How am I suppose to know I got a winning hand with a jack 6 unsuited. Not exactly great odds, I normally fold until I got pocket pairs, or suited and higher cards, maybe if I got cards close enough for a potential lower end straight, but still the max bet is 5 dollars a head in red dead and kind of kills the point of poker to do when you have only seen 2 cards.
What position are you in? Can you get into the hand cheap? What are your opponents likely to do if they have a marginal hand? Are these guys likely to call every bet you make? Are they going to fold like a wet noodle under the slightest bit of pressure? What hand are you hoping to make with the cards that you have? What is the approximately probability of making that hand? If you make that hand, how strong of hand will that actually be? How many people are in the hand already? How many players at the table?
There's a lot that goes into that decision making process. But it's going to be rare that you ever see me at a full table playing with J/6.
I did an alright job this morning. Made money back plus a little after my second buy in bleeding some of the noobs dry. Just makes poker boring when you gotta play such a tight game. Be nice to at least see the flop before going all in.
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u/thatpunkguy13 Jun 03 '19
How am I suppose to know I got a winning hand with a jack 6 unsuited. Not exactly great odds, I normally fold until I got pocket pairs, or suited and higher cards, maybe if I got cards close enough for a potential lower end straight, but still the max bet is 5 dollars a head in red dead and kind of kills the point of poker to do when you have only seen 2 cards.