Free Online Poker Guide To How To Play A Big Hand Preflop

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Where do you turn with a big hand preflop when you have a big stack, like K-K? And how might the other players react? Regardless of in the event that you simply play free poker online for pennies or are at the final table in WSOP this is a core situation you have to know how to exploit to the full.

For our example we will appear at a good example from a global Series of Poker game:

BLINDS 40, 000/80, 000



A has As-10c moves all-in (Pot 1 ) 296m)


B has K-K reraises to 5m (Pot 6. 296m)


B has two options here. They can just call and then watch for someone to move all-in after him, but that would make him do some thinking...

Could it be A-A? Or Q-Q? If it was Q-Q there's a slight chance he might fold K-K, and regret it. But a big reraise can drive Q-Q or lower out, like what happened to a different player:

C has Jd-Jc

(C's comments on B's hand were: "Why did you make it so much?... You want your hand that much? ")

If C calls, it's for domino qiu qiu all of his chips.

C may think that B has A-K, but there are two all-ins in front of him, plus one of them may be A-X (and with A-X he is still not safe) or a pair, but a suspiciously heavy raise to about 60 times the big blind is almost always a signal for A-A or K-K. So C could wait for a better opportunity than now.

C folds (Pot 2. 39m)

C's fold was brilliant, after the reraise, but it it's still brilliant even if B did not reraise. B may possibly bet again on the Flop and C might not continue and just forget about the chips.

B's reraise will work if he has A-A or K-K, but I doubt it if he will do the same with A-K or Q-Q, but it may have the same effectation of making C fold. As for A, let us wish for his good health. B won the hand later.

In summary

It takes time to discover ways to play poker online even free on-line poker or offline at a level above the unthinking, uneducated "chip flinging" seen at many tables. Learning how to play different hand scenarios is just among the facets of the game you need to understand and ones such as big hands preflop are crucial. Hopefully this has helped you, and remember, when you learn this you will automatically become a cut above average as most players don't bother!