Poker Tips

Just a short tip today. Actually it’s quite simple. When you’re playing and things don’t seem to be going so well, just take some time off before you start tilting. When you’re on tilt you will only give your money away and that certainly can’t be why you sat down. So whenever you feel the rage coming, be smart and get out.

The maniac can sometimes difficult to handle because you never know what he is going to do and playing back at him is certainly not the trick, unless you absolutely know what you’re doing. When you start playing back by re-raising you’re just allowing yourself into his area of expertise, playing with crap hands, and you probably will get smacked. Unless he’s a maniac-sucker, but you’ll find out soon enough. 
Here’s a little tip on how to take on the maniac at the table: Call more. 

Because I get asked a lot about the best way to play tight aggressive, I thought it’s time for a nice tip on how to…
Let me first explain the words ‘tight’ and ’aggressive’.

Many poker players seem to forget that one of the most important poker strategies is required before you even sit down: table selection.

There’s a big difference between cash- and tournamentplay, I suppose you know that by now. But exactly what is it that makes the difference? Allow me to let you in on some of the secrets.

You remember how I’ve been stressing to play tight in the early stages of a Sit & Go match?

Bluffing is the art of making other players believe you have a better hand than you really have. If used correctly bluffing can help you enhance your profits from poker and win big. Here are ten tips to help you bluff successfully.
Tip 1: Bluff when “someone” might have made a good hand. An example is when the third of a suit hits the board. “Someone” might have a flush. If you bet as if you have the flush, the other players may believe you.

AS you can see, everybody has those moments ...

In the early stages of a tournament you should be keeping it tight. You know that by now.
In this tip I would like to go a little deeper into why it is so important to start loosening up after players get eliminated. There are several reasons, some mathmatic and other more player orientated:
- First of all [...]

‘On the bubble’ is a tricky spot to be in.
Basically it means that, in any tournament, if you get eliminated ‘on the bubble’, you are the last person to be eliminated without making any money. Everybody from then on gets some money.
So what does that do to your playing style? Since you don’t want to [...]