Finding Your Limit

There are two factors in this important step – the first is your bankroll, the second is your level of skill. The idea is to find a limit that is not too high or too low, and remember that the higher the limit, the better or more wealthy the players.

If you’re an expert poker player, consider playing the second-highest limit game available. According to poker author and player Andrew Kinsman, this is a good strategy because the highest limit game will usually contain the best players at the room, whereas the “second-highest game will often contain players who are not good enough for the higher game and those who are stepping up from low limit games to ‘take a shot’ at a higher limit.”

Choosing Your Opponents

Watching the style of play of each opponent is important, and most online games allow you to watch before you play.

One thing to remember though, if you think you’ve figured out the player with the nickname HighLow, don’t forget that this player can easily change the nickname to something else, so your knowledge is only reliable if the player reliably keeps his or her nickname the same.

There are four basic types of players:
1. Loose-aggressive, which tend to see a lot of flops and have a high average pot size.
2. Loose-passive, which tend to see a lot of flops and have a low average pot size.
3. Tight-aggressive (usually experienced players), which tend to see few flops and have a high average pot size.
4. Tight-passive, which tend to see few flops but have a low average pot size.

First, figure out which one you are, and bear in mind that it’s hard to beat a tight-aggressive game. If your game is naturally aggressive, for example, it would be a good choice to hunt out the passive players and go after these pots.