Besides the intellectual skills you may need to play poker there are a few psychological issues you must avoid when playing online poker. Remember this is a game to make money so you must be in optimal physical, intellectual and psychological conditions if you want to be 100% effective.

About psychological factors you need to be relaxed while sitting down to a table of online poker. Coming in a rush to the computer, turn it on and join the first table you find available is not a proper way to make money. Calm down, put some water or soda near you so you won’t have to stand up when you are thirsty and make yourself comfortable at your favorite seat.

Do not play if you are mad at someone. Enragement leads to play more aggressively than you should, if you feel mad at someone shout, break something or do whatever therapy which works for you, but do not play online poker. The less you need besides being mad at someone is to lose money.

Do not play if you are horny. This is a really serious matter, when you are horny your hormones will make you feel tense and anxious. Playing poker doesn’t help and if you play while you are horny you are going to play more aggressively and you are likely to lose money. Instead of playing poker watch some porn and relieve yourself if you have nobody who helps you to do it and then, once you are satisfied, sit down in the table and play much more relaxed. Having sex while playing poker may seem fun, but you are going to lose money and you won’t enjoy sex… better sex first and then, poker.

Do not ply if you are sleepy. Go to sleep and take the rest you deserve and then, once you are fully rested, play poker again. Playing while being sleepy makes more difficult to count outs and to calculate odds and you want to be accurate when doing such calculations. A timely nap can save you a lot of money.

Humans need to evacuate fluids and solids out of their bodies and when they need to do it, they feel tense and it is more difficult to concentrate. By this, you must not play when you are in the need to go to the WC, quit from the tables and then go to the toilet at the first sign of the need, do not wait until you have to jump on your sit to avoid shitting yourself. If you are in a tournament it is better to lose a couple of hands rather than playing 30 minutes until the next pause.

Do not play online poker while you are drunk or have taken any other substance. It is not funny to lose money and if you drink or anything else you are doing it to have fun, not to lose money. Enjoy your high and then play poker when your mind is working perfectly.