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1. How do you play with many opponents ?

Less fancy. Slowplay less, semi-bluffless, avoid bluffing, and avoid inducing bluffs with checks that give free cards.

2. What about your implied odds ?

They have increased.

3. What does this mean ?

You should be much more apt toand even raise with small pairs, suited connectors, and hands like A♠ 6♠.

4. What else ?

You should not raise with unsuited high cards, and it may be right to fold hands like AT, KT, and even AJ and KJ.

5. Example ?

You hold K♦T♥ on the button, and five or six players have limped in. You should strongly consider folding.

6. What happens on the flop ?

Many poker hands play differently depending on the size of the pot and the number of players in the pot.

7. Suppose you have A♠ K♣, the flop is A♦T♣ 3♦. If the player on your right bets into you, what should you do ?

If the pot is small you may only want to call. But if the pot is big you would now want to raise.

8. Suppose you flop a small flush draw and the pot is big ?

It might be correct to check and hope that the bet comes on your left, then you can check-raise and build a big pot.

9. Is this play recommended in tough games ?

No.

10. Why ?

You are now more likely to be up against a bigger holdem poker draw and the original bettor is more likely to reraise.