Poker is the biggest game in the world. It is a game of cards played with your cards face down and players makes series of bets to win the pot. It is very famous on all parts of the world. Its most known tournaments are the World Series of Poker, World Poker Tour. It made the game of poker very popular all around the world by making it visible on tv, attracting players by showing the glory of winning and thrill of bluffing.
Ive been playing the game for 3 years now, and i can say that im a good player, im a winning player i just need to improve my discipline during my down swings. The greatest player in the world said everyone has his own swings, up swings and down swings. A winning player knows how to control the swings and maximize his winnings. If you are winning, you need to stay playing, these swing doesnt come always and you need to play and be careful not being too greedy. Downswings are difficult specially for a gambler. These are situations where it will test a players discipline, attitude, reaction on the moment. You can see if you have the discpline to stand up if youre having a bad luck, attitude if youre hard-headed or if youre smart and reaction if youll gonna smile or angry on the situation. It will be a test on you as a player. One of my problems in the past why i failed playing poker is my bankroll management, if i lose i tend on playing my whole bankroll just to get even and ending up quitting the day without a big chunk of my bankroll. Poker has swings and managing your bankroll can save your money and give you an opportunity to fight another day. Its just one of the different sides of poker other than the cards you hold in a game. Now i can say compared before that i control my bankroll better. I stand up if i lose more than i can afford to lose that day, and that make me a better player and made me play poker a lil bit longer. It gives me the freedom i have right now to do what i want to do because of the time i have, money i have.
Adjusting your game is very crucial in poker, adjusting your play according to the blinds you play into is key to be a successful player. Playing in the lower blinds 10/20, players tend to call a lot of times. Players call bluffs, value bets, protection bets. Players in these blinds are calling stations. So its stupid to bluff in these blinds. Well its great to make value bets on these blinds, players always call and sometimes think that they are being bluffed off the pot. I used to be a 25/50 player, i prefer 10/20 now because you can control your bankroll more, and control the swings more efficiently. I read on an article on the web that you must have 20 buy-ins as your bankroll to be effective. You wont be pressured because you have a lot of chips to play to, and you can play your best. Higher levels like 25/50, 50/100 are games i used to play. With no bankroll management, i played tight waiting for premium hands and that affected my play. My opponents knew how to play me, they exploit my game and its very frustrating for me. I feel like i cant get any chips and players will only play me if they have the best of it. Bankroll management is very important and its essential to play well.
Make the board your bestfriend. Read and study the board, analyze if opponents hit the board and make the appropriate move. You can analyze by gathering information how the hand was played, was it raised, re-raised. With gathered information, you can know where you stand on the hand. Getting information is an advance side of poker, this move can cost you chips on early but i can save you on the long run. This information will keep you informed on how to move forward on the pot, will dictate your actions should be. Your bets will serve as a information getter whether your opponents have a good hand or not. Imagine how easy poker would be if you could see your opponents hole cards, you can make the best decisions, you will know whether you have to protect your hand, control the pot and make the appropriate value. This can make your poker game efficient by make the correct decisions every time.
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