If you are starting out with a small bankroll you will want to try to maximise your chances of increasing your bankroll with the least risk possible. The difficulty comes in finding the most efficient way to build your bankroll. Different folks advocate different methods and of course your particular playing style with dictate which works best for you.

I’ll let you into a little tip if you are starting out, have a reasonably solid game and you play at PokerStars. Go look for the Sunday Quarter Million $2.20 cash satellites (avoid the 6 seat tourneys and go for the set time tourney).

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If you’ve ever played in DON (double or nothing) Sit N Go’s over at PokerStars you will likely have come across the user name rs03rs03 at your table. I did, but thought nothing of it. When he was on my tables day after day after day I started to get suspicious. There is actually quite an interesting story behind it…

If you find the same user on your table all the time one assumption could be that the player has been taking notes on your play and believes you to be a fish worth hooking. It is possible to basically follow you around the poker site and play at whatever table you decide to hit. I didn’t think this was the case with rs03rs03 as I’d previously taken notes on this player to the effect (more…)

The position that you sit at a cash game poker table is of immense importance. If you’ve gone through the routine we have suggested in order to select the best cash game table to maximise your chance of profit, but choose to sit in the wrong position at the table you will often be in a worse situation than if you were seated at a totally unsuitable table. This is the reason why you will see full tables that have several players waiting for the chance to join them in correct seat position whilst there are hundreds of other tables with free spaces available.

Why Is Seat Position Important At the Poker Table?

When you are playing Texas Hold ‘em it is important to have the aggressive players that have a habit of raising to your right hand side and the looser players that will simply call and check to your left.

The reason for this is that by having loose players that constantly check to your left means that you can (more…)

When playing poker online it is important to gain as much of an advantage over your opponents as possible. Due to the nature of online poker you obviously can’t rely on a physical tell such as a twitch or a rub of the face. However, due to the privacy of playing online you can take notes on your opposition – not something that would go down well in a bricks and mortar casino!

Taking notes by hand is fine, but all poker sites now have a feature whereby you can take notes on particular players of your choosing and the record will be stored for you. Whenever that player pops up on a table you will be able to review all your prior notes.

It is clear that taking notes can be an extremely useful mechanism for attempting to gain an (more…)

There are so many thousands of poker players at each online poker room that you will likely play against several new players each time you take the table. These guys are unknown quantities and as such you will not have had the opportunity to gain an impression of their style of play. Are they loose, or tight? Do they play like a rock or do they have a tendency to go for gutshots. If you’ve played against a poker player online before, you can gain a picture of your opponents play. If not, you are walking into the unknown and that can cost you money.

To be able to maximise your chances of making money at an online cash poker game there are two main areas that you need to analyse carefully; your opponents and the table stats.

Prior to taking a seat at a cash game there is a great deal of information you can view about the specific (more…)