Welcome to the third part of my step-by-step guide to becoming a winning player at the cash tables. Last time I talked about the type of plays, betting and information to be gleaned pre-flop. But what do you do once those all-important first three community cards hit the baize? Well, just in case you’ve all been playing perfectly pre-flop, then simply checking everything down because you don’t know what to do next, I’d better press on – there’s money to be made.

As before I won’t be teaching you too many specific actions in specific circumstances because poker is such a situational game.