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  • Hey, guys. I just want to go into a quick Texas Hold 'em poker strategy. This is very

  • rough and basic, just enough to get you by if it's your first time playing. Right now,

  • we've hit the button set and blinds are already in place. And we'll deal everything face-up

  • just so everybody could see what's going on here.

  • So, a hand like this. Generally, the hands wouldn't be shown here. But this guy with

  • no knowledge of anything that's going on. Right now, with four people at the table,

  • he may feel that he's got a pretty good hand right now. He may opt to raise or he may want

  • to just call and see if he can improve this by getting another 5. But I'll just place

  • a bet right here and say he calls.

  • A hand like this generally, any hand with, that's like 2-6 or 2-7 or 3-8, or anything

  • with just a bunch of low numbers. They're generally considered really bad hands to play.

  • So we'll say this guy is going to fold. If you were to treat your poker hand like a blackjack

  • hand like Aces are 1 or 11 or face cards are 10. Basically, if something adds up to 19,

  • then it's a good hand to play. Anything less than that, you probably want to stay away

  • from.

  • Anyway, with a pair of Aces, he's got a monster hand, so he's going to want to raise. So,

  • we'll have him raise 10 here, because, I don't know whatever stakes you're going to play

  • that this same rule will apply. And then, the player here with the Jack-10, they're

  • both of diamonds, they're both connected. He's got a good possibility of getting maybe

  • a straight or a flush by the river. So, let's say he's going to come along. And the guy

  • with the 5 thinks he's going to get lucky, so he's going to come along as well.

  • This is all going to come here in the pot. One card gets burned. And now, the guy with

  • the Aces. He's what's called an overpair. The board has got a 4, Jack and a 3. The Jack

  • is the highest card here. He's got an overpair to the board, so even if somebody like this

  • guy, who's got a Jack. He's going to think he's good at this point, so if he sits and

  • bets, say 20, then the guy with the Jacks is probably going to want to come along with

  • this.

  • Now, the guy with the lower pair, with the smaller pair. He came in with the intention

  • of getting a set. A set is three of a kind with two in your hand and one on the board.

  • So since he didn't get that, he'd probably want to fold this here. So now, this money

  • goes into the pot, the other card gets burned, here it comes up. It's a King. So now, this

  • guy might want to bet again. Say he wants to bet 40, because he still an overpair to

  • the board. The guy with the Jacks, right now. If somebody else had a King, he may have him

  • beat. He's going to think really hard about it. He says "Okay, well whatever. I came here

  • to gamble." So he ends up calling. Another card gets burned, river comes up the King.

  • All right, so now, with the Aces, the only thing he would be worried about is if he had

  • a couple of Jacks or if he had a King in his hand. So say he's afraid of the King, he decides

  • to check. And then this guy decides to check, as well. So what ends up happening, the cards

  • get flipped over and then, this is the best hand which beats his Kings and Jacks. So Kings

  • with the Aces would take the hand.

  • Generally, if you have a really good hand, it's a good idea to bet. Like a lot of times,

  • new players will try to get really fancy and act like that you don't have anything. And

  • then, just spring traps on people. But if you're new to the game, basically just bet

  • out your cards. If the cards start going your way, then you will win. That's a very basic

  • strategy for Texas hold 'em.

Hey, guys. I just want to go into a quick Texas Hold 'em poker strategy. This is very

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