Winning Concepts Of Poker
The knowledgeable player can consistently make money playing poker, but only if he approaches the game from the proper perspective. As in any game of skill, there are important concepts that you must follow to be a winner. In this chapter, we'll discuss these concepts. I'll show you how to recognize and implement the general winning concepts of poker to get an edge on your opponents and be a winner.
I've divided this chapter into fifteen winning concepts to isolate the factors that will improve your play and increase your winnings at the table. You'll learn how to analyze situations and determine whether the relative strength of your hand is strong enough to call a bet or even raise. Sometimes, because of the bet size, the amount of money in the pot, your position at the table, or your knowledge of your opponents' playing styles, you're better off folding the hand and conceding the pot.
A poker session is an accumulation of hands won and lost. To come out an overall winner, you must maximize your gains when you win and minimize losses when you lose so that the winnings overshadow the losses and you have a profit to show. Of course, you never really know until the showdown whether you're holding the winning hand, but you can approximate your relative standing in the game and adjust your play accordingly. Thus, when you're the favorite to win you'll get as much mileage out of the hand as you can. Let's now get down to the winning concepts of play.
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