It is a fact that playing with the best poker hands – and only those hands – will mean that you will win more pots.
But there are a lot of problems with that approach.
Firstly, only about one hand in ten will be a good hand. Most of the time you will be dealt second rate starting hands. If you wait for the premium hands, like pocket aces or kings, then you won’t be playing many hands per hour.
You can possibly survive for quite a while playing that way in some tournies – and it is even a suggested winning poker strategy for certain types of games (we’ll get to that later on) – but playing like that in a cash game is suicide for your bankroll.
Not only will you be paying the blinds for every round of the table, but the other players will quickly catch on that you are a tight player and you will find less opposition – and little money in the pot – when you do eventually play with your premium hand.
In theory it is a great idea to only play with great starting hands, but in reality you will need some more plays than just that if you want to win at poker.
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