Don’t be afraid of short-handed games
There hasn’t been much discussion in poker books dealing with the topic of playing in a short-handed game that is, playing against a small number of opponents. Most Texas Hold’em games are played with nine, 10, or even 11 players seated at the table.
In a game like this, you can afford to sit tight and wait for premium hands before entering a pot. Since you have to pay a blind only twice per round, the pressure to play a lot of hands just isn’t there. When you’re playing short-handed, however…
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Useful poker information:
- KICKER TROUBLE - Not having as high a kicker as an opponent.
- ROYAL FLUSH - An ace-high straight flush, the best possible hand in regular poker.
- SHARK - A good/crafty player often posing as a fish early in the game.
- SMALL BLIND - In games with two blinds the first blind is the SMALL BLIND because it is usually one-half (or less) the second or large blind.
- BET FOR VALUE - Betting a hand that, in the long run, is expected to win more than it loses. Antonym: BLUFF.
- STRING BET - An unethical and often illegal means of raising whereby a player puts a call-size stack of chips into the pot and, after observing the reactions of the players, then goes back to his stack and puts out more, thus raising.
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