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POKER HAND HISTORY TIPS
How To Get Hand Histories
Your opponent did not show their cards after the showdown? Here’s an awesome
Depending upon how active Party Poker is at the moment, you should get an e-mail with the history in a matter of moments.
Scroll to the bottom of the history and you are able to immediately determine what the other player was having. You can do this in conjugation with player notes to get an expert idea of what a foe is willing to play with on a river.
Showdown info is always the most vital, as you can analyze their decision making mental process from the ground up.
Or save yourself the work and use
GET CAUGHT BLUFFING ONCE IN A WHILE
Now and then this is not a bad idea. It is a way to alter your play and not be too foreseeable. You win pots that you do not deserve when your bluff works. You fall behind a few chips when it does not work out but it will get you calls from weaker hands down the line when you have a solid hand and require the action.
BLUFF WITH CAUTION AT LOW LIMIT GAMES
One should be exceedingly careful in efforts to bluff playing low limit online poker. You will notice many players will call you just to "keep you honest" even if their hand does not justify a call. Mostly, you should forget about it until you are already a very victorious low limit online player.
When you do bluff it should be done with certain attention to pot/implied betting odds: "I guess I have a 1 in 10 chance of winning this bluff, do I get better than 10-1 return?" Since these estimates can be even more difficult to make online since there are few tells to go by, it is a challenging play.
DO NOT ALLOW THEM TO SEE YOU SWEAT
We believe this is a substantial tip because when you lose a large pot, it is comfy to let your emotions show – even online. Don’t let the cards get the better of you. And never encourage the authority of the other competitors by allowing it get to you. If you wish to maintain your psychological sharpness; it helps to take out theirs. Never give them a cause to be capable to feed off of you, even if you are falling behind (by the way everyone loses and has bad beats. No one can come through 100% of the time; never give them the edge, even if you are steaming.)
GET UP AND STRETCH, DO PILATES OR YOGA
Taking a small pause will assist you to concentrate. While you are on break do not think about the game. It will only harm your session as time marches on.
STAY AWAY FROM ALCOHOL AND DRUGS
Do we need to even point this out? Nothing can falsify your reasoning more than alcoholic beverages. You need to be mindful and focused at all times. We have no estimate how many online rounders are boozing or doing something else when they are playing, but we can truly assure you that focussing is everything. There is a lot happening in a game of online poker and it’s taking place at warp speed. You truly need to stay clean and sharp.
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