Every winning player in poker will have different styles. However, there are a few common mistakes that these players would always avoid. Usually the winning players would never be afraid to bet when they are in a hand. The differences would be in the situations where the players excel and how they avoid the mistakes. Every player has weaknesses and strengths and opponents they tend to do best against. The kind of game played will also dictate the style that the player uses. For example, no limit games allow the player to use more creative play because of the large pot earnings. However, with limit games it is difficult to earn money and still be creative. For this reason, a successful player will have to change their strategies and adjust it as often as possible.
Wrong time to change strategy
· When you are losing in a particular session. If your typical play has won money for you in the past but is not working for some reason currently and so you may want to adjust your strategy.
· Others are winning even with their weak hands. An adjustment should be made but getting in with very weak hands can make you very vulnerable even when you are a good player. Even an expert would need to have better cards generally in order to win the pot.
· If you are, for some reason, rattled by someone raising every hand or for any other reason.
Right time to change strategy
· When you have used a strategy for several sessions and are not winning. It is important to pick apart your playing after every session in order to figure out what went wrong. This is especially important when you are losing. Since there is a variance in cards it is always possible that you may be playing correctly even when you have been losing for some time. It is important to analyze the game and to know that you are playing correctly. This can be done on a hand to hand basis.
· When you have been consistently beating one limit and have moved up only to find that you are no longer winning. At such a point you would have to go back to your understanding of concepts and strategies in order to win. Generally this happens during the transition from low limit to middle limit and then to upper limit Holdem games.
In a majority of the cases players tend to change strategies for all the wrong reasons. Although it is important to adjust your game and adapt it to the game and the opponents that you are up against, it is also important to understand that changing your strategy for the wrong reasons will never provide you good results. In fact, it can take you further away from good playing. Constant analysis of the game and play is important to analyze whether you should stick to your current strategy or try something new.