In 2022, you’re just getting started in poker?
When I first started playing poker, memorizing the key aspects of the game was difficult.
This printable poker cheat sheet for beginners can make your trip a little smoother.
Poker Cheat Sheet For Texas Holdem
The cheat sheet contains pointers to additional reading on any topics you may not have been familiar with.
Pre-flop and post-flop information may be found here. In the highlighted link, we also examine Texas Holdem bet sizes.
If you like the cheat sheet, you might also appreciate upswing poker’s great beginning hand charts. They’re a more extensive version of the cheat sheet’s starting hands section, and they’re a great addition. They’ve been downloaded about 200,000 times, which is incredible!
How To Use This Texas Holdem Poker Cheat Sheet
Step 1: Find your hand on the chart (example KT suited)
Step 2: Determine whether you should follow coloured or number schematic.
Either:
- If you are the first to raise (no one else has), follow the coloured schematic.
- Follow the numbered schematic if you’re facing a raise or reraise.
Note that while playing on a 6max table (6 players instead of 9) the yellow-colored hands can be played from any position.
The numbered and color schematic may be seen in the image below.
Step 3: Take into account information give under headings preflop and post flop.
Preflop poker is a difficult subject to explore in depth. There are several considerations to make, including:
- Your position and that of your opponent.
- The expected holdings of your opponent
- Board surface texture
- Previous events
A quick explanation of why position is so important and why we play fewer hands when there are still more players to act (with a hand):
When playing on a fullring table, you’ll be up against nine other players, each of whom has a chance to win large. As a result, you will play fewer hands in a full ring game. More information on this topic may be found at fullring vs. 6max.
Because of the disparity in player numbers, we play a large range of Button hands but very few UTG hands (first position). When opening the Button, we only have two players remaining to act (and they’re unlikely to have a good hand), however in a full ring game, eight more players might possibly pick up a large hand when playing from UTG.
See Texas Holdem Strategy and Position is King! for more information.
Step 4: Take home some cash
This poker cheat sheet should hopefully assist you in bringing home the bacon, but there is always more to learn in poker. Continue reading for more cheat sheets that you might find useful.
Get Your Miniature (Credit Card Sized) Texas Holdem Starting Hands Cheat Sheet
This cheat sheet is designed to fit in your pocket and only provides the most important information. The legends were also crammed into the hand chart in front of the hands that we typically fold.
Poker Odds Cheat Sheet (for Texas Hold’em)
Get your cheat sheet for pot odds below. Based on the pot odds you’re being offered, you may use this to figure out how many outs you’ll need to keep playing. It may also be used to convert between percentages, needed outs, and ratios in a variety of poker scenarios. The following is a more detailed explanation of the pot odds cheat sheet:
When your opponent places a wager, you’ll be given odds based on the magnitude of his wager. If your opponent bets half the pot, you’ll be offered 3:1 odds on a call (call 1 to win 3). It’s essentially your risk-to-reward ratio.
Based on the amount of our opponent’s bet and the number of cards that will strengthen our hand, pot odds will inform you whether you should call or fold.
If you’re interested in studying poker math, have a look at our list of the top poker books for some great recommendations.
How To Use This Pot Odds Cheat Sheet – Facing River Bet Example
1. Work out pot odds
Our opponent places a $26 stake into a $41.5 pot, bringing the total pot size to $67.5. This gives us 67.5: 26 odds (67.5 = 41.5+26). Alternatively, 2.6:1. In our article on pot odds, we show you how to convert this to a percentage.
2. Find 2.6:1 on the card (or as close to it as possible).
We can see 2.6:1 on the chart, which amounts to 30.11 percent pot equity. Putting it another way:
- We will break even if we win 30 percent of the time.
- In this circumstance, we will make an average profit if we win more than 30% of the time.
- In this case, even if we win 30% of the time, we will lose on average.
3. Determine our actual equity
Unfortunately, this is the most difficult phase.
To decide whether you can profitably call or not, you must assess how often you are defeated by your opponent. You may accomplish this by using a tool like equilab to enter the hands you think your opponent has and the hand you now have. See the article Poker Hand Range: The Comprehensive Beginner Guide for further information on predicting what your opponent may be holding. We plug in some hands we estimate our opponent has in the example above and observe that we have 34 percent equity:
4. Determine if we can profitably call.
We can economically call the river bet since our equity exceeds our pot odds. We would have to fold if our equity was smaller than the pot odds being provided since we couldn’t c call.
How To Use This Pot Odds Cheat Sheet – Facing Flop Bet Example
Consider the following scenario (confronted with a bet): we’re on the flip with KQs and have a flush draw with nine outs. A King and Queen that aren’t clean outs but may be considered outs. This implies that even if we hit our hand, we may still lose (say for example our opponent has AA).
1. Work out equity percentage:
We can simply go to the number 9 on the card to ascertain our equity because we have nine clean outs.
When we have nine outs on the flip and two cards left to come, we require a minimum pot odd of 1.9:1 or 38 percent.
3. Compare pot odds to odds given by bettor.
We require pot odds of less than 38 percent since our equity is 38 percent. The more profitable the call is, the lower the pot odds are.
Our pot odds are 12.5/33, or 37%, so we just about have enough to call. However, we are in a good position (and will act first with further knowledge) and have two more cards on the table (both a King and Queen will make top pair good kicker). So this is a simple decision.
4. Further reading
We need seven outs to proceed, and a flush draw gives us nine outs. See poker and pot odds for further information on how to utilize this poker cheat sheet.
Poker Hands Cheat Sheet: Best Texas Hold em Hands
Check out this printable Texas Holdem hands cheat sheet if you’re not familiar with poker hand strengths and rankings:
When memorizing the poker hand rankings, there are a few factors to keep in mind:
Best Five Cards Win
In poker, the best five cards always win. This implies that if there is no clear winner (no one has a pair), the decision will come down to who holds the highest card.
Kickers
When two opponents hold the same pair or three of a kind, kickers determine the winning hand. On an A7522 board, for example, if one opponent has AQ (ace-queen) and the other has AJ, the opponent with AQ would win since he has the five-card hand of AAQ75 while the other has AAJ75.
Split Pots
When two players have identical hand, the pot is split. Consider the situation when one opponent has A4 and the other has A3 on the AQ752 board. Both opponents would have an AAQ75 five-card hand. Neither the 4 nor the 3 would participate.
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