Friday, May 22nd, 2009 at
4:42 pm
In online poker, its much easier to do this than it is in a live poker game, but you should definitely think this way in both circumstances. Once you have chips in your hand, no longer view the chips as money. They are just chips. Clay chips that you can use as your force. If you remove the idea of cash behind the chips – you will be able to focus more on playing the game then on winning money and then you will find yourself winning more money than you thought possible!
Thursday, May 21st, 2009 at
4:40 pm
Concentrate on how you are playing, not how much you are winning. In online poker, the swings are there – this is inevitable. What you need to pay most attention to is if you are playing the game well or not. If you are playing well, then you will overcome the swings – but if you are only concentrating on how much money you are making – your mental state will always be affected by this.
Monday, May 18th, 2009 at
4:34 pm
If you arrive in a game, online OR offline, and you are over-eager to play poker - this is generally going to affect the way you play. You want to get into the game, and you want to start playing – but if your hands are not good, you may find yourself wanting to play them just to get into the game. If your hands are ok, you may find yourself over playing them. And if your hands are great, you may find yourself not getting the value you need out of your hands!
A great online poker secret would have to be, play when you are calm, relaxed, in a zone, and ready to focus.
Wednesday, May 13th, 2009 at
8:19 pm
Learning to let go is a pivital part of growth in online poker. Steaming and Tilting are only going to make you suffer. Its best if you can learn this as early as possible in the game, so that you dont have to break a bad habit.
If you lose a hand, dont write into chat FFS and What a terrible beat and Of course you would win, donkey!
Let it go. Just let it go. Expect the worst so that when the worst occurs, you are not blown away.
Monday, May 11th, 2009 at
6:03 pm
Just because you did well in online poker at one point, doesnt mean that you will continue to do so. Poker is an ongoing game and you should be continuously learning. Focus on how good you are today, not how good you were yesterday.