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Improve your Poker Game through Pre Flop Play
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The most effective way to utilize the preflop raise is to use it sparingly. That's not to say that you should only raise with big pairs, but you should take all of the factors at the table into consideration before deciding whether or not to raise. Consider the following before raising:
| | Your own table image - If you just caught a couple of big starting hands and raised the last couple of times out, another preflop raise here isn't usually going to be effective. Other players will believe that you are simply trying to bully the table, and will likely call you down or fight back with a re-raise of their own. |
| | The image of the other players in the hand - If the player in the Big Blind never folds to a raise, no matter what kind of rags he's holding, then the purpose of the preflop raise has been eliminated, unless your only goal is to get lots of money into the pot. |
| | Your hand strength - If you raise with raggedy starting hands, you're likely to get beat by someone with a bigger hand. The higher winning percentage hands you raise with, the more profitable the play will become over the long haul. |
| | Your position in relation to the button - As a general rule of thumb, the weaker your table position is, the stronger your starting hand should be to raise with. When you have superior position, you can effectively raise with a wider variety of hands including suited connectors, one gappers, weak aces, and other suited cards. |
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