Best Poker Tips you won’t find from Poker Books

Most of the poker books give you quite simple instructions on how to play winning poker.

They write hundreds of pages and it all comes down to four things. Understand the poker pot odds, don’t play too loose, play aggressively and use bankroll management.

However in this poker article we will reveal you the 6 best poker tips you are not able to find from poker books. And these tips don’t take you hours to read.

Look for poker players who come from southern Europe

Yes, there are lot of good European poker players. However most of them tend to come from the northern Europe from countries such as Sweden and Finland. On the other hand the players from come from southern Europe from countries such as Italy and Spain tend to be in general quite bad in poker.

The players from those countries usually either call too much or bet too much, identify what is their leak and take their moneys! So next time you spot in an online poker table a player who from a country that is in southern sit down and get the chips in your pocket.

Obviously there are also some good players in those countries, and if you are one of them you are obviously in a good position. All other poker players most likely view you as a poker fish and you can easily take their moneys whey they underestimate you.

NOTE: Some sites like NoiQpoker even have special tables where people are allowed to speak languages other than English, these tables are obviously great hunting grounds to find Italian and other players.

Play slower

This is something we recommend you do only against poker players you don’t like and only when you are headsup with them. So if you are playing in a friendly game, do the poker world a favor and try to avoid doing this.

One of the easiest ways to tilt poker players, and push already tilting players to even bigger tilt is by playing slow. This simply means that before your decisions you take more time than you normally would. This is especially powerful with preflop decisions, if you wait every time 10 seconds before making your move before the flop we guarantee that unless your opponent is a zen master he will get mad.

However, when you use the play slow tactic be prepared that your opponent might start doing the same thing - one more reason why you shouldn't use this tactic against players you like.

Use extreme game selection

Online poker allows you to hop from table to table nonstop. So if you are the type of poker player for whom it is all about the money you should try using extreme game selection. It is extremely easy to use the extreme game selection in headsup games. Simply sit down to couple headsup games, and only play when a really bad poker player (maybe from Southern Europe) sits down with you.

Select online poker nick that makes you look like a novice poker player

All the online poker sites allow you to select unique online poker nick when you register your account. If you are feeling tricky you might want to consider selecting a nick that makes you look like a beginner player.

Most poker players start playing online poker after they see poker on TV. So you could for an example choose a nick that mentions TV poker / major poker tournament. Here are couple examples that everyone is free to use, $WPTCHAMP$, 1WSOP_09, WSOP_BOY

Buy in for an uneven amount

When an unknown player sits down with a weird amount such as $82.39 to $0.5/$1 (max buy in $100) no limit game the regulars automatically assume he is a bad player. This is because the regular players usually only buy in for either the minimum buy in amount (if they play the short stack strategy) or with the maximum buy in amount.

Steal ideas

When you notice someone else using a play that works well you should simply steal it. No one owns the plays and tactics and copying a play is nothing to be ashamed of. So if you for an example notice that someone has come up with a cool new way to play pocket aces make a note of it and use it when the appropriate situations arises.

We hope that these tips help you to win money from the online poker games.