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Though many online poker players would see it as a sign of ineptitude or ill play in allowing one’s self to get bluffed, sometimes, in the scope of the game, it is more correct to lay down a hand in the name of not putting yourself at risk when you aren’t sure where you’re at.

In order to be a truly great hold em online poker player, to go the distance in a long scale tournament, or even a short one, what separates the moderate player from the advanced is finding ways to get out of hands that could have been the one that killed you. Making a big fold in a spot where you were supposed to go broke, and therefore staying alive to see another hand where you are the one pushing the action, is a sign of a player who realizes that pushing in poker is better than calling, and that sometimes even a monster hand is not the nuts.

Allowing yourself to get bluffed every now and then is part of the game of online poker . Picking your spot wisely sometimes involves jumping out of the way of the barreling truck. If you can’t find a way to learn to lay down when you are being sold the idea that your opponent has you beat, you will find yourself busted out of tournaments late most likely, but not ever winning them unless you get really lucky to avoid the trainwreck.