I started playing poker years ago and have penned my fair share of articles about poker over those years. But, one thing I have learned is that it doesn’t matter how many free poker articles I read, they wont make me a poker winner… its getting on the tables and making the hints and tips you get a reality. Some players may feel scared to lose chips or just plan feel a certain move is dumb or “only for donkeys”.

Playing poker continuously is the only way to keep your mind on the right track. Doing moves like blind steals and bluffs are moves that you need to do over a long period of time not only to better understand when to do it but also to remind yourself that it does in fact work. Trying these moves a few times a week just won’t cut it, you’ll lose 2 or 3 times and just give up on that major part of poker all together.

It’s been said that if you’re sitting at a table looking for a donkey and can’t find one it is most likely you. Similarly, if every other player at the table looks like a donk, then it may well be that you don’t actually know how to play poker. Some may be offended by that, but by winning is what determines who the best players are not what hand they had pre flop.

The thing to remember when playing poker is that everybody takes a beat at the tables. Nobody is invincible and it happens to the best of us, but the long term result is what matters. Keep at it, play the free poker games as much as you can then try to move up to money games, if it doesn’t work out don’t despair. Go back to a free poker site game and do it again… and again.