Wednesday, November 22, 2006

Texas Hold’em Poker Tip - How to Improve Your Game Cheap & Easy

Ok so you have read your books, your reading our blog and others, and your saying to yourself there are some good tips out there. Now you are thinking to yourself, well how do I incorporate them into my game without getting killed?

Every poker site has free games, points you earn that can be used to play games, as well as penny games. Make use of them. You may say to yourself well those people call every hand, every card and call down to the river with nothing, so how can that help me with my game? Well you have to look at it two ways.

First of all, say you want to incorporate the getting involved early or the aggression part of your game into the fold. How do you do it without going broke or giving away a tournament? Play the free, points and penny games. Although the caliber of player is not what you are accustom to, it will hone your game in the long run.

Trust I have tried many new facets of my games at these types to see how it works. You still get players that want to win, especially at the penny games, who want to show how good they are and what brilliant players they are. You will get all the name calling, donkey playing, stupid move I know more than you players at those games as well. Even when you lose, and you will lose at times, your not getting killed and you get to experience real action and game situations which nothing else can compare to.

The second and also very very important thing that those games can help you work on is predicting hands. As always you really have to be honest with yourself. I suggest that you keep track at first. Use a piece of paper and log the situation and what you think everyone has, especially the hands your not playing.

Most sites allow you to take notes on a player. DO IT. And the next time you play them see if those notes are accurate of if the player stays true to form. Watch betting patterns, hands they tend to play over and over and the position they play from and finally what type of bluffs they like to try and pull. Patterns will develop and the more attention you pay to this the better you will be in the long run.

Most importantly, you get to see what type of game works for you and what doesn’t. Some people just are not good at being overly aggressive and it shows. Others give away their hands at the first sign of trouble and get bullied. The most important thing you can do to improve your game is play it. Use the free, point and penny games to try new things and not go broke in the process. Have fun with your game, but remember you are always playing to win and always paying attention. As always, bet to win.

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