"Ring Games"

1. Play to Scoop - in hi/lo games, your best hands are those with potential to win both high and low.

2. Expected Value (EV) is the theoretical return you will get on a bet should you make it many times.

3. Flush and straight draws typically require several callers to have a positive EV.

4. Pairs and high cards have a higher EV in pots with few opponents.

5. Several callers give the pot odds for your suited connectors and AXs hands a positive EV.

6. The greatest addition to your hourly profit will be had by saving bets.

7. To avoid going broke during the natural fluctuations in which even premium hands lose, your bankroll should be at least 300 big bets of whatever limit you play.

8. Sit down with enough chips to cover at least 15 big bets, with more in your pocket should you need it.

9. If you are seeing the flop over 25% of the time in a 9-or-10-handed game, you are probably so loose that you will lose in the long run.

10. Though lower limits have less skilled, looser opponents that are apt to throw money in the pot, higher limit games have many bets in the pot because there are more aggressive players.

11. At a tight table, bring your aggressive persona to take down lots of pots.

12. At a loose table, wait for solid hands that will win at a showdown.

13. Don't flash your roll... it may encourage someone to steal it.

14. A strong draw hand combined with late position is a great time to give a "false tell" that you intend to bet/raise. If this makes your opponent check to you, you can see the fifth card for free. They are likely to come out betting after the river, allowing you to raise them if you hit your draw.

15. Keeping track of how often an opponent sees the flop teaches you much about their starting hand requirements.

16. Sit behind the money. You get to act after they do.

17. Look to your left before you act pre-flop. Try to spot players likely to fold.