If you're like me, you've turned into quite a televised poker junkie over the past three or four years. There were times that I watched a lot more poker on tv than I do nowadays, but that is much more because of the two Hammer Kids

The word gapper is used when a player has 'gaps' between her hole cards. If she held a 2 and a 4 in the hole, she would have a one-gapper. It is also possible to have a double-gapper. Other Letter 'G' Terms.

pooping running and crawling all over the place and less about a lack of interest in this game. I probably only watch 30 minutes or less of tv on an average day, down from probably more like 3 or 4 hours a day some years ago before the lovely Hammer Wife, before kids, etc. And what little time I do watch is often reserved for favorites like Seinfeld reruns, Sopranos, Entourage, etc., so poker on tv doesn't make the cut nearly as often as it once did. Still, like many of you I'm sure, I have found myself watching more and more of 'High Stakes Poker' on the Game Show Network. That show is just great. It feels like they show a lot more of the hands than, say, ESPN's poker coverage which is edited to only show the hands they think we want to see. Plus, I have to admit it's refreshing to see some big-time cash game coverage on television instead of all tournaments, all the time. Lately I find myself DVRing every episode on GSN so I make sure I don't miss any of the action. And how can I forget watching Sammy Farha take $700,000 off of Barry Greenstein on the last hand of the night earlier this year, when Farha's pocket Kings bested Barry's pocket Aces? Classic stuff man. And here I get pissed when I bust out of a $10 buyin tournament with my Aces beaten by Kings. I guess it's all relative.

1. Calling raises with these hands is reckless; calling the raise with a suited one-gapper appears reckless. Now raising, on the other hand, is a different story. Now raising, on the other hand, is a different story.
2. Experienced players have a soft spot for Three Five suited specifically because at some point or another in their poker careers, they’ve stacked an opponent in a particularly cruel situation.
3. One-Gap – A term used to describe two cards which are not in direct consecutive order but instead contain a gap of one. For example, 79s in Hold’em can be described as a “one-gapper”. Open-ended Straight Draw – A straight draw where a player is waiting for one of two cards on the outside of his structure. For example, we hold 5678.
4. In poker, a 'suited gapper' is when you are holding two cards of the same suit that are separated by one card. For instance - let's say that you are dealt As-3s in a game of No Limit Hold'em. This is a 'suited gapper', as the hand is suited (Spades), and there is one card between the Ace and the Three.

One thing that I've started to incorporate into my Holdem game lately is something I see many of the big pros do on High Stakes Poker -- I've started limping in, and even calling middling raises, with position with some of my suited connectors and even some suited one- and two-gappers, and some non-suited connectors as well. This is something I almost never used to do, at least as far as calling a raise with this type of hand, but lately I've started doing this if I can take a flop relatively cheap and I might be able to win a pile of chips.
Of course, most of the time, the outcome of this exercise has me folding these hands on the flop. As I've discussed many times with my play of middle pairs, blind steals, etc., I always make it a point to be very careful with a crappy hand once I see a flop with it. I have a very low tolerance for flops when I'm holding, say, J9s, and if I don't hit the flop solidly with that hand (say, at least top pair, probably with some draws necessary as well), then I'm not going to give anyone any action on the flop. But as long I don't make this move too often, I've found it can be profitable in a no-limit type of game where one big pot can make up for many missed attempts and calls preflop.
Just last night (I have screenshots but I'll spare you them today on this pre-Labor Day Friday), I was playing in the nightly 20k guaranteed tournament at 10pm ET on full tilt poker. Early on in the event, I was on the button with 86s, and it folded around to the guy in the cutoff, who put in a standard 3x preflop raise. I considered mucking like I usually would, but then I started channeling the spirit of Daniel Negreanu and suddenly found myself calling the raise from the button. This is the first time I can ever recall calling a raise with 86s. Ever. I sat there lamenting why I would ever make such a move, and what this kind of play is going to do to my bankroll if I'm going to try to incorporate this into my game, when the flop comes out.
Ace-Eight-Six, two spades. Bingo! There were 4 players to see this flop, and they all checked around to me. Now you know at least one of these guys has an Ace. So, given that bottom two pair is such a dangerous hand, I led out at the pot. Just to be tricky, I made my bet about 2/3 the size of the pot, after always betting the full pot up to this point in the tournament. I will often do this early in a non-blogger event, because it quite often catches someone who thinks he is clever enough to have spotted a pattern in my play. Last night was no different. The first two players folded to my flop bet, but then the original preflop raiser goes and quickly reraises me 3x my bet. At this point I sat for a good 20 seconds, always knowing what I was going to do but wanting to make it appear believable. Then I push in, and he calls instantly with....
Ace-Ten offsuit. What an idiot. I thought at least AK or maybe AQ if he's a fish. But I guess this guy just didn't see how I could have called the preflop raise with just 86, and he claimed to 'know' I did not have an Ace. I guess he was right about that. And I took down a big pot and got off to a great start in the 20k, a lead I quickly squandered by being too aggressive (what a shock!) on a flop where it turns out my opponent had flopped huge. But, I have to say, at that table for the good 30 or 40 minutes after I made this move with the 86, I got a lot more action when I just called a raise or even when I raised it up myself from late position.
And for me, that's the best part, the real reason for someone like me to play these hands on occasion. I want people to starting thinking, when I call a raise from LP, that I might be holding anything. I might have 87s, I might have KTo. I might have 53s. And I might even have pocket Aces.
You'll never know unless you call me.

Positions that take action first are disadvantaged. And positions that take action later are said to be advantageous because they can judge the actions after other players' actions.

In an incomplete information game (the opponent's hand is not visible, shogi is a complete information game), the amount of information will be advantageous. Later positions that can act after getting information of other players' actions are advantageous.

The position on the left of BTN, a position where you must bet half of the blind. With the right to fold, call and raise after BTN action in the Preflop.After the flop you must act first, so it is a disadvantageous position. Also, even in the preflop, BB action is refraining from behind, so it is difficult to take drastic action.

The position on the left side of SB, a position where you must bet the blinds. With the right to fold, call (check) and raise after SB in the preflop and need to take action next to the SB after the flop. In the preflop, you can take action at the very end, but after the flop, the position is disadvantageous except for the SB, so it is not a good position.

The position on the left side of BB. Need to take action first in the preflop. Since the position is disadvantageous except for SB and BB after the flop, it is said to be under the gun in the sense that it is a dangerous position as the muzzle is directed. It is considered a position that requires a fairly strong hand because it takes action first with only its own hand (hole card).

A position requires action early. It varies depending on the number of players. In the case of a 10-person table, UTG and the two people on the left are generally called early positions. In the case of 6 players, only UTG will be in early position.

The position actions are taken in the middle in each round. In a 10-player game, it is common to call the 3 players performing the 4th to 6th actions in the preflop as the middle position. While 6-players, it will be 2 players on the left side of UTG.

The best position for the last action position. In many cases, a button with a disk-shaped DEALER is placed in front of the player. Something is placed, whether online or live.

Pocket pair

A combination of two cards of the same rank, 22 is the weakest and AA is the strongest one. AA is the strongest starting hand of all. If the A pocket has a one-to-one heads-up when the opponent is a random hand, there is an 85% win rate. 2 pocket pairs are 50%.

Connector

A hand that is easy to straighten with a combination of ranks such as 54 and JT. 32 is also a connector, but some pro players don't think so because there are few cards required to be straight.

Suited

One Gapper Poker Game

It is a hand easy to flash by combining two of the same suit, such as 2 heart or 2 club cards. However, in the starting hand win rate, the difference between off-suit and suited win rates is only 2-3%.

One Gapper Poker Odds

Suited connector

with the same suit, a combination of consecutive ranks like 54 and JT. A hand that can be either straight or flush. The medium-ranked suited connector has the best win rate against AA and KK in heads-up.

(Suited) Gapper

One Gapper Poker Games

A combination with an empty rank like 64 and J9. When one is free like 64, it is called a one-gapper, and when two are free like J8, it is called a two-gap. When three are free like J7, it is called a three gaper, but it is not seen well.

Premier hand

One Gapper Poker Strategy

Upper hands like AA, KK, QQ, JJ, TT, AKs, AKo, AQs, and AQ. Among them, Some people think only AA and KK are premier hands. With starting hands,It is common to enter from a raise because the strongest possibility at the time of the preflop is very high.