POKER TIPS TO WIN

If you are failing and losing an incredible amount of money by playing online poker, you can check your statistics and see whether your "flop" percentage is more than 30% to 40%. If this is the case you have found your first problem.

Vary your game play by bluffing every once in a while but do not make this a habit or other online players will start to see this as recurring behavior and familiarize themselves with your game play. This will benefit you in the short term but definitely not in the long term.

It would be more beneficial, especially for beginners in online gaming to play in smaller groups. The odds of someone having a better hand than you in smaller group would be less likely than someone having a better hand than you in a larger group. The concentration level and skill would be higher in a larger group as there would be more players to focus on.

Get to know the other players poker "tells" one of which are repetitive betting habits, during particular situations you can learn to read the other players betting habits which could be repetitive and could lead you to beat that player in most situations.

Most importantly try not to play too many starting hands, the easiest way to tell the difference between a good and bad player is the amount of starting hands that they play, if a player has a tendency to play too many weak hands this will eventually become that player's weakness.

Play the game aggressively and confidently and make sure that you do not let your opponent control you by forcing you to hesitate when raising on your strong hands, when the odds are against you rather fold and play confidently in the next round.

If you are in the last position in a round you should maximize your chances by betting when your opponents do not, if your opponents bet then you raise on their bet, whatever happens you are maximizing your chances of winning and making your opponent uncertain of whether he has made the right decision to continue the game. In the beginning of a round or tournament it is important to remember to rather not take any large risks until you have progressed far enough in to the game where this would not hurt you financially.