The Silver Bot

I got to sit against a few poker rookies at a game last weekend. Rookies have beaten me on long shots before, and I used to hate playing poker online against them. However, in the years since I started playing online poker , I’ve learned that new players generally fall into two categories-those that just want to play, and those that don’t want to play at all. Once you find out which one of these types you’re playing with, then you can take them for all their chips, and teach them a valuable lesson on the game of poker. I just happened to be sitting to the right of both of them, and I quickly found that I as playing against one of each type of rookie. The girl next to me didn’t want to risk any of her chips, and the guy next to her was unwilling to fold his hands. Once I realized this, it was just a matter of time before I absorbed their chip stacks. For the girl, I kept raising pre-flop to her and buying up her blinds until she didn’t have an effective stack, and as soon as I got a good hand (a set of Jacks on the flop), I raised after each reveal, and the new guy called each time. After the river, I put him all in, and he called with an Ace high.