Poker Tips This section is for general poker tips.
Tip 1 Don’t stay in a game with online
poker players who prove to be better than you
are. While this makes perfect sense, few poker players tend to
listen to it for no other reason than they are convinced of their
own superior online poker play. If you find yourself unable to
properly read the board, gauge the other online players, calculate
pot odds and the like, you’re in over your head.
Tip
2
Don't rush in for a quick half-hour session. You won't have
the time to study the online poker players
before joining the table, and, if you play a tight game, you'll
probably end up posting a few blinds, maybe having a look at
a few flops, and possibly winning a poker hand. More often
than not all you'll be doing is adding to the pot for others
to win. Budget on at least an hour.
Tip
3
Pick a poker table that you can
afford. Remember that you'll be posting online blinds in at
least 20% of the hands if the table is a 10-seater, and more
often if the table seats less. If your current bankroll is
$50, you wouldn't really want to play at a $5-$10 table
Tip 4 Don’t play too many poker
hands. In
other words, BE PATIENT. Winning the online poker game and patience
go hand-in-hand. A good player knows that they have to throw away
the bulk of their starting hands while they wait for something that’s
truly playable. In online poker, if you start out trailing the only
way you can win is if you improve your hand and your online poker
opponent doesn’t. This tip is very important- so read the tip over
if you need to...
Tip 5 Your best friend at the poker
table is discipline. Conversely, ill discipline will separate you from
your money faster than anything else. If you've taken the trouble
to learn about starting poker hand standards, you'll know that you'll
be folding the majority of hands you are dealt. Nothing is more frustrating
than throwing away a poor starting poker hand only for the flop to
bring a pot-winning set, had you held on. What you have to remember
is that this will happen less often than not - statistically you
will lose money by holding on to poor starting hands in the hope
of catching the flop. You need discipline to stick to your game plan,
so prepare yourself for this before you join the poker table.
Tip 6 Once you've got an idea of the poker
players at the poker table, try and get a favorable seat relative
to the different types. You'll want the unpredictable, wildly aggressive
online poker players on your right, so that you can get out of a
marginal hand before it becomes too expensive. Timid and passive
players are great to have on your left, as the former will fold when
you bet aggressively as a bluff, and the latter will call anything,
but will seldom raise
Tip 7 Before you sit down, take some time
to watch the action at the table, and learn about the poker players.
Try and spot the really loose poker players, the maniacs, the tight
aggressive ones. Knowing whom you're up against can prove invaluable
in a showdown
Tip 8 There's an old poker truism: "you
can't play with scared money". Before you go join a poker table
accept that you may lose the money you take with you. If you can't
accept that, you'll end up playing a more timid game than you should,
and if your online poker opponents pick up on this, they'll regularly
drive you out of pots you could win by intimidating you with their
stacks. You need to play poker sensibly,
but in order to win, you must not be afraid to lose.
Tip 9 Never play a new poker game for high
stakes. There’s something to be said for challenging yourself, but
when it comes to learning a new online poker game the key is to go
slowly and play at a level much lower than your usual. Remember,
every game has its own subtle variations and nuances and while you
may be a master in a Texas Hold’em Limit
poker online game, you may find yourself floundering in No Limit
Or Omaha high-low.
Tip 10 Getting sucked into a drawing poker
online hand can be devastating to your bankroll at a no-limit table.
If you're drawing to the nut flush holding the Ace and another suited
card, against someone on a set, you can end up calling some expensive
bets only to miss the flush on the river. You may even end up having
to go all-in - and bankrupt. At a fixed limit poker table you're
protected against this
