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poker- being playing for 5 weeks, ive always played aces kings etc but dont know when to play the lower cards.

when do i play the lower cards, i see other players doing this and winning. ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh. please help

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1. That all depends on your position, and what the cards are. My suggestion would be to buy a book or two, or if you don't want to do that go to youtube and google pokertips. A lot of pro's give their advance on playing and they have made there way to youtube. You'll probably get even more confused here, because I'm sure you'll get a multitude of different answers. Good luck.
2. stop playing until you know how to play them because you ll lose a lot. how to play them ? go to google and type <poker> and start reading all the articles you see on the website and when you feel ready to play get back to it . ps: i dont recommend you play cash tables being playing for 5 weeks , because you re not tht good yet, try playing some freerolls to practice how to play different hands from differnt positions . good luck.
3. Depends on if you're taking about low-middle pairs or (suited) connectors. The low-middle pairs are easy: call if you have odds to hit a set (about 8:1) or raise if you are up against one opponent, or just a few and you're quite sure you're get enough folders to be up against one, maybe two opponents. If you're up against a swarm of callers, these pairs only work if they hit a set, but when they do, oh man are they atom bombs. No one suspects a pocket pair to just call, so no one will see a set coming. The only worry is if the board shows a possible straight or flush. In that case, you wanna make a value bet. You'll either get raised or you may take down the pot on your opponents' misread. Other than that, you've most likely got the best hand. Against just one opponent, a made hand is definitely the overdog (or whatever the opposite of an underdog is). It is especially deadly if all the cards are under yours (such as a flop of 2-5-7 when you have pocket 9s or 8s) or when you're hit a set. Be wary of too many overcards though. Loose players especially love to call holding nothing but face cards (or even just one face card), which is why raising with pocket pairs is dangerous if there are a lot of players. If you're holding pocket 9s and the flop comes up T-Q-K, fold to any raise Your odds of catching that extra 9 are about 12:1, and even if you do, it might just help out someone else's straight. Lower connectors or suiteds are a different story. I only play these in late position, where I get to act last (or at least close to it) and do NOT call or bluff with them. The only time I will call is if a) there are few players and i have a ton of outs (I'm taking at least a dozen) or b) if I have flopped a straight or flush (and flushes can be dangerous if you're holding lower cards; an Ax suited is very likely to have entered the pot as well, not to mention even if you flop a flush, someone with an A or K of the same suit is likely to stay in it, even if they don't have the flush at that point). If I'm in position I get to see how other players are playing the flop, so if I've flopped a straight or a flush and everyone checks to me, chances are I have the best hand and I wanna take it down right there (no, that does not mean going all in, that means betting at least the pot so as to neutralize any free cards or reasonable odds opponents would have to call - i.e. a pot of $200, bet at least $250). If you are not in position you have no idea what the other players behind you are holding, which is a dangerous place to be with lower cards. One other note: trash pocket ducks (22). I've gotten in more trouble with them than I have ego to admit. Only play this if the pot odds call for it AND you're in late position. Even heads up, 22 is an out-and-out coin flip. This is absolutely useless unless it hits a set, unlike, say, 77 which could still be good with one overcard. Everything is an over card when 22 is concerned, so bear that in mind. At the button, no raisers... meh, okay, call... otherwise, drop it. Hope that helps.
4. What do you mean lower cards??? Do you mean hands like 2,7 or 22, or 56?? First of all playing hands like 2, 7 and hands with more than one gap (7,10) is a bad idea. (7, 9 is fine because it has only one gap). This is all assuming that the cards are lower than a 10. Basically these hands are trash. 22-99 all are pretty small right? But they're great hands. Either you want to get an overpair (exp. u have 99 board is 2,5,7) or hit a set (trips).There is 7.5:1 chance of hitting trips so you usually get horrible pot odds. However, there is a lot of implied odds involved. Thats say you have 22 and you get raised pf 4 times the bb and the flop comes out 2, K, A. Theres a high probalbility your oppenent has an ace and they will never suspect that 2. You could take his entire stack! If you manage to not get an overpair or hit a set, its an ez fold. The person in front of me says to never play 22. i completely disagree with that. 22-77are almost all the same.. Theres almost a zero chance of flopping an overpair and even if you do the board will be full of straight possiblitles. Play ALL YOUR pocket pairs. Another rule of thumb is to make sure they have at least 80% of your stack before you make a call more than 4 times the bb. Also you almost should never call more than 5 times the big blind with these hands. The last category of lower cards is suited connectors. When people talk about them they mean connectors from 2-3 to J10 that are suited (im pretty sure you knew that lol). There is around 25% of flopping something good. This means anything higher than top pair. However, it also means flopping a flush draw or straight draw- which happens most of the time. Suited connectors usually win you enormous amounts of money. However there is a catch. YOU HAVE TO BE able to fold when pot and implied odds dictate you too or else you will lose more than you gain. if you dont understand pot odss heres a link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pot_odds Another point is that, 2,3 and 3,4 are usually bad to pay because their flush value is dramatically decreased. Thats say you hold 2, 3 in a ring game and flop a flush. Somebets to you on the flop. They bet again on the turn. You have the flush, but the weakest flush so you dont know what to do. So you probaly want to stick with 4-5 and higher. gl with playing low cards!
5. As for lower cards I will assume your talking about small pairs 22-99. The easist way to play these cards is as cheap as possible. You want to see a flop, if the third one comes up(making a set) then you can bet, and most of the time win. If not, you can fold the hand saving you lots of chips. Small connecting cards should be suited for better odds. I like to play these guys in late position if there has not been a raise.