So we all want to be on top of the poker game. Not a problem! There is nothing wrong with aiming to winning most of the time, if not all the time. But if you just wait for miracles to give that to you, you are not doing the best you can to be on top of the poker game.


Anyway, you might be playing poker for quite some time now. And you probably have learned that there’s only a certain group of poker hands that you can play for the win. But if you can only think of the pocket rockets (AA) for this group, you may expand this limitation by understanding the qualities of a winning poker hand.

Raise-able

It’s a normal thing when players raise their bets to increase the pot in every round and acquire more cash in the end of the game when the win is given. However, when you find it hard to raise for the next round, you probably are playing a busted hand. A winning poker hand should be raise-able. It should not take much of your time thinking about raising or not. If it has this quality, decision making is a lot easy.

Bluff-able

As may have been suggested by others, bluffing is one of the overwhelming tactics one can use in the poker table. With this technique, you act as the lion among other animals with your cry scaring them to fold. But when you use a bluff, be sure you are fighting ’cause you have something. So when someone else bluffs back at you, as if you care. With a bluff-able hand, you have all the confidence to make bluffing even more effective. And, oh, remember to be spontaneous when you execute this tactic. Mind and gestures reading are your opponents tools to make you fail with this attempt.

Flexible

Always waiting for the AA to come? Forget it! The probability of AA to be dealt to you is like one in a million. Instead, deal with those flexible poker hands. Okay, so what’s that suppose to mean? Heard of trips or a set? I like them a lot. It’s where most of my wins come. If you are dealt a seemingly poor hand, but turned out to be the best complement for some cards in the flop, then you have the flexible thing. ex. you have 5s-9h, and 6d-7s-8c-Ac-2h on the flop. The example gives you the strength of a straight. Now, who else got that with that kind of flop pattern? Only you! What to do then? You know that already. It’s either you raise or bluff. It’s actually already cash for your empty pocket. The question is, will you want more?

Remember that the winning poker hand doesn’t always translate to a real win, especially for those who fail to spot it and those afraid to invest beyond. It is still up to the players instinct and urge to win more. You probably have wasted so much good poker hands, but that’s all over now. Be attentive to the facts on the poker table. If everything aligns to a great win, then pursue it as it surely is.

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