Real-Time Player Adjustments

A large part of being a successful poker player is having the ability to adjust to your opponents in real-time. How many times have you seen a player get run over or make bad plays against one particular opponent because of their inability to make real-time adjustments? It happens a lot. Poker is obviously a thinking persons game. You are faced with several players that all present their own set of variables to the game. Being able to understand how another player is playing you is paramount to be able to make the correct adjustments to defeat your opponent.

So how to you make real-time adjustments?

You make real-time poker adjustments by being in the moment. You make adjustments by following your instincts. Sure, online poker is all about the math, especially in cash games. But live poker tournaments have the element of emotion and innuendo and it's your job to be "tuned-in" enough to feel when a situation is or is not right. Those kinds of skills you can't read about and acquire in a book or from someone telling you how. You learn those kinds of things in real-time by playing a lot of hands in live poker tournaments and cash games.