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My style depends mostly on my odds of making money. Tonight I am playing a free poker tournament with 30 players where 10 get paid. With a 1 in 3 shot of making a profit I tend to take it easy for the most part. That’s not to say that I won’t be chip leader tonight it’s just mostly going to depend on the cards for the first hour or so.

I’m going to share and explain some of my better card play strategies. Remember this is not a beginning spot and is a long way off the real game. 77 I flat call and receive two times back and call. Flop comes 6D, 3H, 4H- 1st person to make a play all in on a one hundred and sixty five dollar, with a pot of three grand. I fold as they probably had better pockets or a nut flush draw/straight. Even though I had a fair chance of holding the best hand its way too soon to go for such a crazy move.

99 I flat call and the same player from before pushed all in on flop 8d,2s,2h at this point I am starting to think maybe I was wrong the 1st time but fold anyway. He shows me J2 now leading me to believe I was in fact correct the first time as well. KJ off I flat call only because someone before me called as well increasing my pot odds. About 15 minutes in now I have $2,900 of my original $3,000.

AJ I engage sluggish A,6,9 flop and an opponent gambles three hundred and fifty dollars making the total to play for a mere one hundred and fifteen dollars & the blinds twenty / forty dollars- I fold. With the amount of his gamble he showed too much- If it was me I could have rethought my options, but he probably wouldn’t have tried that with more opponents in the game. I did put him on a kicker, A6, suited or A9; just to be sure I bring up he “should start showing a few to make it more believable.”

By doing this if he was being sneaky he may start to think about what I said and believe I know his game. It’s a no lose situation as if I’m wrong he will be wondering if I think he’s blagging & could call if he continues. The truth is as explained I’m just making remarks to keep him in check.

A good twenty mins on the same guy is making a move with K8 on a K66 flop when I have A6. Well as you might have guessed I ensure I double up & gain some vital info. He has in fact have hands when he makes these trivial gambles, however the cards he’s playing it with are very defeatable.

Until this changes my job at the table will be to catching him with another mistake. The player next to me pushes all in pre-flop thinking about the same thing that I am but going about it all wrong. He is aggressive with his hands, not an imbecile. I am still riding out that 6k double up here at 1st break one hour into the tournament. There are still 22 players remaining.

One hr and forty odd mins gone and I grasp the same opponent again slow playing a AK for an even 9 grand making my full sum twelve grand with seven opponents left and sitting in a modest third. Although this opponent had managed to pull together around eighteen grand in chips with an attacking style his final place is eighth while the low stack at the prior table is now playing for first spot. Looking for a mark and staying with it will work out in the lengthy game however you need to ensure you have another plan to bring in money to ensure you’re at the table long enough for the big dollars.

AA I gamble the smallest I can as I don’t have much to play with. The second hr is now in the books and I’m in last. Forth place with six grand so I will go all in blind regardless. The nearest opponent has sixteen grand and blinds are six hundred / one thousand two hundred. Fifty five and flop comes Qfive hundred and ten- a bit of good fortune never hurt anyone. I put down a AQ off to a gamble that would go in all in. I didn’t feel I wanted to lose my new chips so quick. Went out third place with A4 suited against K10 off. Not to shabby for a free poker tournament where I won some dollars although could have been WSOP from top table!

I look forward to playing you in a free poker tournament soon!

Have you ever wondered how to play certain chip stacks in free poker tournaments? Well, wonder no more, here are some pointers on how to play. We’ll cover playing with a big stack, average stack, and a short stack.

First here are a few pointers on playing a short stack. If you are a short stack play as tight as possible but play aggressive. The best way to do this is to steal the blind where possible, rather than just pushing your opponents into a decision. There is no advantage to trying to trap as a short stack seeing you are risking a lot more than your opponents.

Next the average (medium stack). Here you should play your normal game and do not change your style as you are good enough on chips to not need to be aggressive in order to survive. This is the best time to try and steal blinds and antes though. You have enough to scare the bigger stacks and enough to cover smaller stacks.

Now we look at the bigger stacks. There are two ways to approach this. You can play extremely tight and wait for smaller stacks to be eliminated to improve your position. By this I mean playing only strong starting hands. The other approach is to be aggressive and force others into tournament life or death decisions. You can get away by moving with marginal hands in this case.

However, remember that playing aggressive can cause you to let others back into the tournament by doubling them up with marginal hands. So play wisely if you go this route.

By knowing how to play each type of chip stack should enable you to stay in the game longer and hopefully start winning some tournaments and increase your winnings.

I hope these pointers help you out, start by practicing and perfecting your method and skill in free poker tournaments and games and then move onto the money tables.

Here are my top techniques on how I play my hands when playing free poker games, poker tournaments, cash games, heads up and sit and go’s.

If poker is a new game or hobby for you then hopefully the tips I can offer will be of great help.

Pocket pairs: Aces the 10s 4 x the big blind. 7s,8s and 9s 2 times the big blind. 6s and lower I just flat call. 4s and under if a big raise is made I fold.

Ace/King to Ace/10 I raise 3x the big blind. Ace/9 and lower I just flat call and depends on the kicker if a raise is made I may just fold. Lower kickers like 2-5 should be folded with a raise made.

I prefer to play mid suited connectors like 7/6 of hearts I’ll play to see a flop no raise just call and if the bet is too high I fold them.

Some people like to play small suited connectors I most of the time don’t like to, but every once in awhile I will depending on gut feeling and how the people are playing.

I will also play connectors i.e: 8/9 off suite for the big blind price.

I fold any card that is more than a 5, unless of course it is a face card.

Any cards that are 3 cards apart ie:7/4 can be played but only at right price and if they are suited.

Cards that are 2 cards apart i.e: 6/4 can be played suited or not for the right price and I never raise with these or call a big raise.

Now this is just how I play these hands, so you don’t have to take any notice of how I do things. As I always say anyone has the right to play any 2 cards the way they want.

free poker games and pay poker is all about playing a game and having fun, so relax and chill out when playing.