Pre flop acting
March 9, 2009
It is so nice to receive pocket aces on the pre flop, right? But what are the chances that you will end up getting pocket aces most of the time. If you get pocket aces every night at poker then you are certainly one of the luckiest guys in poker. Pocket aces will rarely show up in your hand and you have to consider yourself lucky if you have them.
Most of the time, you are going to get weird cards. You are going to get a three and a seven. You are going to get an eight and a two. You are going to get a ten and a four. These cards look horrible. In any case, how can you act as if you got pocket aces? Here are some tips that you can use when acting on the pre flop.
First, go all in. Yes, I am not kidding. A lot of people are scared to go all in on the first hand and if you can pull this off, then you are a solid bluffer. From time to time, you can pull this off especially if you are getting desperate. Steal the blinds and make sure that you do not get caught. Sometimes, you can go all in with a jack and a ten but do not keep this rate going because someone will end up calling you if the pocket aces are really with him or her.
Second, try smiling when you get your cards. This is the best way to make everyone think that you have good cards. Make a seriously strange raise on the pre flop and then you will see a lot of people folding their hands. If you can make others think that you have good cards on the pre flop then you are in good hands for the entire poker match.
Third, talk to your seat mate and tell him or her that you have pocket aces. Say this in a normally louder voice than usual. Do not say it too loud because people will think that you are bluffing. When you have them in your act, all you have to do is pull the trigger. You can make your move on the pre flop and then move in to steal the pot.
Finally, if you really want to do some seriously strange pre flop act then you can simply go all in all of the time until someone calls you. Eventually, you might just keep winning. If you go all in all the time, you will never know if someone will accidentally call you when you have good cards. You might even end up winning the game if you are really lucky on that night. But seriously, do not do this unless you feel unusually daring and unusually lucky on that night.
Pre flop acting is just as important as acting at the end of the turn card and at the end of the river card. If you happen to be one of the lucky people on earth then you can actually win the poker match without any of the community cards even showing up.