| I love to play cards for money, especially games such | | | | position to know who to avoid when they have looked |
| as poker and bragg. In fact I have to admit that I love | | | | at their cards and then are betting. I am also then |
| to gamble on many things such as betting on the | | | | aware of who are the more daring of player, this is |
| outcome of football matches and on the outcome of | | | | the player who of course likes to continue to play blind |
| horse races. My father used to take me to horse | | | | and this is the player who I will have more chance of |
| racing when I was a child which gave me the bug for | | | | winning money from. |
| gambling. In this article I concentrate on the card game | | | | If I am on a card table of six players, I always hope |
| of bragg and give free tips and advice about how you | | | | that at least three of the players are what I have |
| can increase your chances of winning. | | | | described above as conservative players. I myself try |
| The first thing I do when playing bragg is I take few | | | | to play a mixed game of conservative and aggressive, |
| hands where I basically play what I call very safe. I will | | | | sometimes playing blind for a few hands and |
| basically open and look at most of the first say ten | | | | sometimes taking a look at my cards at the first |
| hands at the first opportunity. If I feel that I have a half | | | | chance. In this way I attempt to make it difficult for my |
| decent hand I will then continue to play the hand and | | | | opponents to assess how I play. |
| bet. At this stage I do not bet too aggressive as at this | | | | As a rule, when a conservative player has a look at |
| point I am merely weighing up how the other players | | | | his/her cards and then bets, this tells me that they |
| on the table approach the game. | | | | must have a fairly good hand. I then will take a look at |
| In bragg you have a number of different types of | | | | my cards and will then decide whether to bet or to |
| player. Some will seemingly always continue to bet | | | | throw the cards away. What happens quite a lot of |
| blind and will hope that most of the other people will | | | | the time is that the conservative players all look at their |
| open and quickly fold. This type of player can at times | | | | cards and then throw them away. This leaves me |
| be quite hard to play against and can even become | | | | playing with two aggressive players and I will then bet |
| quite annoying. Knowing that they are going to continue | | | | blind with them for a few rounds hoping that one of |
| to bet blind in this way makes it quite a hard decision | | | | them will eventually take a look at their cards. I of |
| for you to make if you have had a look at your cards | | | | course want this player to fold, if they do I will then |
| and have seen that you have been dealt a pair of say | | | | take a look at my own cards and bet even if I have |
| two's. This hand is quite hard to assess, it can win | | | | only a king or ace high hand. In bragg there are a lot |
| many hands but in another way seems quite weak. To | | | | more rubbish hands than good. With only two players |
| keep adding money to the pot takes a bit of bottle and | | | | ace high is actually quite a good hand. |
| your inner mind tells you to fold and wait for a better | | | | It is important not to let these over aggressive players |
| hand to arrive. | | | | bully you as this is what they want. Deal with them as |
| Other people play a very conservative game and will | | | | in how you should deal with a bully in every day life, |
| rarely bet blind for too long. When these people do | | | | stand up to them as most of them are cowards at |
| actually place a bet after looking at their cards they | | | | the end of the day. Good luck and enjoy your bragg. |
| more often than not go on to collect the money. | | | | As in all forms of gambling, remember to only gamble |
| After I have spent some time assessing the types of | | | | what you can afford to lose. |
| player that I am playing with, I am then in a better | | | | |