Out of all the games in a casino that are standards and classics and ever-greens and whatnot, poker is the one that actually divides people the most. The reason for that? Poker is not just about luck, there’s a lot of ability in there to. In fact, it’s mostly about ability.

If it was luck, we wouldn’t be seeing the same faces like Phil Ivey, Daniel Negreanu, Phil Hellmuth and many other stars, in world-class tournaments’ finals year after year. They have the poker face, the moves, the knowledge – the whole package. 

So at HighBet, we know our poker, so we decided to share some of our experience and knowledge we’ve acquired with years in the business, with tactics and steps that will help you rule any table you sit on.

Let’s dive in.

Play the Range, Not the Hand

When you go head to head with someone on the flop, turn, or river, don’t start guessing and thinking what his exact hand might be. Think in ranges, in possibilities – what could force this person’s hand? And that’s a seriously good questions which will help you determine the possible outcome for you to measure how good your hand will be against other possible combos.

Measure out his bet, his body language, and only then look at the cards on the table to know what he understood or got from them.

Favorite Hand? Avoid that stuff.

You don’t need a favorite hand. That’s child’s play. Pros play with all the cards and don’t get attached to certain pairs, numbers, or card colors. Why? It’ll make you predictable and will make you shortsighted.

Having a favorite hand means you will always react when you get it, and players will know it, and you won’t be able to take full advantage of it. Or a worse case scenario, you get power drunk by it, and don’t pay attention to your opponents, and you end up losing the hand by a mile – in both odds and money.

Consistent Strategy

Stick to your strategy – in both good times and bad times. Yeah, in both. Sometimes players can get carried away or just bored by a strategy working so well for them, that they’ll try to step out of the lines and go crazy. That’s just reckless and needless.

Pros have their eye on winning and having fun at the same time, but they never just step out and do something just for the sake of it.

Bluff, but Smartly

There’s nothing wrong with bluffing, but there’s a lot that can go wrong if you just bluff to test your opponent and you hold a trash hand.

The key to bluffing effectively is to mix three things: the power of your hand, your assessment of the flopped cards, and how your opponents are playing. Not all hands are the same, and it’s not just about dividing them into good or bad. There are hands that hold the potential to develop and which can help you in

Conclusion

There’s no shortcut, there’s no taking a quick course on the road to becoming a better poker player – you just gotta get into the details, do some reading on potential combos, do some thinking of your own on how you’ll approach the cards and your opponents psychologically, and in the end – stick to your strategy.

In the end, proper training and experience will get you where you want and need to be – and we can think of no better place to start than our very own HighBet casino live poker tables! Register HERE and hit the tables now!