What ONE piece of advice would you give to a NOOB????

If you could tell a player new to poker just ONE thing to help them in thier game... WHAT would it be???

What is the ONE piece of advice that you would give to the player just starting out, or even, perhaps to a slightly more experienced player who would like to improve thier game???

MINE, would be PATIENCE!! As a new OR old player the most important thing about poker, is to learn to be PATIENT! Incidentally, that is the ONE thing that I am the WORST at! (Not to say that there arent plent of other things that I need work on.. LOL but that is the BIGGEST).

I am VERY interested to hear what little gems of knowledge other, more experienced players would pass on and I suspect I am not the only one!

PS If you can't narrow it down to just one... go ahead give more!

HMmmm... you already nailed the first and most important, imo. PATIENCE. That applies to playing both live and online.

Second on my list - bankroll management. It works in both directions of selecting the skill and buy-in level to play as well as the reverse of being in the position of selecting a skill/b-i level and depositing an amount accordingly (assuming the amount is of no concern).

All too often people online deposit $50-100 and run right off to the $1/2 or $2/4 nlhe tables expecting to cash out BIG. Not much different than the FR winners who take their $.26 winnings immediately to a nlhe micro table to 'strike it rich' but wind up throwing their 3-4 hours of hard FR play in 2-3 hands. So, #1 - patience. #2 - bankroll management.

Number one would be (as you've already said) patience.

Number two - Enjoy it, if you are not enkoying the game, why are you playing it?

Number three - Look after your money, this is called Bank Roll Management (BRM), dont go throwing money out with bad cards or you might as well just hand it over to a charity.

Number four - if someone keeps pushing back at you they probably have a hand as well.

yup 1 word, PATIENCE,, you need that a lot especially if your playing MTT`s,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, buck

^THIS!

If you are more knowledgeable about the game than your opponents then you will have the biggest edge.

Some people close to me can't understand how I consistently win when I play. What they fail to understand is the time and effort I have put into my game through reading poker books, watching vids and studying my own game through review. They must just think I'm one lucky s.o.b.

So again, I say STUDY! At least 1/2 as much as you play until you really feel your game is super tight. Then maybe you can relax a bit.

Fold most of the time, raise or reraise more often, rarely just call.

Always be aware of your position and relative position

Always judge your hand against your opponents range play the player as well as your own hand

Leave your ego at home

concentrate on making the right decisions not the result

Never go broke with top pair.

Don't lose a lot in an unraised pot.

Run away from ANY hand that has JACKS in them!! THEY'RE EVIL!!! EVIL I TELL YOU!! RUN--RUN!!! oh- and fold A-6o

Keep an open mind and learn as much as you can about the game. It is hard to find people who don't think they play well and because of that they aren't open to learning.

To learn when you are beat.Throw your top pairs when flushes and straight draws are there.If you think they hit chances are they did. Don't call the raise fold. Save those chip's till your sure you have it!

But don't give up too easy with top pair either!

the biggest peice of advice i can give you is to play lots and lots and lots and lots of hands to become a better player you just need to get more familiar with the math betting patterns etc... to become a better poker player you have to gain experience the more you play the more youll learn and the better youll become

Going broke with top pair tends to go hand in hand with losing a lot in an unraised pot

Much the same as what's been said above really: mine would be to play less hands.

Yep, I'd say patience too. Don't play mediocre hands just because you've been sitting out for a while and are getting bored. Wait for a hand - get paid.

Learn to play your position too. Important

Of all these great tips... (and they are great guys!) I think this one is probably the one I need to heed THE MOST!!!! I have said it before and I will say it again... I HATE FOLDING! I know its bad! I know it is probably the worst thing I do but man when I got a good hole hand it is HARD!!!!

i have been working on laying them down recently tho and thing MAYBE I am getting a TINY bit better... still MUCH WORK TO DO!! LOL

Thanks again for all the great tips folks KEEP EM COMING!

Probably not to be results oriented. Just because your 72o woulda hit quads on the flop doesn't make the fold preflop bad.

Close 2nd would be never stop working to get better. No matter what skill level you are read all you can, talk strategy with anyone who will listen, and just think about poker as much as possible.

Everyone has pretty much covered the most important items... My list would be PATIENCE #1 and Position #2. You must steal some chips from time to time and having position is the best time.....

don't be afraid to make mistakes, so long as you learn from them

I pretty sure I know what you are talking about but instead of assuming I think a bit more info might be good. I have heard a lot of talk lately about position and frankly, it has been one area that I have not paid a whole lot of attention to... except of course for when it screws me LOL... so some hints on how to make it work for the GOOD would be... well.. GOOD LOL!

I have to agree with you on this one as well. The only other thing I would like to add would be to read a few different books to get some ideas of how the the game is really played to your advatanage.

Not the most important advice but... for all the new tournament players. YOU DONT NEED TO DOUBLE UP EVERY HAND YOU PLAY!

From one NOOB to another .......


Bluff very little.

Learn when you need to fold (TPTK is not as good as you think).

Don't play too many hands.

It's no limit, but use that AI button wisely.

I'd actually disagree with this one. Playing a bunch of hands in the wrong mindset won't necessarily make you better. I know people who have played poker for years who still make beginner mistakes. The important thing is to be playing hands with the intent on getting better from each one.

Patience is the #1 it looks like, and I agree. Danny rephrases it here - I think that one of the things that kills relatively new folks (and some long-timers as well) is a streak of dead cards that make Q-10 offsuit look good even in middle position.

Another thing I'd add is if you're short, folks say "any two cards" but one thing to keep in mind is that if someone has raised significantly before you, it's not the time to go all-in with "any two cards". Wait for a mostly-folded (or at worst mostly-limped) table and you might just be able to take it down without a showdown.

Here's one that I don't think has been mentioned, and it's mainly related to ring games. But, I think it's something fundamental that often takes a while for people to learn.

The value of the coin/chip/token is only relevant as a percentage of all the coin/chip/tokens on the table. That bet you're facing isn't just a dollar, it's four times the big blind, and a certain proportion of the pot. Your decisions should be based on the value of the bet based on the current pot, as well as the stacks of the players in the pot. Valuing a bet as only a dollar will result in you playing too loose at the low limits, and too tight at the higher limits. The chips are tools of the trade, and they aren't money until you've stopped playing.

I think that patience is key, but tempered patience it the patience that will hold you out in long tournaments or ring games. You have to be patient, but not lose it when you finally get something you think will bring you a hand.

Often I will see five or six hands before I feel a tug to play one. . .then I play it as hard as possible, lose in the end, trash my stack, and completely blow it. Even though you start with a good hand, you have to be willing to accept the future outcome of that hand. . .it may not pan out.

So garner the patience to wait for a hand, then make sure that it's really the hand you need. . .or garner the patience to wait for a hand. . .

I would have to agree that the key to poker is patience... you might not catch a hand for hours, but you cant get impatient and start callin any low pair or any face cards... just be patient and you will catch the nuts.

also wear condoms

Raise or fold hands instead of limping. A hand is either good enough to be raised, or it's so bad it shouldn't be played.

Watch your opponents, learn their betting habbits and identify when you can pick them apart. Vary you pattern when you notice others payubg attntion.

I guess patience is the proper name for it. When I give the single best advice to anyone, without going into detail or a speach, is "don't play crap, wait for the cards". Same thing.

This^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^, as JD says, just cause Lambiepie seems nice, ewe never know where she has been.

Poker advice; It depends.
When sitting at a table with a Noob, the best thing to say to him/her is nice hand.