Are you ready to start winning more online Texas hold em tournaments? Do you get sick of losing when you know you should be winning? Do you want the best tip on playing Texas Hold em online?

I have been playing Texas hold em online for years and I am very successful in the tournaments I enter. Enough about me, though, you care about you not me. So how do you win more tournaments? How do you make better decisions on hands and avoid that bad beat?

The best tip for playing Texas hold em online is to play patiently and smart. How do you do that? To play patient you must wait and have self discipline. It is not a good thing to play every hand or even hands that you think you might get lucky.

You should concentrate on playing the following hands? 9,9 ? 9,10 suited ? 10, 10 ? 10, J suited ? J,J ? J, Q suited ? Q,Q ? Q, K suited ? K, K ? K. A of any type, and A,A. These are all the top hands and give you the best shot of winning the hand.

Now how do you play each of them? The top hands and pocket pairs you will want to play very aggressive with, but you have to read the table. If you are not in the blind position you want to raise the blind so you don't get beat by someone getting a lucky flop. This usually guarantees that you are only in against top hands when the flop comes.

With the lower hands, I would try to limp in and see if I can get lucky. If I don't get a piece of the flop I fold pretty quickly. There is no reason to waste your chips. With any hand lower than pocket 9?s I only play if I am in the blind and can get in for only the blind. Then, if I don't catch the top pair or more I get out.

The biggest mistake that players make is they play too many draws. They get excited because they get four diamonds or a straight draw. You still need another card and you don't have a lot of options. I try to only deal with hands that give me a top hand after the flop.

So if you want to start winning more poker hands and tournaments, then stop being the luck seeker and play the right hands.

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