Free Poker Strategy

This was a hand which took place between two players at my local live game recently, and although I wasn’t involved in this one, it was certainly intrueging, and worth examining.

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Both players were from my past experiences of playing with them, were skilled. The first of these players was dealt (K,K) during this hand, and I have in fact seen this player fold the same hand preflop once before, after a raise, then reraise, then a caller before the action had got to her. That is why I found what transpired in this hand, rather interesting. The opponent here was dealt (A,A) which is often a recipe for an explosive pot in itself, but the flop of (6c,7c,8d) slowed things down a little. There had been a preflop raise, reraise, and call as I remember, and our player with (K,K) called another bet on the flop and turn, which was a (10x), and the river, which was an (8c).

Our player with (A,A) moved all in on the river which I think is very risky indeed. In this situation for (K,K), though you may not know it at the time, these board cards are perfect because they give you a real chance to fold your hand, but unfortunately, with over half their stack commited already, our player with (K,K) calls.

Considering that almost every danger to (K,K) imaginable was there, I really think that the fold should have been made, but then it is always easier to say that, when you are a spectator, rather than if you are in the hand yourself.

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In a game of Omaha, you find yourself with the following hand: (Ad,Qd,4h,4c). This is a good starting hand and offers good opportunities to improve. The flop then comes down (5d,6h,9h,Kd). In this position, the most obvious point of interest is the fact that there are two diamonds on the board giving you a chance of a nut flush.

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Let us say you call a small raise, along with a third player, and the turn arrives (3s). If the player who placed the original bet on the flop then makes the same bet, you have to feel that the three on the turn gives you sufficient cause to go on the offensive. It is not the simple fact that this card has brought you more possibilities of making a strong hand, but also the fact that it is not a heart, and not seemingly dangerous to you in any other way. if by some coincidence your opponent has made a set of threes with this card, then all is certainly not lost, as a diamond that does not pair the board will still win you the pot, as will a four on the river. If one or other opponent is looking for a heart flush, you would have struggled to force them out on the flop, but on the turn, our three of spades has now made this possible.

Always look to get aggressive at points in the hand where your opponents potential draws are not likely to have hit, and their chances of making their hand have diminished.

This should ensure a higher success rate of picking up pots, but more importantly, you often have the chance in Omaha, to do this with a sufficient amount of cards that could win you the pot even if you are called.

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