Texas Hold 'Em Secrets - Preparing For The Flop:

Grabbing information is of the most important skills that you need in poker. From your oppnt's betting patterns and the "tells" that they make simply define your d and are simply integral on your next decision. But you can't do that without proper poioning, which is on the button or somewhere near it.

But that doesn't mean that you should fold every d if you're not in the proper poion, each has its pros and cons, and it should also determine how you should play your d.

In this article, I'll tell you how to utilize perfectly your poion in pre-flop play.

This poion is from under the gun to the third turn in a ring table, which has around eight people seated. In this seat, you have to be choosy in sing your d or simply limping into the pot because there are about five to seven people yet to act, thus there are more cces for them to se the bets and given that you don't have a d that's good enough, you just lost my the size of the blind.

So it's important that you only se premium ds in this poion like AK, AQ and AJ suited. When some re-ses after you, you have a good idea that he/she has jacks or queens. So not only is sing pre-flop a good way to drive out people who have small cards that may get lucky after the flop, it also gives you information on who probably has a d better t yours.

In this poion, you have to be looser, but not to the extent that you're virtually throwing your chips away. A9, K10 and QJ may be sed here, given that no has sed and indicated that he/she has an excellent d.

Again, the reason why that you should se pre-flop is to mine important information about your oppnts, if they have good to great cards.

In late poion, you can practically se any d you want, depending on the circumstances. If every just limps in to the pot, and a se is nowhere in sight, then you stick your foot right in and se around four to five times the big blind, even with cards like 24. It may win you the pot right there.

But be wary when every calls when you do se, because they may sense that you're trying to steal the pot. Don't cringe if your technique fails and if the flop shows high cards like A-J-4, se outright and try to steal the pot again. They may rethink that you tried to steal the pot before the flop and give you credit for hitting aces or jacks.

As you may observe, may get looser in choosing his/her cards when nearing late poion and also presents you the opportunity to steal the pot. Late poion also entails you to play more aggressively and show some muscle, enabling you to hammer on pots, do isolation plays and basically eat up the blinds. So to speak, poion should guide you on how to play your ds because it opens the option of instilling fear into your oppnt, bluffing your way into the pot or does the complete oppoe of the previous two.