When it’s your turn to bet, do not make impulse decisions.  Take your time, and think about what you are doing.  Phil Gordon has a great script that he runs through his head:

1. How are my opponents playing?
2. What are some of the hands my opponents are likely to hold?
3. What do my opponents think I have?
4. Am I in good position or bad position?

Think about these factors before you make your move.

I am going to spend the next group of posts, talking about Phil Gordon and his Little Green Book, which I believe to be one of the greatest Beginner/Novice poker books available on the shelves.  Not only is it an easy read, but it gives poker players the basic tools to move forward in their poker game and learn how to be a Winning Poker Player.

“Winning poker is not about winning money.  Nor is it about reading tells or being the best bluffer.  It’s not about winning the most pots.  Winning poker is about making the correct decisions” – Phil Gordon

With that being said, you have made a great decision by visiting Online Poker Secrets, as we are here to provide you with the best possibile Poker Secrets we can, and hopefully they will help in improving your game.

Dont give up at the end!  A big mistake that happens in poker, is that you realized by the time the river comes – you may not be good.  If you realize this, the biggest mistake you can make is Not betting (unless of course, you have absolute rubbish).  Make the final bet.  You may be surprised, and at the very least, you are putting the decision on your opponent instead of allowing them to do to you.

A major issue with poker players is, once they outplay someone, they think that they can always outplay that poker player.  DO NOT FALL INTO THIS BELIEF!!!! 

If you strongly outplay someone, be very conscious of what might happen in the future.  They may play tighter the next time and you need to be prepared to react accordingly.

When playing online poker, especially texas holdem, today’s game consists of a lot of students of the game.  Players are no longer weak in the majority – so they are paying attention to how you play.  A common peice of advice is to change up your bets often to keep your hand concealed.  With the hundreds of hands you will be playing in a session, I believe that it is really hard to keep track of every hand you play and ensure that you are changing up your bets enough to keep them concealed.

Instead of following this change structure in Online Poker, do the opposite and keep all of your bets the same.  If you are raising preflop, choose how much you want to raise (3x BB is my favourite) and continue to do that throughout your whole session, whether your hand is AA or 56 suited.  If you are reraising preflop, reraise again the same amount every time (2x the original raise is what I suggest) whether you are doing so with AK or 22.

Dont give your opponents the opportunity to find a glitch in your poker game.