1) They're just chips.

2) Remember, people want to give their money away.

3) Always be willing to be the one to take that money.

4) Aggression, Aggression, Aggression.

5) Position.


I simply don't understand the advice of "play tight, play a waiting game." That's fine, if that's what you want.

The alternative is to play a little bit looser, and be quite aggressive post flop. If you play intelligently you'll avoid paying off monsters because people will try to "trap" you, but they'll never give you credit for your monsters and you'll get paid.

Again, this is just my advice. I'm a newbie to this forum, and I'm obviously different from a healthy chunk of posters here who seem to advocate a style of play that I find simply too conservative.