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5 Tips for Poker Beginners

Strategy.  
 
Be patient - Fold early and often, the idea is to only play when you have an advantage.  

Be aggressive - Don't be afraid to raise, Often the best choice is to raise, next best is to fold and the worst choice is to call.  

Get inside your opponent's head - What do you think he has?  
 
Choose your opponent.  
 
If you are a new player you should play with the fish and not with the sharks. A fish is the most irritating player to play against. The plays moves and bets they play make no sense at all. Fish like to chase hands and are sometimes called "calling stations" by other players.

You cannot bluff a fish, so don't try. A shark, a top player, is good at every aspect of the game and can adjust his play to all types of players. Sharks are very hard to sit with - you can never really get a read on them.  
 
Learn your opponent.  
 
When you play online poker you are not able to see your opponent and thus you can not gauge his emotions from facial expressions and gestures.

Thus, you need to make use of whatever information is available. At online poker games offer an indication of whether the person you are playing against is a fresher or an experienced poker player.

If the player takes time to make his move, chances are that he is new to online poker and you can probably try to bluff him more than you would otherwise do.  
 
Don't become overconfident!  
 
The worst thing that can happen to a novice player is to win too big and too fast. When you start to win big, make sure to maintain your caution and gamble only with your head, and not with your emotions.  
 
Keep a low profile!  
 
Whether you are winning or losing never tell anyone how well you are doing.  
Never tell anyone in the poker chat room where you are from, where you live or how much you've won.

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