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If you’re new to Texas Hold’em and want to seriously improve your game, you should focus on these six things. Improving your skills in these areas will make you a better all-around player and, over time, earn you the respect of the other people at the table.

1. Learn the different positions at the poker table and then find out what starting hands are good and bad in relation to those spots. Knowing when to play your starting cards, and when to fold them, is vital to your skills as a poker player.

2. Practice handling your chips in a professional manner. Nobody likes when players splash the pot, for example. And knowing how to efficiently count down your chips makes for happier players.

3. Know hand ranking. You should understand how to read the board to figure out which player’s full house is better, for example. You should also know that a set beats two pairs. Many decks of playing cards include “cheat sheets” that you can consult. You can also use the Internet to search for hand rankings in poker.

4. Understand the basics of poker etiquette. It is not, for example, appropriate to discuss your hand when play is ongoing – whether you’re still in the hand or have folded. Know the basic etiquette of the game and you’ll be welcome at most poker games.

5. Know the odds. You don’t have to be a math genius to understand the odds of making your hand, or the pot odds. These are simple calculations that you can make in your head. You’ll be slow at first, but you will improve with time and practice. Knowing how likely you are to fill in that inside straight will help you make sound decisions. This, of course, leads to more chips in your stack.

6. Figure out your bankroll and play within that limit. Poker players and experts recommend that you play with only two to ten percent of your total bankroll. How much you personally choose to put on the line is entirely up to you. But you should not buy in to a hundred-dollar Hold’em tournament if you have only two hundred bucks in poker money. Playing with only a small percentage of your bankroll means that, even if you have a long losing streak, you’ll still have some money for future games.

You don’t have to cram all of this information into your head at once. Devote a little time to learning each of these things and, soon, you’ll master each skill. People say that Hold’em takes a lifetime to master – and they’re right! Every time you sit down to play, you can learn something new, or polish a skill you’ve already acquired.

Once you’ve mastered these six basic things, you can move on to more advanced strategy and tips. There are many great books and DVDs on the subject. You can also glean advice from poker forums, which are all over the Internet.

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