Two questions for folks who know more than me about Hold 'Em, which is most of you, since I seldom venture outside of my monthly home game, and when I do, it is low stakes, playing a small $50 buy-in probably once a year when I'm in Vegas or somewhere else with poker tourneys.
1) During WSOP heads-up play last night, the announcers said that Farber (the amateur who made it to heads-up) must have been advised to raise every time when he was the button during heads-up play, and that this was good advice.
My understanding of the button is that the button is the small blind, and is the first to act during the first round of betting only. (Let's get that out of the way in case I'm misunderstanding things).
When I've played and got to heads-up, like Farber, when I'm the button, I never just call the big blind, because I prefer either raising or folding to checking. I raise about 75% of the time, but fold about 25% of the time. My metric has been pretty simple: always raise with a King High or better, and raise some of the time with less than that, randomly, in order to steal. Is my pre-flop button strategy superior or inferior to Farber's?
2) In watching the WSOP a couple two nights ago, when the table had 7-9 players, I was surprised at how much post-flop calling of initial bets was being done vs. raising. I had recalled advice I had received about raising or folding usually being the right move. Any advice on situations in which it makes more sense to call vs. raise, and how you make the determination as to whether to call vs. raise?
1) During WSOP heads-up play last night, the announcers said that Farber (the amateur who made it to heads-up) must have been advised to raise every time when he was the button during heads-up play, and that this was good advice.
My understanding of the button is that the button is the small blind, and is the first to act during the first round of betting only. (Let's get that out of the way in case I'm misunderstanding things).
When I've played and got to heads-up, like Farber, when I'm the button, I never just call the big blind, because I prefer either raising or folding to checking. I raise about 75% of the time, but fold about 25% of the time. My metric has been pretty simple: always raise with a King High or better, and raise some of the time with less than that, randomly, in order to steal. Is my pre-flop button strategy superior or inferior to Farber's?
2) In watching the WSOP a couple two nights ago, when the table had 7-9 players, I was surprised at how much post-flop calling of initial bets was being done vs. raising. I had recalled advice I had received about raising or folding usually being the right move. Any advice on situations in which it makes more sense to call vs. raise, and how you make the determination as to whether to call vs. raise?
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