7 Easy Steps to No-Limit Hold’em Success — Step 6: Adjust To Your Opponents

“Learning poker is largely a trial and error process, so be prepared to make your share of errors.”

This jumped out to me, but not because I didn’t already know it. It helped me realize that possibly a problem I have is being afraid to go out on a limb and possibly make mistakes.

This article has been my personal favorite so far. Thanks for all the help, Ed!

Here’s a really nice follow up piece:

http://www.pocketfives.com/851BCEAD-B7AE-4035-9409-4BBFF23613DC.aspx

It’s Rizen’s article on spotting and attacking weakness.

Something to remember when you give this a whirl:

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Also, when we’re attacking weakness it is a steal, and we must treat it as such. A steal doesn’t become a value play because we hit middle pair, unless we hit a flop with two pair or better with our trashy hands
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I disagree with playing tight against loose aggressive players. Against loose players, you can play a wider range of hands for value.

Good article, Ed. I have one question: how do you know a player is weak/tight as opposed to just tight/passive? He’s not going to show you he folded his TPMK against your cbet, so how do you know if he folds decent hands 10 times in a row or just didn’t hit the flop 10 times?