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Your Poker Image

Establishing an invividuals image is essential while playing poker. By playing an extremely aggressive game, you're likely to get paid off when you make a big hand because your opponents assume you have nothing; by consistently playing tight, you'll get away with bluffs because they assume you're strong. Generally players would be either aggressive, or tight or a mixture of both. The key to success in poker is consistently playing a different game than everyone else at the table. Developing a unique style and then varying your game allows you take advantage of opponents who don't adjust their game.

Playing aggressively may well be the easier way out. After all it is very easy to get angry. However you have to be equipped to handle the emotional swings; you have to understand, deep down, that sometimes you're going to lose huge pots on a bluff. When it happens, you can't collapse. You have to walk into the next tournament willing to make that same play again, because most of the time it will work. You can never be afraid at the table or preoccupied with the past.