Think big and give your poker profits a boost

 Is your lack of confidence hurting your poker profits in your
online poker play? 

In the good Texas Holdem poker rooms on the internet there are
various levels of buy-ins for tournament play, generally
starting from around $5 (plus site fee) per player. This is the
level that most new players play at but has your game moved on
while you've stood still? What I mean by that is - have you
gained enough poker experience to leave the "newbies" behind and
move up a couple of levels? If you have then I would seriously
suggest that you start playing for higher stakes, you could be
losing out on a lot of online poker profits if you don’t.

The thing about playing at the bottom rung is that inexperienced
players make unpredictable moves a lot more of the time than
experienced poker players, so the very fact that you don't know
what to expect from them often means that they're harder to beat
than better players. Take Phil Hellmuth for example. Phil is
probably just about the best player in the world but he's famous
for ranting and raving whenever somebody makes an unexpected
move against him. He would find it very difficult against a
complete novice who got a run of lucky hands, in fact most of
the top pros avoid playing beginners for the very reason that
there is an unacceptably high risk of them suffering an
embarrassing defeat.

Poker is an art as well as a science. It's about people as well
as about cards and different people do different things, it's
human nature. A hand that one player might see as cause to raise
all-in, another might fold. And nowhere in the world of online
Texas Holdem is this difference of opinion more polarised than
in the bottom buy-in tables. But as you move up the poker
ladder, you willl find yourself mixing with a better standard of
player at each stage. 

Everybody wants to win so the players who have taken the plunge
and have decided to move up are playing at the highest level
where they still have a realistic chance of taking a prize.
Nobody wants to play hand after hand without ever winning so
each player finds their level and plays there until they are
ready to move up again to the next grade.

So if your game has moved on and you've gained experience
playing Texas Holdem online, don't hang around for too long at
the $5 tables. Do yourself a favour and make the step up to the
next level. You'll find players there that are more in tune with
the way you play so you will have more chance of being able to
read their game and boost your poker profits.

Sure it will cost you a bit more money, but look at the positive
side. You're a better player now so you've got a good chance of
winning more money! 

Is your glass half full or half empty? When it all boils down
the decision where to play is of course yours, but don't you
think it's worth a try...just to see?