Practice your Bluffing

Online poker is a great place to hone your bluffing skills.

Believe me, when you first start, you're going to really SUCK at bluffing.

You'll start out with bluffs (bets) that are far too large, and then swing to ones too small to get the job done, which is to make your opponent go "Hmmmmm!"

Your emotions are going to run wild, both when it works, and when it fails.

You'll bluff too often (ok while you're practicing) and turn other players into calling machines.

You've got to practice bluffing till it's as normal and natural for you as playing the cards you DO have. And you've drained all the emotion out of it.

There's no better place to do this than online, using play money.

You've got to learn to immediately recognize bluffing opportunities every time they come up -- and not over-react when you see one.

You've got to figure out how MUCH bluffing you can get away with, and not go overboard if you bluff successfully 2-3 times in a row.

Bluffing's an important part of the game. You learn to do it well by practice, practice, practice.