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Bingo King
Has Your Poker Game Gone Stale?
If you have been playing online poker for a while it can feel a little stale and your game can suffer as a result. Even if you are a relative newcomer so still fresh the staleness can creep up on you. So from time to time you need to spice your poker up a little. Here are a few things you might try to help with that.
To start with, why not set or reset your goals. What do you want to achieve with your poker playing over the next three, six, nine, twelve months and so forth. For example do you want to move up a level and make a profit, qualify for a big tournament or two through or go for the big one and sit down at the WSOP itself? Think about it, write your goals down and briefly what you are going to do to achieve them. Have them close by when you play and use your ambitions as a motivational tool.
Always play in the same online poker room. Then why not check out one you have yet to play in - perhaps one of the smaller ones where there is not so much competition. Try more than one and hoover up all the sign up incentives out there. Free chips never hurt anyone and you will get to pit your skills against new players in new situations. They say a change is as good as a rest so what have you got to lose. Try a little variety.
Brushing up and developing your poker skills and strategy should be something you are constantly trying to do to become the best player you can be. There is lots of help out there on the internet so why not make use of it and consider signing up with an online training site. There are plenty to select from. Use your favourite search engine for research.
Another way to get out of your comfort zone and try something new is if you are used to grinding it out in sit and go tournaments playing one table at a time then try multi-tabling. Try two tables at a time to start with and expand to more as and when you feel comfortable you can handle it.
When the stale rut or bad run of cards eventually does hit you - and it will - the above should help you snap out of it and try new things. However there is one simple thing you can always do at the poker table regardless of when or where that is. There is no secret to it. What am I talking about? Simply the power of positive thought. Think positively at all times then the bad beats will not seem so bad and you can roll with them. Instead of cursing the miracle card on the river your opponent get you with turn it around and think of all the times you have been the lucky one. It will make a difference.
I hope you can try these simple steps to help you avoid the poker doldrums and give you a fresh perspective.
If you have been playing online poker for a while it can feel a little stale and your game can suffer as a result. Even if you are a relative newcomer so still fresh the staleness can creep up on you. So from time to time you need to spice your poker up a little. Here are a few things you might try to help with that.
To start with, why not set or reset your goals. What do you want to achieve with your poker playing over the next three, six, nine, twelve months and so forth. For example do you want to move up a level and make a profit, qualify for a big tournament or two through or go for the big one and sit down at the WSOP itself? Think about it, write your goals down and briefly what you are going to do to achieve them. Have them close by when you play and use your ambitions as a motivational tool.
Always play in the same online poker room. Then why not check out one you have yet to play in - perhaps one of the smaller ones where there is not so much competition. Try more than one and hoover up all the sign up incentives out there. Free chips never hurt anyone and you will get to pit your skills against new players in new situations. They say a change is as good as a rest so what have you got to lose. Try a little variety.
Brushing up and developing your poker skills and strategy should be something you are constantly trying to do to become the best player you can be. There is lots of help out there on the internet so why not make use of it and consider signing up with an online training site. There are plenty to select from. Use your favourite search engine for research.
Another way to get out of your comfort zone and try something new is if you are used to grinding it out in sit and go tournaments playing one table at a time then try multi-tabling. Try two tables at a time to start with and expand to more as and when you feel comfortable you can handle it.
When the stale rut or bad run of cards eventually does hit you - and it will - the above should help you snap out of it and try new things. However there is one simple thing you can always do at the poker table regardless of when or where that is. There is no secret to it. What am I talking about? Simply the power of positive thought. Think positively at all times then the bad beats will not seem so bad and you can roll with them. Instead of cursing the miracle card on the river your opponent get you with turn it around and think of all the times you have been the lucky one. It will make a difference.
I hope you can try these simple steps to help you avoid the poker doldrums and give you a fresh perspective.