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If you lost some chips in Texas Hold’em, and you are the new short stack (person with the least amount of chips) then it may be time to go all-in and double up.

Steps

1. You have to look at the two cards you were dealt-
   
2. What position are you in- the small blind or big blind? If you are in the big blind and someone raised to get other people out of the pot, then you might consider raising all-in for a show down. (A show down occurs when there are two people in the pot and one is all-in, and both players’ cards are flipped over.)
   
3. What to base the decision on -If you want to go all-in, you should go all-in with good cards.
   
4. If you decide to go all-in, you can just hope the other person doesn’t have better cards than you. If they do have better cards, then you just have to hope you get a good card/cards on the flop, turn or river. (See tips section)
   
5. Win or lose you have a next time- If you win then you get to double up or if you called an all-in then you get the opponent’s/opponents’ chips. But if you lose well, better luck next time.
   

Tips

• If you try to bluff then you might get caught and someone will call you. So make sure you have decent or good cards.
  
• If before the flop you have pocket aces, kings, queens, jacks or maybe tens, then you might want to go all-in. If you have same suited cards that are good, like ace king, ace queen, ace jack, ace ten, king or queen, then it might be a good idea to go all-in or just call. If you got these cards but not in the same suit, then just call because they are good but not great. But if you got a four or six, and cards that are low like those, then just fold. If you are feeling lucky or you’re in the big blind, then just check or call if the bet isn’t much.
  
• Have a good poker face; don’t smile and give them a tell because you want someone to call you if you have really good cards.
  
• The flop, turn and river are community cards. You can use any of these but you can only have five cards altogether. The flop is the first three cards that come up, so maybe after you limped in and you hit a big flop, then maybe it’s time to move all-in. Then the turn is just one card that comes after the flop. The river is the very last card that comes after the turn and if you go all-in then, it may be riskier then going all-in before the flop.