A maniac in online poker is a very loose player who plays very aggressively. If you wonder how to make money against such a poker player, there are poker hands in this article showing how I dealt with a maniac the other day at $5-10NL. In short, the best poker strategy is that you let him bet his air, draws or bottom pair and call him down with something decent like medium pair or top pair bad kicker. Your hand gains a lot of value against a maniac's range, so you don't actually need a monster hand to make money.

Moving down to lower limits in online poker needs determination. It is not easy to move down to $50NL when you have played at $200NL or higher stakes. But if you are running bad, your EV Luck graph shows tens of buy-ins lost and perhaps you have developed a leak in your poker strategy, it is time to take a hit to your pride and join smaller stakes. Here's why I decided yesterday to move down to medium stakes, $400NL or even $200NL tables, after playing at higher stakes, like $2,000 and $5,000NL.

Very often I get asked how much money a player can make playing online poker. It depends on the type of poker game and the limits he is used to play. With a proper bankroll management, sticking to some simple rules and studying the game and the opponents he is expected to make from 1000$ to 150,000$ or more per month. Read on to find out how to apply a correct money management and how to build your bankroll by moving up limits in online poker.

Bluffing in online poker is an important element of poker strategy if you want to increase your win rate. Poker bluffs don't always work however and you need to know how to bluff efficiently. If you get called, your poker bluff will be exposed and you will get much more action in the future. So, before you actually consider poker bluffing, remember the following poker tips.

Online poker players who play tight and aggressively will make money in the long run according to general belief. I myself played tight online poker for many months and that is my main playing style in online texas holdem poker which made me enough money to continue playing. I tried playing very loose the past 3 days and managed to make more money than playing tight. After all it is known that you will make more money playing a different style than the one you are used of!

Unlike casino games, online poker does not involve a house advantage. In order to make online poker profitable, poker sites use the rake to collect money. The rake varies from site to site, but it is typically five to ten percent of each pot. As an online poker player, you have likely heard of rakeback. A multitude of poker sites have begun offering rakeback as an incentive for players to sign up. If you are looking to benefit from rakeback, here are a few things to keep in mind.

The first decision you will have to make when playing Texas hold’em online is what starting hands to play. This may seem like a trivial decision, but in fact, it is one of the most important ones you will make.

A fundamental of poker is that early mistakes compound as the hand progresses. The early mistake does not seem that costly, but by the end of the hand, it can be devastating. If you can cut off that early mistake, you can save yourself a lot of money in the long run.

You hear all the time about the latest online poker revolution and its phenomenal spread all over the world. Various stories are published about millions of profits or huge success in worldwide poker tournaments and seems like an easy game. So you would ask yourself why don't you try your luck and maybe the whole world will catch your name. If you are after your luck then my best wishes go with you, however in poker luck has a small role and the best we have to do is prepare and learn what is going on behind the cards. Here are a few basic poker tips for those who are considering taking the first step and aim to make money playing online poker.

AK is for most poker players the 3rd most profitable hand in No Limit 6-max HoldEm Poker. Yet, many of us have trouble holding AK when we face aggression, miss the flop or we don’t have position. Of course, when we hit the flop hard, we are relieved but we don’t extract maximum value from our hand the majority of the time. Here are a couple of poker tips regarding AK suited and unsuited.