When to not play Holdem Poker
When to Not Play
1. When you have lost concentration. Doesn’t have to be a huge break, but enough to at least clear your head and regain focus. After a couple hours of good concentration, it’s easy to catch yourself browsing the poker forums, watching TV, chatting with friends, etc. Every single time those activities hurt your profits. Other times the cards are just cold, you start getting raised out of pots, your image goes downhill, you start paying to tight or too passive and you start worrying about your profits then quit the game. It’s ok to quit the game sometimes, just be glad that you’re a card shark money maker instead of some World of Warcraft addict.
2. When you know you should be doing something else; like homework, getting ready to go out with friends, girlfriend, cleaning the house, whatever. Why? Because your play will suffer and you will accomplish nothing. Always go to poker with a clean and clear mind.
3. When you have a bad session still on mind. You should always come to the table fresh and clear-headed.
4. Showing off in front of friends. Most poker is boring folds so don’t try to push everything for entertainment’s sake.
5. When you are tired, late at night, or playing too long and losing – bad, bad combination. These factors all feed off one another.
6. When you are in a dirty, cluttered place. Play in a clean, organized, and well-lit setting. It’s worth the trouble to clean your poker environment.
To succeed in poker, become like a chameleon. You need to adapt to the table, adapt to the players, and adapt to the cards. Attack when your opponents are weak, fold when they are strong. When they lash out in frustration, be there with a real hand. When they finally hit something and get their hopes set, frustrate them further by disappearing. As soon as the next hand begins, be back in their faces again.
If they are check-call stations, then wait for real hands. Do not bluff. You can still raise preflop, but make sure you have something. If your opponents fold too much, then bet more. Always be fresh, clean, focused, and methodical in your destruction of their bankrolls. You image may seem calm or it may seem wild, but you aren’t; you are what the situation calls for. You are cold-blooded and silent like the lizard. You don’t bitch about suck outs, don’t brag, you just sit there and take their money.
It’s better to make a bad fold than a bad call. With a real hand its better to bet too much than not enough. Its better quit than to continue when in doubt. Its better to get sucked out on than it is to suck out. Its better to raise or fold than it is to call. The key to no limit hold em is experience. To develop reads and learn how to play against the many players out there requires hours and hours of experience. Patience is also necessary. This means being tight on your starting hands, waiting for good flops, being patient when your hand gets counterfeited by the board. You cannot destack someone every hand so be patient.
Theres my 2 cents, goodluck!
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