MATTHEW ROBINSON

Weblog: Giving insight into online poker

Plan your action to make game a whole lot easier

WHY is life so complicated?

Why does it throw so many curve balls? If only decisions could be made easily and with little fuss. If grey areas were obsolete, such decisions would be made knowing the choice is either
black or white.

Overcomplicating things is the downfall of many and being able to have a clearcut view on how you proceed is essential to completing whatever it is you've set out to achieve.

The brain is a vast place and indecision leads to mistakes, something that is unequivocally applicable to poker. From the moment you are dealt a hand you need to decide upon the best course of action; are you going to fold, call or raise? Obviously a fair example of a black and white situation.

Playing after the flop however, will see you faced with many
more decisions and the key is to make your decisions easy and
your opponents' call tough. The hand should theoretically dictate and reveal obvious courses of action. If you have a
small connecting hand you will plan to fold if you do not
improve or have potential to.

If you have a small pair and other cards appear that represent your opponent, you will fold if no improvement was made.

I've previously talked about how certain hands are easily dominated, leaving tough decisions to make even when
you believe you hold a strong hand. It is these exact situations
that you must avoid.

Though poker is far from a simple game, it has many aspects to it and the least you can do is to make your decisions as easy as possible by planning your route of action correctly.