Getting A Read On The Table
When playing Poker online, it’s incredibly important to get a read on the table, so you can adjust your play accordingly.The same way we don’t play any hands in the first 3 rounds of an SNG (except premiums), you shouldnt be playing any hands when you first sit down in a cash game either.
The reason is that if you get into a pot with someone you have no read on, and you are holding a marginal hand such as top pair no kicker, it is tough to decide what to do.
Too many times you will see people sit down in a game, post the BB without waiting, and get involved in a pot they never should have played to begin with. This is a good way to go broke.
Instead, when you sit down, wait for the BB, and watch what the players at the table are doing. Don’t worry about having to play right away. Let them expose their weaknesses to you through observing them.
Then you can take advantage of them when you do start playing.
