Many people are playing online poker, and most of them are trying to win. There are tools in live poker that you do not have access to in the online game, such as being able to observe your opponents' expressions and give off false visual tells. However, there are many aspects of the online game that offset this fact. One of them is the ability to have better session management.

Session management simply means controlling the length of your play, with an eye towards making sure you are playing your optimal game throughout the entire session. When you play at a live casino, you may not have as much control over the length of your session. If you have traveled a long way to play, you may feel obligated to play for a longer period of time than you probably should. When you are playing online, there is no reason not to quit at any time. How can you take advantage of this?

You should try to assess yourself after every hour or so of play. What should you consider when deciding whether or not to continue playing? Whether you are winning or losing should not necessarily be your main consideration, unless you are close to exceeding your daily bankroll in losses. You should think about the following: Am I tired and therefore not playing my best game? Am I distracted? Am I emotionally on tilt from a bad beat? Am I in a good game with very weak players, or players who my style of play is well suited for? Remember that even if you are losing, you can always play later or the next day. What is paramount is knowing if you are still playing your best game and if the game is still good. You may also want to search for online poker rooms where games are generally good, for example by reading some reliable poker site reviews.

If you are still playing your best game but the game is no longer good, you should feel free to switch to another game. If the game is good but you are not playing your best game, you should quit unless you can go back to playing your best game, or decompress for a while in a freeroll. If you are not playing your best, you are one of the players making the game good for someone else. Don't be that player. If the game is bad and you are not playing your best game, this is a great time to quit. This is not a time to switch to another game. You may be tempted to play a game at a higher limit to try and recoup losses, and this can be disastrous.

Take advantage of the nature of the online game, on Full Tilt Poker or any other site, to manage your poker sessions. You will win more when you are winning and lose less when you are losing. Over the long run, this will contribute to overall positive results in your online poker play.