Micro Stakes Practice | Micro Stakes Strategy
Texas holdem is by far the easiest and the best poker game for any beginner to learn. Texas Holdem strategy can actually be learned in a short amount of time but in order to really obtain and retain a solid understanding of holdem strategy that will help you win on a consistent basis will take lots of time and experience. So, what I would suggest is to play at specific online poker rooms. This route offers a variety of avenues to learn and play without risking lots of money. You can play on the micro stakes tables, until you’re ready to move up to the higher stakes tables.
Micro Stakes: $0.01/$0.02 ($2NL) upto $0.05/$0.10 ($10NL)
Levels: $0.10/$0.25 ($25NL) upto $0.25/$0.50 ($50NL)
Now, before I get into the basic strategies of how to play a solid poker game, there are a few factors in involved in poker that everyone should take into consideration.
Affordability - Simply put, if you can’t afford to lose
at poker, then don’t play at all. My solution for
those with a hole in their pocket is to practice
their texas holdem strategy online with playmoney.
Playing for playmoney is definately different than playing
with real money because most players don’t care if
they lose their playmoney and tend to go all in
with no hand at all. But playing with playmoney does have some profitability when it comes to learning. It will teach you the
fundamentals of holdem and you’ll learn how to play
a tight-solid agressive hold'em game, especially when dealing with
those all-in playmoney maniacs.
One of my favorite sites to play low micro stakes poker is Carbon Poker, but you can choose any site that offers micro stakes poker. Just make sure that you don't forget to sign-up through our rakeback offers before you begin playing. You at the very least will be earning a small amount of free money rake back while your practicing and learning to play.
Mental Preparation - No limit texas holdem is basically psychological warfare, so
if your not mentally prepared before you sit down at
a real money table, then you shouldn’t play at all.
WITHOUT mental preparation, you’re pretty much throwing your money away. Mental
preparation isn’t placing yourself in a trance or a
Zen-like state. Mental preparation is focusing on winning,
and having a positive attitude, and possessing and applying the
attributes all winning poker players MUST have:
- A Plan of Action.
- Lots of Patience.
- A High Level of Discipline.
Discipline and Patience are two of the best attributes that you absolutely must learn, build and maintain if you plan on developing into a successful online poker player. Without these qualities, other seasoned online poker players will take advantage of you and forgive me for using one of the most popular poker terms, you will be considered a "fish" in a sea of sharks.
