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Tips on How to Make Money Playing Poker Online: Battling the Tilt
1. Tips on How to Make Money Playing Poker Online:
Battling the Tilt
We know you are researching on how to make money playing poker. We are here to give
you great advice, the best of which are tips on how not to lose your money.
If you want to make money playing poker, you have to realize that there will be times that you
will lose the game. Playing poker is, after all, still a game and there is no guarantee that you
will win every single game you ever play. So to make money playing poker, you have to
balance out the money-making part of the deal and the losing money part.
Now, we will focus on how to control your loses when you face a tilt or a losing streak.
How to Make Money Playing Poker Online Tip #1: Let Your Bad Beat Steam Off
Lose that bad streak of yours by venting out your frustration. Tell someone, a friend, your
family or another player what happened and how you should have handled some of the games
you played. When you let off some steam and express yourself, you release pressure and
hopefully you break that tilt off. This will also help you analyze what you did wrong in the
game, thinking of how to play your cards well next time or if the whole ordeal you have gone
through was just a result of bad luck.
How to Make Money Playing Poker Online Tip #2: Sit Down on the Table and Observe
If you find yourself dealing with loss after frustrating loss, do not panic. Instead, sit out some
rounds while still on the table. This can be beneficial to you because it will cut your losses,
calm you down a bit and hopefully reenergize you for the next poker round. When you take a
breather from your tilt, you will find yourself observing other players, picking up a few things
about their game and getting additional insights on how to play with your opponents. You can
just sit back a round or two, not play any hand, the exception of which is that you pick the top
four hands.
How to Make Money Playing Poker Online Tip #3: Do Not Have Any Vendetta Over a Player
Poker can be such an emotional game that sometimes you cannot help but focus on an
opponent who annoys you, especially those who love to trash talk and heckle. It is very
undignified to get back at this opponent and it is your loss if you take any of the sneering
personal. Detach yourself from the game as a person and think of yourself as an athlete or a
gamer doing this just for the fun of winning nothing personal. If you take each loss personally,
2. and if you obsess about your opponents who are on a winning streak, then you will just be
making things worse. Remember, poker is also a game of luck and even the bad players can
experience a lucky streak.
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