There are a million words of advice we could give you about improving your poker game with positive mental and practical habits. But, in such a time of global retreat, while you can put many positive poker tips into practice, there’s as much merit in avoiding the errors that can crrep into your game.

From fatigue to low mood and through bankroll or behavioural changes, playing poker in a time of a global pandemic is so difficult purely because it has never happened before. Here are seven ways to avoid stopping yourself being at your best.

Adjust Your Bankroll

Returning to the felt may be simple from a point of view of looking forward to poker, but if you’ve been forced to take a break during these rather odd and troubling times, it would be perfectly understandable.