When You Are First In
1. What does a call do ?
Ans : It tends to promote multiway pot short handed pots.
2. When should you raise ?
Ans : When you are hoping to narrow the field to three or fewer players.
3. What if the game is loose ?
Ans : You can expect multiway pots whether you just call or raise.
4. How should you play in this situation ?
Ans : According to what best fits your style.
5. If the game is loose but there is a lot of raising, why might you just want to call ?
Ans : To see who does the raising so you can gauge the strengths of the various hands.
6. In a playing tight games, how should you usually bring it in ?
Ans : With a raise.
7. What are you hoping to accomplish with your raise ?
Ans : Either to steal the blinds or to play against only the blinds.
8. What typically happens if you don’t bring it in with a raise ?
Ans : You often find yourself caught in the middle, even if the game is tight.
9. In general, should you raise a lot ?
Ans : No. You should not raise unless the game is tight and you are confident that you can get in a heads-up confrontation.
10. What often happens when you are playing heads up ?
Ans : You can win the high with very weak hands, plus you can bluff players out since most of your opponents will play for low.
Introduction / General Concepts / More Specific Ideas / General Concepts / Position / Low Hands / High Hands / Your Starting Hand / Starting With Big Pairs / When You Are First In / How To Play Your Hand / Play on the Flop / When You Have the Best Hand / High Versus Low in Three-Handed Pots / Loose Games / Multiway Versus Short-handed Play / Scare Cards / Getting Counterfeited / Getting Quartered / Playing Against Steamers / Playing Against Tight, Solid Players / Your Playing Style / Reading Hands / Psychology / Afterthought
