The best way to enter a poker online tournament is to ease your way into it, kind of like slowly making your way into a hot tub. You know, when it’s really freaking hot, and you’ve got to inch your way into it, bit by bit? First your feet, then legs, slowly but surely, until everything’s submerged except your head and your beer.
Same thing in poker online games: you want to test the water and get used to the temperature before you commit. Sit back and watch your opponents play for a while and try to get a bead on each opponent’s playing style. Try to figure out which cards they like to play and how they like to play them. Once you have an idea of the table’s ‘temperature’, you can start dipping your toes in, playing a hand here and there, seeing how your opponents are going to play back at you at Everest. After a few hands, you should start getting more comfortable with your table and you’ll be able to ‘fully immerse’ yourself, knowing which pots you can buy, which opponents not to bluff, and which strategies to apply to make sure that you go home with everyone else’s money.
