When Should You Adjust Your Poker Hand Selection
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Last Updated: September 18, 2023
Poker is a game where we can always be learning and growing. Make sure to subscribe to the 888poker youtube channel so you don’t miss any of our strategy tips. Here are 5 tips to help you get your poker hand selection right.
Tip 1: Adjust for Stack Sizes
It’s important to know which hands play better for short stacks and which are great for deeper stacks.
A well-known thing in poker is that you want to play big pots when you have big hands. That means that when you’re deepstacked, you should prioritize hole cards/holdings that can make very strong hands like straights and flushes.
So, a hand like T9 suited is a perfect example of a good deepstacked hand and if it hits you get paid.
When you’re shorter, however, any top pair is good enough to put all your chips in the middle, so a hand like KJo is a good example of a hand that can easily make a strong top pair!
It's important to know when and how to adjust your starting hands selection, and if you want to learn about further tweaks you can make in this area, be sure to visit the 888poker Magazine to read the full article.
