I am by no means a professional poker player; in my business life I run a web promotion company and I also help people who offer bargain holiday deals. As a side line to these main business interests I am also involved in the DVD authoring sector.

I used to be a very poor “heads up” player as I would often get bullied out of the majority of the hands. I realised that I had to learn a new way of playing in the final stage of a poker tournament as what I was currently doing was not working.

I soon learned that I needed to be the aggressor, the poker bully if you like. Instead of folding the majority of hands I now play, on average, ninety-five percent of them. I raise the pot with any ace, king, queen or Jack and raise all in with any two picture cards or when I am dealt an ace with a picture card.

By doing this I win a lot of the pots by default and if the other player chooses to call I believe I have a great chance of winning the hand. Just limping in can lead to all sorts of problems/decisions. It is a prudent idea to start in a very decisive way; be strong but also wary of your opponents. You will lose from time to time, that has to be expected, but by playing in this way has enabled me to win 70% of the heads up games that I have played in the last three months. I hope these tips work as well for you as they have for me.

The people who are making the money in online poker rooms are the ones who have this patience. Many a player can become rather bored in this situation and this can see them start to waste their stack.

I would like to make it clear that I am by no means a professional poker player; for a living I work for a composite door company where I sell, as you can no doubt imagine, external doors. I also help people to stop stuttering in my spare time by running a one-to-one speech course and by a variety of self-help stammering cure options.

There will always be the nutter type of player who we will come across from time to time – these players are ones that bet large amounts on virtually ever hand. These players may win a lot of chips in a short period of time, however in the long run will always lose.

Playing poker is a game which can easily get you hooked and for this reason it is important that you only gamble an amount which you can afford to lose. Play the game as a hobby and enjoy it, you are more likely to win with this attitude. I have friends who have a daily goal of how much cash they want to gain – if towards the end of the evening they are struggling to reach this figure they then go and start betting in a crazy manner. I would have to say that this is not the best idea. I personally have realised that there are times when I will be successful and times when I will not be. By having the right strategy I am fully confident that I will win more money than I will lose.

I am by no means a professional poker player; in my business life I run a web promotion agency and I also help people who offer online guitar lessons for beginners. As a side line to these main business interests I am also involved in the stuttering therapy sector.

I used to be a very poor “heads up” player as I would often get bullied out of the majority of the hands. I realised that I had to learn a new way of playing in the final stage of a poker tournament as what I was currently doing was not working.

I soon learned that I needed to be the aggressor, the poker bully if you like. Instead of folding the majority of hands I now play, on average, ninety-five percent of them. I raise the pot with any ace, king, queen or Jack and raise all in with any two picture cards or when I am dealt an ace with a picture card.

By doing this I win a lot of the pots by default and if the other player chooses to call I believe I have a great chance of winning the hand. Just limping in can lead to all sorts of problems/decisions. Make it easy on yourself and your brain by being decisive early on. You will lose from time to time, that has to be expected, but by playing in this way has enabled me to win 70% of the heads up games that I have played in the last three months. I hope these tips work as well for you as they have for me.