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One of the most common mistakes a beginner can make is playing all of your starting hands. The Worlds best players only play around 20 to 30 percent of them. Playing just the higher valued hands helps to weed out the lucky players.

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Poker Tips for online players

A defensive tool in poker

Sometimes betting can be used as a defensive tool in poker, maybe it will get a player to question the strength of his hand, and not to bet as big as he was going to. Maybe he will reveal his hand was not as strong as you first thought.

A Top pair with a big Kicker

If you aren't playing for a Straight or Flush, to continue on after the Flop, you should have a Top pair with a big Kicker (the highest unpaired card in your hand), or an overpair (a pocket pair that is higher than any card on the flop).

Always ask yourself why

Think about how you opponent is betting and maybe you will figure out why he is betting that way. Always ask yourself why he has done what he did, maybe on a previous hand with somewhat similar cards he was betting strong and now he is betting small. This could imply maybe his cards are not as strong as you had thought.

Continue betting or fold

Always take your seating position into account, when analyzing whether to continue betting or folding. First position (Seat 1) is the worst seat in the house, since you haven't seen how everyone else bets yet. Being the Dealer, is the best seat in the house - you will have seen how everyone bets first, before you need to decide whether to continue on or not.

A new poker player may over bluff

A common mistake a new poker player may make is to over bluff. The difference between the bluff and the semi bluff is, when bluffing you usually do not have a winning hand. The semi bluff is used when you have a hand that could win depending on the next card drawn.

Try betting instead

When you have a particular hand that you would like to call with, try betting instead. This gives the other players the impression that you might be holding a superior hand and their chances of folding might increase.

Learn about your opponents

Just as you are trying to learn about your opponents, they are trying to learn about you. Try to change your patterns as much as you can. Do not just wait for the good hands, because others will see you doing this.

Stray from tightness

Many players gradually stray from tightness after getting comfortable at the tables. Don't fall into this trap. You should be putting money into the pot less than 20 percent of the time.

A good Poker hand

The number of players participating in the game largely determines what is considered a good Poker hand. The greater the number of players - the stronger your hand needs to be to win.

The best hand

Betting is not always because you have the best hand. Top players use various betting techniques to try to gain information. For example, a defensive bet is one that you can use early on to avoid calling a bigger future bet. A re-raise may be used to probe the credibility of your opponent's hand.

When someone bluffs

When someone lies, or bluffs, the eyes have a tendency to move down and to the left. This is a by-product of accessing a certain 'creative' portion of the brain as opposed to glancing up and to the right when someone is accessing the more analytical portion of their brain.

Betting on the flop

If you initiated the betting on the flop with what you felt was the best hand, continue to bet it.

Don't pretend

Don't pretend that your some big time poker player unless you have the bankroll to back it up. The experts agree that you should start with at least 50 times the table limit.

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