skilled players

I saw this article and thought it was a interesting read.

If you are a reasonably skilled online Texas Holdem player, you will probably face a mix of opponents, some less skilled than you, some perhaps a bit more. However, circumstances may arise when you are facing much tougher opposition than you are used to facing. This may be because you have decided to move up in limits at your preferred poker sites or because the only table that is available happens to be one filled with pros that you recognize. Either way, you may want to adjust your strategy when this happens.

Tactics for Handling Skilled Players: Confidence

You should have confidence in your ability to play Texas Holdem online Many pros have become pros because they can play a very tight aggressive, reasoned style of play. Just because someone is a pro doesn’t mean he is going to blow you out of every pot with huge raises or see right through to your soul when you try to bluff. A pro is simply someone who makes more correct decisions than the average player does. If you are a skilled player and play your best game, there’s no reason you shouldn’t be able to win, at least in the short term.

Tactics for Handling Skilled Players: Short Stacking

If you’re worried about getting run over by your opponents in a no-limit game, you may consider short stacking. Short stacking is buying in to the game for a small amount, often the minimum. The sharks in the game are looking for whales, bad players that will throw money at them. When they see your small stack, they may forget about you and look for tastier prey.

Tactics for Handling Skilled Players: Moving Down

If you’re really feeling like the game is too tough for you, there’s no shame in getting up and moving to an easier game. In general, it’s much more fun to win a ton of money against weaker players than to get pummeled by all-stars.

Pretty good stuff.

Well, game selection is huge. You want tight players to your left and loose players to your right. More importantly, tight players to your left. If I can't get on a table that conforms to these criteria, I'm not playing poker I'm afraid. That's my tactic. The way I see it, variance is such a huge concept in poker, and edge can be very small against other skilled players, it can certainly be a lot less than the rakeback hole, so it's a skill in itself to avoid situations where you're playing in a -EV game. I'll reiterate - this is a huge non-betting poker skill in itself. Tommy Angelo writes very well about game/seat selection. In writing this post, I'm pretty much just ripping off what I've learnt mostly from him.

madtom1337 said:

Tommy Angelo writes very well about game/seat selection. In writing this post, I'm pretty much just ripping off what I've learnt mostly from him.

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Where are the police.... If it's the strategy you prefer then go for it. The author wrote it to help you.
I feel I am a decent player besides the use of dial up still.

Your point no. 1 is very interesting. The confidene should not be the problem, because almost all the poker players think they are better than the rest. And when they lose they think its only because of bad luck. You see - self confidence isn´t really a problem
point no.3: moving down is correct, otherwise you get trapped by the peter principle...

My only contribution, is move up when your on form, move down when your not.

My minds focus varies from day to day, when I know which state im in, I apply it accordingly.

The higher up u move the more playable the game of poker should become for u, if ur skilled.

The prob is the smaller stakes. Too much action. 5 guys to the river. Ur forced to actually play the hand ur dealt.

So like JC Tran said if ur any good ur gonna be movin up swiftly regardless.