The Poker Mag

Making the decision to get involved in a poker pot can be swayed by several factors, with your poker hand strength, position, and tendancies of the poker players in the blinds, all playing their part.

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Another point which can sway your decision is whether you have poker chips already invested in a pot. Often in the case where you have chips invested, you will be more inclined to flat call from the small blind, or call a small raise from the big blind with a marginal poker hand. This can work out perfectly if you catch the flop well of course, but then poker isn’t kind enough for that to happen every other hand.

If you find yourself calling with a weaker poker hand in this situation, you will very often be playing the hand out of position. Being out of position often leaves you in a situation of either having to show your weakness when you miss a flop by checking, or alternatively, bet out with a half hit poker hand, or no hand at all.

That temptation to bluff is always there when you make the decision to not give up that marginal poker hand preflop, and you can be left being faced with either a reraise, or a flat call. The flat call can often be the worst of these options in fact, because the pressure is immediately back on to you to act first on a turn card that will very often have not improved your poker hand.

The best way to avoid these problems are to be very particular about how you play on the flop, not getting aggressive with second pairs, draws, or other marginal poker hands. You always have the option to get creative with a check raise if your opponent chooses to bet, as often they will be betting solely on the merit of the weakness shown by your check.