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Originally Posted by Reincarnate

Hmm maybe my question will be better answered if I simply give an example.

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What is the process I should be going through?

Go on facebook if you have more questions, but:

You're the first person to act here (Your position is known as 'under the gun'; see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Position_(poker) )

This isn't a very good position, and worse positions are less profitable than good positions so if you're going to play hands, they should be fairly strong.

QT suited is strong enough to play here though, so you want to raise it up. Never 'limp' or just call before the flop if there are no raisers. Sometimes it can be ok to do this, but the general rule of thumb is that if you're opening the pot (First to act), you should always be raising and not calling if you're going to play. If you're not going to raise, fold.


I recommend raising to 3x whatever the big blind is in most opening scenarios (You would raise to 3000 total here. IN reality, since there are antes, you should raise more but to keep it simple starting off, just make your raises 3x). The goal here is to get crappy hands to fold so you can isolate yourself against fewer opponents, and also to get some more money into the pot.


If everyone folds, yeah, you win the pot. Moving all in here will get most people to fold most of the time, which means you win the blinds, but whenever you get called, it will be by strong hands that have you crushed.