Good things come in two

I tried a different strategy in online poker, so far my 2-day experiment has worked wonders. I came up with TWO conclusions:

1. PartyPoker.com is the best online poker place I have tried so far.

2. Being over-aggressive with seasonal players works online.

First of all, I ain’t getting paid to promote PartyPoker.com (I wish I did). I like it because it has lots of tables you can choose from, for low, medium and high stake players. Also, you will find all ranges of skills, but it is populated with good conservative players, which is good for my strategy which I will mention below.

First, I classify players as strong-conservative, weak-conservative, strong-loose & weak-loose. As you will read in my short analysis you will make most of your money from the loose players.

In order to be able to classify players all you need to do is WATCH. Here are some tips.

Strong-conservative players

These players are easy to spot. They will rarely over bet the pot unless they have the nuts. If you raise and they re-raise you, be assured they have you beat. My strategy is to pound on them, always raise, raise and raise and let them fold, fold and fold. It wouldn’t be wise for you to re-raise against one of them unless you have a strong hand, let someone else in the table fight him and notice what he has ((if he shows) and you will see I was dead right.

The always-raise strategy works with a strong-conservative player because they will fold if they don’t have a strong hand, they might call with a pair. Therefore, you should call most hands (especially in a short handed game), you can afford it with all the blinds that you will steal.

Weak-conservative players

I use the Strong-Conservative player’s strategy with one little modification; I would be more aggressive after the flop. These players tend to over play their hands. Since, they don’t properly bet, you will have good pot odds. Re-raising is not a concern with these players.

Strong-loose players

These are the players that walk away with your money if you are not careful. You see them in almost every hand, they raise, raise and raise. A lot of players lose their money to one of them because they get frustrated with them bluffing at every hand so they might chose any marginal hand to bluff them back. However, they forget that these type of players are watching every bet they make and their patterns. When they feel you are bluffing they won’t let you get away, and they will maximize whatever they can take from you.

My strategy against them is to just play premium hands, never get frustrated, slow play most hands unless there is a draw on the table.

Weak-loose players

You will make tons of money from them if you learn how to play with their heads. These players are there just to have fun and socialize. You will see them in most hands. They will over bet the pot, play out of position and almost never fold a marginal hand –they fish a lot.

My strategy with them is not to use sophisticated poker theory with them. Just play your hand. Try not to bet too much unless you have a good hand. Check-raise plays wonderful with them if you want an all-in from them.

Here you go, a brief classification of poker players and how to be profitable in online poker.

In a nutshell:

1. Play in 6-people games
2. Call most hands before the flop
3. If you are in position, bet after the flop, if you get re-raised then you should analyze who re-raised you.

This is a simple strategy, good for starters.

Ask if you have any questions.

Enjoy,