Novice Poker Mistakes

Novice Poker Mistakes
If you've been playing online poker for a while, it is very easy to spot beginners or "fish" at the table by some of their mistakes. Some players don't let go of the habit of making some of these mistakes even when getting more experienced. That is because almost all of them are due to temptation, the poker player's biggest enemy. Here are by far the most frequent novice mistakes in poker:
Playing bad hands
It seems that some beginners haven't had a chance to check out poker rooms that well. That's why most of them often play as many hands as possible. This is maybe because they have a "feeling" that their bad hand is going to do well, but most likely is because they believe a poker player is supposed to win with whatever hands he/she has. It takes about a month for these guys to figure out they're not in a James Bond movie, and until then they're easy prey for just any type of online poker player out there.
Choosing the wrong limits
On some poker rooms it's actually easier to get a good boost in your bankroll by playing at higher limits than micro stakes. That's because novice players, just as everyone else, want to get the best out of their time spent on a poker site. And they think limits like one or two dollars are low enough for them to make a profit from their very first hands. This is the reason most of the new online poker players go bankrupt very rapidly and quit. Overcoming this mistake will prove to be a very harsh and costly process, but once poker players know their potential and choose their limits wisely, their bankroll will start rising exponentially.
Being overwhelmed with emotion
The chat box on online poker sites is one of the simplest tools that give you a clue of whether a player is novice or not. Most poker rooms have them, and usually only beginners use them regularly. Most of the time this is the place in which players display their frustration. As beginners don't know how to control their emotions in front of a bad beat, a good starting hand, an attractive bet and so forth, they will express them here. However, even when the chat box isn't used, you can still get a hint of emotion coming from one player or another. Observe a player's actions after losing a big bet. If he/she continues to bet high in the very next hand, chances are he/she wants to make up for the previous loss by risking more chips. And most of the time they do this with horrible starting hands.
Bluffing excessively
It's a fact that bluffing is a very attractive and commonly used strategy in online poker. Nobody can see behind you table avatar, so why not go for it? Well, there are limits to bluffing, limits that novice poker players don't seem to understand. It's OK to bluff once, maybe twice, but you shouldn't base you whole game or most of it on bluffing. Especially after you get caught several times. Beginners don't care that much about credibility and so they'll bluff even if they had been caught doing it several times before. And once you notice this, they're easy prey.
Of course, there are many other typical mistakes that novice players do. The best way to find them is to start playing on your usual poker room and be careful in spotting them. Which mistake in the list above you think is most common? There's only one way to find out!