ComputerHunter.org

 

Think Big and Give Your Poker Profits a Boost


Is your lack of confidence hurting your poker profits in your online poker play?

In the good Texas Holdem poker rooms on the internet there are various levels of buy-ins for tournament play, generally starting from around $5 (plus site fee) per player. This is the level that most new players play at but has your game moved on while you've stood still? What I mean by that is - have you gained enough poker experience to leave the "newbies" behind and move up a couple of levels? If you have then I would seriously suggest that you start playing for higher stakes, you could be losing out on a lot of online poker profits if you don't.

The thing about playing at the bottom rung is that inexperienced players make unpredictable moves a lot more of the time than experienced poker players, so the very fact that you don't know what to expect from them often means that they're harder to beat than better players. Take Phil Hellmuth for example. Phil is probably just about the best player in the world but he's famous for ranting and raving whenever somebody makes an unexpected move against him. He would find it very difficult against a complete novice who got a run of lucky hands, in fact most of the top pros avoid playing beginners for the very reason that there is an unacceptably high risk of them suffering an embarrassing defeat.

Poker is an art as well as a science. It's about people as well as about cards and different people do different things, it's human nature. A hand that one player might see as cause to raise all-in, another might fold. And nowhere in the world of online Texas Holdem is this difference of opinion more polarised than in the bottom buy-in tables. But as you move up the poker ladder, you willl find yourself mixing with a better standard of player at each stage.

Everybody wants to win so the players who have taken the plunge and have decided to move up are playing at the highest level where they still have a realistic chance of taking a prize. Nobody wants to play hand after hand without ever winning so each player finds their level and plays there until they are ready to move up again to the next grade.

So if your game has moved on and you've gained experience playing Texas Holdem online, don't hang around for too long at the $5 tables. Do yourself a favour and make the step up to the next level. You'll find players there that are more in tune with the way you play so you will have more chance of being able to read their game and boost your poker profits.

Sure it will cost you a bit more money, but look at the positive side. You're a better player now so you've got a good chance of winning more money!

Is your glass half full or half empty? When it all boils down the decision where to play is of course yours, but don't you think it's worth a try...just to see?

Article by Ian McIntosh of http://www.Love-Texas-Holdem.com

Check out the site for all the latest information on Texas Holdem tournaments, freerolls and ideas to boost your online poker profits. Please feel free to use this article on your website, newsletter or blog as long as this resource box is left intact.







Google News - Top Stories

BBC News

Paulson Plans to Invest in `Thousands' of US Banks (Update2)
Bloomberg - 3 hours ago
By Rebecca Christie and Robert Schmidt Oct. 14 (Bloomberg) -- Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson urged banks getting $250 billion of taxpayer funds to channel the money to customers quickly to halt a credit freeze that's threatening to bankrupt companies ...
Bush announces 'unprecedented' step to address financial crisis Los Angeles Times
Government taking bold step to spur bank lending International Herald Tribune
guardian.co.uk - Motley Fool - The Standard - Economist
all 531 news articles


Vancouver Sun

Stocks turn lower as profit-taking sets in
The Associated Press - 1 hour ago
NEW YORK (AP) - Wall Street turned lower Tuesday as investors were pleased with the government's plans to spend $250 billion to buy stock in private banks but still collected profits from the previous day's massive advance.
Stocks rebound; credit still tight The Hour (subscription)
Buy When the Market's Selling - and Vice Versa Seeking Alpha
The Daily Advance - InsideARM - TIME - San Jose Mercury News
all 4,070 news articles


Boston Globe

McCain offers economic plans, Obama picks up steam
Reuters - 3 hours ago
By Matt Spetalnick BLUE BELL, Pennsylvania (Reuters) - Trying to revive his campaign, Republican presidential nominee John McCain offered proposals on Tuesday to help investors rebound from the stock market crash while Democrat Barack Obama prepared ...
Transcript of presidential debate CNN
Clinton says she won't run again after low-profile campaigning for ... The Canadian Press
The Associated Press - RealClearPolitics - Voice of America - CNN Political Ticker
all 2,392 news articles


Voice of America

One California Fire Is Largely Contained
New York Times - 28 minutes ago
By Randal C. Archibald and Liz Robbins After a furious day and night of fighting the wildfires in Southern California, firefighters largely contained one of the three major fires in the San Fernando Valley as the Santa Ana winds calmed slightly this ...
Video: Wildfires Send Thousands Running From Homes AssociatedPress
10000 acres burn in Valley; thousands of people flee their homes San Jose Mercury News
WLOS - Bloomberg - WIBW - Baltimore Sun
all 4,937 news articles


New York Daily News

MacBook Air Gets Faster Graphics, More Storage
PC World - 26 minutes ago
Despite the changes in graphics and storage, the processor speeds remain the same as in the current MacBook Air offerings: 1.6GHz in the $1799 configuration and 1.8GHz on the $2499 offering.
Summary: Apple overhauls laptop lineup, intros new monitor Macworld
MacBook gets aluminum, faster graphics, but loses FireWire Ars Technica
PC Magazine - CNET News - InformationWeek - The Associated Press
all 560 news articles

Google
 

Copyright © 2006 Computer Hunter - A Division of Arthur´s Job Base