Poker is a game of skill and not a game of chance. If you're a good poker player you have a significant edge against bad poker player. In the long run, you¡¯ll win money from them.
How can you be a good poker player?
If you can play tight and be patient you're a good poker player in the low-limit ($2-4 or less) game.
I recommend playing at a lower limit than usual at first because the variance is so much higher here. Pacific Poker and Paradise Poker have many micro-limit games ($0.05-$0.10, $0.25-$0.50) so you don't need to risk much money to be able to play. What's nice about playing at micro-limit games is players are horrible. There are a lot of calling stations and some maniacs exist. People playing at low-limit poker games are very loose.
This article: "Basic strategy for Longhand Limit Texas Hold'em" gives you a basic view on how to be a successor on low limit games.
Following is a summary of basic strategy for beginners to earn money by playing Texas Hold'em:
- Playing at longhand (8 or more players) low limit hold'em ($1/2 or less). I recommend playing from 0.05/0.1 if you are brand new to poker games.
- Only play good starting hands. This is where most beginners make mistakes. Simply, they play too many hands. What beginners fail to recognize is that longhand limit Hold'em is a game of patience. As sad as it sounds, you literally can just wait to be dealt the quality hands, and just win with those.
Following article tells you what good hands are: Poker Strategy - Longhand Limit Texas Hold'em Strategy.
- Before betting, count the outs and calculate the pot odds. If you feel it is too difficult to do these, follow the betting strategy for beginners. But if you want to be an advanced poker player, outs counting and pot odds calculating is one of the basic knowledge you need to know.
- Sign up with the best poker rooms to start your journey to professional poker. Read my reviews of best poker rooms for beginners.
