The Bluff Factor

Even the modest players have had there share of being bluffed out of there hand. Its a useful tool when pots are big and you have the tables attention in many ways. Erratic betting patterns can shake people off good hands because they want to have a stabilized game. Players that seems to bet big always get others to back off, but that can also be a draw back as well. Make you and break you is what its called. Bluffing to much can take you right out of the game , just as fast as it got you in it.Poker is a game of will and drive to take risks and know when to let go when you have too. Keeping a game in your favor you always have to keep the table guessing on what you'll do next, cause that's the deciding factor of you getting ahead in the game.

Value of Your Ace

Is your Ace strong enough on the table of cards ? Many players get that misconception when they are confronted at the table. Its a debatable question because a cards value can only go so far with so many other variables on the horizon. Situations such as this must not be over looked because it could possibly keep you from the final table. In my own personal experience I was dealt pocket Aces at the final table and 3 other people went all in before I could decide what to do , It was the hardest decision I have made in all the years of playing poker was to lay them down, Yes I layed them down because I know that when there are to many people on the hand odds are against you. Good thing too cause that pushed me up in the ranks to finish the tournament in 3 place, rather than 6 place which was a big gap in the prize money. understanding the game through thinking and analyzing players betting patterns and even your own tendency to raise can make you a target sign for your own destruction at the table, even when you think you have the upper hand. Poker is a game that constantly changes and you need to change with it otherwise your not going to see many final tables.