A consistent and well-planned game play is important when playing poker. Mastering your poker basic strategy will help you formulate your very own attack methodology. It gives you a well-thought out approach given the right situation. However, there is a down side to using the same strategy over and over again. You become predictable.

Why You Don’t Want to Be Predictable

Once you become predictable a good opponent will be able to read your moves and formulate certain counter measures. Even worse, there are times when another player will be able to read your hand just by observing your playing patterns. The solution to this problem is easy. First you should master your game; after that, you should modify your established strategy to suit the situation and to surprise your adversaries.

Being unpredictable at the poker table is very important. However, you should not be unpredictable to the extent that you let your common sense go altogether. What you need to do is shift from one strategy to another without neglecting your basic theory. You should still base your shifting strategy on your cards, your opponents’ playing styles and the odds.

The Poker Combo – Result of Good Strategy

To give you a better picture on how a well formulated strategy could work to your advantage, think of a computer or a video game. There are moves that players call a combo. A combo is achieved when a favorable situation arises. A combo ensures victory.

A combo could also be applied in a poker game. Given a combo – say, you’re in a late position at a short-handed table, playing with players you can scare easily and a scare card comes out – you could move in for the kill and win the pot.

Your Secret Weapon – Unpredictability

Once a good opponent has observed a pattern in your game play, he or she would definitely try to guess your next move or predict your hand and beat you. But if you are unpredictable enough you could easily make your opponents think that you are following your pattern then surprise them in the end. It’s like fooling someone who is trying to fool you.

Unpredictability is what you may consider as a secret weapon of your game. It’s moving and acting against all your opponents’ expectations.

Becoming Unpredictable

To make the unpredictability approach work well, you must establish certain predictability early on in the game. At the same time observe your opponents well; this will give you a clue as to how your opponents will react to your moves. It is always a common mistake even for good poker players to lose themselves in their cards and lose sight of the overall table action.