Play Poker With Fish, And Handle The Bad Beats

By Billy Kernow

So you might be new yourself at poker, but you don't view yourself to be an sorry player. Maybe you aren't special but you're heading towards good and the biggest problem you face is losing to awful players who simply do not comprehend the game.

Of course they are likely new players too, but you should have the advantage because you read all the good poker authors, paid for membership training, watched a few videos and managed your bankroll sensibly well. The problem is that your bankroll is at best, unimpressive. You might in fact analyze your poker bankroll and become disappointed at its lack of development.

You might as well try and get used players like this because that's what online poker is all about. These types of players normally lose their money because they do not realize the games' fundamentals, even though they might be up for the moment.It's rather improbable that you're going to figure out why they are playing to win and are, and in fact since they probably don't know either, this isn't worth your time. You simply need to trap players like this with choice hands and more than a reasonable prospect of a lucrative outcome. Now there's a few ways you want to be doing that so as to preserve your stack at the same time.

Pot size management. It's critical to not let the size of the pot run away from you until you know you have the strongest hand, or even the nuts. Weak players will play any two cards so you won't be able to estimate what they will have, which leaves the burden on you to make sure you are ahead before your chips goes in. That's when you make the suckers pay, otherwise don't get involved in big pots with players who can beat you holding 83 offsuit.

Mucking your cards pre-flop. This is even more important if you're out of position to the antagonist, but even with medium strength hands you're still going to be arbitrarily guessing what he has. That can be a problem playing post flop with an freakish player.

Be patient grashopper. As terrible as they play, you may not get the cards to take him down - at least this time. Be certain though, that player is like thousands of others waiting to give you their money. If not him, patience will grant you with another sorry player that will accommodate.

Table position. You don't want to get caught in front of these players with "potential" hands. Your blinds will get burned away and cause you to make irriational plays because of a dwindling, discouraging game. See low-priced flops against slow maniacal players.

Don't bluff them a story. They cannot read the "poker story" you are trying to communicate. The board may have numerous overcards to their pocket 6's and they will still call you. Save yourself some grief and coin, do NOT bluff poker suckers.

Rope a donkey by the tail. Once you do get a lousy player in the good situation, then you need to do your best to trap him for all his money. He may want to bluff you, but he may also call a lot off too. You need to know what kind of fool he is by profiling.

Nobody likes to lose pots to awful poker players and every lost pot has heartache associated with it. Just remember you are a stronger player, and you know how to get chips from them in the right time and right hand. - 31897

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