Most new players go allin because they don't know how to play. Learn to play and enjoy making more money!

Imagine a 2-4NL game. Is anyone ever gonna call a 400 dollar preflop raise? NO! Only with AA and maybe a few with KK.


As for strategy, try http://www.kleptic.com for a very tight game plan(which is what you should be using if you are new).

One of the trickiest things about NLHE is how to play certain hands, and your goals with them. Hands like QKs you raise preflop to knock out the hands like Axs(of your suit), so your flush is clean if you happen to hit it. Are you playing for the pairs or for the straight/flush?

QK is a good hand if a K or Q falls in a raised pot and you're sure nobody has AK or AQ. It plays well multi-way though too, because your drawing to the high straight and high flush. But if you play KQs with alot of limpers and a K or Q falls, your hand isnt worth very much because someone already has a better hand, or is drawing to it.

Does it make sense? The more/less players in the pot, the different hand your hoping to draw to. Heads up, drawing to a straight or flush is tough because you don't have good odds since your opponent will be raising and reraising.

And that's just one hand! People could write books on how to play all the hands. That's what experience is for.