What is an online poker freeroll tournament?
An online freeroll tournament is a chance to play an intense online poker tournament for real money prizes, without having to pay a buy-in or entry fee. Members of online poker communities will always find freeroll tournaments to play, but beyond simply offering free cash, there are many very [...]
Playing AA against Pocket Pairs - at an online poker sites
A-A versus J-J gives you an 80% chance of winning the pot. If you play aggressively pre-flop, narrow the field to one or two callers, and get a read on your opponents, then you’ve done your job.
As for getting “out-kicked”…
Be careful with A-J and A-10… [...]
Read This Before Playing Poker Online
The number one tip for every online poker player who joins a poker room online is…
…use an online poker bonus code! You wouldn’t believe how many players sign up without a free bonus code. Without taking advantage of the bonuses that the online poker sites offer you are missing out [...]
Playing Medium Pairs in online poker can be challenging. Pocket tens, Jacks, and Queens are some of the MOST DIFFICULT hands to play.
Step 1. Decide whether or not to play them aggressively.
Just because you pick up a pocket pair does NOT automatically mean you should play the hand to win no matter what.
There’s always [...]
A SIMPLE BLUFFING TECHNIQUE for online poker sites
The Mini-Bluff is an easy way to win BIGGER POTS
when you bluff… AND… decrease the chances that
your opponents will call your bluff.
It goes like this:
When you want to “buy the pot” and bluff out an
opponent you think is weak, what you do is make
the MINIMUM RAISE possible in [...]
Play your position and get a feel for the poker table. Use these considerations when deciding how much to raise the pot. These strategies also apply to free online poker sites.
If everyone is folding when you get a big hand, you need to mix up your game. By that I mean show a bluff [...]
Have Your Poker Training Aides Handy
A strong advantage to playing online poker is that you can use training aides while you’re playing at the computer. You can have books, charts, tables, and notes in front of you to assist you in making decisions, a practice that is totally legal and ethical in online poker. Having [...]
Take a Chip Count in Tournaments
You should constantly keep track of everyone’s chip count in the tournament. It’s easier to do in online poker sites than in land-based poker rooms because the exact amount of chips everybody has is on display right in front of them. In a traditional poker rooms, you have to size [...]
Don’t always use the Advance Action tab even when you know what you’re going to do before it’s your turn to act. The Advance Action boxes are the little tabs that come up on your computer screen with options such as Bet, Check, Call, Call Any, Fold, Raise, Raise Any, and Raise Pot. In online [...]
Whether you’re playing poker online or in a traditional casino, you should never play in a game that makes you feel uncomfortable. If you’re in a game in which you don’t like all the raising that’s going on, you should leave it and move to another table. If you’re playing in a game in which [...]
Online Poker
Many old-time poker players don’t consider online poker to be “real” poker. They think of it as a video game. To them, “poker” means sitting at a green-felt table looking your opponent in the eye.
In reality, online poker is simply a newer, different form of poker—and there’s no question that it is the real [...]
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