“Good warriors prevail when it is easy to prevail” -Sun Tzu

As other of our online poker secrets have stated, poker is a game of patience, a game of the long run, and a waiting game.  It’s not just the game you need to wait on, but your opponents as well.  Take advantage of your opponents when they are at their weakest point.  This may be after they have lost a few buy-ins or a few big hands OR maybe when they have been playing for a long while and are lacking concentration (time out more frequently) Or it could be that they are starting to play more loose than what they began to do.

Pay attention to your opponents and find when they are breaking down.

Your lack of ability to learn from your mistakes, your rationalization of playing marginal hands, lack of patience, inability to play emotionless….these are your biggest opponents, all within yourself.  If you can take the time to master a Zen like state in poker, then you will be eliminating your biggest opponent and creating a more profitable game of online poker.

Poker is not a game about Right Now, even though the ability to win right now is a possibility.  The biggest trap in Online Poker would have to be the chance to have immidiate profit at the instant that you want to play. 

The reality is, your impatience to win Now can be a hinderance to your game.  Desperation isnt the way to play poker.  Poker is a game of patience and a game of time, so keep in your head that your wins will come over time, and they will.

“There is interaction if there is a call for it, no interaction if there is no call for it” – Zen master Yangshan

The reality in poker is, there is no unwritten rule that just because you have been dealt 100 terrible hands, doesnt mean that you should play second rate cards because you are “due to win”!  Patience will be tested, but you will not be rewarded for your patience until you begin to receive the hands you should be playing. 

Online Poker Secrets suggests that if you have been folding a lot, and your hands still arent improving: KEEP FOLDING!

We have all heard this one before, but that doesnt mean we all listen.  Its amazing that the smallest peices of advice in Poker are actually the most important to listen to.  Patience is key when playing poker, ESPECIALLY online!  You are seeing so many hands/hour, and its so easy to play hands just because they are there.  Whether you are playing tournament poker or cash games, patience can be key to your success – as all it takes is 1 bad move and your game could be thrown.