The funny thing about Texas Holdem is that you don’t actually have to be very good to make money. You just have to be slightly better than a few of the people at your table. Usually you don’t even have to do that much except not make any critical mistakes and wait for them to make a mistake.

That’s why, no matter who you are or how much experience playing Texas Holdem you have, you, like me, can make money playing poker by just keeping your cool and avoiding making the following 3 mistakes that kill.

Texas Holdem Mistakes That Kill #1

The first biggest mistakes lots of new players make is they just play far too many pots. This one gets everybody sooner or later. The fact is, you can’t play lots of pots and win them all, it just doesn’t work.

You are far better off playing fewer pots and ensuring wins with those. When you fold you don’t any chips and even if you are in the blind you don’t lose a lot of chips (compared to what you could). So keep your cool and fold until you get good cards.
Texas Holdem Mistakes That Kill #2

The next mistake every single poker player makes is they try to play way beyond their level. They read one article about bluffing and suddenly they are bluffing every game. Or they head one little thing about someone who won with pocket deuces and play those hole cards every time they come up.

Don’t play out of your level. Stick to what you know and what you understand and make that work. Definitely learn and grow but realize it takes a tad longer than all of 2 minutes to learn a new skill.

Texas Holdem Mistakes That Kill #3

Another mistake players make is they are too afraid to call even when they have good cards. A bit of fear sets in and they think ‘What if he has this, what if he has that’. You aren’t going to win pots at the showdown if you never go there.

When you think you have a good hand and can win, call. Sure, maybe hesitate if it’s an all-in or massive bet, but if it’s nothing to big just call. Don’t let fear override you and make you play bad poker.

Before you go and learn more Texas Holdem mistakes and tips on playing Holdem better think about a time when you have made one of these mistakes. Now imagine in the future never making any of these mistakes and winning because of it. Realize that this article has helped you hugely by patching up another three holes money is leaking out of your game.

One of online poker’s biggest advantages over cardroom poker is the ability to play multiple tables at once. Try running between tables in a casino without winding yourself and annoying the other players. Almost all online poker sites allow you to play at more than one table and/or tournament simultaneously, or you can open up multiple programs if you have money at more than one site. This serves to both gratify the impatient player’s need for constant action as well as the consistent winning player’s desire to increase his hourly win rate. However, before you dive into “multi-tabling” you should follow some simple guidelines to ensure that you play well despite dividing up your attention.

Firstly, and most importantly, is that you should probably employ a consistent and otherwise boring game strategy. If you like to open 3 or 4 windows at a time like I do, you won’t have much time for complicated moves and brilliant tactical plans. For starters, you won’t really be able to study the opponents at your table so you can’t make many adjustments based on their playing styles. While playing multiple tables, you’ll mostly have to play your position and your cards. To stay focused, play in a consistent pattern and play usually play certain hands the same way. Fold your weaker and more speculative hands to save yourself difficult decisions on the flop. Players are much loose and less observant online (they’re probably playing multiple tables like you!) so you don’t have to worry about giving much of your strategy away.

My next piece of advice, and it should go without saying, is that you should pay attention to the table with the biggest monetary incentive. While that may seem obvious, sometimes I’ll open up a $1 Sit ‘n Go on the side to keep myself occupied in between hands at $2/4 No-Limit Hold’em table. The most that I can win at the SnG is a few bucks, yet I’ll sometimes find myself paying more attention to it when it gets down to the especially competitive stages. What I should be doing is paying attention to my main table, which can pocket me a few hundred dollars in a good session. If you play multiple tables, keep your attention where the money is or get out of the cheap game. If you are playing at tables of equal stakes, be sure to also divide your attention equally.

Finally, don’t overlook the technical aspects of multi-tabling. While some sites are beginning to offer options to tile tables, most still do not and that won’t help you if you’re playing on multiple sites. You want to arrange the tables on the screen so that the action buttons from different tables don’t overlap. It can be extremely frustrating (and costly) to try to click “Fold” and one table and have another table pop up at the last second, making you hit “Raise” on your 7-2 offsuit there instead. Turn up the resolution on your monitor to give more screen space to tables. If you’re serious about online poker, you might invest in a larger monitor and/or video card that can fit more onto one screen. You should also take advantage of the act-ahead “Fold” button to both speed up the game and save your attention for more pressing hands. Playing multiple tables can certainly be profitable for the winning online poker player – just be sure to do it right in order to avoid unnecessary mistakes.