Mentality

Don't get too upset/mad when you lose to a bad beat because in the long run you'll end up in profit. Don't start playing more hands to make up for a loss, take a deep breath and carry on. If you are still mad then take a break and came back later.Also if your winning don't get cocky and start playing weak hands, bluffing to much or as above move up stakes too fast- it could end in tears.


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Call cheap for the nuts

Its worth calling down with high(not even a pair) hands if there is a good chance, given the pot (see pot odds post), of you making a monster. The most common is a nut flush where you hold the ace (or king if the ace is on board) and often weaker players will call with ANY two suited cards in hope of a flush. If you hit your nut hand you will take all their money.

Good Luck

Pot Control 2

Hi Again,

Forgot to mention... Use pot control only when the board is dry. It would be unwise to not protect your hand. So if your hand is exposed to draws you must continue aggressive play. Do not allow draws to get in cheap!
There is no need to exercise pot control all the time.

Regards

Safety on Online Poker

You may of heard stories in the past about people getting conned by unknown poker rooms, but please don't let this scare you. As long as you stick with well known and large operators then your money is safe. You can check the Poker Room Reviews section. All Poker rooms mentioned there are 100% safe. Nebertheless, if you are affraid of using your credit cards on the poker rooms, you can open a Moneybookers account. Check here.

Good Luck.

Emotions in Poker

Please don't get too emotional or personal. I know it can be hard but try and keep a level head every hand, don’t try to get revenge on a player who might have got lucky against you. Keep cool claim and collective, people will get lucky against you every day. emotion has no place in a good poker player..

Stay cool....

Play the player not the cards...

Every poker site I ussualy play on has the ability to make notes on a player, which indefinitely stores info next to their name. Use this feature every time you notice anything different about the player like they play loose or bluff a lot. This means watch the table even if your not in the hand-information is priceless. You don’t need to write much but any personality traits can help you making whose tough decisions.

Take your notes and play the player not the cards...

Please dont

Don't get married to a hand. Make sure you don’t over play a hand which started well but got worse as the board progressed. The must common is high pocket pairs where people will not fold, regardless of the board. Do play them and do bet hard but make sure you have the discipline to fold if they go wrong- don’t throw good money after bad.

Good luck.