Are you repeatedly losing in online poker games? Does it feel like you are making the right moves but you opponent manages to beat you still while you struggle to fix your leaks or worse, you don’t even know what they are? Poker could be a brutal game and the most common mistakes in poker could push players to the edge that make you end up quitting altogether believing it’s not your cup of tea.

So, what do you do to stay in the fight amidst this cut-throat competition? You need to figure out those costly yet common mistakes in poker to make changes in your strategies and emerge as a more dominant player who doesn’t give in to your opponent’s pressure. 

• Making Fancy Moves

 Fancy playing is one of the most common mistakes in poker when you get frustrated or your current strategies do not seem to work. Remember, your opponent senses your fear and understand you are acting out making it easy for them to catch your bluff. Be patient and wait for the right cards. Do not get too excited when you get good cards, instead balance your bets and trap your opponents in their own game. Do not try to slow play them, recognize opportunities and play in position and make it harder them to figure you out. 

• Cold Calling too often

Cold calling in online poker games essentially means calling a raise when you don’t have money in the pot, meaning you are not in the blinds position trying to defend them. When someone’s raising, it usually means he/she has something strong, so unless you don’t have better cards to apply counter pressure and nothing to defend, you fold artfully.

• Stop Playing Too Many Hands

Most beginners in online poker games have the tendency to play almost every hand. We feel not playing every hand will keep us out of the action and we will lose out on opportunities to make money. The fact is that you will only hit the flop few times than most, but when you choose to play every hand, you only lose more money and quickly run out of chips before you realize it. Bring discipline in your game and be selective with your starting hands and avoid playing cards like 2,5, or 4,7 unless you have strong connectors such as 7,8 or 9,10. 

• Playing with emotions

When you play online poker games, getting emotionally involved is one of the worst poker mistakes you could commit. Poker is a complex skill game and to play such a challenging sport, you must be in the most balanced frame of mind to take informed decisions. Becoming frustrated or acting out of revenge can make you take rash decisions that will bode misfortune for you in the long run. If you think you are losing too many online games in a row, take a break for a few days and come back when you are back to normal.

• Raising Stakes too often

Sometimes, in the beginning of the run, when you start winning real money in online poker games, one of many common mistakes in poker is getting too excited with their winnings and raising the stakes too quickly. Remember, variance is quite common in online poker games, so you need to work on your strategies to keep your game consistent and constantly adjust your moves when you face different opponents. 

If you decide to raise your stakes too quickly, you will face opponents with higher skills and the competition only gets tougher. So, unless you are cent per cent sure, you are ready to up the notch, stay in the comfort zone.

Enough said and done, we have got some awesome low stakes tournaments for the tiniest buy-ins to you to keep the action rolling this month. PokerBaazi, India’s Most Trusted Poker Website brings you lots of action for beginners through a series of 29 poker tournaments running neck to neck for a whole week offering you plenty of chances to win BIG!

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Here’s all the action you can drip in all week!

• 29 online poker tournaments running live from 26th October-1st November
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• Play exciting variants such as Win the Button & Progressive Knockout tournaments
• Satellites for the bigger events start as low as INR 10!
• Those who fail to clinch the top spot can still win Leaderboard prizes worth 55,000

These are some opportunities worth clinching because they offer you winnings almost 1000x your buy-ins. Aren’t they worth taking a shot at? Go hit the tables now and start your poker career on a high note.