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Andrew Michael Milonakis (/mɪləˈnɑːkɪs/; born January 30, 1976[1][2]) is an American actor, writer, rapper, comedian, and streamer, best known for his work on The Andy Milonakis Show, a sketch comedy series that aired on MTV and MTV2 from 2005 to 2007. Other notable films and TV series Milonakis has appeared in include Kroll Show, Waiting.., and Adventure Time.
Early life[edit]
Milonakis was born in Katonah, New York, to Greek-American parents, his father having been born in Crete.[3][4] He was born with a growth hormone deficiency, causing him to have the appearance and voice of an adolescent.[5] Milonakis attended John Jay High School in Lewisboro.[6] Milonakis turned to comedy and humor as a preemptive defense mechanism.[7]
Career[edit]
Mid-afternoon on January 26, 2003, the day of Super Bowl XXXVII, Milonakis decided not to attend a friend's Super Bowl party, instead recording a video titled 'The Super Bowl Is Gay'. He posted the video to the website AngryNakedPat.com, and within two weeks it went viral. A writer for ABC's new late-night show, Jimmy Kimmel Live!, spotted it and got Milonakis on the program. At the time, Milonakis was working as a tech support staffer at a Manhattan accounting firm.[8][7][9][10]
Milonakis first started rapping on YouTube; his first song was called 'The Andy Milonakis Rap'. He was in Three Loco, a group that also included rap artists Dirt Nasty and Riff Raff, but on September 26, 2014 he announced that the group had broken up.[11] He currently[when?] has his own cooking show on MUNCHIES, a YouTube channel that is part of the VICE network. In December 2016, he announced he was joining the Baited podcast, with YouTubers Anything4views, Colossal Is Crazy, and Keemstar. According to Twitchmetrics on February 26, 2017 he was the fastest growing streamer in the 'IRL' category of the popular streaming website Twitch at that time.[12] On May 30, 2020, Milonakis tweeted the fourth most-liked tweet of all time on Twitter, writing 'Congratulations to the Astronauts that left Earth today. Good choice' referring to the Crew Dragon Demo-2 launch during the George Floyd protests and the COVID-19 pandemic.[13]
Discography[edit]
EPs[edit]
- Gazpacho (2010)[14]
Collaborations[edit]
- Busboys' Paradise(with Max Kasch and Dean Shull) (2005)[15]
- ¡Three Loco!(with Riff Raff and Dirt Nasty as Three Loco) (2012)
Mixtapes[edit]
- Hot Soup (2009)[16]
Singles[edit]
As lead artist[edit]
Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album | ||
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US | US R&B/HH digital | US Rap digital | |||
'Let Me Twitter Dat'[17] | 2009 | — | — | — | Non-album single |
'Lemonade Bubble Gum'[18] | 2010 | — | — | — | |
'Red Lean Purple Lean'[19] | 2011 | — | — | — | |
'Spaghetti (Aka Party With Your Pussy Out)'[20] (featuring Chippy Nonstop) | — | — | — | ||
'Worst Day'[21] (featuring Jimmy Donn and Grewsum) | 2013 | — | — | — | |
'Tokyo Trap House'[22] | 2015 | — | — | — | |
'—' denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. |
As featured artist[edit]
Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
US | US R&B/HH | US Rap | |||
'The Takeover'[23] (Diwon featuring Y-Love, Tj Di Hitmaker and Andy Milonakis) | 2013 | — | — | — | Non-album single |
'Birthday'[24] (Hands of Tyme featuring Andy Milonakis) | 2014 | — | — | — | Non-album single |
'The Birds & The Bees'[25] (Chain Swangaz featuring Andy Milonakis) | 2011 | — | — | — | Non-album single |
'—' denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. |
Guest appearances[edit]
Title | Year | Other artist(s) | Album |
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'Hoes on My Dick' | 2010 | Lil B | N/A |
'Money and Swag' | 2012 | JBAR | #TOKE Vol. 1 |
'Pocket Like It's Hot' | Snoop Dogg | N/A | |
'Worst Day' | 2013 | Dopesic | Nothing Matters |
'Twisted' | Dirt Nasty, Riff Raff | Palatial | |
'Morphine Popsicles' | N/A | ||
'Money on My Mind' | Dirt Nasty, Riff Raff, V-Nasty | ||
'HIROI SEKAI (Worldwide)' | 2014 | KOHH, J $tash | N/A |
'Nice Rims' | Dirt Nasty, Riff Raff | ||
'Pizza Boi' | Slippery | ||
'Hot Shit'[26] | 2015 | Chief Keef | Sorry 4 the Weight |
'G.L.O.G.A.N.G.' | N/A | ||
'My House' | |||
'Right Now' | Gucci Mane, Chief Keef | Views From Zone 6 and Dinner |
Filmography[edit]
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2005 | Waiting.. | Nick | |
2007 | Who's Your Caddy? | Wilson Cummings | |
2008 | Killer Pad | Dinko's Geek | |
Wieners | Drake Hanswald / Timmy O'Shaemus | ||
Major Movie Star | Joe Kidd | ||
Extreme Movie | Justin | ||
2009 | 2 Dudes and a Dream | Ned | |
Still Waiting | Nick | ||
The Tales of RJ | Miles | Short film | |
2012 | Mac & Devin Go to High School | Knees Down | |
The Newest Pledge | |||
2014 | Dumbbells | Tiny | |
2016 | Halloweed | Spanky | |
2018 | Bodied | Freddie Hustle |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2005–2007 | The Andy Milonakis Show | 22 episodes | |
2006 | Nick Cannon Presents: Wild 'N Out | 1 episode | |
2007 | Crank Yankers | 2 episodes | |
2009 | truTV Presents: World's Dumbest.. | Commentator | 1 episode |
2010–2018 | Adventure Time | N.E.P.T.R. | 8 episodes |
2011 | Snoop Dogg's Double G News Network | Android Miller | 10 episodes |
2013 | Kroll Show | Roman Armond | 8 episodes |
Watsky's Releasing an Album | Himself | 2 episodes | |
2014 | The Adventures of Velvet Prozak | Zack | Main role; Episode: 'Pilot' |
2016–2018 | Future-Worm! | Danny Douglas | Main role |
2017 | Billy Dilley's Super-Duper Subterranean Summer | Jared | Episode: 'Jared' |
References[edit]
- ^Milonakis, Andy. 'Thanks for the Birthday wishes. When I lose weight, I'm gonna start wearing blazers again. :)'. Twitter. Retrieved January 30, 2019.
- ^Milonakis, Andy. 'If I tell my mom I'm coming to New York even for a few days, she texts me in all caps how she's so happy, with balloons and hearts. I'm 43 years old. I feel lucky because she's probably why I'm a loving person'. Twitter. Retrieved July 9, 2019.
- ^'Twitter'. mobile.twitter.com. Retrieved August 31, 2020.
- ^'ANDY MILONAKIS - The Greek comedian that looks like a 14-year old'. www.ellines.com. Retrieved January 28, 2020.
- ^TV.com (January 30, 1976). 'Andy Milonakis'. TV.com. Retrieved March 28, 2017.
- ^https://twitter.com/andymilonakis/status/892679071611670528?lang=en
- ^ abSegal, David (August 11, 2005). 'Who's the Comedian?'. The Washington Post. p. 1. Retrieved October 26, 2014.
- ^'Who's the Comedian?'. August 11, 2005. Retrieved August 31, 2020 – via www.washingtonpost.com.
- ^Gay, Jason (March 24, 2003). 'Elfin Singer Delights Viewers'. The Observer. Observer Media. Retrieved October 26, 2014.
- ^Silver, Stephen (February 6, 2013). ''The Super Bowl is Gay' Turns 10'. technologytell.com. GadgeTell. Retrieved February 6, 2019.
- ^Goble, Corban (December 5, 2014). 'Three Loco – 'We Are Farmers' (Feat. Diplo) Video'. Stereogum. Retrieved December 5, 2014.
- ^'The Fastest Growing IRL Twitch Streamers, March 2017'. Twitchmetrics.net. Retrieved March 28, 2017.
- ^Milonakis, Andy (May 30, 2020). 'Congratulations to the Astronauts that left Earth today. Good choice'. Twitter. @andymilonakis. Retrieved June 4, 2020.
- ^'Gazpacho EP - Andy Milonakis'. Andy Milonakis. December 15, 2010.
- ^'iTunes - Music - Busboys' Paradise - EP by Andy Milonakis, Max Kasch & Dean Shull'. iTunes.
- ^'Andy Milonakis - Hot Soup'. DatPiff.
- ^'iTunes - Music - Let Me Twitter Dat - Single by Andy Milonakis'. iTunes.
- ^'Lemonade Bubble Gum - Andy Milonakis'. Andy Milonakis. December 14, 2010.
- ^'Red Lean Purple Lean - Andy Milonakis'. Andy Milonakis. June 20, 2011.
- ^'Spaghetti (Aka Party With Your Pussy Out) [feat. Chippy Nonstop] - Single by Andy Milonakis on iTunes'. Itunes.apple.com. September 13, 2011. Retrieved March 28, 2017.
- ^'iTunes - Music - Worst Day (feat. Jimmy Donn & Grewsum) - Single by Andy Milonakis'. iTunes.
- ^'iTunes - Music - Tokyo Trap House - Single by Andy Milonakis'. iTunes.
- ^'iTunes - Music - The Takeover (feat. Y-Love, Tj Di Hitmaker & Andy Milonakis) - Single by Diwon'. iTunes.
- ^'iTunes - Music - Birthday (feat. Andy Milonakis) - Single by Hands of Tyme'. iTunes.
- ^'Chain Swangaz - 'The Birds & The Bees' (feat. Andy Milonakis)'. Chain Swangaz.
- ^'Chief Keef - Sorry 4 The Weight Hosted by Glo Gang'. DatPiff.
External links[edit]
- Andy Milonakis on IMDb
- Andy Milonakis on Twitch
- Andy Milonakis on Twitter
Now that you understand the position concept we are going to expand on that by looking at the subject of which starting hands to play and which to throw in the muck.
This is the area where inexperienced players become fish, simply by not having the ability to fold weak hands before the flop. You can save a lot of money at this stage of the hand just by simply choosing not to play.
The Importance of Starting Hand Selection
As you know Poker is a game of maths and probability. It is therefore possible to know which starting hands are most probable to win a hand and this has been statistically proven in many studies. These studies have been able to rank starting hands according to how likely they are to win the hand against a random selection of opponent's starting hands.
Starting hand
By Starting Hand we mean the two hole cards which are dealt to you at the start of each hand.
Since we now know which are the best starting hands in poker then we can apply this knowledge to our strategy. Remember, when we play a hand, we want to play with the odds in our favour, and by selectively choosing which starting hands we play we can ensure this.
Of course if we just waited for the two or three best poker starting hands then we wouldn't actually play many hands as the probability of these cards being dealt is only once in a while.
So we combine the position concept with our starting hand concept, to allow us to only play a narrow starting hand selection when out of position and to play a wider range of starting hands when we are in position. Therefore the benefit of playing in position makes up for the weaker starting hands we may play.
Starting Hand Groups
You could look at all the statistical information and studies, but we've taken all the work out of it for you. Emerald queen casino tacoma international buffet. The following section is a key part of your strategy and you should practise choosing the right action before the flop using the poker starting hands chart below.
We have chosen 46 different hands that we will play depending on the position and situation we are in. Those 46 hands have been separated into 8 groups named Group A to H. Group A are the strongest hands in poker based on the statistics and group H are the weakest hands that we are willing to play. Of course there are many more hand combinations weaker than the hands in Group H, but we are not interested in playing with these and they will be folded into the muck straight away.
Group B
AK
Group D
AQs
AQ
AJs
99
88
Group F
AT
KQ
KJs
QJs
44
33
22
Group H
KJ
KT
QJ
J8s
T8s
87s
76s
The ‘s' next to some of the hands stands for Suited, so two cards of the same suit. ‘AJs' could stand for A J whereas ‘AJ' could stand for A J
Take a minute just to browse the hands in each group, you don't need to memorise these, as you can use the chart to refer to, and once you have used it for a while, you will start to remember which hands are in which groups.
Poker Starting Hand Charts
Ok, so now we have our selection of 46 hands, and have split them into 8 groups based on strength, now what? Well we won't just automatically play any of those 46 hands when they are dealt to us, we will make a decision based on the position we are in, and the situation we are faced with at the table.
When we are in position we will play a wider range of groups and out of position we will only play the stronger groups. Similarly when opponents have shown strength at the table by raising we will only play the better cards against them.
There are three charts, UNRAISED, RAISED and BLINDS. These are our Action charts, and show us what action to take when we have a hand in one of the starting hand groups.
The three charts are:
- UNRAISED – When everybody acting before you has either folded or called the big blind.
- RAISED – When somebody acting before you has raised.
- BLINDS – When you are in either the small blind or the big blind position and somebody acting before you has raised
UNRAISED | |||
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Everybody acting before you has either Folded or Called the Big Blind | |||
Action | Early Position | Mid Position | Late Position |
Opening Raise | A B C D | A B C D E | A B C D E F |
Call a Re-Raise | B C | C | C D |
Raise a Re-Raise | A | A B | A B |
Call the Big Blind (if Multiway Pot) | F G | G H |
RAISED | |||
---|---|---|---|
Someone acting before you has Raised already | |||
Action | Early Position | Mid Position | Late Position |
Re-Raise | A B | A B | A B |
Call | C | C | C D |
BLINDS | |||
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After a Raise and You are in the Blinds | |||
Action | Raised from Early Position | Raise from Mid Position | Raised from Late Position |
Unraised Blinds – Play as if you were in Late Position in the Unraised chart | |||
Re-Raise | A | A B C | A B C D |
Call | B C D | D E | E F |
To use the charts, just follow these steps:
- What group is your starting hand in? if it isn't in any group then you Fold.
- What Situation are you in? Choose one of the three action charts relevant to the situation you are in.
- What Position are you in? Look at the column in the chart for the position you are in.
- Starting Hand Group not shown? If your starting hand group is not shown in that column, then you Fold.
- Starting Hand Group Shown? If your starting hand group letter is shown then take the action the chart is showing you.
The different actions in each of the charts are:
- Opening Raise – Make the first Raise
- Call – Just Call when a person has Raised
- Re-Raise – Re-Raise a person who has Raised
- Call a Re-Raise – Call when someone Re-Raises your original Raise
- Raise a Re-Raise – Re-Raise when somebody has Re-Raised your original Raise
- Call the Big Blind – Just call the big blind amount (also known as ‘limping in')
Quick Reference
I don't expect you to memorise all the starting hand groups and action charts. The way to learn them is by putting them into practise and then over time you will start to memorise them. But to start with, you can refer to the charts while you are playing.
You can either just bookmark and pull this page up each time you play or we have a couple of other methods to make your life a bit easier.
Printable Starting Hands Chart
A neat and tidy, A4 size starting hand chart which you can print and keep in front of you for quick reference while you are playing.
To download the Starting Hands Chart right click on the link and select save target as.
It is a PDF file, so to view and print this you will need the free Adobe Acrobat Reader. If you don't have this you can download it here.
Starting Hands Chart Desktop Wallpaper
Use this as your computer desktop wallpaper. It is designed so that whilst you are playing poker, you can place your poker table window over the Poker Professor logo and all the charts will be visible around the table. Neat huh!
To download the Starting Hands Wallpaper right click on the link and select save target as.
To set as your desktop wallpaper, right click on the file you have just downloaded and select 'Set As Desktop Background'. Italian restaurant at crown casino.
The wallpaper is optimised for a desktop screen size of 1920×1080 as this is the most common. It should work with most other desktop sizes as well as windows should automatically resize it for you.
Starting Hand Examples
Lets take a look at some example starting hands and walk through what the charts are telling you to do and what thought process to follow.
Example Hand 1
You are sitting in early position and are dealt A J. You are first to act and so nobody has bet before you.
- What group is my hand in – AJ is a Group E hand
- What situation am I in – Nobody has raised before me so UNRAISED
- What position am I in – Early Position
So from the answers to the above questions we look at the UNRAISED Action chart, and look in the column for Early Position. You will see that Group E is not shown in that column so we are not allowed to play a Group E hand in Early position in this situation and so we would fold this hand.
Example Hand 2
You are sitting in early position and are dealt A K. You are first to act and so nobody has bet before you.
- What group is my hand in – AK is a Group B hand
- What situation am I in – I am first to act so it is UNRAISED
- What position am I in – Early Position
So from the above we look at the UNRAISED Action chart, and look in the column for Early Position. You will see that with a group B hand we are told to make an opening raise. So we would enter the hand by making a Raise (We will look at details of how much to raise later in the lesson).
Example Hand 3
You are sitting in Mid Position and are dealt A A. A Player in early position has raised the pot up to 3 times the Big Blind.
- What group is my hand in – AA is the best starting hand and therefore a Group A hand
- What situation am I in – There has been a raise by a player in early position, so it has been RAISED
- What position am I in – Mid Position
So, we look at the RAISED Action chart, and look in the column for Mid Position. You will see that with a group A hand we are told to make a Re-Raise. So we would enter the hand by making a Re-Raise. (We will look at details of how much to raise later in the lesson)
Example Hand 4
You are sitting in Mid Position and are dealt 9 9. A Player in early position has raised the pot up to 3 times the Big Blind.
- What group is my hand in – 99 is a Group D hand
- What situation am I in – There has been a raise by a player in early position, so it has been RAISED
- What position am I in – Mid Position
So, again we look at the RAISED Action chart, and look in the column for Mid Position. You will see that we are not allowed to play an already RAISED pot in Mid Position with a group D hand. So we fold this hand.
Example Hand 5
You are sitting in Late Position and are dealt 8 7. Two Players acting before you have limped in and called the big blind.
- What group is my hand in – 87s is a Group H hand
- What situation am I in – There has been two limpers, but no raise, so it is UNRAISED
- What position am I in – Late Position
So, we look at the UNRAISED Action chart, and look in the column for Late Position. You will see that we are allowed to Call a Multi-way pot with a group H hand (multiple players playing the hand). As two people have already called and the blinds will likely also call we can call the big blind and play the hand. So we would call the big blind on this hand.
How much should I Raise?
An opening Raise in general should be between 3 to 4 times the Big Blind. Anywhere in this range is ok, and as guide to start with I would raise the following amounts:
- When you are in EARLY POSITION Raise 4 times the Big Blind
- When you are in MID POSITION Raise 3.5 times the Big Blind
- When you are in LATE POSITION Raise 3 times the Big Blind
You should mix and match the size of your raises to prevent your opponents getting a read on your betting patterns, but the above can act as a general guide whilst you get used to your new strategy.
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The reason to Raise more in Early position is because we are out of position and want to put as much pressure on our opponents as we can.
How much should I Re-Raise?
A Re-Raise should in general be between 2 – 4 times the original Raise, As a guide:
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Group D
AQs
AQ
AJs
99
88
Group F
AT
KQ
KJs
QJs
44
33
22
Group H
KJ
KT
QJ
J8s
T8s
87s
76s
The ‘s' next to some of the hands stands for Suited, so two cards of the same suit. ‘AJs' could stand for A J whereas ‘AJ' could stand for A J
Take a minute just to browse the hands in each group, you don't need to memorise these, as you can use the chart to refer to, and once you have used it for a while, you will start to remember which hands are in which groups.
Poker Starting Hand Charts
Ok, so now we have our selection of 46 hands, and have split them into 8 groups based on strength, now what? Well we won't just automatically play any of those 46 hands when they are dealt to us, we will make a decision based on the position we are in, and the situation we are faced with at the table.
When we are in position we will play a wider range of groups and out of position we will only play the stronger groups. Similarly when opponents have shown strength at the table by raising we will only play the better cards against them.
There are three charts, UNRAISED, RAISED and BLINDS. These are our Action charts, and show us what action to take when we have a hand in one of the starting hand groups.
The three charts are:
- UNRAISED – When everybody acting before you has either folded or called the big blind.
- RAISED – When somebody acting before you has raised.
- BLINDS – When you are in either the small blind or the big blind position and somebody acting before you has raised
UNRAISED | |||
---|---|---|---|
Everybody acting before you has either Folded or Called the Big Blind | |||
Action | Early Position | Mid Position | Late Position |
Opening Raise | A B C D | A B C D E | A B C D E F |
Call a Re-Raise | B C | C | C D |
Raise a Re-Raise | A | A B | A B |
Call the Big Blind (if Multiway Pot) | F G | G H |
RAISED | |||
---|---|---|---|
Someone acting before you has Raised already | |||
Action | Early Position | Mid Position | Late Position |
Re-Raise | A B | A B | A B |
Call | C | C | C D |
BLINDS | |||
---|---|---|---|
After a Raise and You are in the Blinds | |||
Action | Raised from Early Position | Raise from Mid Position | Raised from Late Position |
Unraised Blinds – Play as if you were in Late Position in the Unraised chart | |||
Re-Raise | A | A B C | A B C D |
Call | B C D | D E | E F |
To use the charts, just follow these steps:
- What group is your starting hand in? if it isn't in any group then you Fold.
- What Situation are you in? Choose one of the three action charts relevant to the situation you are in.
- What Position are you in? Look at the column in the chart for the position you are in.
- Starting Hand Group not shown? If your starting hand group is not shown in that column, then you Fold.
- Starting Hand Group Shown? If your starting hand group letter is shown then take the action the chart is showing you.
The different actions in each of the charts are:
- Opening Raise – Make the first Raise
- Call – Just Call when a person has Raised
- Re-Raise – Re-Raise a person who has Raised
- Call a Re-Raise – Call when someone Re-Raises your original Raise
- Raise a Re-Raise – Re-Raise when somebody has Re-Raised your original Raise
- Call the Big Blind – Just call the big blind amount (also known as ‘limping in')
Quick Reference
I don't expect you to memorise all the starting hand groups and action charts. The way to learn them is by putting them into practise and then over time you will start to memorise them. But to start with, you can refer to the charts while you are playing.
You can either just bookmark and pull this page up each time you play or we have a couple of other methods to make your life a bit easier.
Printable Starting Hands Chart
A neat and tidy, A4 size starting hand chart which you can print and keep in front of you for quick reference while you are playing.
To download the Starting Hands Chart right click on the link and select save target as.
It is a PDF file, so to view and print this you will need the free Adobe Acrobat Reader. If you don't have this you can download it here.
Starting Hands Chart Desktop Wallpaper
Use this as your computer desktop wallpaper. It is designed so that whilst you are playing poker, you can place your poker table window over the Poker Professor logo and all the charts will be visible around the table. Neat huh!
To download the Starting Hands Wallpaper right click on the link and select save target as.
To set as your desktop wallpaper, right click on the file you have just downloaded and select 'Set As Desktop Background'. Italian restaurant at crown casino.
The wallpaper is optimised for a desktop screen size of 1920×1080 as this is the most common. It should work with most other desktop sizes as well as windows should automatically resize it for you.
Starting Hand Examples
Lets take a look at some example starting hands and walk through what the charts are telling you to do and what thought process to follow.
Example Hand 1
You are sitting in early position and are dealt A J. You are first to act and so nobody has bet before you.
- What group is my hand in – AJ is a Group E hand
- What situation am I in – Nobody has raised before me so UNRAISED
- What position am I in – Early Position
So from the answers to the above questions we look at the UNRAISED Action chart, and look in the column for Early Position. You will see that Group E is not shown in that column so we are not allowed to play a Group E hand in Early position in this situation and so we would fold this hand.
Example Hand 2
You are sitting in early position and are dealt A K. You are first to act and so nobody has bet before you.
- What group is my hand in – AK is a Group B hand
- What situation am I in – I am first to act so it is UNRAISED
- What position am I in – Early Position
So from the above we look at the UNRAISED Action chart, and look in the column for Early Position. You will see that with a group B hand we are told to make an opening raise. So we would enter the hand by making a Raise (We will look at details of how much to raise later in the lesson).
Example Hand 3
You are sitting in Mid Position and are dealt A A. A Player in early position has raised the pot up to 3 times the Big Blind.
- What group is my hand in – AA is the best starting hand and therefore a Group A hand
- What situation am I in – There has been a raise by a player in early position, so it has been RAISED
- What position am I in – Mid Position
So, we look at the RAISED Action chart, and look in the column for Mid Position. You will see that with a group A hand we are told to make a Re-Raise. So we would enter the hand by making a Re-Raise. (We will look at details of how much to raise later in the lesson)
Example Hand 4
You are sitting in Mid Position and are dealt 9 9. A Player in early position has raised the pot up to 3 times the Big Blind.
- What group is my hand in – 99 is a Group D hand
- What situation am I in – There has been a raise by a player in early position, so it has been RAISED
- What position am I in – Mid Position
So, again we look at the RAISED Action chart, and look in the column for Mid Position. You will see that we are not allowed to play an already RAISED pot in Mid Position with a group D hand. So we fold this hand.
Example Hand 5
You are sitting in Late Position and are dealt 8 7. Two Players acting before you have limped in and called the big blind.
- What group is my hand in – 87s is a Group H hand
- What situation am I in – There has been two limpers, but no raise, so it is UNRAISED
- What position am I in – Late Position
So, we look at the UNRAISED Action chart, and look in the column for Late Position. You will see that we are allowed to Call a Multi-way pot with a group H hand (multiple players playing the hand). As two people have already called and the blinds will likely also call we can call the big blind and play the hand. So we would call the big blind on this hand.
How much should I Raise?
An opening Raise in general should be between 3 to 4 times the Big Blind. Anywhere in this range is ok, and as guide to start with I would raise the following amounts:
- When you are in EARLY POSITION Raise 4 times the Big Blind
- When you are in MID POSITION Raise 3.5 times the Big Blind
- When you are in LATE POSITION Raise 3 times the Big Blind
You should mix and match the size of your raises to prevent your opponents getting a read on your betting patterns, but the above can act as a general guide whilst you get used to your new strategy.
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The reason to Raise more in Early position is because we are out of position and want to put as much pressure on our opponents as we can.
How much should I Re-Raise?
A Re-Raise should in general be between 2 – 4 times the original Raise, As a guide:
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- When it has been Raised from EARLY POSITION Raise 2 times the Raise
- When it has been Raised from MID POSITION Raise 3 times the Raise
- When it has been Raised from LATE POSITION Raise 4 times the Raise
The reason for this is it is more likely that a player in late position has raised with a weaker hand than a player in Early position.
Practise Time
Well, that was a lengthy lesson and a lot to take in. Don't worry, with practise it will start to become second nature, and that is exactly what you should do now with the first stage of your bankroll challenge.
Poker Bankroll Challenge: Stage 1
- Stakes: $0.02/$0.04
- Buy In: $3 (75 x BB)
- Starting Bankroll: $25
- Target: $3 (1 x Buy In)
- Finishing Bankroll: $28
- Estimated Sessions: 1
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Use this exercise to get used to selecting which starting hands to play and which not to play according to the Starting Hands chart and get used to understanding what position you are in at the table. Don't get too carried away at this stage though, play conservatively and be aware that someone may have a better hand than you. We are going to learn in more detail about betting after the flop later in the course.