Free Poker Strategy

Protecting your money from tilt can be difficult at times in poker, as there is always an underlying feeling that if you keep on playing, you might be able to turn things around.

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One of the key points to remember about poker, is that it is best played when you are relaxed and in a focussed frame of mind. You will maximise your profits playing this way in my opinion, provided you can recognise when frustration creeps in.

It can often be difficult to recognise when your optimum playing ability is being affected, because although your downward moving funds would seem to be a fairly reliable indicator, it is in our nature as human beings to have self belief and optimism. The problem is that when you couple that with a desire to carry on playing a poker game you enjoy, we sometimes subconciously overlook the obvious facts.  If frustration creeps in because we are losing, we will certainly start making increasing amounts of mistakes if we keep playing.

Often I find a good way of playing, is to sit down at a cash table with a set amount, and if I lose say 20% of it, stop playing immediately. Come back an hour later and try a different table. The theory here is that once you sit down at a table and start making a profit, you will be much more positive with your play, and generally more happy and relaxed whilst you play.

If you continue playing poker for a considerable amount of time while you are winning, and stop at a set point when you are not, you should be having a positive influence on the direction of your bankroll. If you happen to be in a tournament online and you start feeling a little tilted, it is usually best to go and occupy yourself with sometihng different for a while. If you can afford to miss a big and small blind without it having a huge effect on your chipstack, then I would do so in order to preserve a calm frame of mind.