Some of them are pretty obvious, but still some people do them while playing poker and they will cost you money if you are one of them.
Drinking: Usually a poker game is depicted with people drinking whiskey and smoking cigars. Drinking may be fun in a lot of situations, but not when playing online poker. To play poker your mind must be working at 100% and when you drink your mind is not working properly (that was the big idea of drinking). Drinking leads us to make stupid things which are funny, but losing money is not funny at all. If you want to drink, do it after you play poker, either to celebrate your wins or to forget [...] Continue Reading…
Fish, donk, sponsor… lots of words to say the same, a player with poor or no skills to play poker. Sometimes being a fish is good because you don’t realize you have been bad beaten and you don’t get too mad but on the long run being a fish will only report losses in your bankroll. If you are a fish you’d better not play poker or do it at very low levels where you can learn the basics about poker before betting big money. The following are some things that will tell if you are a fish or not.
Whenever you sit at an online poker table you must know one thing: There is always a fish at the [...] Continue Reading…
Some reactions are wrong when losing a hand. We know it is difficult to think clearly when a donk has bad beaten you, but being angry is not gonna give your money back and also won’t make the donk to feel the pain you want him to suffer. No matter if you are a good player or not, if you are skilled or just a casual player, sooner or later you are going to suffer a bad beat and thus, you must be prepared to it. Here you are some tips to do against bad beat stress.
Squeeze something. No, your mouse is not a good thing to squeeze, it is hard and you may break it. It will be [...] Continue Reading…
Ok we know, sometimes it is very hard to lose even more if the amount lost is a big quantity of money, but controlling your temper is a good thing not only for the sake of the things around you, also for your health. When you are angry or stressed you are getting old faster, remember this.
Although this advice is almost a cliché, most people do crazy things when they lose a hand at online poker, maybe because they know nobody is looking at them or maybe they just don’t give a shit if they are being looked or not and just need to relieve their stress in the wrong way.
The most common reaction when losing a hand is [...] Continue Reading…
