, minimizing the effects of a bad beat.

The characteristics of the small ball strategy are the low stakes, and go see a lot of bets in the last streets to control the size of the pot . Players who use this poker strategy see many flops, and often carries with weak opponents. They are also working to leave when the action gets too aggressive.

Who face a player who uses a small ball strategy tend to have difficulties. Skilled players can read our hands to perfection and know what each bet we do. This gives them an advantage.

The small ball players who are reluctant to commit all his chips in one hand. Therefore, a strategy to defend against this style of game is moving all-in when we believe that our opponents may leave the hand. This can be effective and will require experienced players to leave even with, sometimes, the best hand on the table. However, it is also dangerous and can lead to being trapped in our own petard.

If you consistently do all-in against our rival increases, it is likely that at some point, someone who plays it after we have a premium hand, what we will, directly out of the tournament. It should then be cautious.

The small ball players who prefer to play only when they are in position . This gives them a big advantage because they can see what each player and then make a decision. Therefore it is important also to give as little information as possible.

Increases in the early rounds of betting are dangerous to small ball strategy , as there is a possibility that, before the river, the boat is overgrown. So, another way to defend is up more when we decided to enter the pot. We will not risk all our chips, if someone re-up our ascent.

The secret is to adjust our game to the rival small ball strategy, minimizing its effects. But for that, we first need to clearly identify players who use this poker strategy . All information that we collect in the first few hands will be crucial.

Tip 1 : It is important to choose the Sit & Go tournament that we enroll. There is a table SNG and multi table tournaments. The more players registered (and, therefore, more tables), the bigger the prize. It also means that we will be more time playing. It is important to decide whether we have the time needed to complete the tournament, and if the prize is worth the time invested.

Tip 2 : It is also important to the structure of the tournament. In general, in all tournaments, the players start with equal amount of chips (which gives an advantage to experienced players) and the blinds go pro stages. In Turbo tournaments are starting with fewer chips and blinds go up faster, making luck plays a bigger role. To decide what type of SNG will play we will consider our style of play.

Tip 3 : statistically, we win 1 out of 10 SNGs we play. This means that the buy-in , in relation to our bankroll, will be crucial. In general, we will not pay more than 10% of our bankroll.

Tip 4 : The objective should always be to win the tournament, not just in the money. The difference in the amount of money between each of the posts is too great to risk.

Tip 5 : impatient players are usually the first eliminated in these online poker tournaments . We have two options. Or sit and wait to be removed each other, or try to bend our chips by exploiting their inexperience. If there are many players at the table, probably not worth taking any chances, they will be deleted alone.

Tip 6 : the same way, we will identify weak players who are not at risk, just come bets (if they are not very high) but do not resist the temptation to see the flop if not too expensive, but have nothing in hand. We can use to add chips to stack .

Tip 7 : From the beginning we find the style of play of our opponents and their betting patterns. This allows us to predict their movements.

Tip 8 : even our opponents will try to read us, so we try to confuse you, and do not give any information.

Tip 9 : In the middle stage of the tournament when the blinds start to rise, the short stack will be the most pressure. If that is our situation, the only options are to do all in with premium hands, or fold. For the big stack , is the opportunity to steal blinds and reuploaded up stakes and leave by the short stack.

Tip 10 : When bubble bursts and we’re in, we can relax a little. The strategy to use depends on how many players have left. The fewer players there are, the more hands we play. The marginal hands is acceptable. If we have a monster hand, try to take all the chips you can. Otherwise, we remain somewhat conservative.

Common Mistakes in Sit & Go

Error 1 : play like a maniac. Enter all boats, view all flops, and playing marginal hands is a sure recipe for failure.

Error 2: more than 40% of flops, even in the first stage, it is a mistake. The only reason to do so would be that we were always monster hands, which is clearly impossible. Up to 9-10 of the same suit can be a serious error.

Error 3 : Never underestimate an opponent. We can not know for sure when you have a strong hand when you’re bluffing . Let us be cautious.

Error 4 : even if we are good players, it is not convenient to play an online poker tournament while we prepare the food, watch TV or talk on the phone. Concentration is key.

Error 5 : projects can be very encouraging, but they are still projects. Making all in with a project in the first stage of the tournament is surely the best poker strategy .

Omaha can be played full ring (up to 10 players at the table), short-handed (up to 6 players) and heads-up. It also has, in turn, different forms of gambling: Omaha Hi, Hi / Lo, Pot Limit and Fixed Limit.

In Omaha Hi winner is the player who has the best hand, consists of 2 of her letters and 3 of the board. 4 being the hole cards, it is clear that we are more likely to assemble a hand in other variants of poker. The ranking of hands is the same as Texas Holdem.

The Omaha Hi / Lo is a split pot game, since it is split between those who have the highest hand and whoever has the lowest hand. The highest card low hand must not be higher than an 8. If anyone gets the low hand takes the pot is whoever has the best high hand. While we must always use two cards of the 4 hand, if we set up both hands) high and low), a letter can be shared by both.

The best hands in Omaha Hi / Lo are those that can win the two boats. It is very common in Omaha Hi / Lo hand that two should share the low pot in glass Cuto our profit will be 0.25 units for every 1 that we put into the pot.

The most common way is Omaha Pot Limit. In this structure the player can bet up to the size of the pot, and no more than that. This means that the increase in the size of the bets can be really big in the early rounds. If the pot is $ 1, and a player bets $ 2, if we want to up the ante to $ 3, which is the size of the pot. This makes this variant of poker can be dangerous for those who have a limited bankroll.

At Fixed Limit Omaha the most important decision you make will be the first: if we go or not on the boat. This is because, if we go into the pot, we will have to make many bets to find out if we can build our project. And besides, it may be that we end up having the second best hand. In Fixed Limit version is harder to leave rivals.

To play short handed Omaha need to be very good players post flop. At a table full ring can assume that a player can have a big hand, but in short handed the situation may be different. Need to have a very precise reading of the rivals. In heads-up Omaha need to play always in position and quickly adapt to the playing style of our opponents.

The real origin of poker is not entirely clear. Some date back to ancient China, as many card games today originated at that time and that country. Others located in Persia, or in the Middle Ages in Europe.

Beyond its origin, what we do know is that the poker (or its predecessor) came to the U.S., more properly to New Orleans around 1800, brought by sailors who arrived with their boats to the land and sailed the Mississippi.

The game came to America was played with only 20 of the 52 cards in the deck. There was one round of betting, based on the cards that each player had received. There was a second round of distribution, or discarded, because the letters were not enough for this. The lantern was then an essential part of the game.

During the gold rush the game spread throughout the country, although by then, already playing with the full deck of 52 cards and had added a round of discarding and new deal. It is known that during the Civil War, soldiers on both sides used to play 5 Card Draw.

Soon there were other changes such as the inclusion of a wildcard, and variations in which would make the lowest hand. Ie it is the 5 Card Draw from where they left all variants of poker we know today. It was not until today that Texas Holdem has become the most popular of them all.

Currently you can play 5 Card Draw in some online poker rooms , and deal with players around the world at various levels of play and betting. There are also 5 Card Draw tournaments, the original game of poker.

Once we have determined the style of play of our opponents in heads-up, we can use that to our advantage. If often happens, we should see when you bet or better yet, upload your bets, depending on the cards we have. As the blinds are low at the beginning of the game, try to see flops all we can. But if it is aggressive and goes often, we may need to get a bit tighter and more selectively choose hands that we play.

You need to force our opponent to pay to play. Let him make the bet at least on a boat to see the next street is expose to a bad beat. We must think aggressively and avoid you see the flop for free. If you have suited connectors, we are in the big blind, and our opponent calls, should not be afraid to put money into the pot. A bet of the pot size is usual in these cases. If you see our commitment, we can assume it has a pretty good hand. If you leave, we know that is a player who only tries to reach the next street to see if you connect something and also tries to get us out of the boat as you.

How we should play is a difficult issue to resolve. We can make a solid bet 2 or 3 times the size of the pot and see if our opponent is our commitment. Our goal is to get as many chips as possible, especially when we know we have the best hand. And we’re not talking about making slow play , because we may be giving you the opportunity to complete your project.

If we are lucky to get a monster hand in Texas Holdem , we should try to get maximum value from it. This is not always easy to achieve: if we are too aggressive, our rivals will leave without having put money into the pot, our poker strategy should be to move slowly at the beginning of the round, not to scare our opponents.

If we are in early position, we will just see their ups and bet the minimum required in the post flop. If those who played before us passed, will do the same, and let someone else take the initiative, and to believe that we have nothing and can get us out of the boat with its ups.

If a player who played before us puts in a raise, then you have something or is bluffing. Whatever the case, will be someone who will put money into the pot. When the turn, it is best to check-raise , especially if the board there is nothing too good. The climb force to see our commitment to those who have put money into the pot, because they want to defend your money and pay for the latest letter.

While the check-raise is a poker strategy that is used to make a show of force if our climb is rather modest one think that we have a big hand. If possible, return to the river check-raise, and will rise all-in. This is a strategy that will be used only if we are quite confident that our rivals will follow. If we assume that only pass, a bet is useless, because the boat and not grow.