Are you looking into playing poker? Have you just started and need a little more advice? Here are three tips to help you make some money the next time you are at the tables.
Never gamble with money you cannot afford to lose. Many people think they can take $50 and turn that into next month's rent - Bad idea. If you are already strapped for cash and trying to make money to pay the bills, then trying to gamble with it to make more is not a good idea. Unless you are an extremely skilled poker player, I would advise against it. And even if you are better than average, you could just have a bad run of cards. In addition, you end up playing with a different mindset, what I mean by that is your decisions in a live game will ultimately be influenced by the fact that you NEED to make some money and the right play may not be made because you have that in the back of your mind. You might likely fold, when you should call and call when you should raise, because you are worried you will lose the hand and in turn all of your money.
Position is key. The closer you get to the button, the looser calls you can make. If you are in an early position, you have to play a little tighter, unless you know that the table is pretty much a calling station. The closer to the button you get, the looser calls you can make because others will be acting before you and you can base your decisions on what they are doing.
Pay Attention. This one seems to irk me the most about people that tell me they are losing at the tables. I had a friend that I would go to the casinos with to play limit hold 'em. We went to College in the southwest where casinos were legal on the reservations. He would always get cleaned out because there were always regulars at the table that would make their money off of tourists driving through town or recreational players. Well he would always just play and pay attention to his cards and you could read right through him. He never paid attention to what other people were doing. He would call when he had an alright hand and I noticed someone at the table picked up on it. The other guy would always raise when he just called and would get him to fold. I wanted to scream after watching this. After the session he asked for some advice. I told him, "My only advice is you pay attention to what everyone else is doing, your cards will never change, just pay attention."
So remember never gamble with money you cannot afford to lose, play your position and for Pete's sake - pay attention! I hope this was helpful, there are many more tips to becoming a better poker player, but following these three to start will have you on the right path.
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