In order to win at poker you must develop a strategy. Poker playing requires a lot of patience and to achieve a strategy you have to have experience. One of the best ways to gain experience is to play online poker tournaments. You can play for free or for cash. There are many levels of tournaments so you don't have to spend a lot of money to gain your experience. You can have an income for online poker called rake back.
In order to protect your hands you must develop the ability not to give away whether you have a strong or weak hand. That old adage poker face comes into play here. In poker when people can read your facial expressions or the way you move your hands or cough when you have a good hand are called tells. You don't want anyone to be able to tell what kind of hand you have. One way to do this is to show no expression in your face while you are playing. Of course when people are you used to seeing no expression on your face you could use that to the advantage to bluff. You don't want to bluff too often or they will get onto your game
After you are seated at the table and feel comfortable look around at the other players and watch them as they're playing to see if they have any tells. Watch them and observe if there any motions like tapping the table, being impatient which might show they have a good hand and they want to get it over with. After you have won a few hands and the other players see that you know how to play you could try a bluff. Now remember if you get caught in a bluff you could lose some money and the other players will know that you are capable of bluffing. Some players will try to engage you in conversation just to learn about how you play.
Patience is a virtue. This is a good saying for a poker player. You don't want to play every hand, you want to keep good cards and fold on anything less than good. Sometimes this is really hard to do because you get bored. When you do have a good hand you want to keep the other players in the game. This is called pot building. If it looks like the other players are staying, up your bet. If you are dealt a pair of aces it's a good idea to raise the bet before the flop to ensure that the other players won't stay in with hands that they have to draw to.
Practice makes perfect. Go online. Play the poker tournaments. Remember there are even tells online. Keep your mind open and watch how the other players bet. Do they just play good hands and fold all the time. Do they play every hand. Do they slow play a good hand. Everyone has their own strategy of playing poker and so can you.
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