Perhaps one of the most difficult things to learn when you start out playing poker is what decision to make. You don’t have a lot of time to make up your mind and especially in the beginning, when you are trying to process all the information. Pressure can also make you do some real crazy, stupid things, that you look back on and think, why did I do that?
The best advice I can give is to get out there and play as much poker as you can, that way you will know what to do in given situations and your decision making will improve. Or, go and play at the slot machines… if you can’t take the pace…
It also helps to take in as much information as you can and process it quickly. Poker has taught me to make a decision quickly, even though I have very little information to work with. How often in life do you hear people say, “I didn’t do it because I didn’t know enough”? I reckon just do it… get out there and get on with it… don’t procrastinate because you are trying to find out everything before making a decision!
Sometimes we make the wrong decisions – so what?
Every single poker player waits for that magical moment… His or her first ever ROYAL FLUSH. It took me quite a few years to make one in real life (I’ve had one online, but that’s something different, right?) — but now I have!
