Smack Dog's Top 22 Online Poker Tips

Tip 1: Don't get into the habit of playing trash! Stick to pocket pairs and hands that add up to 20 or 21 (a good blackjack hand is a good holdem hand!

Tip 2: Play live cards. If a player accidentally exposes a rank that you are holding in your hand, don't play it!

Tip 3: Do not slow play pocket pairs! If your pocket pair is worth a raise for value, then raise virtually 100% of the time. You will be surprised how much money weak hands are willing to put into the pot "just to see the flop".

Tip 4: Draw hands play best when you can see the flop cheaply in a multiway pot. If you are on the button with 87 suited and there have been many limpers but no raise, now is the time to play it!

Tip 5: Don't play small straights or small flushes heads up if the pot is small and you are covinced that your opponent has a big pair and you won't be able to bluff him or win the pot legitimately unless you hit the straight or flush.

Tip 6: Don't play a small draw hand when you think it's likely that bigger draws are around. If you have 76 and the board is J98, your open-ended is no good because the ten might give someone a bigger straight.

Tip 7: Try to conceal your hand as much as possible. You don't want your opponents to know precisely what you're playing.When you have a made hand, try to convince them (through mannerisms or action) that you're on a draw and when you're on a draw try to convince them that your hand is made.

Tip 8: Raise an opponent who likely has the best hand if you think that will eliminate other players who are weak but willing to call one bet and you think you have a good playable hand such as AK.

Tip 9: Play your board. don't check with a strong board and don't be that aggressive with a simliar hand but weak board.

Tip 10: Don't slowplay if there's a good chance that your opponents will call your raises anyway.

Tip 11: Bet/raise often when catching a suited connector on fourth street

Tip 12: Bet two pair strongly against an opponent who is on a draw

Tip 13: Bet two pair strongly against an opponent who likely has a big pair with semi-dead cards

Tip 14: Play a strong draw aggressively if it's live and the pot is multi-way.

Tip 15: Induce a bluff aginst an opponent who is likely to bluff

Tip 16: Don't bet your opponent's hand. If he checks and you're weak, check along.

Tip 17: Never call with a draw hand on a later street if the pot is mall.

Tip 18: Stealing the pot: check on sixth street and bet the river

Tip 19: See how your opponent reacts to his river card. A quick look is a sign of a strong hand. Extensive examination is a sign of a weak hand or a miss.

Tip 20: Slowplay when you don't want your opponents to fold.

Tip 21: If it looks like you're beat, you probably are beat.

Tip 22: Against weak opposition, you can limp in to see fourth street with many marginal hands.

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