Putting Your Opponent on a Hand
Ask any poker player what was one of the earliest skills they learned that really improved their game and many will say: Putting a Player on a Hand. The skill is easy to learn and difficult to master. All you do is guess what each player in a hand are holding. You should do it every time a hand is dealt, whether you are playing the hand or not. What did they raise with? What would they limp with? What cards does he need to call the post-flop bet? What does she have to put in a raise on the turn?
At first, when cards are shown on the river, you will be wrong a lot more often than you are right. So put the players on a range of hands until you are getting more right than wrong. Slowly you will find you are getting better and better at this and you will also begin to notice that many players are easy to read because they do not change up their play enough. The key to this important poker skill is practice. Stop looking at the game on the plasma screen, stop reading your email and practice putting a player on a hand.
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-this is Beginner’s Poker Blog Post #183
