A rule of thumb for cash games is that the first raise means nothing, the reraise doesn’t mean much more, but the four-bet starts to get scary. In tournaments, the first raise still means nothing, but the reraise is already frightening.
Matt Matros – 07/2009 – in CardPlayer
Categories: Poker Strategy
Tagged: aggressivity, cash game, Matros, tournament
When the game is passive and many pots are being played five-, six-, or seven-handed for the price of the big blind, overlimping often handicaps you. It forces you to play primarily “make a hand” poker, and therefore it deprives you of many of your potential edges. Try raising instead.
Ed Miller – 08/2008
Categories: Poker Strategy
Tagged: aggressivity, Miller
If you think that a caller is weak, you can always try the effect of firing a second bullet. Fearless players will even fire a third bullet on the river. I’m not a big fan of firing multiple bullets with nothing. My experience has been that after the first bullet misses, players fire the second [...]
Categories: Poker Strategy
Tagged: aggressivity, Zolotow
Reraising with 7-4 or Q-5, which you see quite a bit now, was unheard of in 2003. It just wasn’t done – by anybody. No matter how good of a poker player you were, you just didn’t do it. It seems like it’s common practice today.
Chris Moneymaker – 11/2008 – in CardPlayer
Categories: Poker Strategy
Tagged: aggressivity, evolution, loose players, Moneymaker