3 Tips for Beginners

Gus Mango Fish · 14th February 2006, 08:14 PM

Hi all

I'm going to be appearing on Student Union TV on Friday as a Poker Expert

One of the things I've been asked to provide is 3 quick tips for beginners to the game - players who just know the rules of the game, but nothing else.

Each tip has to be delivered to camera in 30 seconds or less, and contain absolutely zero jargon.

What suggestions can you give for Top Tips (either joking or real ones

)?

Here's my top 3:

1. Don't play too many starting hands.
A common beginner mistake is to play too many starting hands. Just because you have an Ace or a King doesn't mean you have a great hand.

2. Know when to Fold.
Don't keep chasing a pot for that miracle gutshot, or other small outs (i'll explain what outs are, and what a gutshot is).

3. The 4/2 rule.
A simple way to calculate your percentage chance of hitting your cards after the flop. After the flop you have 4xyour number of outs. e.g. flush draw=8 outs, you roughly have a 4x8=32% chance of hitting on the turn or the river. After the river you have 2xyour number of outs. e.g. flush draw=8 outs, you roughtly have a 2x8=16% chance of hitting on the river.

I'll be mentioning the poker.co.uk site and this forum whenever possible.

manchestermurph@fsmail.ne · 14th February 2006, 09:25 PM

Goodlook,are they going to be putting it on the web

Prowler · 14th February 2006, 09:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by gambler

Hi all

I'm going to be appearing on Student Union TV on Friday as a Poker Expert

did this come about from a thread that was posted here not long back?

Gus Mango Fish · 14th February 2006, 10:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Prowler

did this come about from a thread that was posted here not long back?

Yes, it was this thread here. Did anyone else reply to it?

Gus Mango Fish · 14th February 2006, 10:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by manchestermurph@fsmail.ne

Goodlook,are they going to be putting it on the web

Not on the web as far as I know, but I'm sure I could get a DVD burned off. Now if only I knew how to convert that to streaming content...

Raiser · 14th February 2006, 10:37 PM

3 tips for beginners.......

1) Dont try to understand poker....
2) Dont Learn how to play poker....
3) if you ignore the above two - dont play it for money!!!

cuyber · 14th February 2006, 10:48 PM

1)Talk is cheap!
2)Dont count ya chickens till they have hatched!
3)Always listen for the fat lady!

Take them how you want

Top Pair Ace Kicker · 14th February 2006, 10:50 PM

Dont say "i'll call and raise"

Dont call with bottom pair.

Always raise with 7-2. "Its a laugh"

trustme · 15th February 2006, 02:13 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by gambler

Don't keep chasing a pot for that miracle gutshot, or other small outs (i'll explain what outs are, and what a gutshot is).

Dude, thats the quote of the year from you and its only feb! lol

A good tip for a beginner would be to study the game before investing a lot of cash, with hours of poker on tv everynight and the tuition books/dvds available at the moment you can now find out cheaply what it took the top professionals years and a lot of money to learn.

Oh, another thing to tell them is that because cards are soooooted, dont mean they are good!

PokerWoody · 15th February 2006, 03:24 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by gambler

1. Don't play too many starting hands.
A common beginner mistake is to play too many starting hands. Just because you have an Ace or a King doesn't mean you have a great hand.

Yep, deffo include this one.

Quote:

Originally Posted by gambler

2. Know when to Fold.
Don't keep chasing a pot for that miracle gutshot, or other small outs (i'll explain what outs are, and what a gutshot is).

I like what your getting at but this seems a big area to cover in 30 seconds. Why not simplify it to something like "Bet when you are ahead and fold when you are behind" or even simpler "don't chase draws". The nuances of pot odds and calling with draws is not totally staight forward, especilay in tournements when stack sizes are generally smaller in releation to the pot.

Quote:

Originally Posted by gambler

3. The 4/2 rule.
A simple way to calculate your percentage chance of hitting your cards after the flop. After the flop you have 4xyour number of outs. e.g. flush draw=8 outs, you roughly have a 4x8=32% chance of hitting on the turn or the river. After the river you have 2xyour number of outs. e.g. flush draw=8 outs, you roughtly have a 2x8=16% chance of hitting on the river.

This would be good to include but again I wonder if it isn't too complicated for total beginers.

Generally I like you selection though if you feel you can explain them clearly in 30 seconds.

The only other think you might inlcude is something about Playing aggressivley. Aggressive is fun

14th February 2006, 08:14 PM	#1 (permalink)
Gus Mango Fish Adopt a donk Last Online: Today 04:52 PM Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Bristol Posts: 4,030	3 Tips for Beginners Hi all I'm going to be appearing on Student Union TV on Friday as a Poker Expert One of the things I've been asked to provide is 3 quick tips for beginners to the game - players who just know the rules of the game, but nothing else. Each tip has to be delivered to camera in 30 seconds or less, and contain absolutely zero jargon. What suggestions can you give for Top Tips (either joking or real ones )? Here's my top 3: 1. Don't play too many starting hands. A common beginner mistake is to play too many starting hands. Just because you have an Ace or a King doesn't mean you have a great hand. 2. Know when to Fold. Don't keep chasing a pot for that miracle gutshot, or other small outs (i'll explain what outs are, and what a gutshot is). 3. The 4/2 rule. A simple way to calculate your percentage chance of hitting your cards after the flop. After the flop you have 4xyour number of outs. e.g. flush draw=8 outs, you roughly have a 4x8=32% chance of hitting on the turn or the river. After the river you have 2xyour number of outs. e.g. flush draw=8 outs, you roughtly have a 2x8=16% chance of hitting on the river. I'll be mentioning the poker.co.uk site and this forum whenever possible. __________________
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cuyber Rank: Professional Last Online: 11th November 2008 04:50 PM Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 391	1)Talk is cheap! 2)Dont count ya chickens till they have hatched! 3)Always listen for the fat lady! Take them how you want __________________
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Top Pair Ace Kicker Rank: Professional Last Online: Today 08:27 AM Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: in the gutter Posts: 400	Dont say "i'll call and raise" Dont call with bottom pair. Always raise with 7-2. "Its a laugh" __________________ You can't outsmart an idiot (but you can take their chips)
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