Full Titl Poker Royal Flush

Royal Flush on Full Tilt Poker

Ever wonder how to play a royal flush? It’s easy. Play it good enough to show everyone and to obtain any comps from the poker room, be it online or at a casino – should they be available. In this tutorial I’ll give you the knowledge to win ANY hand when you have a royal flush. I’m pretty funny right?

The hand went down something like this in a $.50/$1.00 ring game on Full Tilt Poker…

With 2-gap suited connectors in the early position I wanted to push out the driftwood and see where I was. With $2.50 as the table was moderately tight given that is was a Friday night and low-limit NL game. There were two callers behind me and the flop comes 4c, Qd, Qs. Now knowing I don’t have any of the flop I still wanted to know who might have hit that QQ on the board so I bet $2.00 and maybe I win right there, maybe.

The first person behind me folds and “the cutoff” smooth calls. Bingo! (S)He has the Q. Turn comes As and gives me a whole host of outs because I surely don’t put “the cutoff” on AQ being in late position and only calling preflop. So, I check to control the amount and HOPE the cuttoff keeps in low. “The cutoff” bets out with $4.00 and at this point I’m getting just over 3/1 to call given all the previous action so I call. If I miss it’s an easy fold because I’ve already put him on a QQQ.

Then BAM! I spike the Js. I know that I must make it look like I’m bluffing at the pot with a flush. You and I know I have a flush but it’s one of those things where it’s a “I know that (s)he knows, that I know I don’t have a flush” but in this case I do and it just happens to be the absolute nuts. LOL!!  So I go all-in to make it look like a bluff to get the call. In reality I can’t hurt his bankroll with what I have left and (s)he is priced in to couple that decision making process but I believe (s)he made his(her) mind up a long time ago that (s)he’s not folding.

As Spock would say, “the logic is sound commander”.

poker position at the table

When learning to play poker the first thing is obviously understanding the value of the cards and how to call/bet/fold.  That said, I will not go over the basic terminology such as “what is a button”, “big blind”, etc. Assuming that, the most important aspect to understand uber-beginner poker is know about position.

Position in the poker world refers to the location of your seat to that of the button. If you not the image with the standard table of nine seats. The table is broken into three region with three red seats, three blue seats, and three green.

As a new player you’re likely to start at the low limit games. The following general rules, for the most part, still apply to any level but it’s very important to emphasize as a beginner. In understanding poker position you should be very conservative if your seat is in the red region and only play premium cards.  In the blue region I recommend the same conservatism but you may consider suited connected cards (e.g., 8hearts & 9hearts with a call). In the green area you can open up a little bit with the range of cards you call and/or raise with. However, in all cases your understanding and gaining information about what sort of cards that a person may be raising with or calling with.

Now as you gain experience you will learn to understand table image, player image, your perceived image, table size and the affect of cards that can be played, levels of aggressive play, pot odds, implied odds, tells (false and real), cash play versus tournament play, and the limit your playing at and it’s affect. Although the above generally applies to all levels the previously mentioned variables can and will affect the position rules.