I'm going to wrap up my strategy on how to annihilate the computers you play against in Governor of Poker today while playing in the hardest mode. Tomorrow, I will share how I virtually became undefeated in dueling against real people who also occasionally have more experience than me online with the game Wizard 101; technically, I found a way to have the best advantage over others with the current stage I'm at in that game.
Governor Of Poker Cont.
Yesterday, I forgot to mention a few more important tricks to apply in the tournaments. Whenever you get any setup with what I'm about to mention for cash games in a tournament game, you must apply these strategies in order to be successful at it. The main strategy is to pretty much try to make a move with stealing the pot whenever you play against a maximum of two other player and are holding pretty bad cards. The position you're in also matters a lot because it gives you enough information to make the right decision. For cash games, also apply the tournament strategy I laid out yesterday because it will help avoid a lot of unpredictable things that happen in the game and keep you safely in the game. Whenever you don't have enough chips to do an appropriate raise of three times the big blind, then just move all-in.
This is the general, simple setup to use. Whenever you're in the small blind and have one of those strong starting hands with the list I gave out, just call to see the flop unless you have AA or KK then you must raise. If you get pocket AA (the strongest starting hand) and you are playing against two remaining players then just call at the preflop to draw them in. If you have QQ or JJ and someone did an open raise then just call or always follow through with an open raise of three times the big blind (ex. in a big blind that has 50, raise to 150). This setup works the same way in tournament games. In addition, whenever the pot will grow to be at least 10 times the small blind for the flop then make the minimum call with poor hands to only match the big blind (for example, if the other 7 players at the table contributed to a total of 135 chips and you're small blind is 15 then when you make the call, you are putting in 15 chips to get a 1 to 10 reward if you get lucky while holding a bad hand.) This is related to the strategy of playing pot odds, which can be very helpful in building your stack and stay in the game longer for making a nice pay day.
When you're in the big blind check with any hand unless you have the top four pairs. In the case with AA and you are playing against a maximum of two players, then checking will work well in drawing them in for the later stages of playing the hand. Whenever you have a strong hand on the list I mentioned besides the top four pairs and someone does a huge raise before it gets to your turn, then fold unless you don't have enough chips to wait for a better hand.
When you're playing on the dealer button and there are only a maximum of three players in the hand, if you have a poor hand make a minimum raise to see if the players in the blinds decide to fold. Most likely when this situation happens, you will be in only with the small and big blind. There are other occasions where you can spot something like this and take advantage of your position. During the flop, you will be the last person to act so if the other players check by the time it gets to you, make a minimum bet to do a small bluff and see if they fold. This strategy works really well and will help build your stack in this game if your consistent with it. Sometimes, they will out raise you then just let go of the hand; no worries, you will get them later because the other players can't get lucky forever. If they make the calls in the flop, then wait for them to check on the turn and then check to see the river. On the river, if they check and gets to you depending on the amount of chips you have make a desirable bluff with the minimum bet, half the chips you put in, or no more than the amount of chips you invested. Sometimes, they will call and you will lose the hand but the tendency is that they will fold and you will just keep building your stack while bluffing your way in the cash games. Furthermore, the blinds will never raise in a cash game so you will virtually have an unlimited amount of chances to display an arsenal of doing some opportunistic bluffing to build your stack and not risk it that much. This is playing poker at a fine and conservative level for this game.
This is a very important technique to run the computer dry and continuously have it feed you chips, no matter how big their chip stacks grow and how small of chips you have remaining. This only applies if you're going heads up with a player and only the two of you remain on the table. As long as you barely have two big blinds worth of chips by the time in you're in the big blind, then use this trick. If the opponent just calls the small blind, make the minimum raise while you're on the big blind. If the flop makes a pair, then make the initial bet. Most likely, the computer will fold. However, if you make a really sweet hand that's better than a pair and no cards are really a threat to you at the moment then check to try to draw the computer in. Check the flop and turn, if you don't end up with at least a pair while doing this. If it leads to the river and you didn't make a hand or have the lowest pair compared to the board then make a bluff no more than the amount of chips you invested. If the computer folds, then reveal your hand to it and occasionally watch steam come out of its ear which gets amusing.
Be sure to always make a minimum bet when you just make a pair on the flop or turn. However, on the river be sure to check if it's not the top pair. If you have a strong hand on the river of at least having the top pair, then make a bet that's worth about the size of the pot and the computer will give you plenty of chips to take the lead or it will fold. It doesn't matter because you are going to apply this strategy over and over again and treat the computer you go heads up against like an ATM.
There's one more thing before I conclude this fun strategy. When you start dominating the last remaining player which is going to happen very often in the cash games if you apply my techniques, when the player is down to their last chips, try not to bluff with a poor hand preflop because it might give the opponent some momentum. Therefore, just in this case, just check or make a call only on preflop to see if your pocket cards make any hand with the board and then put the computer all-in.
Conclusion
By combining the tournament strategy and additional techniques I laid out today, you will be an unstoppable force in the cash games of this game. It's going to be an up and down rush from time to time but just continuously doing these patterns I laid out, you will end up dominating the players on a consistent basis. Whenever you can get the proper setup in a tournament or cash game, be sure to use the technique I laid out and it will help you to stay longer in the game to place in the money. One more thing, once you start winning enough tournaments and cash games, you will have to purchase some real estate that provides you some additional income. If you get lazy with playing this game, you can just keep hitting the "Next Day" button to build additional income to purchase more houses and the more homes you purchase the more you're going to make and never go broke to pass this game! Just for fun, try to pass it with the quickest amount of days elapsed in the game without relying so much on income coming from real estate and build your reputation meter to full in each city.
Academy of Scrappy Credible Undergraduate Desire
