Share some tips for a newbie player...

[Elizabeth26]

Hey guys, you don't have to give up your winning secrets but share a little info. I am new to playing poker.What are the best website to play and any other tips that would be helpful.

[Elizabeth26]

If anyone need some tips like me then look up at the top of the screen to the drop down box. The poker school have some good lesson that will teach you how to play.

[bterrier]

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[Bryan]

If you are starting out, you may want to study a player's unique style. Compare them with others. Myself, I learned from watching a lot of TV, and analyzing.

Play a lot of poker - even if it is for small amounts. $5...$10...$20...move your way on up until you reach a level you can afford and are comfortable with.

Experience will teach you everything, and will allow you to develop your own unique playing style.

[Fictive]

Originally Posted by Bryan If you are starting out, you may want to study a player's unique style. Compare them with others. Myself, I learned from watching a lot of TV, and analyzing.

There's a problem there though. This poker pros are amazing at reading the game, and that's something that only a fraction of people have. Not even through practice. As an example, Daniel Negreanu, one of the best in the game, likes to play cards he calls "the neigbourhood". These are hands like 5-6 suited and such. You might not want to learn doing stuff like that, because it's going to get expensive for you.

What I would recommend for a starting player is read a few books to get a handle on basic strategies and odds. You'll learn by playing and by reading, and the game probably will open up a little differently in your head when you've read a few books.

...and most importantly, before you truly feel you can win games more often than not in your level of choice, don't get creative. Just play the top hands, raise often when everyone has folded to you pre-flop and don't let your natural curiosity get you broke.

[winningedge]

I've got one tip that I've found to be useful.. When playing no limit, analyze your situation in terms of implied odds more often then pot odds.

For example, you put your opponent on two pair, but you have an open ended straight draw. He bets 3/4 of the pot. You know from watching the guy play that he will not be able to get away from his hand if you hit the straight, which means you'll get a turn bet and river bet off of him, so, in this case, you actually do have odds to make that call, but only if the guys stack is deep (if he doesnt have the money to put in on turn and river, theres no implied odds)

also, when watching the tv games, try to predict what the different players are going to do (ie how much they will bet or raise, and why). I looove the Poker After Dark series that is on right now because you get to see almost all of the hands played at the table, and you'll notice, even the poker pros make the same mistakes you do sometimes, they just do them less often, and minimize their losses on them more effectively.

Poker to me is a game of trying to trade small mistakes by yourself for a big one from somebody else.

[r8rpwr]

Poker to me is a game of trying to trade small mistakes by yourself for a big one from somebody else.

That's an intriguing way of looking at things. I had never thought of it before in quite those terms, but you're so right!

I think that's the balance, too, because so much of gaining skill in poker, to me, is patience, but then if I were to go too far that way, I would fail to take advantage of situations such as you described above.

[aquariancore]

With online poker games you can't see the players but can you pick up pointers from the play?

[CardChick]

I agree with r8rpwr, patience is the biggest thing that separates newbies from more experienced players. Newbies can be very impulsive, not waiting for the good hand or jumping in with both feet to a hand where the odds are not good. Wait for the good cards, they will come to you.

[r8rpwr]

Originally Posted by aquariancore With online poker games you can't see the players but can you pick up pointers from the play?

Oh sure, there are a lot of online tells. Someone posted a good article on that in here somewhere, I'll have to go find it.

I am not an expert on these, but I do sense the obvious ones, like the guy who bets with reckless abandon and raises every single hand. I love it when I have something good to call those guys with. Once they bust then the rest of us can enjoy the real game.

[CRUDEFINDER]

Originally Posted by r8rpwr Oh sure, there are a lot of online tells. Someone posted a good article on that in here somewhere, I'll have to go find it. I am not an expert on these, but I do sense the obvious ones, like the guy who bets with reckless abandon and raises every single hand. I love it when I have something good to call those guys with. Once they bust then the rest of us can enjoy the real game.

I'm glad someone can see betting patterns online, my connections usually so bad that anyone trying to pick up my betting speed patterns would go crazy.....lol

[r8rpwr]

Originally Posted by CRUDEFINDER I'm glad someone can see betting patterns online, my connections usually so bad that anyone trying to pick up my betting speed patterns would go crazy.....lol

Well, you know, that's an interesting point....what might appear to be an online tell might actually be someone using a slow or unreliable internet connection. Yet another variable to throw into the mix!

[CardChick]

Originally Posted by r8rpwr Well, you know, that's an interesting point....what might appear to be an online tell might actually be someone using a slow or unreliable internet connection. Yet another variable to throw into the mix!

Yeah, there are sure to be a few people out there still on dialup or something equally slow.

[mollila]

Or instead of a slow connection the player might just be playing many tables simultaneously, and taking time to make actions at other tables.

[Fictive]

Originally Posted by mollila Or instead of a slow connection the player might just be playing many tables simultaneously, and taking time to make actions at other tables.

Yup. That's how it's in my case. I might be involved in a big pot in another table and I take my time thinking what to do, and that of course delays my actions in the other tables.

[r8rpwr]

Originally Posted by mollila Or instead of a slow connection the player might just be playing many tables simultaneously, and taking time to make actions at other tables.

Yeah, come to think of it, my DH has done that, though I have not. I am not confident enough in myself to multitask that way!