Simple Rules for Playing Poker Online

When you play online poker, your adrenaline will jump up and down as the game progresses and this is expected. This is fine as long as you remember the basic rules and that you follow them consistently to get the odds in your favor. With that said, here are the top ten rules you might find useful:

1. Do Not Bluff Inferior Opponents
If you happen to play against an opponent that you have confirmed is worse than you, try not to bluff specially if you notice that he makes a call on most of the bets. Usually, these types of players think that you are faking and call most of the time, thinking that they can get lucky. Not good. This will result in you losing money.

2. Do Not be Afraid to Go All-In Against a Superior Opponent
If you think you have the odds on your side, even if slim, you should go for it, like a puncher going for one big punch against a skilled boxer. This beats battling it out for hours against a player you know has vastly superior skills than you.

3. You Don't Have to Win Every Hand in Heads-Up Play
You do not have to win every single hand. You do not have go all-in every time you think you have a strong hand. When you play heads up, the whole point is to chip at your opponent slowly (pardon the pun), so do not go for the nuke option to get all his chips in one shot. Slow and steady is the key. Remember that you do not even have to win most of the hands anyway, just the important ones. When you do get a killer hand, place a bet small enough to stay within calling range of your opponent, but make it large enough to get the most money for your hand.

4. Drop Weak Hands
We all have been there, where you continously get one mediocre hand after the other, and you get tempted to play one of them. Take a deep breath, count to ten, and hold off. Wait and see since the converse is also true, when a streak of good hands that you can maximize, will follow.

5. Excercise Patience
Online poker on the web is usually much faster than regular play, which can impact your ability to make the right call. So try to ignore these beeps and nags from your poker site and make full use of your allotted time.

6. Do Not Give Up Prematurely
When your chips start reallly going down, you will be tempted to make the large bets in an effort to catch up, and you start really calling long shots. Cut it out and do not panic.

7. If You Do Not Feel Well, Do Not Play
If you are sick, then do not play. Simple eh? Just remember that online internet gambling will always be there for you, 24X7, so only play when you are in great shape.

8. Pay Attention When Your Opponents Change Their Style of Play
If your opponent has played according to a pattern for most of the game, then plays totally different, you must pay attention. It's possible that you are walking into a trap. If an opponent has been playing conservatively all night then bets all-in, or starts betting minimum after going big all night, or even when they take their time all of a sudden when calling or raising on big bets, watch out. If your gut tells you something is not right, trust it, then fold.

9. Mix it Up
In the online world of poker, patterns of play are easily detectable, which opponents will take advantage of, since you have made yourself predictable. So learn how to mix it up, like alternating flat calling and variable raising a big blind pre-flop in Texas Hold 'Em. Keep them guessing but do not go crazy by playing hands that can easily be beaten.

10. What the Hell Happened ? (Aka PostMortem)
It does not matter whether you win, lose or draw. You need to learn from all of them. Be critical of what you did good, what you did that is bad, and what you can do to fix the bad part. Also make a note of what your opponents did that you can learn from, also on both good and bad moves. This is the best way to learn and improve your game. As in any postmortem, write it down for future reference, or even better, record it electronically on your PC. It makes it easy to evaluate later.

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