An important note about playing poker tournaments:  Know the structure before you play!

This is important because, any changes in the structure can affect your overall play.  If the structure is regular for the first 2 hours, and then afterwards, speeds up a bit – you will have to make a change in your game.  If you arent aware of this before you begin the poker tournament, you may find yourself struggling to catch up and then you are not playing your A game.

If you already know the ins and outs of playing poker online, this online poker secret just might be what it takes for you to transition from a losing to a winning poker player.

No matter what stake you are playing, you should always have a minimum of 10x the Max Buy-in in your bankroll.  DO NOT MOVE UP STAKES, UNTIL YOU HAVE ATLEAST 10X MAX BUY-IN TO THE NEXT LEVEL!!!

Having an appropriate bankroll to play a certain level of poker is just as important as understanding how to play the game!  I keep a general rule to myself that if I am going to move up stakes, I must have atleast 15x the max buy-in for the game – this way, i have 5x buy-ins to play with and keep myself at the stake I am playing, without moving back down.

You may not think it, but your health is a very important factor when playing online poker.  If you dont feel well, you would just call in sick if you were working at an office right?  So what is the difference between your day job and playing poker? 

Treating poker as a business (if you are looking to profit of course) is exactly what needs to be done, so if you are under the weather, take the day off.

Don’t change the way you are playing poker just because you are losing. The reality in online poker (and live too) is sometimes your good cards just dont hold up, or you just dont get the cards you want. If you feel you are playing good poker and are winning consistently you may have a bad day or two or 10 even! Don’t let these losing days change the way you play or make you start to question the way you are playing.

To ride the rush you have to weather the storm too!

When playing poker, it is important to know who you can take advantage of and who you cant.  The reality is (even though you may not want to admit it), there will be instances where there are players at the poker table that are better than you! 

Its important to focus on outplaying the players you know will give you respect, or the players that are fishy at the table.  Dont get too involved with the players that have the ability to take advantage of you, as this wont be a profitable circumstance.