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Poker is a game of skill, treat it that way!
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Invest in Yourself
Has your 2025 been profitable at the poker table? If profits are eluding you it’s time to make a change!
The best investment you can make is in yourself.
If your time on the felt isn’t profitable it’s time to invest in yourself. This means studying your hand history and taking an honest look at the impact of your decisions on your overall profitability. Poker is a game of skill and those who study their decisions as well as the strengths and weaknesses of their opponents will consistently see more favorable results.
Maria Konnikova, the author of The Biggest Bluff, understands this better than anyone and in a recent blog post titled, “The Skill Edge, Why Poker is Not Gambling” she offers this powerful insight:
“Indeed, as I’ve written in my book, according to data pulled from several online poker sites over six months—hundreds of thousands of hands of poker—the best hand only won 12% of the time. It’s a number that impresses me every single time I think of it, no matter how many times I revisit it. Twelve per cent. That means that the other 88%, people managed to win despite being beaten, theoretically-speaking. How’s that for a skill edge.”
One of the primary benefits of Poker Now PLUS is a collection of advanced analytics tools focused on helping you bring your game to the next level.
Chris Ferguson once said, “Poker is a skill game pretending to be a chance game.” Elite poker players are constantly evaluating their game play… Are you leveraging your position as you should in short handed games? Are you exploiting your opponents with c-betting? Are you chasing cards out of position? Are you calling when you should be raising? Where are your leaks!?
Investing in yourself and taking an honest look at your decisions will lead to better results on the felt. If you treat poker as a game of skill you’ll have a tremendous advantage over your opponents, especially if they consider poker to just be another form of gambling; another pull on the slot machine.
5 Great Things To Do With PLUS
We talk to PLUS members on a daily basis and here are some of the more popular activities PLUS members love…
Start a Game with a 7-2 Bounty: Looking to spice up a game with your friends? PLUS members can activate a 7-2 bounty and create a new dynamic that is certain to keep games exciting!
Review Your Best & Worst Hands: The Poker Now PLUS “enhanced hand player” allows you to quickly identify your biggest net gains and losses. Now you can identify your leaks more effectively while also celebrating your most impactful decisions.
Show Your Style: Upload a flag, selfie or a picture of your dog and take full advantage of the ability to post a custom avatar by your seat!
Save & Tag Hands: Did you just play a big hand but you don’t have time to review it! Poker Now PLUS members can tag and save hands for review after the games. Let’s hope your tag isn’t “slow played aces”.
Troll Your Friends with Ask Sam: Ask Sam uses the most cutting edge artificial intelligence resources to provide a insightful and entertaining analysis of all the games you play. Sam can be a little bit sarcastic at times and will likely create some content for you're trolling your friends. Give Sam a shot!
Three Mistakes Impacting Your Poker Profits
In a recent blog post Poker Now highlight’s three ways poker players put their profits at risk. Click on any of the reasons for more insight…
Playing Too Many Hands (Lack of Discipline in Hand Selection)
Poor Bet Sizing (Not Maximizing Value or Bluffing Effectively)
Calling Too Much Instead of Raising or Folding (Fear of Aggression)
VIDEO: Daniel Negreanu on Poker Profits
Daniel Negreanu shares his thoughts on profitable poker but in this case he is primarily focused on tournament play. Worth watching…
UPDATE: Late Registration
We will be finalizing testing for “late registration” on Monday and we expect to have this feature available for PLUS members Wednesday’s BBO Poker Tables $500 Freeroll. So if you have ever arrived too late to register or take a seat in a Poker Now tournament our new “late reg” feature should have you covered!