Online Poker Tips
January 22, 2008
Lately, I’ve been getting asked a lot for online poker tips. This, from seasoned offline poker players, came as a shock to me because these are guys who I play poker with all of the time.
I have a friend who hasn’t tried online poker yet. I know, in this day and age it struck me as being a bit odd that he has never played at any of the online poker sites. Naturally, I was more than happy to give him some online poker tips. I also thought it might make a decent article on online poker tips.
Online Poker vs. Offline Poker
The best online poker tip that I can give is that there are several differences in playing in a “home game” and playing online poker. It’s a fact that people tend to act differently on the internet than they do in real life in areas outside of poker, so it makes sense that people act differently in online poker vs real life poker also. Here are some online poker tips that apply generally accross to board to online poker.
Top 3 Online Poker Tips:
Online Poker players will call you more often – This is the first online poker tip to remember. The pyscology of it is it’s much easier for your opponent to click “call” than to reach into his stack of chips and call you at an offline game.
Try and spot online poker tells – These are sometimes easier to spot than others. You must remember connection speeds as well when taking this into account but the fact is, there are lots of online poker tells.
Bet consistently – Always allow yourself the same amount of time between bets. This online poker tip goes hand in hand with the online poker tip from above. By betting at consistent intervals, it will be easier to pick up on your play and you will leave your opponent disadvantaged.