TEXAS HOLD'EM TIPS
FOR ONLINE POKER PLAYERS

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Ten Quick Texas Hold'em Tips
for Online players

Tip Six: The Chat: A general tip here: Avoid getting into long chats with other players. You can't play well and carry on a decent conversation at the same time, so don't try. A specific tip here: If you must make friends and throw compliments around, aim for the two players on your right. They're the ones who are in the position to pound your blind. Making allies there can save you some money. Many players you befriend will refrain from raising your blind almost as if you are on the same "team". Skeptical? you wouldn't believe how many times it's worked for me.

Tip Seven: Work the Lobby: Most poker sites have statistics about each game being played in the Virtual Lobby. Spend more time here than the average player. Don't sign up for the "first available game" option and always watch a round or two at a table before you sign on for a seat. Check the available stats on the games at the limit you want to play and use them to find a table you can beat with your style of play. Keep track of how you do at a table with a given set of stats and after a time you'll be able to narrow down your table options. You'll know what average pot size usually does best for you, what percentage of callers before the flop, etc. If you're not happy in your game or the players change, check the lobby to see if it still falls in your preferable table zone. It probably no longer will. Now you have statistical evidence telling you to find a new table. So hey, find a new table.

Tip Eight: Don't Whine No Matter What: This is an online disease. Have some dignity and don't cry over the river. Everyone takes there share of bad beats, especially in low limit. If you're steaming just take a break or fold the next few hands until you calm down.

Tip Nine: Don't Give Lessons at the Table: So you finally went and read a poker book and now you're an "expert." Keep it to yourself. You won't find any decent players dishing out advice. They know it's counterproductive to educate bad poker players. If you do this, every good player at the table will know you've been playing poker for exactly not long and will pound you accordingly.

Tip Ten: Never Point Out Bad Play: This is another thing that's way more prevalent online than it is in the casinos thanks to the "I'm invisible" factor. Don't ever criticize a player who just beat you with a pathetic hand and a miracle river. For one thing no one cares, for another thing the player may leave the table and give you no chance to get your chips back. That means the fish has not only stolen the bait off your hook, but has also swam away. Nice goin', Tex.

 

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