The people who are making the money in online poker rooms are the ones who have this patience. A lot of people can easily get bored and can soon see their money or chips dwindle away.

I would like to make it clear that I am by no means a professional poker player; for a living I work for a composite door company where I sell, as you can no doubt imagine, external doors. I also help people to obtain budget package holidays and to stop stuttering in my spare time by running a one-to-one speech course and by a variety of self-help stuttering cure options.

On some tables there are over aggressive players who will bet on anything and also raise to stupid levels. These players may win a lot of chips in a short period of time, however in the long run will always lose.

Playing poker is a game which can easily get you hooked and for this reason it is important that you only gamble an amount which you can afford to lose. Play the game as a hobby and enjoy it, you are more likely to win with this attitude. I have friends who have a daily goal of how much cash they want to gain – if towards the end of the evening they are struggling to reach this figure they then go and start betting in a crazy manner. I would have to say that this is not the best idea. I accept that I will win on some nights and lose on others. By having the right strategy I am fully confident that I will win more money than I will lose.