I have recently been dealing out some random hands.
One hand in particular I found very interesting and
something that might have caused a lot of action in
a real game was the following:
Hand 1 – 5d 3d
Hand 2 – 4h Ah
Hand 3 – Kc 9h
Hand 4 – 10d Jd
Thinking from a limping in point of view, so if it
is cheap enough for all players to be in and see the
flop.
The flop came: 10h – 4c – 6h
Hand 1 – Now has the up and down straight draw
Hand 2 – Nut flush draw
Hand 3 – Fairly dead at this stage
Hand 4 – Top pair
The turn was: Kh
Hand 1 – Still has the straight draw, but should
be worried about the flush out there
Hand 2 – Has the nut flush and favourite to
win the hand, so might but in a small bet
Hand 3 – Now has top pair, but should be out
of the hand by now
Hand 4 – This hand is now fairly dead and should
be folded to any betting.
River card was: 7d
Hand 1
The river card is a very dangerous card for them and
shows the dangers of anyone chasing a straight. Something
many of us have been guilty of at some point in our
poker playing. Especially in a lose game.
Hand 2
This is the winning hand and could take down a large
pot. This does depend on the level of play and if
they re raise Hand 1 on the river, I am certain that
they would get a call.
Hand 3
This hand shows the dangers of getting caught up in
a top pair situation. I have seen this online many
times before. Seeing people lose when they call everything
with top pair. They have no one else to blame but
themselves.
Hand 4
This had should be easy to fold after the turn and
maybe even the flop if the betting is aggressive.
Saying that though, I have seen a number of people
shove all in with top pair on a low flop. This can
either take down the hand there and then, or get you
in to a lot of trouble when the river comes.
My tip
Deal out yourself some hands and think about how you
would play them. I think you will learn more this
way than playing for play money online. Even better
idea is to sign up to a site that offers you daily
free roll games. A good site for this is Nasty Duck
who offer daily freeroll games which are worth playing
in.
We are playing on:
www.nastyduck.co.uk
www.pkr.com
www.betfair.com
