What is the most important thing not to do when you play poker and explain why not to do this.



If there is more than one thing, explain all of them and why they are important not to do while playing poker.

I would have to say do not play right after you ge into a fight with your significant other. You will play 100% different than you normally would.

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I think one of the things I try not to do is play hands the same way everytime so my opponents can't pick up on any patterns. You want to keep mixing it up.

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Avoid tilt, or when your on tilt recognize that your on tilt and remove yourself from the game for some time.

Players lose a lot of money being on tilt and it's a players dream to find out that someone is on tilt losing their money foolishly.

I avoid starting to play, especially live, when I'm tired.

When I'm in a game I usually use my judgement on if I'm getting tired or not as a indicator on when to leave, which I generally do unless I have a real good reason to stay (ie. a bad player with a lot of chips).

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I agree with BlueFool - try your hardest not to play when you're tired. You won't be entirely focused and it can be difficult to make reads on your opponents.

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I kind of agree but I believe the key isnt to play the same hand different every time, I think the better path is to play many hands the same. If that makes sense.... If you play aces the same way you play 99, how are they ever going to tell what you have? Just an example.

Also I think one of the main things at the table is to stay classy. Take your wins and losses with class. Don't berate others or whine about losing. It is a part of the game and if you ask me, berating a player at the table is the worst play in poker.

Do you want them to get better? Or do you want a new player who is already dead money to leave the game for good because you lost one pot to them? I guess I would say keeping your mouth shut is one of the best things you can do at the table. I see many good players that have this one major leak.

Well said again, Quite often I have to tell otherwise good players to "zip it" (meaning close the zipper on their mouth).

Jason

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