What hands should I raise pre-flop?

What hands should I raise pre-flop?

Top-pair hands: A-K, A-Q, A-J, K-Q These hands are good hands and should be brought in for a raise. They are excellent top pair hands. When they hit the flop they usually make top pair and they do so with a good kicker. These are bread-and-butter type hands.

What poker hands should you play pre-flop?

In general, the best hands to play preflop will be big pocket pairs (Ace-Ace being the best), other premium hands and big suited connectors.

How do I bet before the flop?

How to Play Pre-Flop: The Limp Re-Raise

1. The original raiser will fold and you make a quick three-bet.
2. The player calls or raises, putting you into a very large pot with (hopefully) the most equity.
3. It helps to neutralize your lack of position. A limp re-raise shows significant strength.

How often do pros fold pre flop?

Even the loosest preflop players (if they’re winning players) fold before the flop around 70 percent of the time. To figure out when to fold before the flop, you need to establish a set of hand ranges that you’re willing to play from each position at the poker table.

How much should you raise a pre flop?

Here’s some quick tips for pre-flop bet-sizing. In general, you want to open raise 3 to 5 times the amount of the big blind. So, if the BB is 5 chips, raise somewhere between 15 and 25 chips. However, if there are limpers already in the pot, you need to add extra chips, generally one BB per limper.

How often should you fold pre flop?

When to Fold Before the Flop Even the loosest preflop players (if they’re winning players) fold before the flop around 70 percent of the time. To figure out when to fold before the flop, you need to establish a set of hand ranges that you’re willing to play from each position at the poker table.

When should you fold pre flop?

What is a good pre flop fold percentage?

50% to 60% is ideal, assuming that you have a VPIP of 15% to 20%. Much higher, and you are probably overplaying speculative hands and bad hands, and bluffing too much. Much lower and you are not playing your good hands strongly postflop.

Should you ever call pre flop?

In short, no. You should raise pre-flop when you are confident you are the favourite in the hand. This will help build the pot up and give you a better chance of winning the blinds before you see the flop.

How often do professional poker players win?

A good poker winning percentage at the micro stakes games like NL2 and NL5 can be as high as 90%. But once you get to higher stakes like NL25 and NL50 your winning percentage will be much lower at around 60%. Winning high stakes poker players may only book a win a little over 50% of the time.

Why go all in pre flop?

You Should Only Go All In Preflop Against Loose Players And this is because you want to go all in versus players who have a wide range. Or to put that in plain English, they have bad hands and bluffs along with big hands.