July 2nd, 2010 by V. Azilewsky
Life is good when you win poker games but we all know that it is not really like that in real life. There will be nights or weeks when you will lose a lot of games. We line up some tips to help you deal properly with a losing streak.
Poker as a Marathon
You might have lost some amount in one night but you have to look at the bright side and see what’s left for the rest of the month or for the rest of the year. It can be mentally soothing to think this way when you dropped a big chunk of cash.
Re-Analyze the records
If you monitor how much you spend and lose in poker, then re-trace and re-analyze how you game is. Hopefully the records will tell you that you are still a winning poker player. Check how you are doing over the months and how bad you are doing over some time.
Losing is not forever
Optimism is key when dealing with a really bad beat. Although it is really heavy in the chest when you lose, you have to get that feeling out of your system. You need to have the right mindset. Wins will come again no matter what.
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April 14th, 2010 by J7os
A free card is when you let your opponent or when you take advantage of seeing the next card without having to place a bet. Let us say you and an opponent is battling it out on a pot, you give your opponent a free card when you check.
There are basically two reasons why you use a free card. One is when you want to save some money if you are caught on a draw. Two, when you need to get some more money from the other players on the table.
A free card is somehow a mix of the semi-bluff and a check raise.
You use the free card so you can save money by preventing another player to bet in to you on the turn. This saves you chips rather than making a bet for the flop and another one upon the turn to see what the river will reveal.
The free card play is ideal if you are:
- Heads up against someone on the table. It might be tricky if you are against more opponents.
- The first to act
- Holding strong cards on the draw
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October 24th, 2009 by Lyndsie
It has to be said that keeping your poker face on is not easy – it is actually one of the most difficult things for a person to be doing. Honest, I think that learning how to bluff in the first place is actually really hard for someone who has no idea how to do it. Well, bluffing is all part of the game and it is almost a useless trait unless you are in the high-stakes games … because there is more money on the line.
In the game of poker, there are a few things that you need to be able to do and bluffing is definitely one of them. If you are playing in some of the higher-stakes games and you are looking to cash in, you are going to have to let a person read you and let them read what you want them to read – that is where you bluff comes into play.
Bluffing is very important and if you are not a big fan of bluffing, I can promise you are not going to do all that good in poker.
