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Observe your Opponents

I had been mentioning several days ago- in my posts- that one of the most frustrating aspects for a young (and that’s not referring to age, but to experience) Poker players can be when you go scrounging for all the information and advice you can get, only to find that while you might get some good advice, you have no idea how to translate that into a practical use at the Poker table. One of the most common examples I see of this is the sage advice: “Observe your opponents.”

This is great advice, and it is absolutely necessary to becoming a great Poker player, but what does this mean? That’s why in these articles I’ve tried to use as many concrete examples as I could, so maybe it would help anyone reading it along the way a couple good players helped me out when I was just getting started. Here’s a lesson from a game a couple days ago that hopefully can help illustrate part of what it means to “study your opponent.”

Part of the difference between an extremely tight good player and a player who plays strong hands but fails miserably is knowing how to play those good starting hands. I watched a player show down with the following three hands, which ended up with three boards like this. All three were hands he lost:

His hand: The board:


Now granted, he ran into bad luck, but that first hand should have been thrown away the moment a bet showed up, that second hand had “proceed with extreme caution” written all over it, and that third, you just accept you’re having a bad day and get rid of it—especially by the turn. He kept playing them, though, and lost a lot of chips.

Here’s my observations from “watching.” He is NOT a strong player. Just because he has a strong starting hand does not mean he knows how to play it—in fact he kept betting those hands to the river. Other players respected him when they missed their hands, but I watched the board. Pocket pairs always had a chance of hurting me, but I knew he overvalued starting hands. If I had 3rd pair on a junk board, I kept betting because he was paying me off high cards. If I hit a weak flush or weak straight, I kept betting because he was valuing a pair too high.

See the difference? Just a glance of the cards he shows would say strong player, but that’s not the right read. He plays strong starting hands, so you should know if you have pocket nines and the flop is all face paint, you want to throw your pair away because he’s likely to have hit big. If you limped in with 2-2 suited and the board is 2-T-A, you’re all set to go. Don’t just watch the hands, watch how they’re played. It’ll be a big boost to your game and your bank roll.

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DON'T BUY THE SEX, BUY THE GAME

I have been told over and over again, that in Poker, sex sells. Though i know that sex is one of the greatest gift of being alive, and though i had been invited several times, i still think that sex for the sake of Poker should be avoided.

I really think it is kind of disgusting if you engage in sex just so you can know the secret or whatever it is to know about that particular famous Poker player. I mean, you can be successful in your own way. If you are really determined, nothing is impossible and you can beat every opponent you want to beat. I always say to those who ask, read Poker Reviews so you will know what is the right, Poker Rooms and Poker Strategy suited for you. Though some Poker Review sites are purely advertorial, there are still some sites out there who offer honest and unbiased reviews. An example would be the links in this post, just follow the links and you will be directed to the site where i think every single review is honest.

Moving on to Poker strategy here are some helpful tips for beginners or average Poker players. Be sure to follow it by heart, not just by mind.


My friends and I started out learning Poker by playing sit and go tournaments. It was a great way to learn about tournaments, blinds structure and aggression while not bleeding your whole deposit in a couple hours. We actually use to pride ourselves on how long it would be until we had to reload! Playing very tight a few years ago was actually the thing to do to make money.

Or at least not lose money. When you are learning Poker strategy that is especially crucial.

Super rock tight isn’t exactly the best way to play sit and go tournaments these days, because there are a lot of educated players now that use Poker calculator tools that really help their game and vastly improve critical decision making. Now wouldn’t it be great to have a system or training tool that can help you with those types of decisions?

Well, yeah having the right Poker tools is definitely an advantage, but it is the right moves that will make you win.

Pokeris a game that is filled with decisions which need to be made, risks that need to be taken and money that gets to go home with someone. If you want it to be you, you have to make the right moves.

Which move should you make ?

Is a fold the best thing to do? Perhaps a bet or maybe even a call is best.

Depending upon what move you make, the entire game is affected. However, in order to know what move to make, you need to know what is going on within the game. One of the most important things to remember is this; when you feel as if you should bet but you don't know for sure if you should just call, you should always bet.

That means that you have a feeling something good is in your hand or that you're going to take the game. Another thing to remember is that if you are having doubts and feel as if you're not going to win the round, you should most likely just fold.

Sure, it seems difficult however, you need to pay attention to your intuition as well as to the outward signs of how the game is going and who you are playing. When you are able to play 'in your face' and Poker make the other players sweat a bit and second guess themselves, you should go for it.

By betting or raising, you are placing more money in the pot as bait for other players to do the same. You are increasing the amount of money that you can possibly win and playing this kind of poker is a great way to take home the loot. A lot of times within the game of , if Poker you re- raise an opponent, he or she is going to want to prove that they are not afraid to check or even raise again.

This is one of the best Poker strategies that you can use in certain situations. Let's say you have the nuts and your opponents are raising and betting and action is good. Should you raise again ?

In most instances, simply calling and allowing yourself another round in the game is a great way to get as much money as you can from the bets. This is because you are in the game, you know that you can't be beaten but you are not scaring anyone off either by betting really high.

All of these moves are dependent upon the situation you are in during the game as well as what kind of players you are playing against. One thing is for sure; you want them second guessing their every move and afraid of you. That's how great Poker players win games.

The tips i just told you are a better way to improve your Poker standing rather than being part of the mediocre crowd who uses act of population to gain advances.

Poker thoughts....

I have been playing Poker for the past couple of years and have yet to get tired of it. Many conservative people might not like the idea of getting my whole income just by playing but i do not really care. I enjoy the job i do and i get a lot of money from it. I think that is what really matters. Do not get me wrong, i am an environmental lawyer just like the famous Poker player David Singer, and i still practice that profession until now, without charging anyone. I mean, i am earning a lot just by using my skills in Poker, the least i can do for my environment is to take care of it without charging anyone.

As someone who is so used to seeing both sides of the coin, i know that playing Poker has its practical and addicting side, whether you play at home or in the casino. For the young generation, especially the youth today, i do not think they should be playing Poker for a living. They still have a lot ahead of them, and it is way better if they focus on their passion. If they like to write, then they should write first, rather than playing Poker for a living right away. One thing that i have observed in some is that by playing Poker and getting addicted to it, they tend to abandon their dreams of becoming someone- other than being the best Poker player of course. They are not wrong in saying that a Poker job, is the best job but if money is not an issue, i would not let it be my primary source of income.

Sure playing Poker generates huge amount of money i wouldn't get in a year of hard work of plain 'lawyering', but it still saps your potential of becoming someone if only money is not an issue. With Poker career growth is impossible. Unless you are the manager or whatever, your Poker career is stagnant. What happens after you win huge money and then be known by all the ladies and big bosses around? Nothing. You just gain a lot of money and fame but not the knowledge of being a professional writer, actress, lawyer, etc.

I never meant to preach, i am just merely saying that Poker is not everything, and you should not make Poker your everything.

Come to think of it, being a great Poker player requires skills that a lot of mediocre Poker players do not have. I just do not like it when some people regard Poker living as trash. Do they even know what they are talking about?

Though too much of playing Poker is bad, Poker still as an art, one that you have to work hard for. Working hard means studying hard every move or strategy that will be helpful to you so you can beat the sharks. You can read several Poker Reviews and joing Poker Forums. Another way to enhance Online Poker skills is by observing games.

I love Poker but i still think too much of it is bad. And just because i say too much of it is bad, it does not mean that people can just regard as a small thing, because obviously it's not since you need to possess state of the art skills and mindset to be able to win.

The thing with online poker

Have you noticed that victory in Online Poker is a hard and an extremely frustrating affair?

Right. I know you’re a Poker addict, and I also know you have studied Online Poker for years now- i am too- but more often than not something is just not right when it comes to playing Online Poker. Read on, maybe you can relate to my ramblings.

I am really not sure if reading poker books can make you produce wise decisions when it comes to beating your Online Poker opponent. But some still read those Poker books since they are written by true professionals, with tens of years of experience in Poker, all of them not only making a mere living off the game, but amassing fortunes on account of their Online Poker skills.

I know i have no right to judge their Poker ways but here is an interesting what if. What if those books were not even written and is not applicable to the game you play everyday in your PC?

Those books are about real Poker. They talk about playing Poker in flesh and discuss situations and address live Poker issues. Turns out, Online Poker has few things in common with the real casino Poker other than its rules.

For one thing, live Poker players are used to being bombarded with a plethora of tells all the time. There are so many Poker tells, from facial expression to signs of anxiety, and the mirrors of the soul: the eyes, that it would be tough to even queue them all up here.

Sometimes people will look absolutely disinterested in their hand, they’ll even get up and leave the table when they have nothing but rags. You will never have such easy tells in Poker.

Things that are forbidden in real Poker are not regulated in any way in
Poker People can play while on the phone or while having visitors over. They can be playing together with a rookie, trying to teach him/her to play… Calls can often be made by a simple mistake (allowing the rookie to play on his own, or by clicking on the wrong button of the interface).
Poker is a world apart from its casino brethren.

Not only will a good live Poker player have to deal with a shortage of tells, he’ll also have to deal with opponents under circumstances he’d never experienced or thought possible.

Sometimes, online players do not even aim to become long term winners. Promotions like rakeback, cashback or prop deals will allow them to be slight losers at the end of the month and still end up making money. At a live Poker table you’re always 100% sure of your opponent’s goals. In Poker…that is simply not the case.

There is a lot of multi-tabling going on online as well. People play at 2-6 tables at a time, possibly more, in order to maximize the rake they generate, which will get them more rakeback and their bonuses unlocked. Multi tabling is also one of the simplest ways to squeeze some significant dough out of low and micro limit tables.

How are you going to play against a guy who is paying attention to 5 more tables in the same time?

There are tells in Poker too, only they have absolutely nothing in common with the tells you may get used to in casino Poker. Betting patterns are the most powerful tells here, including the speed of reaction. If you check then suddenly 3 other players check on you almost instantly, that means they already had their user interface set to check/fold before you made your decision. That means, they probably do not have a thing.

Looking for clues to whether someone is multi-tabling or not is also important. This guy will play plain strategy. Bet when he has something, fold on everything else. He cannot afford to credit more of his attention to any particular table, so he’ll have to play it in a simplistic manner.

I order to learn to play Poker properly…you’ll probably have to wait till books on this specific subject come out, or - if you cannot afford to wait - go out there and learn through trial and error.