1. Don't play so many hands.
One of the biggest mistakes beginners make is playing too many hands. Don't be fooled into thinking that "you can win every hand", which is true, but some hands are much more likely to win than others.
Good hand selection is the key to becoming a winning poker player.
2. Don't puff too much.
The other main mistake is to be too willing to bluff. It is a mistake to think that you need to bluff a lot to be a winning player. While it is common to see big bluffs at WSOP, EPT, WPT, etc. at all poker shows, it is important to realise that these are select hands and novice players often have a misconception about the frequency of professional bluffing.
If you are new to poker, it is advisable to avoid bluffing, just play your hand "straight", and to be successful and profitable, you need to be very good at picking your spot and opponent.
3. Think about your opponents' cards.
It is vital to think not only about your own hand strength, but also that of your opponents. Beginners often get a good hand and can't see anything around them. Often beginners get attached to nice cards such as AK, AQ, TT, JJ, and often in poker you have to fold KK, AA when you have a bad community card, say 4 wines against 3 opponents, your red aces are practically dead, so you just have to let them go.
4. Play against players worse than you.
Although it sounds very obvious and primitive, many people forget this rule. And the rule is very simple, if you play against inferior opponents, the money will end up in your pocket in the long run, and vice versa, if you play against better opponents, your money will end up in their pockets.
There's a good saying in poker, if you're the 10th best player in the world, you'll still be a loser if the other top 9 are at your table.
5. Always think about your position.
The importance of position is often underestimated, not only by newcomers but also by experienced players, as Phil Ivey once said "I would lose even against my grandmother if she always had a position in front of me".
The best position in poker is the last position, which gives you extra information about your opponents' actions, and information is vital in poker.
More about the position: Poker position (for newcomers)
6. Pay attention when you play.
The best way to gather information is simply to observe what your opponents are doing, how they are behaving, how much they are betting, when they are betting etc. This way you start to notice how everyone is playing and determine the strength of their hand based on their play. It is important to observe even when you are not in the hand, i.e. when you have folded your hand.
You'll notice that players make some moves when they have a good hand and others when they have a bad hand, and the more information you have about your opponents, the more likely you are to win.
7. Carry to high limits.
There are two reasons why a newcomer should play at lower levels. Firstly, the level of the players is much higher at the higher levels, i.e. your opponents will be much, much better than at the lower levels. Therefore, there is very little chance that you will be able to beat them.
Secondly, you should only play at levels you can afford. You have to play where you can afford to lose money. Importantly, without a good understanding of money management, you will never become a good winning player, no matter how well you understand the game strategy.
Read more about: bankroll management (cash management)
8. Do not overestimate the draw.
Often you will be in situations where you have an "incomplete hand", where you are one card short of a good hand, say a flush draw, straight draw or similar. Although these hands have great potential, you need to be able to play them well, if your opponent already has a good hand then at best you only have 30%, so this is where you need to be able to calculate your probabilities of winning and their relation to the size of the pot.
9. Suited koros (one colour) are not as good as they look.
This is a mistake almost all beginners make, overestimating the value of cards of one suit. The probability that you will drop a suit when you have two cards of the same suit is a mere 0.8%. And if you play with low cards of one suit, there is always a chance that someone else has a higher suit and will make a higher suit than you.
We simply recommend that you fold all low cards of the same suit on the flop, especially if you are a beginner.
To anchor this topic, here are a few examples to help you better understand the difference.
First example: single colour 4
5 against any couple, from 22 and up. Second example: different 45
against any couple, from 22 and up.
| Player 1: | 27,011% | 54s |
| Player 2: | 72,989% | 22+ |
| Player 1: | 22,552% | 54o |
| Player 2: | 76,659% | 22+ |
10. Know the rules.
As primitive as it sounds, you have to know the rules of the game. You have to know the values of the combinations, which combination is higher than the other, etc. There is no way you can be a winning player without knowing the rules.
Importantly, some other poker games (e.g. omaha, 7-card stud, limit, pot limit, etc.) or tournaments (e.g. rebuy, knockout, etc.) have specific rules, so always find out where you're going to play and what the rules are before you start.
Source: http://www.thepokerbank.com
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