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Keeping Close Track of Your Poker Winnings

 

 Keeping Close Track of Your Poker Winnings

HONESTY!!!!!

No one truly cares about your bank role.  Really! I promise, unless you are buying people things they don't care.  So, if you are losing money DO NOT casually stop keeping records to forget about the loses.  You are only lying to yourself.  This functions as a great pick me up as a poker player, as far as seeing progression in your game and bank account.  A great way to help out with managing your roll is to keep records of your play.  Keep accurate up-to-date records and you can use these for personal analysis.  Accurate records not only help you keep track of how you’re doing, they also allow you to analyze your game and keep you honest with yourself. We all like to believe that we’re winning players, but everyday that may not be the exact case.
Here are a few key situations to keep track of every time you play:

• Overall bankroll (to pretty much keep you honest and not jump into higher stakes games)
• Time span at which you sat in on a game
• What was the buy in to the table, and how big a table
• How much you made (Maybe think of looking at this poker stat from an hourly point of view)

Keeping records of these Poker situations will really help putting your game into true perspective. I tend to have a minor temper issue ( easy example, road rage) so maybe tracking your attitude or manor might not be a bad idea, which in the end may lead to having more control of yourself.  How you feel when you play and what frame of mind you’re in are truly important to the final outcome of your "money making" experience. 
Keep track of things like when you get tired and how long into a session you are when you start to get tired. When you are not playing to par, note that and note also the mistakes you made, so you can go back and try to correct them the next time out. Whether you admit it or not, poker is a game of emotion; one bad swing can break you, so as a serious money maker it is very important to realize your emotions, and try to leave the truly emotional feelings off the table.

Keep these records on a daily basis
go back through them each month to analyze your play. Be honest with yourself about what you see (remember, you are the only one involved, the only one you are lying to is YOURSELF). You’re looking for patterns:  I lost again when I played for an hour too long or I won more than normal when I played a shorter session, or I was tired than and lost this much, keep track.
If you notice a pattern and see that you’re losing at one particular game or limit, ask yourself: “What am I doing wrong here?” The truth hurts sometimes, but honesty will prevail, don’t let your ego get in the way of becoming a winning poker player. If your records show that you’re not doing well, it’s time to eat your pride move down to a lower limit, and re-evaluate your game and start it over once again, but without losing confidence.

Having exposure to these records right in front of you allows you to be honest about yourself as a poker player. Your notes are not going to lie unless you make them, so be patient and honest and go get your hands on that cash.

Good luck Let me know your thoughts on this, do you take notes, how are your practices working out?

The Streets Of Texas Hold'em Poker

 

The Different Streets In a Poker Hand

The Flop
After seeing the flop, Don't feel obligated to remain in the hand. A common mistake made by beginners, especially online is to decide, "I'm already in this hand, so I might as well play it out." NOooooooooo.
With up to seven players at a table, two pair or better will generally be the winning hand. If you don't have the high pair after the flop (say the flop comes out and is Q-9-5, the high pair would be two Queens), and you're not in good position for a straight or a flush, you should probably get out of the hand.
However, remember that as the number of players depletes, so does the potential of that strong hand being out there...  So, if you're at a table with just two other players, it could pay off to be the aggressor and bet at the pot, hoping to take it down.
If you're first to bet after the flop, don't feel like betting is the only solution, CHECK. This can work to your advantage in two ways. First, if your hand is on the weak side, you may get the luxury of getting to see one more card without having to put more of your stack into the pot. Second, if your hand is strong, you could convince an opponent or two that it's weaker than it really is.  Of course times change and technique does too, so this is an important situation to know when to switch gears because someone could read your strength through your portrayal of weakness.
 



Fourth Street and Fifth Street
Also know as The Turn and The River, respectively, the fourth and fifth community (cards face up) cards give you two more chances to either get out of the pot before you lose money, or increase your winnings.
At this point, it's likely there will only be much less of an opponent count in the pot with you. The best advice here is to be smart. After fourth street, don't stay in the pot hoping for a straight or flush, unless you can do so on a check (think odds, and how many outs you have, although it may be an easy fold patience may take you in a different direction). Although there will be times when you would have drawn the straight or flush, they will be outweighed by the times you wouldn't.
The bottom line is this: Don't allow yourself to get sucked in too far with a weak hand, throwing all your chips in on a hope and a prayer.
That said, there is a point where the investment you've already made virtually tells you that you hang in there. It's most reasonable to measure this in terms of percentage of your chips. For example, if you've already committed 40% of your chips to the pot, another 5% isn't that much. This is a gray area, so once again the best advice is to be smart, but think cautiously.

The Texas Holdem Attention Span

 

 Texas Hold'em Patience and Feeling Out the Situation Based on the Board.   

Your Ability To Read The Board

Your ability to read the board will help make you a winning, money earning player, and it is not hard to get comfortable with. As you play Texas Holdem, the community cards are the most significant group of cards in the game based on the fact that they are simply face up. You can easily determine the best possible hand that can be made from the community cards and two cards that may or may not be out there. It is extremely important that you learn determine how your hand stacks up against the other possible hands that your opponents may hold. Two common situations should peak your radar when you see them.
If there are three suited cards on the board someone has the opportunity to build a flush. If a player raises when the third suited card is turned over you should be aware of that player first,but second feel it out to where you make a judgement on whether or not a bluff is in the air. If there is a pair on the board a player can make four of a kind or a full house.

 

Pay Attention to all Possible Detail
When you are not involved in a hand you should still pay attention to the game. You can gain valuable information about your opponents simply by observing what hands they play, not to mentio you can give all your attention to the situation around the table rather than yourself. It’s easy to determine the players who play suited cards, or single aces by watching the hands they turn over at the end. That brings me to one controversial tip.
Think about the situation where it is appropriate to show your hand. if you don’t have to. If you win the pot because everyone else folded you are under no obligation to show your cards. You don’t want to give away any information about yourself if you don’t have to and players who turn over their cards when they don’t have to are doing just that.You can of course perform a premeditated show, as to later set someone up to take down a big pot or throw down a big bluff.