Mike Matusow

Here are six of the most common poker mistakes I see poker players make in poker tournaments.

1. Playing too many hands

2. Over playing Ace King

3. Not folding [K][K] to an all-in re-raise early in the tournament

4. Chasing flush and straight draws with bad odds.

5. Taking a coin flip with a flush draw for your entire stack before the first break.

6. Min raising and then having no idea where they are at after the flop facing a big bet.

Each of these are mistakes that I believe inexperienced players make. Generally speaking in regular poker tournaments with no re-buys good players will not play draws for their entire stack. It just doesn’t make good sense when you can out play most of your opponents. Even for a player that cannot out play his opponents it still makes sense to be patient and wait for a hand to get involved if your not sure of yourself. So many times I see players getting involved in pots without having any idea of how to exit the hand if necessary. These are the kind of players that are easy pickings with just a little bit of patience.

Once you have picked up a hand you can easily trap in this hyper-aggressive era of online poker.

Good luck at the tables!