Choosing the right table

[Zybomb]

Umm....wow

I'll give you the real short version. Maybe someone else would like to give a more detailed answer.

When you bet you have two ways to win.

1- By showing down the best hand

2- By making your opponent fold

When you check and call (i.e passive play) you have only one way of winning: By showing down the best hand.

When you let others bully you and fold to their aggression, you are giving them pots

When you only call rather than raising , you are winning less money in the pots that you win, and you aren't finding out where you are in the hand, so you are losing more money on the pots you lose.

[juiCe[3x]]

I don't know if this is the right place to post this, but I seem to have a lot of trouble at showing aggresion and stealing/taking down pots. When i miss a flop and know my opponent misses the pot i seem to not bet anough and always get raised. Is there a way to steal more pots pre-flop / post-flop by raising more than I do? I usually raise 3-4X the BB pre-flop and try to bet 1/2 the pot but most of t he time i think its obvious that i miss the flop when i try to steal the pot.

[murkosk]

You can afford to play aggresive when you are playing in cash games or high buy in tournament, but not on freerolls. You are always facing 3-4 callers and on metter how much you bet. I m realy looking forward to TPL3.

[Talking Poker]

I couldn't disagree more. Make sure you know the difference between the words "aggressive" and "reckless." Aggressive doesn't mean "bluffing" - it means "betting and raising" as opposed to "checking and calling." If you are sitting around playing "passive" poker (that's the opposite of aggressive), you're not going to get very far, freeroll or not.

You just can't sit around and wait for monsters - especially in tournaments, and ESPECIALLY in low limit (like $0) online ones where the blinds are moving fast.