| Poker books online are everywhere designed to help | | | | all in because they just don't care. |
| you make money online. Do they really help you | | | | Once you get down to around 5-6 players you need |
| make money? To answer this question, yes they | | | | to start playing more aggressive. Playing aggressive is |
| really do but not all of them. You have to find the | | | | the best thing you can do at this point. You need to |
| right ones that will really help you and make you | | | | start stealing blinds and padding your chip stack to |
| profitable. When playing Texas holdem online, I highly | | | | take down first place. When there is 4 players left, |
| suggest you only play sit n go's. If you do not know | | | | you definitely, I mean definitely, need to play |
| what a sit n go is, it is a small mini tournament usually | | | | aggressive. This is where most players go wrong. |
| consisting of around 9 players. The top 3 players left | | | | They will play way to loose, fold all their good hands, |
| standing make it into the money and get paid. | | | | and just sit there until there is just 3 players left. It |
| The breakdown of getting paid is as follows: | | | | isn't smart because they usually just hold on for 3rd |
| 1st place = 50% of the total overall prize pool | | | | when they could have gotten first and they just |
| 2nd place = 30% of the total overall prize pool | | | | wasted their time. They could have played more |
| 3rd place = 20% of the total overall prize pool | | | | aggressive and built up enough chips to take down |
| As you can see when you play sit and go's you need | | | | first place. |
| to gun after first place every time. You can't sit back | | | | An astounding poker stat is that 1 first place victory |
| and rely on making 3rd place over and over again. It | | | | equals 3 3rd place finishes. You will absolutely waste |
| just isn't profitable or worth your time. The best | | | | your time by sitting there and being scared to play |
| poker tip I could ever tell you is to gun after first | | | | your good hands. You need to play your hands when |
| place every time. But how? When you are gunning | | | | there is 3 players left but that doesn't mean you |
| after first place you must do the following. I am | | | | have to play them dumb. There is a difference |
| going to explain this to you at a high level but you will | | | | between smart aggressive play and dumb aggressive |
| get the idea and understand it. When you start a sit | | | | play. When you are playing aggressive and get |
| n go, the blinds will be extremely low. On average, | | | | caught by a re raise, fold the hand and tell the |
| the first 20 hands of the poker game will be folded. | | | | person good hand. The moral of this poker article, |
| If you sit back and watch, you will see at least 2 | | | | don't be afraid to lose! Scared money won't make |
| players knocked out right away maybe 3 just from | | | | money. |
| playing way to aggressive at the beginning or going | | | | |