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How to make a plan for the flop in poker

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  Before any decision pre-flop, flop or on the turn, you should always have a plan for each likely outcome.  This doesn´t mean you have to simulate every possible outcome. That’s just unplactica, a rough idea it´s more than enoth.  For beginners there is a much practical way. Before betting just ask yourself this questions:  What will I do if tha villain raises? What cards will I barrel? Asking these simple questinos in advanse will help you avoid tricky spots and boost your game. Let's imagine that your hand is: QhJh And the flop comes: Th8d6c So let's ask the questions: What will I do if villan reises? Most of the time i will fold unless the opponent raises small. What cards will I barrel? On the turn, I should barrel all the 9, J and Q that is our "nuts" and semi-bluff all the harts, A and K.  This is a very basic 2 questions to use in and of the tables that help you to have a plan for future streets. It's also helps to avoid difficult situations on future st...

The Golden Poker Rule (Bankroll management)

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Poker it's a great game and lot's  of people like to play just for the emotions and the fun and there is nothing wrong with it.  But if you'd like to advance in your poker jorney and in the long run take some profits, you should keep your expenses money and you poker money (Bankroll) separate, just like in a business. In poker your bankroll it’s your fuel, like petrol in a car, so you have to be sure that it will take you to your destination. So how much should you risk? That should depend were do you want to get, you game type and your ROI (Return On Investment). For some it can be 50$ for others it may be 1000$, the experts say, for Tournaments or Sit and Goes it has to be at least 100 to 150 buy ins , for cash game it's at least 40-50 buy ins . This is the first and the most important rule of all. I for exemple while moving uo stakes from 1$ till 5$, I mostly played whit 100 buy in strategy bankroll, after 5$ I start ed to increase my bankroll to 200 buy ins and bef...

Check list for Continuation Bet (C-bet)

A continuation bet —also known as a c-bet—is a bet made by the player who made the last aggressive action on the previous street. This process starts with a player making the final raise preflop and then firing the first bet on the flop. (google definition).  This is a quick guide to use of the tables, to see if you are c-beting correctly.  But before that  let´s se the general c-beting strategy: OOP (Out of Position) for exemple EP, MP or HJ you strategy should consist of 40%-50% cbet and rest in Check/Call, Check/Reise or Check/Fold. IP ( In Position ) so BNT and CO for exemple, you should cbet around 80% of the time (here you can see the power of positional advantage in poker). C-bet for valeu, why? To protect the hand (if we are on a wet board)  To extract chips from a weaker hand C-bet Bluff On the micros I don't recomend doing alot of dry bluff and more of semi-bluffs ( a bluf that has some equity like a straight draw or a flush draw). C-bet sizes For v...