Patience is an
absolute must. Patience is the absolute key to
becoming a skilled poker player. What we don?t see
on TV are the hours that the players actually play
during the games. Some of them take
forever!
A great player will
wait for as long as they need to pounce on the right
hand. They may wait for a great starting hand,
limp in and find some gold on the flop or bluff their
way to riches. The bottom line is they can wait and wait
for just the right moment.
How do you know when
that moment is? Experience is one way. The
second way is deciding to play patiently. Choose to play
in a patient manner and good things will happen. I
promise.
Skill tip!The best key to patience at
poker is to use a system and stick to it! The Texas
Holdem Dynamic Point Count Super Strategy is one of the
best ways to play patiently! By having a consistent
system of playing, you automatically will play a smart
patient game!
3 Keys to Success when Practicing Patience
in Poker
Key 1 - Wait for the Right
Time to Make Your Move
This is probably the most
important key of all. Unfortunately some of the skill
that comes with knowing when to make your moves is
experience. The only way to get experience is to play,
of course.
However, its important to
understand that waiting for the right hand
doesn't necessarily mean it has to be a monster hand. On
the contrary sometimes. You may find yourself with A,6
off suit and it may be the right time to play a big
raise to steal the blinds. But you can only make that
play when you've got a read on your opponents. Which
leads us to key 2.
Key 2 - Play patiently to
get a read on your opponents
By showing patience and not
playing every hand that is dealt and in turn chasing
everything down to the river you can develop the knack
for reading your opponents.
When you slow your play down and
chose to play premium hands most of the time you can get
a feel for what everyone else at the table is doing. How
the bet. What they raise with. How much they raise. Do
the bluff. If so, when do they bluff. Are they tight. Or
aggressive, loose, etc.
The advantages to you are
once you can read your opponents you'll know
how to play your
hands moving forward.
Sometimes it won't matter what you're cards are. You'll
simply be playing the person. For example, you'll know
that Player C always folds when a big raise is placed.
So when it comes down to you and Player C you can have
an inferior hand but you may place a big raise and steal
the pot because you know Player C is going to
fold.
Key 3 - Avoid getting
Bored and Frustrated.
This is so important. In fact,
this may be the one people struggle with most. People
play online poker because it is fast moving and fun.
Therefore many of them get bored when they don't get
"good" cards to play.
So what do they do?
They start playing poor
starting hands.
You won't do this however because
you know this is the fastest way to losing all your
money. Sure you may get lucky every know and again. But
in general if you simply start playing hands because you
are getting bored that's the first sign of a novice
poker player. And a sign of a losing poker
player.
Please do not get this key
confused with key #1. If its the right time for you to
make a move with an inferior hand then go for it. What
I'm talking about is you simply get bored and frustrated
with not catching any cards.
Be patient. The cards will
come. I promise!
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