Pokerroom – Beginners Luck

Posted by Trix @ 12:00 AM, Monday Mar 9th, 2009

www.pokerroom.com – Most of us will have heard the term ‘beginners luck’ mentioned before, but it is difficult to see why a new player might have more luck than most established players. Perhaps it might be more accurate to say that when a new player sits down with more experienced players they can sometimes make more money from their hands because they play them in ways which are unexpected.

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Despite this, I can certainly say that I have had my share of luck as a beginner in years gone by. I used to do very well in my early days of Five Card Draw even though I was not overly experienced at the game.
Personally, I have heard new players saying that poker is a game of pure luck, and whilst luck is certainly involved, it is interesting that experienced players never say the same thing.

Phrases such as "any two cards can win" are in fact true of course, but to maximise your profits over the long run, you need to understand which hands win against other hands more often.
This idea that fluctuating fortunes level the playing field for every player are naive I think, even though it is sometimes difficult to continue believing this when you see a weak player hitting cards. The best way to rationalise this is to to look at how much more money that new player could have made from their hand had they been more skilled.
Also, when a beginners luck runs out, they do not usually have the skill to lose the minimum with their hand. Pokerroom.com

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