So now you have a basic understanding of how to change your style during the course of the game and why you need to do it. Now lets see when you have to change the style of your game. Before that you should understand that changing your style does not mean that you are a tight player now and immediately within minutes you tend to play loose.

Changing your strategy has to be in accordance with the events at the table. Observe the dynamics and then decide as to when is the best time to change your game. It’s always better to include the element of surprise in your game.

If you were still wondering on why should you change your style while it has been working for you perfectly, then here are a few of those reasons for which you might need to change your strategy and style. First and the foremost reason for you change your game style is that your opponents will get to know your style of play sooner or later if you just stick to playing either tight or loose.

Which means you become an easy target and you will be making yourself easy to read and in the long run you will notice that the wins dry up. Your opponents will use the information against you and will make you pay for it which is not desirable.

If you are a tight player and would just play really tight it would make your opponents to put you on a hand as they know that you are not a risk taker. If you just play loose then your opponents will easily be able to catch your bluffs. Mixing up you style is what you can do to overcome being predictable.

Take chances and risk a bit of your money and . Unless you do that the chances of you winning are low. Tight play is one of the safest style but is not the best if you really want to win. Few of the situations where you can take advantage of changing play style are when the stack size changes, when the table dynamics change or when a new player joins the table.

These are few of the right opportunity for you to try something different because the situation is not just the same as when you had joined the table. Certain elements of the game has changed, whether it’s players or the the stack size or the cards. Keep that in mind and adjust your play accordingly.

Adapt to the game as quickly as possible and take advantage before others get to it. The first person to make the move usually stands to gain the upper hand and this is what you should be aiming at. Try to take control of the game each time you have and advantage. Do keep in mind that these have to be well calculated and should not be done just because you want to change the style.