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Chip Tips

Seven Points to a Better Game:

1. Watch - This game is one part luck and two parts psychology. In a five person game, dumb luck will get you winning 20% of the time.  But if you can watch your opponents actions and learn to read them, you can get a clue as to what cards they have and so win more often. Come to understand you opponents. How do they like to bet? What hands do they go for? How much do they bluff? 
2. Be Patient - It is easy to get excited and bet big early. Avoid the urge, as betting high early usually just scares away chips you otherwise could have won. By waiting, you give your opponents a chance to give you clues about what they have. By betting big early you give them a clue what you have.
3. Bet Carefully - The top players in the game tend to bet pretty conservatively, usually only one or two times the ante amount. This allows them to lose only a little at a time, and to climb steadily.
4. Change Your Game - If you always use the same techniques, people will be able to predict your moves. So mix things up a bit by changing your strategy from time to time.
5. Climb Carefully - It is tempting to go play at the Advanced and Expert tables right away, but it is generally better to start at the Beginner and Intermediate tables until you have about 5,000 or 10,000 chips. Having less than that at an Expert table will put you at the mercy of players with a lot more chips.
6. Bluff - Remember, your opponents are all trying to infer what cards you have. If they can guess, then they'll beat you more often.  But if you can find ways to fool them, you will win more often. 
7. Enjoy - All the gamesmanship is grand, but after all, it is a game who main purpose is to entertain and bring people together. The more you enjoy then the more you will probably play and the more you play the more you will win. Heck, some people don't care about chips at all, all they want to do is bet big, win big, and lose big.  Whatever is fun, enjoy.

Discard Analysis

• If someone discards one card, it might imply:
  • They have two pair and are looking to get a full house
  • They have three of a kind and are trying to imply they have less
  • They have four of one suit and are aiming for a flush
  • They have four in a row and are aiming for a straight
  • They have four of a kind and are trying to make it look like they have less
• If someone discards two cards, it might imply:
  • They have three of a kind and are aiming to get four of a kind or a full house.
  • They have 3 of one suit and are hoping they will get a flush.
  • They have 3 in a row and are hoping they will get a straight (a bad idea by the way, odds are terrible)
  • They have a pair and are trying to imply they have 3 of a kind.
  • They have a high card and are trying to imply they have a 3 of a kind.
• If someone discards three cards, then the best thing they had was a pair and they are hoping to get anything better.
• if someone discards four cards or five cards, they've basically got nothing and are looking for almost anything else.

Other Tips from the Community:

• Social Tips:
  • When new players appear on the scene, help them along and don't boot them into guessem. They might then subscribe and stay on board. All the more people to enjoy their company later.
  • Congratulate your opponents when they win a nice pot. Don't go trying to buy the next one in a bid to recover your loss -- good cards will come your way eventually.
  • The Advanced and Expert tables are exactly that, for advanced and expert players who like to bet. Newbies are advised to either stick to Beginner and intermediate tables until they get their "poker legs."  Another way of putting it: "If you can't take the heat, stay out of the furnace" <smile>.
• General Gamesmanship:
  • There's nothing to be gained by folding when no one has raised. If no one has raised, don't fold on the off chance that your hand, however low, might win for you. You won't lose anything.
  • When the table is full, bet small, because even if everyone else folds after the ante, the pot adds up faster than you think.
  • If you run across someone who seems to *always* bet big, there are two stratagies recommended:
    1. Since the odds are great that they do not have great hands every time and if they are betting high every time call them at least once even if you lose some chips. Odds are that they are bluffing and you could stand to win a lot of chips.
    2. If you come across a constant heavy better, or a pot buyer as they are often termed, you really should think about preserving your hard earned chips and move to the safe haven of another lower stakes table, where these guys don't often frequent, because they don't usually have the skill to succeed with the lower betting limits.

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Other Poker Tips Websites

• Frequently Asked Questions about Poker
  
• Poker.net
  
• Steve Badger's Play Winning Poker

And of course, please feel free to check out the All inPlay Help Pages for the official rules and hotkeys.