Matching Playing Styles to Odds in Free Poker Online Games

My style depends mostly on my odds of making money. Tonight I am playing a free poker tournament with 30 players where 10 get paid. With a 1 in 3 shot of making a profit I tend to take it easy for the most part. That’s not to say that I won’t be chip leader tonight it’s just mostly going to depend on the cards for the first hour or so.

During this article I am going to tell you some of the better hands that I get and what I do with them. Keep in mind the real game is far from starting at this point. 77 I flat call and get a 2x bet back to me and call. Flop comes 6d,3h,4h first player to act moves all in on $165 pot with 3k. I fold, most likely he had better pockets or a nut flush draw/str8. Although I had a good shot at having the best hand at the time its way to early for something that insane.

99 I flat call and the same opponent as previously shoved all in on flop 8D, 8S, 8H; I’m now wondering if I was incorrect on the previous play but I still fold regardless. He shows a Jtwo so I’m deciding I was right before. KJ off I flat call only due to the fact the pot is higher due to another player calling prior to me. We’re around fifteen mins in and I hold two thousand nine hundred of my initial three thousand dollars.

AJ I engage sluggish A,6,9 flop and an opponent gambles three hundred and fifty dollars making the total to play for a mere one hundred and fifteen dollars & the blinds twenty / forty dollars- I fold. With the amount of his gamble he showed too much- If it was me I could have rethought my options, but he probably wouldn’t have tried that with more opponents in the game. I did put him on a kicker, A6, suited or A9; just to be sure I bring up he “should start showing a few to make it more believable.”

By doing this if he was being sneaky he may start to think about what I said and believe I know his game. It’s a no lose situation as if I’m wrong he will be wondering if I think he’s blagging & could call if he continues. The truth is as explained I’m just making remarks to keep him in check.

A good twenty mins on the same guy is making a move with K8 on a K66 flop when I have A6. Well as you might have guessed I ensure I double up & gain some vital info. He has in fact have hands when he makes these trivial gambles, however the cards he’s playing it with are very defeatable.

Until this changes my job at the table will be to catching him with another mistake. The player next to me pushes all in pre-flop thinking about the same thing that I am but going about it all wrong. He is aggressive with his hands, not an imbecile. I am still riding out that 6k double up here at 1st break one hour into the tournament. There are still 22 players remaining.

One hr and forty odd mins gone and I grasp the same opponent again slow playing a AK for an even 9 grand making my full sum twelve grand with seven opponents left and sitting in a modest third. Although this opponent had managed to pull together around eighteen grand in chips with an attacking style his final place is eighth while the low stack at the prior table is now playing for first spot. Looking for a mark and staying with it will work out in the lengthy game however you need to ensure you have another plan to bring in money to ensure you’re at the table long enough for the big dollars.

AA I gamble the smallest I can as I don’t have much to play with. The second hr is now in the books and I’m in last. Forth place with six grand so I will go all in blind regardless. The nearest opponent has sixteen grand and blinds are six hundred / one thousand two hundred. Fifty five and flop comes Qfive hundred and ten- a bit of good fortune never hurt anyone. I put down a AQ off to a gamble that would go in all in. I didn’t feel I wanted to lose my new chips so quick. Went out third place with A4 suited against K10 off. Not to shabby for a free poker tournament where I won some dollars although could have been WSOP from top table!

I look forward to playing you in a free poker tournament soon!