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When you join a Texas Hold'em game on Governor of Poker 3, you'll likely be dealt a variety of hands, some good, some terrible.

Handing high hands like A-Q or A-J offsuit certainly improves your win rate, but do you sometimes lose a lot despite having good hands? That could be because you're making some mistakes. Check out these four common mistakes many players make with these hands. If you find yourself in this situation, try adjusting them next time.

Mistake 1

• Calling Against a Continuous Large Bet

This mistake occurs when a player has very little equity after calling, unless their opponent is completely bluffing. You'll often see an Ace on the flop, and your opponent bets larger and larger on the turn and river, while you simply call with a hand like A-Q.

Your mistake is that a skilful player wouldn't repeatedly bet for value with a weaker Ace-like hand than you, especially on the river. If your opponent isn't bluffing, you have no chance of winning the hand. So, if you keep calling with hands like A-Q and A-J, the best outcome is a split pot, but most situations aren't quite that optimistic.

Why is this constant calling strategy wrong? You often assume that A-Q still has a chance of winning when your opponent isn't bluffing, but that rarely happens.

Of course, if the bettor is a frequent bluffer, calling is correct. Alternatively, if the board has a potential draw to a suit or a straight, and your opponent is the type to push all-in with a draw-like hand to force you to fold, calling is also correct in this situation (note that in this case, betting can only occur after the flop and turn, not after the river).

But this isn't necessarily true in limit betting. Therefore, don't overestimate the strength of your hand when holding top pair with a second or third-high kicker. Most opponents with hands like A-Q and A-J will simply check because they don't want to bet big and get called, leading to a loss.

Mistake 2

• Small pot, small raise

In no-limit hold'em, a small raise is made because you know your subsequent bets will get bigger, and you want to increase your investment in the pot. This is an effective strategy for hands with the potential to win big pots, as it helps prevent you from getting pot-bound.

For example, suppose you have a small pair in a game with 5/10 blinds and a large Governor Of Poker 3 chips. If you raise after several players flat call, you can move all-in if you hit a set after the flop. However, if you just flat call into the pot, you might not be so tempted to move all-in.

However, if you have a hand like A-Q, there's no need to go all-in later, as you'll likely lose unless you hit a hand better than top pair (a straight or flush). So, even if you have the best hand preflop, a small raise here won't get anyone to fold, and it'll waste chips. So, with two high cards of different suits, you can either raise larger to get your opponent to fold, or just call.

Players often raise small with hands like these, perhaps because they believe they have the best hand in good position and want to win more GoP3 chips. This might be a reasonable strategy against lesser players in limit, but in no-limit, it only sets you up to call large bets later, which is the first mistake mentioned above.

Mistake 3

• Betting when you can see a free hand.

First, ask yourself, "What happens if I don't bet?" If you have a gutshot, you could win an enormous pot by doing this, especially against very aggressive players, where your gutshot is difficult to detect. If betting leads to a check-raise, you'll be forced to fold and lose chips, effectively missing out on the chance to win the big pot.

In reality, such gutshot hands don't always appear, and even if you do, there's no guarantee you'll win the big pot. However, a large pot is equivalent to many small pots, and when playing against outstanding players, it might be better to opt for a free check rather than betting to win a small pot.

Mistake 4

• Facing a large pot on the river with top pair, you still bet a fixed amount.

When the action comes to a limit player, they're still stuck in their limit mindset. Betting a fixed amount on the river with top pair is standard in limit, but if you do this in no-limit, players with smaller hands will also call because the river bet is so small relative to the pot.

Keep in mind that this isn't the case in No-Limit, where bets often get bigger, and the turn bet is often larger than the flop bet, and the river bet is larger than the turn bet.

Hands that might call in No-Limit will often be folded by the river. On the other hand, even with the best hand, it's difficult to get a small hand to call your bet, so many of these situations end in a showdown.

An exception is against calling stations (note: extremely loose and passive players who prefer calling as their preferred play). These inexperienced players often call large chips frequently with top pair and a weak kicker.

Against such players, placing a fixed bet on the river with top pair can seem like a viable option. However, some players do this without thinking, ultimately losting Governor Of Poker 3 chips.

A top-tier royal flush can easily win you the game, but you might not encounter it once in 10,000 rounds. Therefore, learning winning strategies with regular hands is the key to your success in GoP3.