3 Ways To Pour Your Poker Money Down The Drain

Poker is a game of decisions and discipline. If you are not focussed, it is easy to pour it all down the drain! There are 3 key areas that you need to get right before you start thinking about advanced strategies.

Play At Too High A Level

Why go to the high limit tables and lose your entire bankroll within the space of a few minutes.

There is no shame in playing at the lower limit tables. What’s more, the competition will be lower.

Never take a huge leap in limits, always make small and simple steps upwards and only when you are ready.

Remember that poker is a game of sometimes winning and sometimes losing. If your bankroll is too small then you can be playing a good game but an unlucky run can mean that you lose your entire bankroll.

Playing Too Many Of Your Starting Hands

Too many people, especially beginners, will play too many of their starting hands. Over time you will gain an appreciation for what is a good hand and what is a bad hand but there are still some simple rules that you can obey.

For instance, if you are early in position then do not play low ranked cards that are not the same suit, not pairs and not consecutive. Don’t even think about it - just fold!

Play more conservative than you might be used to and look at the effect on your bankroll in the long term.

Don’t Let Your Emotions Get The Better Of You

The best poker players use zero emotion, only logic.

A bad run of luck is part of the game, do not change your style or get more aggressive because you have had a bad run of luck. Emotions or “getting back” should have no part in your game.

Do this and you can expect to be spotted as a “fish” by better players who will string you around and take all your money from you.