Bluffing at online poker sites is when you are making it seem like you have a big hand, but you don’t. Although there are many different plays you can make online, there are two main types of poker bluffs when playing online poker.
They are the semi-bluff, which basically means that you are betting on a hand [...]
How to Calculate Poker Odds
When playing poker, you are often faced with the decision whether to call or fold to a bet. One way to determine whether to call is to see if the odds of winning the money in the pot (”pot odds”) equal or exceed the odds of you getting the cards [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Begin by Playing Small Buy-in Tournaments
As soon as you have mastered the basics in free games online, advance to a small buy-in tournament, preferably a single-table tournament in which you will be playing against nine opponents (when playing Hold ‘Em and Omaha). Play in a $5 or $10 buy-in single-table tournament. Once you experience playing [...]
Budgeting your time is very important when you’re playing tournament poker online. You need to know how much time you have to play poker before you sign up for an online tournament. Don’t play if you’re in a hurry. You can’t play in a multitable tournament in which there are 1,000 players if you don’t [...]
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 [...]
You are dealt far more hands per hour online than in land-based card rooms. In fact, the speed of online games is two to three times faster than regular poker games. Since no time is wasted with dealers shuffling and dealing, the cards whiz right along.
Online play has fast action and it’s exciting. It also [...]
Use Proven Strategies for Beating Fast, Action-Packed Games
Here are a few tips that will help you survive and thrive in the low-limit poker games you play online. For starters, if the table is playing loose, you’re better off to be playing tight (and vice versa). You should be selective about the starting hands you play—don’t [...]
When people are playing for real money, they play more cautiously than they would in the free online games where a lot of newcomers will play any two cards trying to hit belly-buster straight draws. Still, games at online sites generally are looser than games in traditional casinos. People seem to gamble more and play [...]
Just because you’ve been winning in the free games online, don’t expect to be able to jump into a cash game and immediately start winning. In fact, that probably isn’t going to happen. You must understand that even though you have won at the play-money tables, you will not automatically win in the real-money games.
Many [...]
You must concentrate on the game at hand. When you’re playing poker at home on your computer, it’s so easy to be watching television, talking with somebody, e-mailing a friend, or eating dinner while you’re playing online. But if you want to be successful at online poker, you need to focus solely on the game. [...]
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 [...]
The 2008 World Series of Poker is the largest, most prestigious poker event on earth.
Featuring 55 separate events spread over 7 weeks, last year’s main event made 5 poker millionaires with the winner taking home $8,000,000!
There are several ways you can join the game and earn your free entry into the biggest [...]
Online poker rooms make it easier for the average person to play poker without having to wager vast sums of money, and this is especially true of the free online poker rooms. Whatever your game is though, be it free or not, you will find that knowing some online poker strategy and game plays will [...]
The Players Guide to Online Poker - Free Download
Table of Contents
About This Guide
The Online Poker Boom
Chapter I – Getting Started in Online Poker
What you Will Need to Play Online
Choosing an Online Poker Site
Online Poker Site Review Chart
Downloading and Installing the Software Online Security
First Time on a Site
Taking Advantage of the Site’s Free Cash Bonus
Choosing your [...]
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