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 If you were trying to become a professional swimmer, you would
probably spend much of your time exercising at the gym, practicing in the pool as much
as you could, well gambling
requires the same dedication and practice if you would like to be the
best.
The first thing you must do to improve your poker skills is to play as
many hands of poker a day as you can. This means rather than surfing the net, or lazing around, you
should be in an
online poker room or online casino playing poker.
Using the internet you can find many online
poker rooms that will allow you to play poker online against live opponents. Playing live
players instead of the computer is always better,
because when you play against the computer it will always respond the
same in any given situation. The computer just goes thru an algorithm which tells it what to do,
but a person has
to make a decision and given the same situation two hands in a row
there is no telling what a person is going to do.
Besides playing poker as much as you can, it is also important to
watch the game as well. I would recommend watching poker on TV and going to the casino and just
observing others
playing. Many online casinos will give you the option of watching a
game. This will give you the chance to apply your skills of reading people. The more you watch the
more proficient
you will become at detecting those little involuntary things we all do
that indicate to others what we're thinking. For example when trying to come up with a lie nearly
all people will
unconsciously look up and to the left. Get a hold of a book on body
language. This means if you ask your child if they did their homework and they look up and to the
left before telling
you they had no homework there is a good chance they are not telling
the truth.
When you can't play poker against real players or spend time watching
it you should read about it. Reading about poker won't give you the hands on experience that you
need but
there are many useful things you will be able to acquire from reading.
One of them would be the odds of any 1 card being dealt to you. Knowing the odds against you making
the hand
you're going for may determine your decision and save you heaps of
cash in the long haul. There are many volumes written on the topic of poker and any bookshop will
contain a good
selection of them. I advocate only reading books from mathematicians
and those who have made a reputation for themselves playing poker professionally.
Learn psychology. You may not have considered this but learning
psychology will give you the edge over the other participants. You will be able to discover how to
overcome
involuntary responses to good news and bad news, making it more
difficult for your opponents to read you and work out what cards are in your hand. It will also
instruct you to mislead
others into believing anything you want them to think. This skill can
be exceedingly helpful in assisting you to win games and grow your wealth.
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