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A poker strategy decision we all have to make at times!

Once upon a time there was a guy name Frank. He liked to eat eggs. He liked them scrambled, over easy, and on a sandwich. Frank also enjoyed playing online poker. He plays poker and eats eggs at the same time. Sometimes he spills eggs on his keyboard, but he doesn\’t mind. One time he was cooking eggs and playing poker at the same time. The eggs were done but he had ace on his table. Would he let his eggs burn and play his ace, or go get the eggs and be forced to fold his ace?!  :s

Frank was faced with a very difficult decision! The two things in his life that he loves with a passion were requiring him to make a very hard decision. Frank thought for a few seconds. His ace looked so beautiful, but he could smell his eggs. Oh how he loved the smell of those eggs. He couldn\’t let them burn! He got up, ran to the stove, quickly turned it off, and took his eggs off the burner. He quickly seasoned them to his likings before running back to his computer. He was too late. His ace had folded itself, as he timed out.

Upon arriving back at his computer he saw his beautiful ace be folded. His stomach sank. Did he make the right decision? Should he have chosen eggs over the best hand in poker – Pocket Rockets??!

He didn\’t think so at the time. His eyes were glued to the screen as the flop came. It was the K of spades, Q of spades, and 4 of hearts. Their were 4 players still in the hand. A \’check\’ came from every player. The turn was the 8 of spades. Frank thought for a moment maybe, just maybe, he had made a good decision to fold his ace.

Frank was staring at his screen. The player in position number 1 checked. Position number 2, however, placed a bet of nearly half the pot. Two calls, followed by a fold led to the river card. The river card turned out to be the K of hearts. A very large bet from position 2 was raised by the player in position 3. The cards were turned over: One player had three of a kind Kings. The other, however, had rivered a full house! Frank was glad beyond belief about his decision to fold. He screamed at the top of his lungs and began pigging out on his eggs. They were delicious! :p

In order to be good at poker you need to have many different skills. You must bring all of these specific skills together in order to be successful on the casino or online poker tables.

The first thing that is necessary is composure (h)

You must be able to hide your hands and deceive the other players on the table. If you are not composed you will likely give away your hand to your opponents which would lead to you losing.

The second thing that is needed in order to be a successful poker player is intelligence – or rather \”poker intelligence (i)

You may be intelligent in other areas of life but if you lack poker inteligence then high stakes poker is probably not the right thing for you, stick to the free poker games, maybe you\’ll develop it over time (taart)

You need to know when to bluff, when to bet, when to fold, and you will also need to try to get a read on your opponents hand. Intelligence is a thing that is needed for everything that any one would ever do in their lives, but in my opinion it is especially important in poker.

You can win a large sum of money, or lose a large sum of money very quickly. I am assuming you want to win (what normal person doesn\’t?), therefore you must be smart about your game.

The third and most important thing in order to be a good poker player is the ability to have fun :d

You are obviously not going to win every single hand that you play. You may lose a big hand, but you just have to be calm and collected. If you are going to freak out and get mad every hand you lose, then you are not going to be a good poker player.

If you have these three things, then you are probably going to be rather successful on the tables. You will also be able to have a fun game with friends!