Even with all the online poker tips available on the internet, it’s astounding how many poker players play weakly once they’ve involved themselves in a hand. Hand selection is one of the most important aspects of being a solid poker player, and yet people tend to play trash hands in the hope of hitting a monster on the flop. After questioning a lot of poker players over a few online poker tournaments, I found that the majority claimed they played hands they shouldn’t be playing because they had, in previous hands, folded a hand that would’ve made two pair or a straight on the flop. This isn’t the way you should be looking at this situation, for example, if you folded pocket Kings against pocket Aces, but a King would’ve landed on the flop, you’ve still made the correct decision. The facts that you have available at the time you make a decision are all that matter. This seems to be a hard concept for amateur poker players to grasp, and it takes time to understand this.

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