7 PREFLOP Poker Tips For NEW Players

New #poker players make a lot of PREFLOP mistakes, so I wanted to share 7 tips with you to fix these leaks quickly. By replacing losing plays and hands with either increased aggression or folds, preflop gets simpler. And postflop actually gets more profitable too!

Many of these leaks were noticeable in my $1/$2 #VLOG where my opponents routinely made these errors. Open-limping, isolation raising too small, and calling way too often preflop, to name a few. If you like this video, please share it with a friend who's just starting to play poker you know needs a few preflop tips to get started!

00:00 Preflop Poker Tips Intro
00:31 Tip 1: Never Open-Limp
01:55 Tip 2: Raise Bigger Over Limps
03:48 Tip 3: Call Less Often
05:12 Tip 4: Play Your Big Hands Fast
06:22 Tip 5: Focus On Position
09:26 Tip 6: Crush Risk-Averse Players
10:52 Tip 7: Know Your Ranges
13:07 Overview

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[eugeneahmad]

Not a new player.... but definitely want to see more videos like this

[npklomp]

As an amateur player this touched on each topic very well and personally called out my inability to raise preflop. Amazing vid looking for the next one!

[rorypicaut]

Love the videos! Definitely would love to see a snapshot for Postflop play. I’m currently going through both of your workbooks pre-flop math, as well as Postflop.

[mr.b]

Hey Splits, good info in this video. Like the way you bring a lot of info together. Of course, everything is situational dependent. Thanks again for sharing all these concepts. Keep posting. I'll be watching.

[andyd]

Great video James. I just bought your pre and postflop workbooks today, looking forward to putting to them to work!!

[rudolfpaluch]

Amazing video Thanks keep doing for us its a big help 🙏

[MistaJones]

This was helpful! I'd love to see a follow-up video

[corysibert]

This was really helpfull Please continue with these tips :P

[lbcanary]

Solid video, even for those of us that have played for years but not daily. Love the game, but don't have the time to shine a seat more than once a week.

[joshkasen]

Awesome video. I’d love to see more like it.

[JintVnture]

Hey James, I'm a big fan of your videos and appreciate the consistency, overall content and visual quality of your videos. There is one thing however that triggers me a little. Your audio. Honestly, it's relatively flat compared to other YT creators and there is a discrepancy in total output volume. Obviously I have no idea which apps/mic/audio interface you use to record and render your content. That said, having a good mic is one thing, but being able to enhance and tweak it with some minor EQ and compressor can go a long way. Either in pre- (OBS built in plugins) or post production (DAW or video editing software).

I hope this might give you a nudge to look further into the matter and I'll be looking forward to hear if you make any progress on this behalf. Best greetings from Germany! 🙂

[aaronk]

Re tip 2 - my experience in low limit games is that unless the player is very nitty newer players have the sunk cost fallacy and over call. Therefor if you do this be prepared to play post flop

[Steviederson]

Awesome Vid
I have a question.

The situation I play in (live) mainly consists of rec players, a point system play money league (bingo as blinds increase every 7 min).

What is the optimal strategy vs straight forward/tricky limpers who cold call everything preflop? I find when OOP, re raising 4.5x + 1x for each limper isn’t enough.

Should I be re raising 9x?

[lancecollins]

This is good stuff but it would be very helpful if you could distinguish whether this is for cash only or tournaments too.

[jamespearson]

So where do you play live tables? Just to get these tips in person...

[billstevens]

Does red Chip allow video downloading? Watching the videos online is too slow on my computer, and I get starts and stops.

[albertog]

So is the ideal find a size that leave us HU or max in 3 players pre flop ? Or we always raise 5x plus 1 for limper no metter what ? thanks ‼

[ScaredMoney-Poker]

Great Information as Always! Thanks James

[daviddzamba]

Well done another of valid points this is good discipline I guess

[worthplayingfor]

Is it okay to open limp from the small blind if it has folded to u, or should I still just raise/fold?