When to stop playing?

Hi all, I found this short article on when to stop playing. I think only you know when to stop playing, but it is a good read anyhow...

Probably most of online poker players find themselves in playing poker more then they should do that. Most often they play on free time. The reason of playing so much is very simple. Just imagine a player, who has a good session and loses all his winnings in the last hour or a player who has a really bad session and he tries to catch up. On these cases, both of the players are missed the idea of the time and that causes such troubles like the lack of the money or quarrels with their wife/husband because of the lost money. But this is a bad side of the Poker game. Player who knows, when to stop, most often never feels such problems.

We would like to give you some advices, when to stop playing:

• Stop playing while you are ahead. This follows from the first situation, we have given above. When young player wins a right pot, which is above his primary chips, he should stop playing till next day.


• Stop playing while you are behind. Like we mentioned above most of players, who have bad sessions hope to catch up everything they lost. Most often nothing good happens in this case, because it is high possibility to get on tilt. It is better to relax wait till next session and think about mistakes you've made and strategy for another game.


• Stop playing while you are tired or emotionally unstable. Fatigue causes stress, negligence and player is not concentrated to a game. It is much better to get some sleep or make a fifteen – minutes break and go back to the table with a new thoughts and better strategy.


• Stop playing, if you can't beat the game. Very often players choose a table, which is unbeatable. Choose a table according to your bankroll and your playing skills.

Stop playing poker at a right time is very important and sometimes it even insists some skills to do that. Be strong and emotionally stable, keep working on improving your playing skills and strategy. Never forget to stop playing on time.

Thanks to the International Poker Federation for an informative article.

"IPF Team"

When to stop playing?

thanks, Paul.

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Tell Tale Signs!

Poker Tell Tale Signs
by: Linda Harrison

This excellent article written by Linda Harrison helps to teach you both online and offline techniques of how to tell the strength of your opponents hands by tell tale signs, have a read its quite interesting.

How do you figure out the hand of your opponent? Look closely and you will notice twitches that reveal the strength of his hand. These twitches are called poker tells. And players are having a field day talking about poker tells in their blogs.Poker tells exist both in the live games and in the online games. If you want to beef up your poker strategy, you will surely be interested in learning the common poker tells.In a physical card room or in a casino, you will notice a poor player putting a hand over his mouth. Why? Because he is trying to conceal a smile (not a yawn). You can be sure that just as the sunrises in east, he is holding a strong hand. Another physical twitch is when the player reaches for a drink: his mouth is dry because he is nervous. A nervous player is relatively easy to lead.If an opponent is trying to stare you down, he is trying to intimidate you. What is the reason behind this? Most likely, he is bluffing. If you have a strong hand, call. If you have a great hand and want more action,raise.Observe the eyes of your opponent when the flop comes. If he takes a quick look at his chips, he probably has a strong hand. He is thinking of how much he will bet and win.When you play online, will knowing poker tells be useful? Of course. Poker tells will differ slightly from player to player, but your online opponents are still humans. What you need to observe closely is the time or duration that an opponent spends during his turn or chance to bet.In a limit game,when two flush or straight cards are out, and one of the players makes a quick call, this usually means a draw. On the flop, however, when one player makes an instantaneous raise, you can assume that he has a top pair.When one of your opponents that you consider a poor player is taking time to think, he is actually debating whether to call or fold.This means that his hand is weak. Now if he took time (but not too long) to think and then raise, you can be sure that he is not bluffing.Poor players generally don’t bluff. He was just both nervous and excited and needs to calm himself enough to use the mouse.If one of your online opponents raises frequently at the pre-flop and then folds at the flop when another player bets at him, this particular opponentis a tilting player. Tilting players are also relatively easy to read.Win big with your new found knowledge
.About The AuthorLindaHarrison is an author at http://www.casinogamblingpub.com. Stop bytoday to learn about about online gaming and play free gambling games.Reallyfastcart11@yahoo.com

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