Tips for Playing Poker Online

Poker Tip #1 If you have already been playing poker online and notice you are losing money, take a look at the statistics that the online poker rooms calculate for you. Check your "see the flop" percentage. If its greater than 30%, then you may have found the source of your problem.

Poker Tip #2 Look at your "call" "raise" and "fold" percentage. "Fold" should rank #1, followed by "raise" and finally "call". If you're pretty sure you have the best hand currently, raise it. If you think you're beat, fold it.

Poker Tip #3 The only time you should be calling or checking is when you're drawing to a flush or straight, or you're calling what you think might be a bluff.

Poker Tip #4 Fast play high pairs and very strong hands before the flop. This puts more money in the early pot and encourages weak and garbage hands to fold that could get a lucky flop and beat you.

Poker Tip #5 Unconnected Medium and Low Cards are usually unplayable. This includes suited cards that can't flop a straight. Both ends of a straight such as 9 5 fall into this very weak category.

Poker Tip #6 Play aggressively when you have a two-way draw after the flop. If you can make a straight AND a flush or trips etc., usually bet/raise your hand.

Poker Tip #7 Watch out for uniform flops, like 8 7 6, they can easily turn into straights that can overtake your high pair or other good hand.

Poker Tip #8 Get caught bluffing once in a while. It is a way to vary your play and not be too predictable. You win pots that you don't deserve when your bluff works. You lose a few chips when it doesn't work but it will get you calls from weaker hands down the line when you have a strong hand and need the action.
Poker Tip #9 What beginners fail to recognize is that longhand limit Hold'em is a game of patience. As sad as it sounds, you literally can just wait to be dealt the quality hands, and just win with those.

Poker Tip #10 With 10 people in the game, it's much more likely that someone else has a strong hand in the pocket than in a short-handed game. Also, you'll need to be more cautious in larger games, as the chances of someone's pre-flop hand fitting the flop will be much better. More competition means stiffer competition.