Worst poker advice you've ever seen?

[sibkaz]

That's the worst advice when you're losing... Although if this advice was possible and you won, it becomes good...)))

 

[Dimidrol2]

Play drunk and for all your money.

 

[antonis32123]

I think many tips or advices from poker players on how to play better poker tend not to have effect good or result satisfying on online poker . So strategies or tips that normally would improve your games live , In online poker they might have the opposite result . For example there are many charts or tips on how to play short stacked , all of them are rubbish . RNG is an anomaly , creates anomalies in results , anomalies that are far from poker theoretical swings or bad beats or bad lucks .
For example , they talk about bluffs , online it's hard to bluff , ATC calls , bingo players who play with rng , they talk about very big bets in specific spots that make the call not rewarding on the long run (not big pot , not many players in the hand , not very big odds to stack you up ) . Such calls in a a high frequency would destroy sb's bankroll in live poker . In online you see their nerve , they call with shitty hands in shitty situational and they get rewarded and they dare insult you if you tell these truths at a forum .
Live poker I have never played , but I have watched a lot and I think much of this advice might be useful there, I have already seen pros playing that way . But not online .

So I guess players , in forums or anywhere else, should start saying ' this poker tip is for online poker or this tip is for live poker ' , and accordingly judge them then , only then , if these tips are truthful and good enough or not

 

[R.Melnyk77]

When I started playing, I was advised to focus more on cash games. But in reality, this was bad advice, because without sufficient skills, I lost money almost every time. You could call it a learning curve, but I consider these expenses to be unnecessary.

 

[hardongear]

Worst advice I've heard and we still hear it daily here "Online poker is rigged quit playing"

Cheers!!!

 

[hobojim1247]

Hard question for me to answer since I don't pay attention to BS opinions and thus I don't remember them. I focus more on observing mistakes other people make while playing, which leads to finding those players whose play is guided by bad advice.

 

[WhiskeyFix]

Never limping UTG is probably the worst advice I've gotten. I've limped Aces/Kings/Queens multiple times and they've gotten some pretty strong players to go all in on me with AQs, AJs, KQs etc.

 

[ZenonBR]

When you're holding AKo or AKs and any villain raises, 3-bet. If he 4-bets, you shove.

This isn't bad advice, but there are many variables that can change your action.

Example: What position did the villain open-raise in? Was it UTG?

What's this villain's profile? If he plays very few hands, prefer to just flat-call. If he's very aggressive, 3-betting or 4-bet shoving is a plausible option.

Second point, what's the tournament stage? We're close to the ITM, or final table pay jump, with 2 or 3 players likely to fall. At most, we'll flat.

3rd point: This villain's stack covers me, and he opened UTG, being a tight player, I prefer to flat.

In this video, I learned in a general way that if you have AK in your hand and someone raised, you 3-bet and if necessary, you shove.

But there are several issues you should consider. It's not that simple, even with AK, we have some situations to consider.

As I said, it's not terrible advice, but it's incomplete. I learned it from a YouTube video. After purchasing a few courses and joining some professional Brazilian communities I'm part of, I realized that the teaching I learned back then is somewhat reasonable and can be misinterpreted, especially by new players just starting out.

 

[Mazembe]

Advice:Only play your premium strong hands.

My take: you don't always stack people with your kings/queens unless it's a cooler or collision and you go all in preflop or on the flop, it's always suited connecters or connectors that can hurts your opponents, 8 7/ 6 5- When this hands make a straight or two pair it's so disguised and your opponents won't see it coming

 

[choprav]

Defending blinds nonsense. Once thr blinds are in they're not your chips so just play normally don't defend trash

 

[wushibala]

I haven’t read this book, but to some extent I agree with the author. In online poker, if I get AA back-to-back, 90% of the time I lose one out of the two hands — tested on my own experience. And it doesn’t matter if I go all-in or try to play them carefully. Only in about 10% of cases do I win both. Maybe it’s different for others — I’m not here to argue or prove anything, just sharing my personal experience.

 

[s0ftdumps]

For me it has to be the classic “play tight and wait for premium hands.”

On the surface it sounds safe but in reality it is one of the fastest ways to bleed chips in most games. You end up folding away all the profitable spots in between and making it obvious to the whole table that you only enter pots with monsters. Soon everyone folds when you raise and calls you only when they have you beat.

It is like telling someone to just wait for a royal flush. Technically strong in terms of hand strength but completely ignoring position, stack sizes, table dynamics, and the fact that poker is about exploiting opportunities not just playing the top five percent of hands.

 

[infonazar]

My friend advised me to bluff more often. He advised me to do so because that's how he played himself. Of course, I don't blame him, he wanted the best for me, but his advice didn't lead to anything good
Fortunately, I realized in time that this wasn't a very good concept. And my friend who gave me this advice hasn't played poker for over 7 years. His approach to the game turned out to be one that contributed to the end of his poker career.

 

[Mig32]

What is the worst advice you've ever seen given regarding poker strategy and why was it so bad?

I'll start: author of an obviously self-published (and extremely poorly edited with typos and bad grammar everywhere) book on tournament poker strategy that I saw in a thrift store claimed that how many times in a row you've won or lost with AA/KK should determine how you play those hands the next time you get them. In short, if you've won a few times in a row, start folding them pre-flop because you're guaranteed to lose and vice-versa. Just an elaborate attempt to justify the Gambler's Fallacy.

The worst advice I’ve seen is “always slowplay big hands,” because it completely ignores the context of the hand. Board texture, number of opponents, and stack sizes all matter. If the board is draw-heavy and you slowplay, you give opponents a cheap chance to hit their outs, which can cost you value and sometimes the entire pot. Slowplaying works only in specific spots—treating it as a default strategy is a leak.

 

[steve01991]

i overheard a player at a table say he will never play low pocket pairs. Hmmm, so he will never benefit when low cards come up. And i have made a killing on low pp

 

[bapfel]

"when you have a flush draw on the flop, your chance ist 50 percent to get the flush on the turn or the river, 1/4 in each hand!"

 

[armoko]

The worst advice: if you to be a millionaire start playing poker

 

[Gritz18]

What is the worst advice you've ever seen given regarding poker strategy and why was it so bad?

As the saying goes, "If advice were good, no one would give it for free."

The worst advice is to seek your own loss, even if you're having a bad day.

 

[rsparente]

Never fold AK preflop, even deep and facing multway all-in

 

[RodrigoMartins]

Probably the worst I’ve seen was ‘Never bluff in low stakes because everyone calls.’ It’s bad because bluffing has its place even at low stakes — you just need to choose the right spots and opponents. Completely avoiding it makes your game predictable and easy to exploit

 

[mura2545]

¿Cuál es el peor consejo que has escuchado sobre estrategia de póquer y por qué fue tan malo?

Empiezo yo: el autor de un libro obviamente autoeditado (y pésimamente editado, con errores tipográficos y gramática por todas partes) sobre estrategia de póker de torneo que vi en una tienda de segunda mano afirmaba que la cantidad de veces seguidas que ganas o pierdes con AA/KK debería determinar cómo juegas esas manos la próxima vez que las recibas. En resumen, si has ganado varias veces seguidas, empieza a retirarte antes del flop porque seguro que pierdes y viceversa. Un simple intento de justificar la falacia del jugador

¿Cuál es el peor consejo que has escuchado sobre estrategia de póquer y por qué fue tan malo?

Empiezo yo: el autor de un libro obviamente autoeditado (y pésimamente editado, con errores tipográficos y gramática por todas partes) sobre estrategia de póker de torneo que vi en una tienda de segunda mano afirmaba que la cantidad de veces seguidas que ganas o pierdes con AA/KK debería determinar cómo juegas esas manos la próxima vez que las recibas. En resumen, si has ganado varias veces seguidas, empieza a retirarte antes del flop porque seguro que pierdes y viceversa. Un simple intento de justificar la falacia del jugador .

Siempre debes jugar k4 suite,saludos

You should always play K4 Suite, Greetings

 

[Toruk Makto]

I once saw a player say that it's basically having a good day. But I think there's a lot more involved. Of course you have to be on a good day too.

 

[Dmitriy_rus7]

in my opinion, any advice is meaningless and it is better not to follow any advice or rules, but to act according to the situation at your own table

 

[neverbluff0799]

The worst advice I ever got was probably to play freerolls to learn how to play MTTs, when in reality they’re nothing alike. Freerolls are about 75% luck and gambling, whereas real MTTs shift heavily toward skill and strategy

 

[Pablo8]

Bet on the end for everyone to run and win the pot.