Do you want to earn hundreds or even thousands of knives a month by playing cards online or offline part-time?
Wonder if your data looks like this
The article you are reading is designed to help you achieve the above goals.
Of course, this game guide will not make you go from a zero-based person to a player with a monthly income of tens of thousands of dollars overnight, nor will it make you strong enough to become a professional player within a week.
But the content of the article can provide you with practical and effective strategies and techniques based on the experience of millions of hands, using which you can climb up step by step in the low-level game and achieve profitability in each step.
However, one thing to state in advance is that if the professional ethics are not strong, the patience is insufficient or the self-discipline is not enough, then the article is still not very useful to you, and at the same time, if you want to "get rich overnight" through the content of the article, then you can stop here, and the idea of one step to the sky will not work in this game.
This article was written for players who wanted to improve their skills by learning cards in a down-to-earth manner.
What players can learn in this guide
How much can you earn by playing cards part-time
Which cards should be used before turning
When to place a bet, raise or fold after a flip
Money management
How to do it is not on top
01
How much money you can earn by playing cards in a low-level game
Offline 1-2 knife (NL200) and 2-5 knife (NL500) game
The best players can earn about 10bbs per hour, which means 1-2 knives earn 20 knives per hour, and 2-5 knives earn 50 knives per hour.
Online 0.01-0.02 knife (NL2) ≈ 0.5-1 knife (NL100) game
The algorithm of online poker is different, not by the hour, but by how many bbs are won per 100 hands, and the strongest players make profits at these levels as follows
# 0.01-0.0230bb/100
# 0.02-0.0520bb/100
# 0.05-0.114bb/100
# 0.1-0.2510bb/100
# 0.25-0.58bb/100
# 0.5-16bb/100
If measured in hours, what would it be?
Let's say you're playing a 6-player table game (usually about 100 hands per hour), the hourly profit is shown in the following chart:
Don't you think it's a little less? Even if you play the game of NL100, you can only earn 6 knives per hour?
Therefore, when we play online poker, if we want to earn more per hour, it is necessary to open multiple tables and achieve qualitative change through quantitative change.
If 8 tables are opened at the same time, the profit chart will look like this:
Once you have the ability to open multiple tables, taking NL100 as an example, the hourly profit will rise to nearly 50 knives, and there is another advantage of playing online poker is "rebates", if you are a regular player of the platform, the rebates you get from low-level games every month range from hundreds of thousands of knives.
This is why many players can make a living by playing cards through multi-table games and platform rebates, if they have the ability to rise to the NL400, NL600 or NL1000 levels, the level is enough, the annual salary of hundreds of thousands is not a problem, as for the high table, the most powerful wave of people generally earn millions of dollars per year.
02
The most important thing about low-level game strategy is the word "fierce".
What do these two words mean in real combat?
@ If playing at a table for 6 people, it is recommended to enter the game with 20% head cards.
@ If it is a table for 9 people, it is recommended to enter the game with 15% head card.
The 20% head card looks like this
△ Yellow part
The 15% head card looks like this
When choosing which hand to use to enter the game, it depends largely on what position you are sitting in.
If it is a front position or a size blind position, the entry range should be tighter, because in these positions, we need to act first after turning over, which is a big disadvantage. However, if you sit in the median, CO or BTN position, the range can be wider.
The "tight" of the fierceness roughly represents the above range, so what does the "fierce" refer to?
If you are the first to enter the pool, in most cases you should add an injection round, and the recommended amount of injection is 3bb.
But if someone raises the bet before you, then when holding a very strong quality card, we should make a 3-bet, the so-called high quality card is shown in the following figure
When choosing 3-bet, if you are in a favorable position, the amount of counter-addition can be 3 times the amount of opponent's stake, if it is in an unfavorable position, then it is added to 4 times the opponent's stake, the reason for this is that after the flip in the unfavorable position, it will be extremely unfavorable, so the number of counter-added is more, the purpose is to force the opponent to fold, making it easier for us to take the pot before the flip.
However, if it is the following two cases, you should not do 3-bet.
Facing the previous bid
The front position of the bet generally represents a strong card, so even if you hold a high-quality card, you should also consider just calling, but if you encounter a back-post raise or a blind position dispute, most of this action is suspected of stealing, so our 3-bet range can be relaxed, and some non-quality cards can be added appropriately.
It's against people with a high fold rate when they meet 3-bet
We don't get quality cards very often, so it would be more appropriate for us to call him/her raise when we run into a player who always folds against 3-bet with a premium card.
In addition to the above two cases, we should not use the premium card 3-bet, when we get some non-premium cards, in order to control the pool and cheap look flop, it is better to use them to raise the opponent's opening game.
These hand types include:
@ 2299 small pocket pair
The two high sheets of the @ AJ, AT, KQ, KJ, and QJ classes
@ JTs, 98s and 87s classes of flush cards
When you get these cards, if you already have an opponent to start the game, we have better just choose to call, and the cards other than them should be discarded directly, but if you are not a beginner, have some experience at the table, and the technique after turning is better than the opponent, then you can relax your call range.
However, most players in low-level games like to call, so many times we need a good hand to win the pot, so if we turn over the front entry threshold is higher, then it is easier for us to get good cards after the flip.
One thing to remind you is that if you are new to Poker, try not to follow in a disadvantageous position, and in most cases it is best to follow when you are in a favorable position.
When you are 3-bet, if the opponent performs 4-bet, it means that he/she must not be bluffing, and most of the players in the low-level game are very passive, so once they are aggressive, most of the cards in their hands are very strong, generally taking cards such as AA, KK, QQ or AK.
If it is a higher level game, the possibility of 4-bet bluffing is relatively high, our range can be a little wider, but in the low level game, it is best to choose to continue when holding the nut card, if the card is not strong enough, fold it.
03
Flop circle
A player bull is not a cow, mainly to see his /her flipping technology, the main theme of the flipping style of play is still the word "fierce", specifically implemented in actual combat means:
@ When there is only one opponent, c-bet can be used in 2/3 of the cases.
The number of @ c-bets is generally 1/2 or 2/3 of the pot (such as 10 knives in the pot, then 5 or 6 knives).
Note: If there are several opponents, the probability of one of them holding a good card is high, so in this case, our frequency of c-bets cannot be so high, and we only consider c-bet when holding a good finished card.
Which C-bet should be used
When facing an opponent, c-bet in 2/3 of the case means that anyone who has a little connection with the card face can do this, that is, you can do c-bet when holding any pair or listening to the cards, and if it is in a favorable position, you can sometimes even use A hi, K hi or Q hi to make continuous bets.
Which C-bet should not be used
If you are in a disadvantageous position, have no hand power, and are unlikely to fold your opponent, you better not c-bet.
There are generally two reasons why an opponent does not fold:
@ He/she is a call station
@ The card face is wet (e.g. 578 or 978)
Many of the low-level opponents are small white or entertaining players, these people love to call, so it makes no sense to make a big bluff at these levels, and sometimes if you don't have a card in your hand, it is best not to waste chips at c-bet.
In addition, when encountering a wet deck, many cards may be associated with the flop, especially when the opponent is very loose, in this kind of flop, they may hold a variety of straights or flush cards, pairs, pairs, pairs + listening cards, if you are in an unfavorable position and there is no card strength, and the opponent is a call station, the most sensible thing to do in this case is to pass the card or directly fold the card.
As a case of the forward caller
But if you're the one who flipped the front call, how do you play the flop?
Since your opponent will c-bet most of the time, your choice is to raise, call or fold.
If you have a top-to-top heel + card in your hand, in this level, you can consider placing a raise in most cases, and do not play these cards slowly.
As mentioned above, many players in these levels are call stations or play very passively, so we should not play slowly when holding strong cards, but make a big pot by placing or raising as soon as possible.
If the opponent is a player with a high flop c-bet rate, then we can add some listening cards to the range of the raise, these opponents are often not strong, so the chances of us taking the pot immediately after the raise are very high.
However, we can't often top to top with a strong card in the flop, most of the time we can only have some weak pairs or listen cards in the flop, and what cards are not in the situation is commonplace, what to do at this time?
We should just call the opponent's c-bet, the range of the call is as follows:
@ with Zhang's weaker top pair
@ Medium card strength pair
@ Listening (occasionally raise when meeting frequent players with a high c-bet rate)
One thing is very important, if the card power is very bad, most of the time should choose the fold, want to make a profit in the low-level game, the most critical thing to do is not to take it for granted, do not play too much slippery, meet the opponent c-bet, if the hand is only the bottom pair or card to listen to the weak card, the most appropriate approach is fold.
Turn the deck
In low-level games, the main principle of "tightness" is the principle of "tightness" when transferring cards, and a second shot can be fired in 50% of cases.
If you are facing multiple opponents, the frequency of betting should be reduced, but even if you are facing a player, in general, even in low-level games, when we choose to bet on the transfer, most of the time we should still have a good finishing card or a strong listening card in our hand.
Many players of this level are call stations, so it is not appropriate to use a hand of pure garbage cards to shoot a second shot in the transfer card, they will not easily give up the pair or listen card in their hands, so if they choose to use garbage cards to bluff, this is just burning money.
Of course, it is not completely impossible to bluff, if the flop is very dry, such as issuing 229 or J73, and then the card is transferred out of a thriller card such as A or K, then we can try to play a bet on A or K, but only the opponent is a weak player, we bet can play the fold rate to consider bluffing, if the opponent is a call station, they are the kind of people who will die as long as they have a relationship with the card surface, then don't cheat when you meet them.
River card circle
Betting on the River Deck, it is recommended that you only shoot a third shot when you are holding a top-to-top card + card.
The reason is that in this level, basically no one will use a hand worse than TPTK's hand strength, flip forward and then follow the raise and then follow three streets after the flip.
If you take a strong card, you must play the value, choose the card is equivalent to giving up the opportunity to make money, the money earned in the last two streets accounts for the majority of our profits, so we have to play the maximum value in these two streets, but we can't burn money at will.
Regarding the way of playing the transfer river card circle, there are two points to be particularly stated:
Multi-street bets = strong cards
If the opponent flips over and fires two or three blocks, then we should only call or raise with very strong cards, as mentioned before, in these levels, many players are very passive, so when they choose to place a big bet on the last two streets, it means that they must be coming for real and must have material in their hands.
In addition, because many players in these levels are call stations, if we do big bluffing in the last two streets, this practice is usually not conducive to our profit margin, so try to avoid making big bluffs in the transfer of cards.
Rolling River Card Raise = Super Card
Finally, if we encounter an opponent's raise when we fire a second or third shot on the back two streets, we generally need nut cards to continue, because if we don't have super cards in our hands, players who play very passively in this level will not have such extreme behavior.
Knowing how to fold in this situation will save us a lot of money.
04
If you want to earn money by playing cards, in addition to mastering the skills of carrying, having good money management skills is also one of the necessary conditions for success.
In the long run, whether you can make a profit in this game mainly depends on technology, but no matter how well you play, in the short term, our performance will definitely fluctuate.
When encountering opponents who play very badly, sometimes even if we play without any flaws, it is still inevitable that we will lose, for this kind of thing, we must learn to see openly, but this is actually a good thing, after all, the reason why those entertainment players are willing to lose money and return to the table, feed the entire industry, is not the reason that they can occasionally rely on luck to beat players with good skills?
In short, in the short term, our performance will definitely fluctuate, so in order to withstand these fluctuations, it is necessary to manage funds well.
How do you do that? To fend off volatility, we have to prepare at least 30 buy-ins (referring to the levels you play often).
The buy-in here refers to the maximum amount we can bring to the table, which is generally equivalent to 100 bbs for most low-level regular games.
For example, the maximum buy of online NL5 is 5 knives, in order to resist volatility, then your poker account must reserve at least 150 knives of funds, and how many tables are opened at the same time will not affect this.
As for the offline 1-2 knife game, if the maximum buy-in is 200 knives, then the poker account must have at least 6000 knives.
Some players will be prepared for 40-50 buys, if you are just entering the industry, the volatility will be greater, so you can be prepared for more, but at most you only need to prepare 50 buys, and the premise of taking out this money to play cards is that even if you lose this money, it will not affect your life, if you prepare 30 buy funds for playing cards, life will become stretched, then it is best to wait until you have the capital, then consider playing cards part-time to make money!
05
Volatility is a thorn in the head, and the reason why the impact of short-term luck in poker games bothers us so much is because in real life, we don't often encounter these fluctuations, so we don't adapt. Sometimes at the table we do everything right and we are still punished by bad luck, and even if every decision we make is right, you may still encounter a period of downwind for days, weeks, or even months, and this kind of moment can occur so often that people can doubt life.
There are a lot of players in this world, even if their level is very good, but it is still inevitable that they will be affected by the pressure of fluctuations, and overcoming the impact of fluctuations is the most difficult thing, but this is the situation that we will often face at the table.
If we don't want to be able to do it, we can:
@ Shorten the game time
@ Don't hold on to the results
@ Play games you can afford
@ Be the master of emotions
@ Avoid the big pot that can only return the money
@ Improve your skills
@ Don't think of your opponent's attacks as if they were directed at yourself
@ Don't be arrogant, understand that a momentary gain or loss does not represent your true level
Clarify the goal of playing cards, only make easy money, do not be strong, only pick easy to play cards to sit at, and only make good money.
Want to rely on playing cards to earn thousands of dollars a month, the easiest way to achieve this goal is to pick a table with more fish to play, only play cards with low-level opponents, only play cards on websites where the level of players is generally low, every time you pick a table, this table must have at least one fish to play, the so-called fish refers to those VPIP ≥ 40% of players, if they leave, then they will follow the table.
Of course, if you are a "lonely and defeated" player, only want to play with the master, do not care about losing money, then you can go to the difficult table to play, but if you play cards to make money, it is still realistic, don't be so lazy, do more research, see which poker room you can play more fish, which period of fish is more, which level of table is easier to make money.
After making the right decision at the table, when encountering BB, it will jump or lose its mind, when these situations occur, all we can do is continue to play at the table at our best level, play cards with the right way, use a good attitude to face this "everything is not going well" moment, when it feels like it is about to get out of control, then leave the table immediately, which should be the most effective way to avoid getting on the table.