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Cash game poker is going to be the bread and butter poker gaming format for most of the people around. Sure, there are many players that make their living playing tournament poker both live and online. This is especially true for people in sit and go tournaments online. However, poker cash games allow you to win and lose huge sums of money and in the eyes of many are purer expressions of the game of poker than their tournament counterparts.
That having been said, you should have a playing strategy in mind when you are going to play a cash game. The poker strategy is going to be different depending on whether you are involved in a live cash game or in an online cash game.
In a live poker cash game, you need to stick with the tried and true strategy of being tight but aggressive. Be selective in the starting hands that you play, playing tighter when you are in early position and looser when you are in late position. When you don’t get the hands, don’t get into the pot. When you do get the hands however, make sure that you always bet aggressively. Come into pots with raises if at all possible and also make sure that you put your opponent to the test making difficult decisions whenever possible. This is the basic way of doing things with cash games and especially at the lower limits it works like a charm.
At the same point, you are going to need to make changes when you get into the online game. For starters, there is the option for you to multi-table when you are at the online site of your choice. When you are playing at just one online poker table, you will find that the action is already a lot quicker than it was in your live game. Therefore, the action speed is something you should get used to before you start thinking about playing multiple tables at once. If you learn how to play a mathematical game quickly in your mind, you can certainly play multiple tables effectively.
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