I’d like to share the top 5 things learned from playing hundreds of free poker games since 2002.

These tips are long term profit strategies that give poker players who use them an unbeatable edge over their luck trusting fish opponents.

I’m sorry but if you think poker is all about luck then You will never win much. Luck is for beginners and free poker tournament all-in all the time chancers.

When you learn and apply these poker strategies you’ll start to Make your own luck. You’ll learn to avoid all those small errors that add up to big losses, and, for example, learn to ignore those hands that appear superficially good but aren’t.

Winning big at poker, be it in free poker freerolls or the WSOP boils down to applying a plan where your average win size is bigger and more frequent than your average loss. When you reach this level it’s cream time, you can make a full time living from poker.

My Favorite 5 free poker Game Tactics

One
When you have a good hand it’s generally good to let others do the betting while you slow play the hand. It seems like 75% of the time I bet when I have a good hand I end up losing. So most of the time I just call what others bet, and, more often than not I have them beat.

Two
If you know that you have a great hand after the flop, let others bet. Once the turn card comes up and you see that others can catch something on the river card you can either go all in or bet big to try and get them to fold. It won’t work all the time as they may chase and get lucky on the river but it is good strategy that makes more than it loses which is the objective of effective strategy.

Three
Try not to switch seats when you’re losing. You should keep the same seat, because sooner or later (stats and strategy again) that seat is going to get hot. In contrast, if you’re winning and it starts to get cold, then you can change seats.

Four
Another great free poker online strategy rule of mine is to try and not slow play pocket aces. This is a prime example of a strong hand that can so easily turn bad if played wrong. I find that when I slow play them I’ll get beaten more often than not.

If I were to slow play pocket aces or pretty much any good hand, let’s say A diamonds, A club and 3 hearts on the flop then most times I fold them because chances are someone is going to catch a flush and beat me anyway.

Similarly if it’s 5 6 7 on the flop, I still fold them if someone bets (unless it’s just a small bet in which case I might take my chances).

Five
Lastly, watch how others bet like a hawk, if they always bet the same way or bluff a lot then you can beat them more often than not. Usually you can tell when someone is bluffing by how big their bet is, then you know they’re trying to buy the pot, you’ll find that this happens quite often and you can nail them!

These tips are my personal favourites but only a beginning. Learn them, apply them, read poker books and do online poker training to form, test and refine a strategy that works for you and you’ll clean up in free poker games and be a serious contender higher up the ladder.

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August 10, 2009

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