Playing Other People’s Hands
Everyone knows that when you are at the online poker table you should be paying attention even when you aren’t in a hand. It’s essential in growing as a poker player. Watching other players for their reactions while they are involved and you aren’t pays out big dividends in picking up free information on how they act.
Even more instructive can be taking that idea a step further, and trying to put yourself fully in another online poker player’s shoes based on situation. More than tells, you are looking to experientially gain from others risking their money.
ESPN does this in their recent broadcasts of the World Series of Poker where they hide one player’s hole cards and let you try to decide what you would do. If you make every hand like this while at the table, and revising your decisions in your own hands based on how often you are right, then you inherently gain information about your own action that you can apply with nothing risked and quite a bit gained.
Experience is valuable and you can get it by playing poker online. Take it cheaply where you can. A little attention goes a long way as your poker chips stack up.
