Online Poker Strategy 5: Become the Chess Player

Chess and PokerDoes that title sound a little off? Have you ever watched the top chess players in the world sit down to a game? Every time, without fail they hold the same things, the chess board, the chess clock, chess pieces, a pen and paper. Every step, every move from the first push of a pawn the chess player records their choices, piece color, and their competition’s choices. This allows them to predict where their opponet will move next. Sound familuar?

With poker, players need to be able to read each other, online and off, and need to be able to read themselves. By doing this poker players, even you, are able to improve your poker game, and best any poker opponents. Writing down your cards, and your choices as each player responds to you, and the flop, river, and turn will allow you to see your patterns and the patterns of your online poker competition. With online poker, this is most important as the tells you might look for across the felt, are not available. Learning the online poker tells however will improve your opportunity to compete in online poker as well as reaching the leader boards as you better your poker style.

Bottom Line - Every Move, Every Time make the chess player — er a Poker Player competitive and fine!

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