We usually publish poker strategy articles on this site that explain in detail every single advice given. However as I know some of our readers simply want to get quick tips instead of reading the long explanations I will now list 50 poker tips that might increase your poker bankroll and winnings. Obviously these tips wont work for everyone (for an example it is a bad idea to play more hands from button if you already play 80% from that position) and the point behind them is to give you ideas that might help you. If you feel like the tip works well with your game and poker style feel free to incorporate it in them. And if you want to find more detailed tips feel free to use the news / articles search function which you will find behind the More news button.
Easy quick tips to boost your poker bankroll and winnings:
1) Tighten up your starting hands range from the early position
- 2) Play more hands from the late position such as button
- 3) Defend your big blinds less
- 4) Watch the high stakes online poker games
- 5) Study hands played by other poker players
- 6) Play at most 4 tables at the same time
- 7) Play smaller games to get more experience and try new strategie
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Try new poker games and see if you can learn something from them that will help you in your bread and butter game. - 9) Try headsup poker. In headsup you quite often get to play alone against a bad player and thus you have better chance at taking his moneys than in a table with more players
10) Spend more time scouting for soft games and weak players
11) Open account at a new poker site
12) Get a rakeback deal
13) Get a first deposit bonus
14) Play at an online poker site that offers rake races
15) Call less 3 bets
16) 3 bet habitual stealers more often
17) Read poker message boards to get an idea about what other online poker players think when they play hands
18) Open raise for the minimum amount in NL texas holdem
19) At the early stages of poker tournament tighten up your game
20) At the late stages of poker tournament loosen up your game
21) Put more pressure on the weak players
22) Start keeping notes about interesting hands your opponents play
23) Always check what your opponent mucked in the showdown
24) Always wait at least 2 seconds before calling or raising
25) Leave the tables quicker when you notice that there only good players left playing in the table
26) Don’t play if you don’t feel like you can play best poker, for an example if you are sick or drunk you should do something else than play real money poker
27) Read poker books. And most importantly when reading the poker books think about the advice the books give.
28) Signup at online poker training video site
29) Post poker hands in which you were unsure about the correct decision to online poker forums to get feedback
30) Use stop loss limit when playing poker. For an example if you lose more than 3 buyins during the session quit for the day
31) Play more when you are winning. The odds are that you are playing better poker when you are winning and thus you should play more when you are winning.
32) Use poker tracking software such as PokerTracker to stay aware of how you are playing and about your opponent’s tendencies
33) Try to go a week without looking at your poker account balance
34) If you have tilt problems limit the amount of money you keep on your poker account
35) Keep money at couple respectable poker sites so that you have more choice of games and have easier time at finding the soft games
36) Play at small poker rooms. They usually have soft games with lot of beginner players because the multitabeling poker pros wont find enough action from the small online poker sites. However, because there is obviously more financial risk with keeping money at these small sites limit the amount you keep on your account to the minimum that allows you to comfortable play the games you want to play.
37) Stay aware of your opponents big losing streaks, they usually play worse during them and you have increased chance at taking money from them when they are not playing their A game.
38) Avoid using poker nick that indicates you are experienced player. For an example using nick such as MetaGameEV is a bad idea as the other regulars will immediately recognize you as a serious player.
39) Throw in curve ball bets from time to time. Don’t overdo it but from time to time you should use a weird or strange line against the regulars just to keep them on their toes. For an example you could bet on river 3 times the pot in a situation in which you would usually bet 50% of the pot.
40) Try cold calling bets from the button with random hands (for an 10% of the time you have aces on the button only cold call with them and 10% of the time you have 64s on button cold call with it) if you otherwise always fold or three bet when facing an open-raise.
41) In tournaments ignore the amount of money at stake and simply focus on playing to win
42) Treat cash game poker as a board game and think about the money at stake simply as chips which are used to keep the count on who is winning
43) Think about poker with open mind
44) Play hands in your mind
45) Use poker odds calculator to find the chances of winning in certain common situations
46) Stop overplaying top-pair type hands in NL texas holdem
47) Avoid being calling station and stop simply closing your eyes and clicking the call button
48) Use different strategy & style in tournaments and cash games
49) Review the big hands you played after the session
50) Don’t blindly accept the poker strategy advice given by others
