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Common Advanced Mistakes PartIII

Mistake 5: Playing Too High at Newer Games

Most advanced poker players tend to experiment with different forms of poker. A good limit hold em player will generally give no-limit hold em a chance, as well as perhaps pot-limit Omaha. While there is nothing wrong with experimenting a little, advanced players tend to make the major mistake of playing limits at these new games similar to the limit they play at the game they have mastered.

For example, suppose you are a $5-$10 no-limit hold em player. You are a winning player, even at this fairly high-stakes game. You want to give pot-limit Omaha a chance.

You shouldn't start with the $5-$10 pot-limit Omaha game. This is clearly a mistake, since you do not nearly have the type of edge at this game that you would at the no-limit hold em game. You need to be cognizant of the fact that you need to work on your skills at this new game. Diving into a new game at a limit similar to your best game is almost a sure-fire recipe of losing because there is a high likelihood that you will not be good enough at first to win at the new game.

Working your way up the limits at a new game is often a good idea. This is how you probably learned the game you play best, so it's generally a good way to learn how to play new games as well.

Mistake 6: Mishandling Free Card Plays

Free card plays are advanced moves that good players sometimes make. These moves are almost always done in late position. One of the most basic examples is raising with a flush draw at the flop in a limit hold em game.

When you do this, you hope your opponent just calls and checks to you on the turn. This way, if you miss the turn, you end up seeing the turn and river cards for just two small bets, instead of one small bet and one large bet.Knowing when to make a free card play or attempt to re-raise your opponent to break his free card play is highly situational. It is the type of play that frequently even good players mishandle because of improper reads or tactical errors.

Hopefully, all these articles, no matter are for beginners' mistakes or for advanaced mistakes could be helpful...

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Common Advanced Mistakes Part II

Mistake 2:Not Paying Attention

This seems like a beginner's mistake, but it is actually quite common among good players. Experienced poker players have played thousands upon thousands of hands and know what to do in almost any situation. Because of this, they sometimes do not pay too much attention to any one game.Often, they will still win due to their experience. However, failing to paying attention is a negative expected value move.

Your situational decision-making skills go down the tubes, and it is much tougher to learn and improve your game if you are playing three games at once, checking your email, and chatting on an instant messaging program all at the same time. Failing to pay close attention will not always turn a winning player into a losing player, but it means that a winning player will not win as much as he or she could.

Mistake 3: Poor Game Selection

As important as game selection is, many good players neglect it. This is because their egos get to them. They think they can beat any game. They sit in the biggest game they can find because they figure this is where they can make the most money.Simply put, these people need to keep their egos in check. Choose a game that has the highest expected value for you. Keep track of your statistics using a program like Check your bet.

Play in the games that you excel at the most, not just the games that are the highest your bankroll can handle. Look for the soft games and pounce on them.

Mistake 4: Extended Tilt

Good poker players can generally prevent themselves from going on tilt or limit the damages from a tilt. However, every now and then a good poker player will have such a bad streak that it will break their confidence in themselves. These players will go on an extended tilt where they start playing poorly session after session, and they often almost forget how to play poker well in the first place.

Furthermore, these players will often start to play in tougher, higher-stakes games that they may not have been able to beat even if they were playing at the best of their ability.In short, some circumstances may set even a good poker player on an extended tilt. While this sort of tilt is rare, it can last for months at a time, draining a good poker player of his bankroll.

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Common Advanced Mistakes Part I

Human beings are bound to make mistakes, so does for playing poker games. No matter how professional players are or just for rookies, from time to time, they also make some mistakes. Followings are some common advanced mistakes for poker players

Mistake 1: Missing Value Bets

Value betting is what separates a great player from just a good player. Obviously, any person knows to bet when he or she holds the nuts. However, getting maximum value out of marginal hands is much trickier.Value betting is highly situational and game dependent. For limit hold em, you should be quite aggressive with betting. Since the bets are so small in relation to the pot, people will often call your value bets with extremely weak hands.

For no-limit hold em, the situation is much trickier. First, you must get an accurate read on what the other player has. Putting an opponent on his cards is not only useful in determining if you have him beaten, but it is also helpful in determining how much you should bet.Furthermore, consider what type of player your opponent is.

A casual player will tend to call bets that are about as strong as his hand. So if you think a player has a weak hand, make sure the bet is not too large because you want your opponent to call.However, if your opponent is a strong player, then you must take into account what he or she thinks you have.

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A casual player only thinks about his own cards, but a strong player is also thinking about your cards!A strong player has probably put you on a hand. Therefore, you not only want to bet based on the strength of his hand, but you want to bet based on what your opponent thinks you have.

For example, if you think your opponent can only beat a bluff, then you should make a bet that would seem like a bluff. This bet may be large or small, depending on the game situation.Value betting is so situational and complex that it can never truly be taught.

It is something that great players learn themselves, and it is what gives them a sizeable portion of their edge against just "good" players.

Beginning Omaha Mistakes: Omaha vs. Hold em

Omaha is a game that appears very similar to Texas Hold em but in fact is quite different. The additional two cards and the restriction that players can only use three board cards creates an entire new array of strategies relevant to Omaha. A beginner who assumes that Omaha and Texas Hold em are essentially the same game is headed for disaster.

Omaha is Not Hold em: Bluffing

One mistake that players comparing Hold em to Omaha make regards bluffing. While bluffing in limit Hold em is difficult because of the fixed betting limits, bluffing in Omaha is that much harder. The reason for this is that with so many cards in play, someone usually has the nuts or close to it by the river. If you move all-in in a pot-limit Omaha game on the river and someone doesn’t have the nuts, you’ll probably win that pot. Unfortunately, unlike in Hold em, if you’re facing two or three opponents at the end, one of them probably does hold that boss hand.

Omaha is Not Hold em: Position

While position is important in Omaha, trying to manipulate the table so that loose players are on your right and tight ones on your left, as you might do in Hold em, is more trouble than it’s worth. It will be easy to see from the flop whether it is worthwhile for you to continue with the hand, so knowing what your loose player will do, while important, is not nearly so important as it is in a game like no-limit Hold em.

Omaha is Not Hold em: Results

If your Omaha results are not as good as your Hold em results, there has got to be a reason. Ask yourself what elements of strategy you are bringing over from your Texas Hold em games and if they really apply to Omaha. If they do not, you’ll want to lose those ideas and replace them with ones that are more Omaha specific.

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