The next time you play in your usual game, pay attention to those times that a player bets and is called on the river. It doesn't matter if you're in the hand or not. If you've been following the action from the beginning, and you've been trying to read that player's hand, I want you to come up with an educated guess of what his hand might be.
It will help you if you decide at the beginning of the hand to use that hand as part of this assignment. I want you to tell yourself exactly which two cards the player might be holding. For example, if the board is Q4J4J¥6^24, and you think he has a full house, don't just say, "I think he has a full house." Instead, say, "I think he has pocket 6s," or, "I think he has Q^J*."
When the player in question is called on the river and he reveals his hand, you'll see that your guess will, of course, fall into one of three categories:
1. You'll have guessed that his hand is worse than it is.
2. You'll have guessed that his hand is better than it is.
3. You'll have been right on the mark.
Be prepared by having these three categories already written in your notes, and make a mark in the appropriate category. If you have time and space, also try to jot down why you think your guess was too high or too low. Review your notes later, when you have time to reflect on what you wrote. Hopefully, you can learn a bit more about reading hands from these notes. Your goal, of course, is to have more and more of your guesses be right with each passing playing session.
Don't be too hard on yourself. If the board is 9*8V7*2*2¥, and you think the player has 8s full of 2s, I would count it as a correct guess if he in fact held pocket 9s or 7s instead of the 8s. However, if you think he holds 9*2£ to make the full house, and he actually has pocket 8s, I'd count that as guessing too low. Remember, it's his pocket cards you're trying to guess, not just his final poker hand.
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