2. How you get started
150 x €10 free, given out every day
1. Watch and learn the following
10 commandments
2. Follow the next 3 steps to get
your first free €10
Start building your bankroll and acquire up to
€200 extra cash!
3. 1st commandment
Practice with free money:
Playing with free money is a great way to not only practice
your skills but also warm up for real money play.
As soon as you have your youwin.com account, you can
start playing for free money.
Simply log in to the poker client, click on the “Fun Money
tab and choose your table.”
4. 2nd commandment
Manage your bankroll:
Bankroll management is the most crucial part of your
Poker career and you need to be firm in your application.
You can’t be scared of playing your money and hence it’s
Stick to the 50 buy-in rule and choose games where your
bankroll therefore allows you at least up till 50 buy-ins.
More aggressive players will use the 20 buy-in rule.
The mark of a top player is not how much he wins when
he is winning but how he handles his losses.
5. 3rd commandment
Stick with PREMIUM hands:
Many players often loose with their starting hand
selections, don’t limp in with bad cards in hopes of hitting
something on the flop, blinds add up and it’s not worth it.
As an example, at an 8 player table, focus on playing hands
like pocket pairs, suited connectors, A-X Suited or two
face cards.
Leave hands such as K-3, J-8, Q-2 and 10-7 alone, fold them
pre-flop – don’t get to excited for the action, it’ll come if you
are patient – patience is key
6. 4th commandment
Play your position right:
Good positioning is when you are placed in the round that
allows you to see your opponents actions before you have
to act. Therefore GOOD positioning is LATE positioning.
You want to play more aggressively, i.e. more hands, at
a later position and conservative, i.e. less hands in early
positions. This also applies if you bluff where you should
make sure you are at a later position.
7. 5th commandment
Play the right stakes:
The action plan recommended is to build your bankroll
where you KNOW you can win, again referring to the 50 or
20 buy-in rule. When you are comfortable, you can try and
move up. If you lose your bankroll, don’t be afraid to
move back down again and rebuild it. Then move up in
stakes and make another attempt.
When you try to move UP in stakes, don’t be afraid to
move BACK DOWN if it isn’t working.
This process LOWERS YOUR RISK. Follow these steps
and you won’t be gambling with next month’s rent.
8. 6th commandment
Read your opponents:
Opponents bluff, but they can also hold a great hand. The
best way to decide to call a bluff is to think to yourself “is my
hand the type of hand I’d go all in with?”. In most cases it’s
not so you should fold instead of call. If it was a bluff you
still managed to protect your stack. Checking the real
strength of their hand can be wise but if they re-raise FOLD!
Ultimately, the cards determine who’s the winner for a hand,
but that’s only when a hand plays out until the VERY END
and all cards are flipped over.
9. 7th commandment
Be un-predictable:
Just as you should be studying your opponents, your
opponents should be studying YOU. If you are predictable,
your opponents will be able to outsmart you easily whereby
they’ll fold every time you have good cards and bet every
time you have bad cards.
Remember your position and ensure you mix it up to kill
consistency, play some crazy things ones in a while.
10. 8th commandment
Know when to quit:
Knowing when to get up from a table is crucial and will save
you a LOT of money in the short and long term. This applies
whether you’ve won a ton of money or just LOST a lot
of money.
The reason being that in either case, the tendency from that
point forward is going to be loose. Losing streaks suck...
because they take hold of some weird part of your brain
that virtually always PREVENTS you from making a
comeback.
So if you’re WAY UP or WAY DOWN in a game, just stop
playing for the day and go back at it tomorrow instead.
11. 9th commandment
Get familiar with the odds:
Knowing the ODDS and PROBABILITY in poker is a standard
ingredient for success.
It’s more than possible to win some games by just predicting
your opponents and “guessing” the types of betting
decisions to make. However ultimately, knowing the odds is
what it takes to be a REAL Texas Hold’em poker player.
The good news is, you don’t have to be a “math genius” to
know the odds of a hand as there’s several shortcuts and
tricks you can use to calculate pot odds, hand percentages,
outs, and other important numbers.
12. 10th commandment
Control your emotions:
Emotional control plays a crucial role in Poker. You’ve got to be
able to “let go” and become un-attached from the outcome of
the game.
The key is to EXPECT IN ADVANCE that things will get
stressful and intense. EXPECT that you’re going to get
“rivered” and “sucked out”.
The reason it’s important is because if you let go of your log
in and start playing based on EMOTION, you’ll never, EVER
win. Avoid TILT at all costs as it’s one of the main reasons
why poker players go broke. Stay in control of yourself, stay
focused on winning.
13. Get started
Keep the commandments in mind and follow
the 3 steps below to get started with your online
Poker career here at youwin.com Poker.
Have Fun!
