When I play poker online, I'm always trying to learn a new technique so that I can beat my neighbour's hand or get a lucky draw or something like that. I've played a few games where the poker site has a poker neighbour that is either a superstar, a top player or a complete player, and I have been playing against these players for years.
The one thing I notice right off the bat is that they usually know more about their favourite poker game than I do. It's almost as if they are trying to tell me some tricks that are probably going to give me a huge advantage in the game and give me an easy win. That's what I have noticed over time and that's what you will also notice if you choose to play poker online against other players online. You are much better off when you are not being played by your own neighbour but instead by someone who is a great poker player.
For instance, let's say that you are playing poker against a superstar. I mean, I don't want to beat my neighbour's hand, I want to beat the superstar's hand. I think I can beat the superstar's hand because he is playing with a lot of chips, but then I look at his board and I see that he has the most expensive cards that he has played on that board this entire time. Then I look at his pocket watch and I see that he has played the most hands of the entire tournament. That's exactly why I think I can beat his hand, because I am not facing my neighbour's hand and he is facing mine.
Now let's say that I'm playing poker against a good player who is also playing a lot of their own hands. Again, I think I can beat my neighbour's hand, but then I notice that he has played more hands than I have so far.
I'm thinking to myself "he must be really good at this to be able to play so many hands, he must be doing something really special to be able to do that. Maybe he has more chips than me or he has a lot more money than me, maybe he has a lot more cards, maybe he has an awesome poker face and an unbelievable strategy that can't be taught with poker."
The fact that he is not facing me, that he is not using his own hand and that he is not playing a full house says a lot about him and his own hand and his game. He is a good player, so I'm going to stick with my favourite hand, which is the full house.
