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Posted by shokaku: Golden rule in poker: There are no golden rules in poker. The game is to situational.
Play AA and AK hard preflop. You want to play a big pot, espacially with the rockets.
I agree about golden rule However I rather slowplay AA than push it (of course if there were no raises before). But I would reccomend you to take a look at the first part of shokaku's post when you think what to do with AA
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Golden rule: if you are looking for a golden rule in poker then you should play another game. The rule is that there is no rule: every two card can win.
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Posted by shokaku:
Posted by M3turbo: I believe there are many rules that will help newcomers, golden or not that's up to you to decide.
My Rule no. 1
Never go broke in an unraised pot.
Stolen from T.J. Cloutier
That might be, in a world of clever people it's hard to say something clever without it being said before. Never read anything from TJ but I guess other players took it in as well.
------------ Rule 2.
Never fold a flopped set for 100BB (never say never I know did it anyway)
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Posted by gerrypolt: my golden rule that i break often is dont loss patients and dont force play. thats what i try and keep to but usaully fail. im my own worst enemy
totally agree with this one bad beat and i go on tilt when if you keep your head you can easily build your stack up
my one rule i try to follow is not to limp into the pot unless someone else has done before you, first to the pot pre flop RAISE or fold
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What Ive noticed on fulltilt low limit nl tables, ppl play mostly very aggressive poker on fridays/saturday evenings (surprise ) Just wait there then for good hands and wash them out. That works for me. Normal nights I just play loose and aggressive poker when ppl like mostly to fold and wait AAs
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i have made for myself this rule ... stay calm , stay focus and don't call when i am not ready to go all in with my cards ... the only thing is that it actually work and that i am able to make a stak but that i can not keep on playing that way because i love to take a risk to much and sometimes it is a risk to much ... wit AA i prefer to raise 4 - 5 times the BB and see what the flop brings before going all in ...
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i've been playing for several years now, and I can say from my little xperience that's if I keep my cool and wait for a good hand, I ALWAYS win - I mean get to the 1st place. And try not to think about how much is at stake, I loose my concentration and start being nervous...not good.
did it anyway)
