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Texas Hold'em Strategy - Beginners Guide To Playing Like a Pro

Written By:  sacha tarkovsky
Tuesday, February 21, 2006

Texas holdem is a game where you can make huge amounts of money, if you have the right strategy.

Players who expect to read a few books and become a successful player are going to end up disappointed.

You can't learn how to play successfully from books! Knowledge of the game is only part of the equation in becoming a successful player. Here's why:

Successful Texas Holdem strategy - Playing your cards and other players

A successful strategy is not just based upon playing your own set strategy, but by learning what your opponent's strategy is and adapting yours to defeat them.

This is the difficult bit of developing your Texas Hold'em strategy there is no optimal hand to play like in Blackjack; you have to BEAT your opponent.

This involves not only knowing the odds and all the basic strategies, but knowing as much about your opponent as you possibly can.

Your strategy & your psychological skills

Your psychology is really the key to winning, the best hand doesn't always win in Texas Hold'em and this is the mistake that many players make.

They bluff or play to many hands and are easily picked off by more experienced players.

Texas hold'em Strategy - practice, practise, practise!

When you play you need practice to get your Texas Hold'em strategy right, it's a psychological game that involves other players and you can't learn psychology from books.

Success comes from playing in the real world and when we mean you need practice we don't mean free games.

You need to know how it feels to lose money. Players play differently when money is on the line and mistakes and rash play cost hard cash, even if its small amounts.

Start at low limits and move up to higher stakes games as your skills increase. Compete at a high level first and you will lose.

5 Tips for successful Texas Hold'em strategy

1. Learn all the basic tips, odds and strategies you can from the resources on the net, there are plenty of them. Then understand these are worth nothing without the right psychological approach!

2. Now you need to adopt the correct mindset to win and beat your opponent.

3. Practice at low limits first, the experience you gain will help you develop a strategy that will allow you to take on and beat your opponents.

4. Attitude is everything! If you have the right hand you need to have the courage to play it for all it is worth and crush your opponents.

5. Don't be in a hurry to win patience is the key, you can't develop your skills without plenty of practice and this does NOT mean free games.

What you need to keep in mind when developing a Texas Hold'em strategy is the key to you winning is having the right mental attitude to defeat your opponent.

All the basics can be learned by anyone, but it's your mindset that will set you apart as a winner.

Don't expect overnight success!

To win at Texas hold'em requires lots of practice and some loses along the way, but with the right attitude, knowing the basics and lots of practice you can win big.

Don't expect overnight success,many novices assume making big money is easy but life is not like that!

It takes hard work, dedication and a lot of practice to become a successful player. You can do it but be prepared to work hard for goals and dont try and do it to quickly.

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Texas hold'em strategy - more information

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