Though obviously big pairs are the clear favorites, and usually therefore the kinds of poker hands you want to have, when facing several opponents in a pot preflop their odds go significantly down. In a large multiway pot, even when flops come down seemingly quite benign (say, you are holding KK and the flop is 4 7 10), it can be hard to tell, in the face of certain types of aggression whether you have actually been outflopped, or if a player is aggressively betting thinking his top pair is good. In these kind of instances in poker en ligne , knowing the tendencies of your opponent is majorly key. Is the player the type willing to go broke with just one pair? Is he the kind who would reraised a bet on the flop with a set, or with an open ended draw? Having seen how you opponents deal with their hands in earlier scenarios is vital to deciding whether your big pair has gotten caught. But what about when you have little to no information about a poker player? You’ve just taken a seat and already find yourself in such a position? Here, it comes down to feel, to pot odds, and to how much you stand to lose or gainas whereas sometimes it might be worth it to lay down a hand where you aren’t sure, in others you just have to hold your breath and hope you make it through.