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  Poker - Finding The Right Poker Room
 
  #1  
02-11-2005, 6:29 PM
t1riel
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Finding The Right Poker Room

Here's a helpful guideline I found in choosing a poker room. I hope it's helpful to you:

Finding a poker room to play at is easy. Finding the RIGHT poker room for you will take some time.

Each online poker room has it's own personality, theme, games, rules, tournaments, and the list goes on. You will need to try on several before you find a place that will hopefully become an enjoyable place for you to play on a regular basis. Download as many poker rooms as you can and try them out. All offer free play options so you can see how the game flow goes and how the mechanics works. If you are uncomfortable, move on to the next one. You can watch live games as they happen. Go to a few different tables and game types and watch the play. Is it too fast for your playing style? Too slow? Are the games filled with people who are 'calling stations' or is it a tight conservative game. People will seek out rooms that fit their style so you can usually tell what kind of game play you can expect by the players that have decided to call each place their home before you.

Look for the rooms that offer the deposit methods you are comfortable with. Neteller is the most popular right now and offers a fast and convenient way to deposit into your account so if you don't have an account with them, you will probably want to check them out and set one up. It's free and easy to do.

Find a good bonus to start with and READ THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS. All sites offer a bonus and all have different rules that affect how you have to play it and what you need to do to cash it out. READ now and save some aggravation later.

You can even get paid to play. Some sites hire 'props', players that get paid to fill in the tables when it's slow or to keep a table and game going. You can get paid to play in various ways. Some return a % of the rake, some will pay you on an hourly basis depending on the time of day played, the table stakes you play , etc. If this is something you are interested in make sure to check it out. Most require at least 10 hours of play a week so if you have the time and love to play this is a pretty sweet deal. You will have to front your own bankroll of course but if you can hold your own in a game, you can get a better edge this way.

Poker is supposed to be fun so make sure you take the time to find a poker room that suits you and you will have a more enjoyable time at the tables.
 

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  #2  
06-11-2005, 3:39 PM
TDeuce
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Location: Miami
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Originally Posted by t1riel
You can even get paid to play. Some sites hire 'props', players that get paid to fill in the tables when it's slow or to keep a table and game going. You can get paid to play in various ways. Some return a % of the rake, some will pay you on an hourly basis depending on the time of day played, the table stakes you play , etc. If this is something you are interested in make sure to check it out. Most require at least 10 hours of play a week so if you have the time and love to play this is a pretty sweet deal. You will have to front your own bankroll of course but if you can hold your own in a game, you can get a better edge this way.
hey that sounds great - could you tell me of some in particular that you would know so i can sign up for them.....
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