Cash Game Teaching Beginners NLHE (3 Viewers)

[detroitdad]

Hi,

In April I will be teaching a handful of colleagues NLHE. We will be playing a micro stakes cash game. I am looking for a basic list of procedures and rules that I could send them via email.

I don't want anything that is overwhelming or to complicated. I am open to suggestions.

If you have something already written up, feel free to post it, or to PM me.

Thanks,

Bill

We will be playing .05/.10 NLHE cash with a $10 to $20 buy in.

 

[GamingWithChips]

I wrote this a while ago as a striped down explanation of NLHE:

No-Limit Texas Hold’em

• Each player gets 2 private cards
• 5 community cards are dealt (burn 1 then Flop 3, next, burn 1 then Turn 1, finally, burn 1 then River 1)
• Betting rounds in between cards dealt (pre-flop, flop, turn, river)
• Make the best 5-card hand using any combo of your cards and the community cards
• Best hand at showdown wins (or last bettor wins)

 

[LotsOfChips]

How familiar are they with poker?

In addition to @GamingWithChips' list, you might need to

• send them the rankings of hands (high card vs pair vs 2 pair vs 3 of a kind vs straight vs flush vs full house vs straight flush w/ pictures and description).
• explain about betting in turn (call, raise or fold, but only when its your turn to do so).
• explain about small blind, big blind, minimum raise size, maximum raise size (all in)

There's probably more, but you don't want to overwhelm them before hand. Some of this could be explained at the table before you start.

 

[Eriks]

NLH? Who are you and what did you do to Bill?

 

[SteveEH]

Some rules I communicate to my newbies:

- wait for your turn before you act.
- announce check, call, bet, and declare your bet amount.
- don't comment on the hand till it's done.
- shuffle behind.

Have u considered fixed limit? If not, things I've wanted to communicate but may be too much:

- opening raises are usually 3-5x the BB. Too little and you are up against too many players, too much and you won't get players.
- re-raising is usually x times the last person's bet. 3x is fairly standard.
- after the flop, size your bets based on how much money is in the pot (bet 1/4...pot...1.X pot).

 

[detroitdad]

Have u considered fixed limit? If not, things I've wanted to communicate but may be too much:

I would rather walk over hot coals than play micro stakes limit poker.

 

[theedegen]

Hi,

In April I will be teaching a handful of colleagues NLHE. We will be playing a micro stakes cash game. I am looking for a basic list of procedures and rules that I could send them via email.

I don't want anything that is overwhelming or to complicated. I am open to suggestions.

If you have something already written up, feel free to post it, or to PM me.

Thanks,

Bill

We will be playing .05/.10 NLHE cash with a $10 to $20 buy in.

Having a hand ranking chart printed out and put up on the wall can be super helpful for new players. So they're not having to ask in the middle of a hand if a straight beats a full house. Simplifies the things they have to learn.

For brand new players I would totally leave out any kind of 'poker etiquette/loose rules' so they're not overwhelmed (stuff like string betting, talking while other players are in hands, mentioning your folded cards). I've noticed when experienced players explain poker to new players they tell them like 3000 things that aren't really that crucial when learning the game and are just overwhelming.

Most important thing for new players is to explain the basics and keep it fun.

folded

 

[detroitdad]

Having a hand ranking chart printed out and put up on the wall can be super helpful for new players

Definitely. I also sent them a link with the hand rankings. I suggested if they learn anything, it is this!

Most important thing for new players is to explain the basics and keep it fun.

That was pretty much the first line in my email!

 

[thePokerClub]

Best way is just to let them play in and watch a real game.

Know how I learned? I went to casinos and lost money like people did ‘back in the day’.

 

[tabletalker7]

I found when teaching people NLH it helps to describe it a little better. People think poker and most of them know how to play draw poker. You have to explain to them that this is stud, not draw. Once I got my newer people to understand that, they played a lot better.

 

[HolySchist848]

Yeah, I think that the hand rankings are super important. Almost more important is explaining the dealer, sb, and bb positions in terms of “dead money” and who starts each betting round. This keeps the game moving, and the best way to learn is to start new hands, post bets, etc. over and over IMO.

 

[Forty4]

I would rather walk over hot coals than play micro stakes limit poker.

Did the game happen? Also if this is really your view just deal the entire time to keep the game moving and remove your advantage and bias towards the stakes. I not disagreeing with you but I know that I lose interest in playing correctly at too stakes low, so I would rather try to help others than frustrate them with bad beats.

 

[detroitdad]

Did the game happen? Also if this is really your view just deal the entire time to keep the game moving and remove your advantage and bias towards the stakes. I not disagreeing with you but I know that I lose interest in playing correctly at too stakes low, so I would rather try to help others than frustrate them with bad beats.

I love micro stakes. No way could I handle micro stakes "limit" poker.

 

[PapaWheelie]

It's May. Did your April tutorial take place? If so, how did it go?