How can I win at poker?

[freeringo]

It has come to my attention that there are a few timid players here on NDN forum. They have a difficult time raising the bar, so to speak, to win poker tourneys. There are also some poker genii here that live breathe and sleep winning at poker.

What advise can we give our average playing members to better enhance their abilies to win?

[PANAMHIEST]

The best possible advice that I have learned over the years playing poker is patience, and understanding bad beat players are part of the game. Also i read somewhere that one of the main mistakes online players make is playing too many hands, so dont play many hands!

[navuta]

I hope I can raise my winning bar here soon...
the advice from PANAMHIEST are very basic but very important.
Im wating for my 10 bonus on poker time, I think it will work.
Thanks NDN. My advise for the timid players is that they need to play lots of hours of poker a day so they dont become timid, but winners. Sometimes gets time to know that not aways you should play a AA to the river...lol..

[freeringo]

I like to play alot of hands early when the blinds are low and then tighten up
around $100 blinds.

[navuta]

I like to play alot of hands early when the blinds are low and then tighten up
around $100 blinds.

Yes true, just like me. When the blinds gets to 100 I always tighten up too.
But normaly I dont like to play too many hand early because of the many all in donkeys that are still playing at this stage.

[0maxpower0]

The best possible advice that I have learned over the years playing poker is patience, and understanding bad beat players are part of the game. Also i read somewhere that one of the main mistakes online players make is playing too many hands, so dont play many hands!

Thats probably the truest thing I've ever heard. I think i just passed over the threshold of amateur, and the one thing ive taken from years of poor play, is that a) i play too many hands b) bad beats send me for a loop. Patience is seriosuly your best friend, because it seems to be what other poeple lack at times. Especially playing in long Multi-table tournaments, the ability to just sit and wait for the right spot to put your chips in is one fo the most important thing. When it gets down to it, you usually make or break your final table tournament life on a few plays. Blinds get so big that every hand you play is for a good portion of your stack, so you cant lollygag callin sb with nothing, and calling small raises just to fold on the flop becaue you missed. after 4 years i learned that patience is the most important thing, there will always be another hand for you to make bank on, u just gotta pay attention :-p

[freeringo]

Also, I focus on making to through the first hour.
I pride myself on the fact that I make it through to the second hour
95% of the time. Playing alot of hands early is good if you have the dicipline to fold to a raise. So don't over play your hands early. Raise 3-5 times the
big blind and call only when it's cheap. Big hands are very vulnerable early because of the donkey factor. Big hands are more valuable later, so wait on them and value your hand on how big the blinds are. Bluffing in the first hour is foolish as well because most times you have to risk too much to gain so little.
My goals are:
1. double up once the first hour 5000+ chips is ideal
2. try to get to 10000 chips
3. make the money
4. make the final table.
5. Extreme patience now and make top 5
6. Protect stack by betting and make it to final 2
Heads Up is where it's at, never fold or limp betting first.
WINNER

[Sassy12U]

This is a great thread. I'm anticipating a lot of good feedback.

The only advice that I can give is to know your table with patience on your side. When you get stressed, take a deep breathe and focus more on your opponents.

[GloBug]

well patience is a virtue. ask ringo. i played like 10 hands in 2 hours yesterday and stayed at 20k in chips the whole time. thats what got me into the cash at the 50k on carbon. ealry on i had doubled up to 6k in chips then took a big hit then went down to 2k in chips. well i stayed patient found my cards and tripled up with AA. then stayed patiient again the picked my spot . had one guy go all in with A6 off suit and I had AK in the BB and won. that got me to 20k and i stayed there till i cashed. good times. picking your spots is really important. and eejit told me something yesterday too that really helped. like when u fold say a J7 of hearts because u are suppose to when blinds are high. well say a flop comes all hearts. and u say damn i i should have never folded. well you are suppose to so it was a good fold. well if u cant get over the fact u folded the winner it will make u think all drawing hands are gonna win. thats when u start playing more and more hands and the next thing u know your out of the tourney. his best advice is dont think about the hands u could have won after seeing the board. just forget about it and play the next hand. play hand to hand dont think back. hope this helps.

[eejit101]

There is no good advice.

Due to the fact that noone listens. Ive used so much that ive seen in the games we have, mainly the buyins as the freerolls are just too crazy, and i swear about 4 people read them properly.

Every thinks im playing ok, ill loe a bit, then win a bit, whatever.

Noone gets that with like a few hours of reading, they can get much better learning new things, and increase what they win by a huge amount.

So far ive offered most ppl some kind of MTT/SNG session where we woud discuss odds and hands and all kinds of things. 3 people have doe this. All 3 are now alot better.

[freeringo]

When are Eejit's poker classes starting.

[navuta]

Yes, would be nice to have a coach with such experience as eejit.
I love to create the tight image I need to bluff.!
I dont know why but since I started chating on NDN im much more confident at the tables.
Thanks all!

[eejit101]

Rule 1 - Must be profficient in the English Language

[navuta]

Rule 1 - Must be profficient in the English Language

... I promise I will try my best eejit. Sorry if I have to write more than one post to get understood sometimes. But thats the way I can do it. I guess im not too bad in english!

[woohoosue]

Rule 1 - Must be profficient in the English Language

that's right no welsh allowed..... they makes me crazy! good rule ! can we say no romanians either.. wait i think they speak english so maybe we should have some adjustment to rule one..... she says sheepishly and batting eyes....lol

[navuta]

that's right no welsh allowed..... they makes me crazy! good rule ! can we say no romanians either.. wait i think they speak english so maybe we should have some adjustment to rule one..... she says sheepishly and batting eyes....lol

Sometimes I think I´m more profficient at english than some people here.

[eejit101]

Whatcha got against the Welsh and ROmanians?

I just meant its so hard to traslate advice into words people understand.

[navuta]

Hey what about this new thing REPUTATION POWER?
Has any thread about it yet?

[eejit101]

Its in testing, we are fiddling with it now.

Please wait!

[freeringo]

Power Rankings cool
That's better than poker god
I can't wait to see how the ranking are calculated

[taylovesthebeatles]

Patience is key, limping (not to be confused with slow play) is bad, play strongest hands at the beginning of a tournament. These tips will at least get you started! Otherwise listen to eejit.

[navuta]

The power thing is not anounced?
better not trying to click the balance than!
GOOD LUCK AT THE GAME STARTING NOW TO ALL!

[sloeddie]

i don't like to think about it but if it were me and you were playing at a final table your odds on winning would greatly improve!!!

[eejit101]

Unless your me and you cant beat A8 with AQ

[jezabela]

Question:

I have been playing NL Holdem tournaments for almost a year now & had my up & down when it comes to the final stage. I just wonder what is needed to finish 1st on a tournament of 500 plus players. I have come 9th. 7th & 5th But never been able to make it to the last two or three places.

I also have a problem of getting too excited when I get a hand such as AK, AQ, AJ or 99, TT, JJ & loose when I'm just about to make it to the final table.

Appreciate your advice on the above.