Surely more than once, during the broadcasting
of a poker game on TV or in the course of a game on a platform you did not know
before, you have seen the expression "combo". Far from what it may
seem, "combo" refers to the combination of cards that you have been
dealt and with which you will have to try to form the best hand together
with the community cards.
A combo in poker can be considered a synonym
for "hand", since it refers to the combination of poker cards that a
player has been dealt to play. However, it is a term that accepts more meanings
and can have some nuances depending on the context of the player and the
circumstances of the game.
We understand by "poker combinations"
those mixtures of cards that have been assigned to a player to play poker. It
is also called "hand", a term that can also refer either to the cards
that the player has in his possession (own cards) or to the project that he has
managed to bind (the combination of own and community cards that he has
used to beat the opponents in the showdown, for example).
As a general rule, combos in poker refer to the
player's hand. It is, therefore, an expression that does not imply the
accumulation of chips, points or any other element, as it can happen in
other card games.
In spin poker games, where multipliers can be
used, the word "combo" can appear to refer to the sum of the winnings
of the game together with the additional incentives added as a
consequence of the application of such multiplier.
In short, we can say that a poker combination
can have one meaning or another depending on the context, the type of game and
the circumstances of the round at the time the expression appears.
If we take the original meaning of poker combinations
and focus on the mix of cards that the player uses to form the best hand, then
we have to talk about hierarchies and card combinations that can lead the
player to victory.
Both in a Texas Hold'em or Omaha game,
we must take into account the order from highest to lowest of these poker
combos according to their value:
The word "combo" is often used to
refer to the union of one element with another. It is a pejorative term
that comes from "combination" and that in poker is usually used to
refer to the combination of cards.
However, it is also often used as an indication
that additional elements have been added to your payoff to multiply it.
This is quite common in Sit & Go games, frantic rounds where a few players
fight for a bounty to which a random multiplier may be added to increase the
prize.
On those occasions, we talk about other poker
combos. It is necessary to differentiate a "combo" of hand from a
"combo" of reward. Hence the importance of paying attention,
especially when extracting written information, to the context and
circumstances of the game.
In poker, combos are fundamental in any
self-respecting strategy. Knowing how to count them, define them and use
them to penetrate our opponent is essential to make the right
decisions in the game.
To extract the maximum possible information, it
is necessary to have made a preliminary observation of the player and to have
tried to analyze the game of our opponent. It is important to have an
approximate idea of the options he has and the way he approaches the game
in each turn. This allows us to open our own range of combos to try to
elucidate what kind of cards he may have and how he can use them, something
vital for our strategy.
It is also important to talk about blockers,
both preflop and postflop. Here, we understand by poker combos the
combinations of cards that the opponents may have, taking into account that the
preflop game is very opaque, but we know that the cards we have are not going
to be repeated.
This data can be used for our calculation of
odds and outs postflop, where we can determine how many blockers can be on
the table. Let us understand by blocker that card that has come out or that is
going to come out and that cannot be used for any strategic forecast.
The blockers have a direct relationship with
the calculation of outs, which can allow us to deduce which cards are still to
come out and what are the probabilities of being able to finish our
project. Normally, in postflop play there are more combos as there are fewer
blockers. Something that can become more complex when talking about suited
combos (or suited cards), where the suits are fundamental.
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