3 Big Mistakes Everyone should Avoid

It’s often been said that poker is a game where money is made by taking advantage of others’ mistakes.  That being said, you certainly don’t want to be the person who is making the big mistakes in the end.  So I’ve identified 3 mistakes that a lot of people (including myself sometimes) get caught making at the table. 

Loving your hand a little too much

AA, KK, and QQ means jackpot in pre-flop play!  However, this doesn’t necessarily mean jackpot later on down the line as the flop and turn come around.  Still, many players will fall in love with their premium hands just because they jammed so much money into the pot pre-flop and this is a huge mistake.  If the hand goes down to the river, these hands are still just a pair if they’re not improved so it can be dangerous to put so much stock into a premium hand.

Treating drawing hands like made hands

We all like to get flush and straight draws when there are a lot of people in a hand and the pot is under control.  However, a flush or straight draw is still exactly that – a drawing hand.  So you definitely can’t be treating these kinds of hands like they’re made ones, and that also means you can’t be committing too much of your stack to the pot for a drawing hand.

Being blindly aggressive

Some people take the advice that aggressive players are better players and run with it.  But the truth is that aggressive players are only as good as their experience and skill level dictates.  So, if you’re not an aggressive player from the outset, you need to slowly cultivate this skill.  In other words, don’t be aggressive just because you’ve heard this is the way to go.