free poker Online Training On When And Why To Play Passive Or Aggressive poker Demonstrated By A Real Life Professional Game Hand

today my free poker online training article is about passive and aggressive play, specifically I’m looking at when and why one style is preferable to the other. To do this I’m looking at a real life hand played out in a pro game to try and illustrate the factors involved and things you need to consider in regard to your playing style profile.

The basis
An aggressive player, traditionally, bets and raises. Passive players call bets and raises. To be passive, which is essentially to be cautious, can be a good way to play in major tournaments such as the WSOP where, for example, a J-10 in a flop of 10-8-4 is decent enough for playing with middle of the road care. You play this by, say, check-calling or betting small and perhaps, value-betting at the end if the board is safe. But being too passive, as in this example, can lead to destruction.

Blinds – 3000/6000

Preflop:

A with As-Ah raises to 16k
B with Ks-Qs calls 16k – the pot is 50k

Since B has a position over A and his K-Q is suited, he can afford a call. In the meantime A plays his pocket A’s like any other raising the hand in middle position to confuse B. If A only called his Aces it could make B think he has A-A and result in B calling or folding later should A give away more strength signals.

The Flop: 7s-2d-Qh

A bets 23k
N now calls with 23k – the pot stands at 96k

A’s gets are based mainly on the pure value of the Aces rather than the possible value of B’s hand. His Aces are most likely secure now due to 3 undercards falling and the probable pairing of the Queen with a caller in late position, that is just so long as no face card falls later on as that could result in a paired kicker to the one holding a Queen. B also believes that his Queens have value, but not strong enough if a King or Ace falls – he may put A on a bluff with A-x or K-x – so he just calls.

TURN: 7s-2d-Qh-8d

Now A bets with 55k
B calls 55k (Pot 206k)

A stays with his Flop actions and thoughts. B also thinks likewise. As there are no draws on the Flop (both may think a backdoor Flush unlikely) and his Aces still all undercarded A keeps on hammering B aggressively and B stays hammered in passive mode.

The River: 7s-2d-Qh-8d-blank

A bets 121k (Pot 372k)
This bet is enough to put B all-in. As all the cards are undercards to A’s Aces and all the other table cards are undercards to B’s Queens, A figures B must have a Queen that he might go to the death with. So A keep the aggression going where a lot of players might slow down given that the Aces are only just a pair and so may check to stay safer or check-raise if they feel their Aces are decent, A however pushes B all the way to all in.

B still thinks his Queens are strong enough which is why he has come as far as the river. Then he does the orthodox maneuver. Could it be that he is up against A-Q? Unlikely he thinks so…

B calls all-in 121k

A aggressively hammered at B all the way from preflop to the post river all in death and B just kept accepting the hammering. A did not give B a chance to react gracefully. B just call-called all the way to his chip death.

But it may be that B sensed an unusual strength in A that he just called and called. But if so he should have trusted his senses once the river was reached and bowed out. The bets at Flop and Turn bets might offer cheap call spots and even if he thinks he is beaten then he can still draw, but by the river stage bet is not cheap and is enough to finish him off.

So, yes aren’t there a lot of things to think about in this hand, and of course the same it true for most poker hands. There is no right and wrong way in terms of if you should play aggressive or passive rather a time and place for everything and the trick to winning a lot at poker is being able to play all ways and adapt as conditions change.

Ok that is easier to say than do I accept, so the next advice is that practice perfects the art. As ideal way to practice what this free poker lessons online article preaches is to play free poker practice games on sites like NoPayPOKER.com where you can hone your skills with no risk of money loss before going for it on money sites or in face to face play.
July 2011 Lee County Florida foreclosure Statistical trends report from SWFL REIA

We thank you taking the time to visit our website
and hope that we were able to assist you in your search for the information that you are looking for.
We do realize that with many articles written, it is possible
and even likely that you will find errors along the way.
We would appreciate you using the “contact us” page to let us know if you come across any mistakes
in our articles or if you simply have some ideas for articles that you would like to see in the future.
Thanks again for taking the time to visit,
we hope you have enjoyed it and hope that you will visit us again someday very soon.