I have been wagering poker now for about 5 years, I’ve bet cards my entire life beginning with games of Gin Rummy for pennies with my Grand Mother, to all of the various styles of Brag and general random games such as Go Fish, Crash and one so gracefully called, card on head game. I used to usually win, whatever game we were betting and even though I liked to call it skill, it was incredibly hard to warrant considering the randomness of the games we were playing, so I was happy to accept I was having a long-term run of luck.
Then came Poker, or more importantly Hold em Poker, made famous by a group of Texas card gamblers in the 1960’s and since grown into one of the largest card phenomena ever experienced. Poker is absolutely the new black, it truly is uber cool with quite a few of the world’s leading superstars racing to have their name associated with it. Just a quick flick through the TV channels nowadays and you are able to not escape from poker, and of course there is the fabled World Series of Poker, the Holy Grail and Mecca all combined into one for every individual gambler.
So with all of this new discovered recognition, with so quite a few Tv shows dedicated to poker, and magazine and book shelves loaded up with high quality material written by the leading minds on poker, when are men and women going to understand that this casino game is all about position!?
Perhaps I should not receive so worked up about this, after all the additional persons who wrestle with the delicate tactics and methods required for winning consistently at Texas hold’em, the better it’s for everyone else, proper? I mean, if they cannot be bothered to read all of the readily available facts about why position is so important, why ought to we bother? We should just be happy there’s one more fish at the table!
It’s true, we must not encourage laziness with guidance and aid. However, I liken this to a welcoming casino game of football. Naturally the stakes are not so high, except when you see a gambler having difficulties, you guide them, provide them a few advice, ultimately showing them a method to enjoy, really like and appreciate the game as much as you. I’m calling on all house players to do the same thing with their poker friends who haven’t quite got a handle on the subtleties of playing position. Assist them to grow their respect for the game. Needless to say, don’t attempt to try this one in your nearby betting house, the sharks won’t take pleasure in you instructing their supper how to swim!