{"id":34061,"date":"2014-02-03T19:43:53","date_gmt":"2014-02-03T18:43:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/?p=34061"},"modified":"2019-10-31T12:32:39","modified_gmt":"2019-10-31T12:32:39","slug":"five-common-pre-flop-mistakes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/five-common-pre-flop-mistakes.html","title":{"rendered":"5 Common Pre-Flop Mistakes That You Need To Stop Making!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Some players believe pre-flop play is simple, at least in comparison to post-flop play<\/a>. However, not only is pre-flop the only street you\u2019re involved with on every hand, a small pre-flop mistake can often lead to more costlier mistakes on the flop, turn or river. Here\u2019s your starter for five\u2026<\/p>\n

1) Changing your bet size based on hand strength:<\/strong> Altering your pre-flop bet size is fine, if you\u2019re three-betting from the blinds<\/a> and going to be out of position you need to charge opponents more to continue. Likewise if there\u2019s a limper in front of you then you need to take that into account. What you don\u2019t want to do is start changing your opening raise sized based on the cards you\u2019re holding. Often you\u2019ll see a player who usually opens to three times the big blind, make it 2.5x or 4x the big blind. It\u2019s likely in the former instance he\u2019s got a big hand \u2013 the smaller raise it to ensure action \u2013 and in the latter a marginal hand \u2013 like a small pair \u2013 that he doesn\u2019t want to see a flop with. Don\u2019t make the same mistake.<\/p>\n

2) Putting yourself in their shoes:<\/b> The old maxim \u2018play the player not the cards\u2019 rings true here, if a player shoves 12 big blinds from the small blind into your big blind, it\u2019s so tempting to make your decision based on what you\u2019d shove with if you were the small blind, when what you need to do is get inside their head and make a decision based on what they, not you, would do in that spot.<\/p>\n

3) Sticking rigidly to a template:<\/b> Whilst having a default set of hands you raise from each position is a solid starting point there\u2019s a myriad of factors that should make you differ from your default. A simple one involves late position raises. If you\u2019re on the button and you have two tight players to your left you can open more often. On the flip side, if one or both of the players to your left are aggressive or have a shoving stack then lopping off the lower end of your button raising range isn\u2019t a bad idea.<\/p>\n

4) Allowing your opponents to play perfectly:<\/b> Leaving chips on the table when you have a big hand is up there with making a bad call, both cost you chips only you might not even realise that the former is doing just that. For instance if you three-bet with aces and get four-bet, then five betting seems the natural thing to do. However, in doing so you allow your opponent to fold all of his bluffs or hands he thinks are behind your five-betting range. If stacks allow flat calling and allowing your opponent to continue with a weaker range could well be more profitable. Think of it this way, you don\u2019t want to rely on your opponents having to make big mistakes to win big pots.<\/p>\n

5) Calling too much from the blinds:<\/b> It can seem so tempting to flick in the extra chips from the small or big blind, especially in multi-way pots. Not only are the odds compelling but you\u2019re also getting a discount! However, be it in a multi-way pot or versus one opponent most players call too liberally out of the blinds. Winning pots out of position is hard, winning pots out of position without the initiative is even tougher.<\/p>\n

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Some players believe pre-flop play is simple, at least in comparison to post-flop play. However, not only is pre-flop the only street you\u2019re involved with on every hand, a small pre-flop mistake can often lead to more costlier mistakes on the flop, turn or river. Here\u2019s your starter for five\u2026 1) Changing your bet size<\/p>\n

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