Top 5 Tips on Improving at Online Poker away from the Table

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With all of the different resources available to players such as video training sites, books, forums and tracking programs, online poker is constantly evolving and players are getting better faster with each passing day. If you want to be able to compete, it’s important that you don’t become complacent and continue to work and make improvements to your own poker game.

To give you a head start, we have compiled a list of the top 10 tips on how to improve at poker online. Included are tips on things you can improve on while at the table and things you can do away from the table. And while these tips are not your traditional, run-of-the-mill bankroll management and anti-tilt tips, we can guarantee that these tips will certainly improve your bottom line as a poker player.

Learn

Admit that you have more to learn as an online poker real money player. Being able to admit you have a problem is usually the first step to recovery.

While having more to learn in poker isn’t actually a “problem,” thinking you know everything there is to know about poker is. Even the best online poker players in the world will tell you they don’t know everything and that they constantly work on their game in order to improve. It can be safe to assume that if someone like Phil Ivey or Doyle Brunson feels as if they have more to learn in poker, you probably do too. If you don’t feel that way, your game will surely suffer.

Study

One of the best ways to improve as a poker game player away from the felt is to study. This means reviewing hand histories, reading books, sweating other poker players, watching poker on TV or watching training videos. Studying is just as important, if not more so than actually playing as it helps you find areas that you can work and improve in.

Consider learning an expert

Learning an expert is a great way to improve because it eliminates the process of learning the hard way on your own. Most coaches that are worth hiring will more than likely have been in a similar situation as yours and can provide you with the tools, advice and resources necessary to beat today’s games. If you cannot afford a coach than finding a mentor that doesn’t mind answering questions about hands or games would work just as well.

Discuss hands with friends and at forums

Posting individual hands-on forums is an excellent way to improve as a player because in many cases there is more than one way to play a hand. Receiving ideas or advice on how to play a hand will give you an insight into how other players think and may even highlight certain aspects or variables that you might’ve not otherwise considered.

Watch, make and criticize poker videos

Watching and making poker videos gives you similar benefits as posting individual hands in forums do. Watching videos made by other poker games online players will give you an idea of how other players analyze hands and the actions they take given their reads. While you watch videos, be sure to take notes as to what you might do differently and why. Take these notes and discuss them with the creator of the video or someone else who has watched it to get advice on if and/or why your thoughts would or would not work.

Happy playing!

 

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