Biggest mistake beginners make?

[Spidi221]

Hey everyone, 👋

I’ve recently started learning poker and I’m curious — what are some of the biggest mistakes beginners usually make?

For example, I heard that getting a hand like A3 suited in UTG should be folded, but as a beginner, it looks like a tempting hand to play. I’m starting to realize that some hands just look good but really shouldn’t be played from early positions.

So I’d love to hear: what are other common beginner mistakes you’ve seen (or made yourselves)?

Thanks! ❤️

 

[dreamer13]

Poor reading of opponents, poor bankroll management, and not using enough bluffs or taking into account your position at the table.

 

[bodil19982]

Never overestimate your hand that's what I can say

 

[Propane Goat]

Here are two of the biggest ones:

• Thinking that getting dealt AA or KK entitles you to win a huge pot, and that you were somehow cheated or the game is rigged if you wind up losing the hand. AA or KK is one pair which is the second lowest possible holding that only beats Ace-high, and you can easily be outdrawn by the river if you don't improve.
• Ignoring position and how this affects the strength of the hand you are dealt.

 

[hajaehyun]

It is important to quickly grasp the assembly of the hand and board.
There are many mistakes that make it impossible to figure out combinations.

 

[dannystanks]

One of the biggest mistakes I see new or bad players make when I play live is bet sizing.

 

[10gerka]

The most common mistake a player who is just starting to play poker makes is overvaluing strong hands. Sometimes you have to fold in very obvious situations, but sometimes we fall in love with premium hands and lose a lot of money.

 

[Iryna Stryzheuskaya]

I think that one of the big mistakes of beginners is not to use bankroll management.

 

[phuchoidey1]

All in when have big pair like qq jj

 

[armoko]

Starting to play tournaments with higher buy-ins

 

[ironduke11]

jumping into poker games without sufficient study...everyone thinks that they know and understand the game intrinsically when there is much to study and understand

 

[Poker_Mike]

Hey everyone, 👋

I’ve recently started learning poker and I’m curious — what are some of the biggest mistakes beginners usually make?

For example, I heard that getting a hand like A3 suited in UTG should be folded, but as a beginner, it looks like a tempting hand to play. I’m starting to realize that some hands just look good but really shouldn’t be played from early positions.

So I’d love to hear: what are other common beginner mistakes you’ve seen (or made yourselves)?

Thanks! ❤️

IMO beginners bet too much or bet too little.

Both are sins.

Players need to build a pot and get value for their good hands.

Good luck !

 

[sandy358]

Hey everyone, 👋

I’ve recently started learning poker and I’m curious — what are some of the biggest mistakes beginners usually make?

For example, I heard that getting a hand like A3 suited in UTG should be folded, but as a beginner, it looks like a tempting hand to play. I’m starting to realize that some hands just look good but really shouldn’t be played from early positions.

So I’d love to hear: what are other common beginner mistakes you’ve seen (or made yourselves)?

Thanks! ❤️

Open-limping with large enough stacks not from SB, nitting, poor bet sizing (usually far too small), shoving good hands RFI with large stacks, overvaluing implied odds hands (i.e. suited connectors) from or against small stacks or against shoves, shoving crap just because they can, calling people who shove crap with not good enough hands for that, ignoring paired boards, do not understanding that against for every new preflop caller/raiser you need more equity, etc.

 

[dzsire]

Failure to adhere to bankroll management.
Without this they will just keep depositing money because they will most likely always lose all the money in their account.

 

[Igor Popadyk]

Play is not on the bannkrol, to shine in a casino, not an understanding of dispersion, not to work on the game

 

[Snake2007]

The biggest mistake a beginner makes is to underestimate an experienced player.

 

[Kenzie 96]

Playing to many hands & not paying attention to the action at the table after folding out of a hand.

 

[drogus]

I am still a beginner, too, so I make a lot of mistakes, but stuff that I've done myself and seen done by others:

* not taking position into account
* not taking table dynamics into account - for example, when you are on the button or cutoff and the players behind you have vpip like <20%, you can widen your range and you will get the blinds a huge percentage of time
* not taking population behaviour into account - for example, on lower stakes it is relatively uncommon for people to bluff with big bets. it happens, but if someone is betting pot on turn and shoving on the river it's most likely a premium hand
* not sizing your bets properly, especially when bluffing - you will probably not make the second pair fold with a 1/3rd pot
* giving up too quickly - if you're c-betting, be prepared to c-bet all streets, especially if you think your opponent is drawing
* folding to any aggression - if someone is playing wide and c-betting frequently, they can be c-betting their entire range. check/raising them on the c-bet can be a good way to bluff them off of a draw, low pair, or ace high or sth like that
* playing too wide preflop
* not understanding or not calculating implied odds correctly when you're drawing
* overvaluing your hands, especially after a 3-bet preflop. If the board is low without any flush/straight possibilities or draws, and the preflop aggressor is betting big, there is a very good chance they have a pocket overpair. your top pair will probably be useless then
* assuming a player that plays very wide can't have a good hand. Like, you see someone with VPIP at 50% or more and you assume their hand is always garbage only to be beaten by AK, KK, or AA. Yes, statistically, you are ahead, but they can hit a premium hand anyway
* not defending blinds and folding too much in position. yes, you should probably not play too wide, but if you have VPIP at 10-15% you're playing way too tight
* defending blinds too much
* not analyzing your opponent's range when making decisions
* acting on impulse (probably one of the worst things I'm doing way more often than I would like) - when everything tells you, you should fold, yet you still call on an impulse "screw it, let's see what you got"
* not paying attention to how the hand is played, ie. who is betting, raising etc.
* being afraid to 3-bet premium hands, and thus ending up in a family pot with people out-drawing your AA
* never 3-bet bluffing
* limping
* bluffing strictly because there's no other way to win the hand - sometimes you just lose a hand
* telegraphing your hand with bet sizing

 

[Mario7]

As you can see in the posts above, the list of mistakes can be pretty long. A lot of them are made by many players, not only beginners.
If I wanted to make the list short, kind of signs how to recognise obvious begginners, it would be something like:
1. Playing too many hands.
2. Limping from early positions
3. Calling big bets and 3-bets with trashy hands

 

[black and]

Hey everyone, 👋

I’ve recently started learning poker and I’m curious — what are some of the biggest mistakes beginners usually make?

For example, I heard that getting a hand like A3 suited in UTG should be folded, but as a beginner, it looks like a tempting hand to play. I’m starting to realize that some hands just look good but really shouldn’t be played from early positions.

So I’d love to hear: what are other common beginner mistakes you’ve seen (or made yourselves)?

Thanks! ❤️

I think the most common mistake is playing with junk. I myself made this mistake very often and was always angry with myself because of the poor results. This went on until I realized that the problem was in me, that I just needed to play only with strong cards.

 

[Geo90]

I struggle with bankroll management, if I win, I play with the wrong bet, and I quickly fall back to zero.

 

[akmost]

Hmm , i remember I couldn't fold easily even if I had only one pair.

 

[Jdawglet]

Not being ready to play at the level they are chose to play. Example…you’ve played some free rolls and maybe done well enough to start a BR. That bank roll builds a bit. You’re in the mood to play one day but the wait for a tournament is too long so you figure you’d try a cash game “just to check it out”. (After all you don’t have to put anything more than a blind in so why not.). That first hand your dealt JJ. You have to play. Maybe you even raise preflop. The board finishes 25Q97 with no flush possibility. You know very little about your opponent but they’ve been aggressive the whole hand and put you all in the river. (With a good chunk of your BR in already…do you risk the rest or give it up?). If you weren’t ready at to risk it when you joined then you should not have played)

 

[mssmotilda]

I think it's overestimating your hands and tilt.