Don’t Be Aggressive When You’re Losing
POKER TIP from Mad Genius Mike Caro:
You don’t have the same intimidation factor over your opponents when you’re losing as you do when you’re winning. For that reason, you’ll make more money, or lose less, if you ride out your losing streak by reverting to a conservative game plan.
When the cards bring you out of it, your opponents will be intimidated again and you’ll be able to manipulate them with faster action and fancier plays. Remember, you shouldn’t be superstitious or believe that the cards will continue to be hot or cold. But that’s what many of your opponents think. So, take advantage of it by being more aggressive when you’re winning and less aggressive when you’re losing and opponents are inspired and less likely to play poorly.
You can chat and play with the “Mad Genius”, Mike Caro, every Wednesday night at 9:30pm ET in the Bounty Tournament at Doyles Room.com.
January 19th, 2009 at 02:09 pm
one of the common poker fault of players is having an insufficient degree of aggression. Remember, aggressiveness when harnessed to a brain instead of an arm is clearly a poker virtue.