Here we go:Shells said:
1st - Wanting to play many hands by limping in.
2nd - Calling a raise after limping in with more than two players in the hand.
3rd - Leaving a donkeybet betting 1bb on a hand where you are not the aggressor.
4th - Calling all the way to the end with a third pair that hit on the flop.
5th - Not knowing how to fold an AK, even if you didn't hit anything on the flop, tuner or river, and worse, going all-in after the flop even if you didn't hit anything.
I could go on and on listing several situations that indicate a player is a beginner, but I won't go on. This happens a lot in freeroll tournaments, where most players don't hold on to their chips, so they go all-in.
When I see a player calling down when the hand is obviously not good especially Multi way.
When Live it is seeing them look at their cards before they act and actually holding them so them can fold when it is there turn.
When Live it is seeing them look at their cards before they act and actually holding them so them can fold when it is there turn.
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Limping in with weak hands from mid to early position then calling when someone shoves all-in. I can see why they do it - I've certainly been knocked out by this move often enough when I was way ahead pre-flop💩
Almost all beginners cannot read the game of their opponents. Also, many beginners cannot analyze the ratio of the bet size on the flop to the possible combinations on the turn and river. Many beginners go all-in after unsuccessful hands. These are only a small part of mistakes. In fact, there are much more. 🤔Shells said:
Playing live tournament poker for me it’s pretty easy to spot beginners right away. They just call no matter what the size of the bet is. They don’t know math yet so they have no idea if they are getting the right price to call or not. So because of this their bet sizes just never make sense. Also they will have tells so pay attention to beginners. Yea they just tend to see their own cards and never wonder what the opponents are up to and what they might have so they are basically playing at a level 0 right now. This is why live poker is so fun!
Shells said:
Hello Shells 🙂,
The most common mistakes a beginner makes have been already mentioned above, but I want to participate too, so pardon the repetitions.
A novice player plays almost every hand and passively (Limping).
If they hit anything, they bet the minimum or just call if in position.
If they ever raise, you know they're holding a monster.
In cash games, a beginner comes in with less than the max buy-in and posts the blind instead of waiting for it.
In live games, a newbie looks at his cards before his turn to act, you also see them looking at the flop even when they have the position instead of looking at their opponent's reaction to it and their chips are usually not stacked properly etc...
There are more clues, but I don't want this to become a whole article 😉.
