Hey guys, was just wondering if any one sgot any tips or exercises to do that improves hand reading hu, i realy want to improve this skill so any usefull information would be great, thanks guys
I like to start with the information that you have (if any) about your opponent.From there, I start preflop, and start eliminating and highlighting certain hands. For example, if you've seen your opponent 3bet AK and AQ and that's it, constantly showdown hands with no draw or hand value instead of bluffing them and you're facing a 3bet, you would begin with a stronger, narrower range on your opponent.Then you start at the flop. You put together their current actions, together with previous relevant information on the (if any) to formulate a hand range. Once you have that hand range you can more easily arrive at the correct decision.Experience really helps you figure out how to play "default" or without reads, it also helps you figure out how opponents typically respond or react to you and how reads in one area can reliably translate into other areas (like the never bluff, shows strong 3bet hands leading to not likely bluffing 3bet hands, though there are likely better examples).In the end, you really just want to play a lot of games with focus, and also review those games with focus. Experience will always be key, but focusing on review and in game decisions the way I'm advocating above should really allow you to grow to your potential here.
I like to start with the information that you have (if any) about your opponent.From there, I start preflop, and start eliminating and highlighting certain hands. For example, if you've seen your opponent 3bet AK and AQ and that's it, constantly showdown hands with no draw or hand value instead of bluffing them and you're facing a 3bet, you would begin with a stronger, narrower range on your opponent.Then you start at the flop. You put together their current actions, together with previous relevant information on the (if any) to formulate a hand range. Once you have that hand range you can more easily arrive at the correct decision.Experience really helps you figure out how to play "default" or without reads, it also helps you figure out how opponents typically respond or react to you and how reads in one area can reliably translate into other areas (like the never bluff, shows strong 3bet hands leading to not likely bluffing 3bet hands, though there are likely better examples).In the end, you really just want to play a lot of games with focus, and also review those games with focus. Experience will always be key, but focusing on review and in game decisions the way I'm advocating above should really allow you to grow to your potential here.
cheers, thanks for this :)