Strategy

One of the best things about online poker is that you can play more than one table at a time.

If you are used to playing hold'em and start playing seven card stud, one of the first major leaks that will probably develop in your game will be misplaying small pairs. In hold'em, small pairs very rarely are hands to go to war with when unimproved on the flop, but in stud they can provide very powerful drawing hands - particularly against players with quite narrow ranges.

When playing heads up there is a lot more variance, as it is unlikely you will both have a hand. There will be opportunities to take advantage of an aggressive player when you do hit a flop.

There's a big difference between playing pre-flop poker and playing post-flop poker.

One of fundamental features of all good flop poker game poker players is their ability to fully understand how changes in the board affect the flow of the hand. As poker is a game of relativity, where your hand is only as strong as the likely possible hands out there, fully understanding just how profound an effect board changes can have is absolutely crucial to winning play.

Andy discusses some of the key skills in MTT tournaments. Inflection point play, chip extraction, selective aggression, and patience/resilience are all very important.